Paranoidfactoid
@Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world
- Comment on We really need to bring back the 70s conversation pits 7 hours ago:
Most people couldn’t afford that. But everyone had a living room and people would come over. Everyone had a grill and people would come over. Most people had kids and kids would come over.
Life was much more real life social.
- Comment on Alabama is forcing incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. Unionizing is illegal. The state takes 40% of wages. 3 days ago:
The 13th Amendment allows for forced labor in prisons. This is how Trump and the GOP will reinstitute slavery in the USA.
- Comment on ICE agents attempt to arrest US Citizen in St Peter, Minnesota 1 week ago:
You have a constitutional right to film from a safe distance while on public land like sidewalks, etc. ICE is breaking the law wholesale by targeting citizens exercising their 1st Amendment rights.
- Comment on Why are americans taking health advice from a former heroin addict ? 2 weeks ago:
Uh huh. Apply for a security clearance sometime and see how far they sniff up your ass before you’re granted access to that scif you need to do your job.
- Comment on Why are americans taking health advice from a former heroin addict ? 2 weeks ago:
You can’t get a security clearance with a history of narcotics addiction. NIR can you join the military. Because the addiction compromises you and your judgement.
There is no such thing as a ‘former addict’.
- Comment on Playback speed past X2 is now a YouTube paid feature 2 weeks ago:
$ yt-dlp <URL>
- Comment on What's the best free version of word? 2 weeks ago:
Is Overleaf an Interleaf clone? My lord that’s ancient.
- Comment on if portals are invented, will I be able to eat out myself? 2 weeks ago:
One possible interpretation is that OP intends a three course meal, eaten from the wrong end, as soon as teleportation portals are invented.
I think OP is using us to develop her secret restaurant idea!
- Comment on If the color of the Sun was orange, wouldn't the clouds and everything white also be orange? My friend is adamant that 30 years ago the "real" Sun was orange but got replaced with a white LED. 2 weeks ago:
I’m old. This is the same sun we always had. The sun did not change color. Your friend is delusional.
- Comment on Young Frankenstein is not available for streaming 1 year ago:
Try to find the movie Parents. It’s almost impossible. Eating Raoul too.