NeptuneOrbit
@NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world
- Comment on Why do we associate reverby electric guitar with the ocean? 3 days ago:
by reverb-heavy electric guitars played to evoke the sound of crashing waves
- Comment on Later, losers 4 days ago:
I would leave a comment but I’ll be busy (with a girl, you wouldn’t understand)
- Comment on Why is currency so essential? 1 week ago:
It’s literally in the name. CAPITALism
- Comment on Why is currency so essential? 1 week ago:
We live in capitalism
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 1 week ago:
Yeah that’s part of the trade off
- Comment on Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures? 1 week ago:
I can think of a lot of reasons. In a rural area, finding a suitable partner is tough. Why not let a web of adults help out.
- Comment on How come liberals dont hate conservatives the way conservatives hate liberals 1 week ago:
Many many liberals were raised by conservatives.
Many many conservatives raised eventual liberals and are aghast.
I don’t need to camp out and bully conservatives. I spent enough of my childhood immersed in their insanity. I’m just done.
- Comment on Ok. Which one of you has been annoying the teacher? 2 weeks ago:
Why doesn’t he call the plumber?
- Comment on Controversy and Censorship 2 weeks ago:
As others have said, it’s called self censorship. If you don’t like a game, don’t buy it. If you like porn buy it. #capitalism
- Comment on Le Tits Now 2 weeks ago:
People with eyes and brains:
- Comment on Inconvenience is the mother of all alcoholism 2 weeks ago:
There’s more to life than getting drunk and eating chicken fingers, Randy
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I pull the drawstring tight around the the lip of the bin and then scrunch up the excess, and shove the inner bin into the outer shell. Works for me.
- Comment on If presidential immunity is absolute.. 2 weeks ago:
Biden could just resign, if a successful impeachment is a pre requisite of prosecution. Kill Trump, fiften other Republicans spread between the House, Senate and SCOTUS, immediately resign.
- Comment on It's important to get a good interest rate 2 weeks ago:
I looked into using this type of service to pay for a modest purchase. A luxury of sorts. Something I had the cash for, but felt weird about paying all $600 or so for. I thought, maybe an interest free loan would be cool?
So i start to pay for the thing with klarna or whatever. And I see it’s only a six week loan. Wait, my credit card is a free six week loan (give or take). Wtf. I’d have to pay the thing off faster than just using a credit card.
I talked myself out of buying whatever it was.
- Comment on Poll: 61% of young adults confess they are not saving for retirement 2 weeks ago:
Stock goes up
But no really, real estate and the stock market are supposed to drive wealth, but it’s just a big casino.
- Comment on Poll: 61% of young adults confess they are not saving for retirement 2 weeks ago:
18-34? Yeah I am pretty financially fortunate and literate and I did not start saving for retirement until 24
And only pretty recently did my budget really have room and a salary big enough that 10% was a chunk of change…
But yeah 1/3 of their age range here generally will not be saving for retirement because they are likely students and/or minimum wage workers. If you make $12/hr at 21 it’s basically inconsequential if you are putting $800 a year away toward retirement.
I just punched it into a calculator. $100 a month, 6% interest and 3% inflation, for 40 years nets you $60k of buying power at retirement.
- Comment on What kind of institutional gaslighting is this? 2 weeks ago:
Trading Places needs a reboot. Speaking of old movies that got it.
- Comment on is Texas really that cold and cruel as depicted in movies of the Coen brothers, the novels of Cormac Mccarthy and the movie Hell or High Water? 3 weeks ago:
Theres 30 million people in Texas. I’ve barely been, but it pretty much conformed to my expectations as someone who has been to other parts of the southern US, and places with Spanish speaking populations.
- Comment on .sıɥʇ puǝɥǝɹdɯoɔ ʇ'uɐɔ puıɯ lɐıɹǝɥdsıɯǝɥ uǝɥʇɹou ǝɥʇ 3 weeks ago:
This ain’t Texas.
- Comment on If you want communism, you can start a commune 3 weeks ago:
K
- Comment on If you want communism, you can start a commune 3 weeks ago:
If I can’t work? I don’t eat
- Comment on If you want communism, you can start a commune 3 weeks ago:
Everyone’s boss fairly gives a paycheck while moving all the profits upward, whilst we all live under the threat that is our resume is empty for long enough we will starve and die on the street. Cool stuff.
- Comment on What do companies get out of rewards programs 3 weeks ago:
Even still, it only takes a few data points to presume exactly who you are. They are all buying and selling data. The phone company says this credit card pays for that phone number. And that credit card is used with this store perks card… The data is all there.
- Comment on What do companies get out of rewards programs 3 weeks ago:
They can match it to you phones location and your credit card number.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I see this confusion elsewhere. Political can mean both “ripe for ideological arguments that drown out anything else” and “relating to [US] government and political parties”
Its a venn diagram often. But I can see why some communities don’t want the same predictable “vegans are assholes”/“well meat eaters hate the planet” rehashing all the time.
Its so loud and weird I often think it’s astro turfed. I haven’t met an annoying vegan in decades. And most omnivores I know want to eat less meat. It’s a rancorous debate that seems to only exist online.
- Comment on Boeing is changing their brand name 3 weeks ago:
I’ve been saying “Boing” for years
- Comment on FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes 3 weeks ago:
Except on very narrow cases, these have always been a sham. And in those narrow cases it should be an NDA and the onus on the business to actually prove proprietary info was divulged or a patent was violated. Sucks for the businesses, but the alternative was in many cases needlessly handcuffing so many employees
- Comment on is there a legal way to consume alcohol bought at a store, outside of a home, hotel room, etc.? 3 weeks ago:
Generally viewed favorably by the law
- Comment on is there a legal way to consume alcohol bought at a store, outside of a home, hotel room, etc.? 3 weeks ago:
I did. And it was covered by others. The answer is YES in the US is commonly illegal to just crack a beet.
- Comment on is there a legal way to consume alcohol bought at a store, outside of a home, hotel room, etc.? 4 weeks ago:
Sure, the US has lots of places with no open container laws. I doubt you are going to go take a taxi outside of the city to drink a couple beers though…
If if were me? I’d give them to a homeless guy, or just leave them in my hotel room. Because yeah, most places either won’t let you bring outside drinks (besides some fancy restaurants where you will need to buy a fancy meal) or will forbid alcohol entirely. Potential to bring them home in a checked bag.