ChonkyOwlbear
@ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
- Comment on Growth 4 days ago:
I think pansexual should be for people who would fuck an alien who has no corollary on the human gender spectrum.
- Comment on What would happen if the US got rid of the majority of their bases and brought all the stationed soldiers home? What would be the impact on society, the economy, and other things? 2 weeks ago:
Many places also use the US military as a deterrent in lieu of having their own defense. Poland just requested a large US base to deter Russian invasion. South Korea would certainly be in trouble if we left.
- Comment on If only we knew the power at our disposal 2 weeks ago:
The Sonic & Knuckles “adapter” was made to have Sonic 2 and 3 cartridges plug into it. It allowed adding knuckles to 2 and created an expanded version of 3 which completed the story. The 32X is an adapter that upgraded the 16 bit console to play 32 bit games. The side of the Sega console had a slot where a Sega CD (cd-rom drive) could plug in. Apparently the Sonic & Knuckles cartridge fits into it, or at least appears to.
- Comment on Title 2 weeks ago:
So rent a boss and scuba gear and putter around the coast of Florida for a few days.
Buying groceries with cash is nice and all, but you will never put a dent in that much money doing it that way.
- Comment on Title 2 weeks ago:
It’s a lot harder to explain bundles of cash. Remove any identifying marking on the gold and claim it as marine salvage.
- Comment on Is there a way I can get someone or some company to get me books that are illegal in the US? And if so how would I go about it without losing half or all my money? 4 weeks ago:
It’s a shadow library. It lets you download a wide variety of ebooks.
- Comment on Is there a way I can get someone or some company to get me books that are illegal in the US? And if so how would I go about it without losing half or all my money? 4 weeks ago:
Check here.
- Comment on It's unacceptable that people like Jeff Bezos exist. 1 month ago:
Just some back of the envelope math. With $290 billion, he could give each of those 600,000 people $10k a year for the next 48 years and still have $2 billion left over. And that is without considering interest or investment in the meantime.
- Comment on Open Carry Loophole 2 months ago:
Air Bud/John Wick crossover
- Comment on it's a matter of motivation 2 months ago:
Would you really trust podiatrists or proctologists who were in it just for the love of the game?
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Any monopoly that is too big and important to be broken up needs to be nationalized.
- Comment on "Science isn't political!" 2 months ago:
We are increasingly finding out that gut biome affects mood because the majority of serotonin and dopamine are produced in the gut. While I have to see any conclusive research, I would not be the least surprised to see a direct link between glycophosphate and depression discovered in the future.
- Comment on Anon Promotes Shrimp Farming 2 months ago:
I am so down with this fantasy, but I might be too heavy for a pony. I’ve always wanted a donkey though because I found out they can be friends with dogs. My poodle/sheepdog would love a donkey buddy named Clip Clop.
- Comment on Anon Promotes Shrimp Farming 2 months ago:
You can add a third tier to the system: fresh water tilapia. The waste from the tilapia feeds the shrimp and the water from both fertilize the plants. The idea is to replicate natural nutrient cycles. The whole setup can be done outside in warmer climates, or indoors using LED grow lights. I’ve seen outdoor grow setups done in old in-ground swimming pools.
- Comment on Anon Promotes Shrimp Farming 2 months ago:
Gotta up your hydroponics game bro! Raise fresh water prawns are bigger and you can grow hydroponic greens over them which are sustained by the nutrients from the prawn waste.
- Comment on Gaysadilla 2 months ago:
My favorite sandwich is a bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich with guacamole. I call it a LGBT.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
RIP your inbox
- Comment on NYC Vs. Tokyo 3 months ago:
Only asking people with health insurance if they are happy with the American healthcare system is a bit like asking people in a boat if they are drowning. Ask the 8% of the population and more than 11% of American adults who don’t have health insurance what they think of the system. And that data is prior to implementation of Trump’s OBBBA which kicks 10-15 million people off Medicaid/Medicare.
- Comment on NYC Vs. Tokyo 3 months ago:
Yes, it doesn’t say what you claim anywhere. Can you explain how you came to the 70% figure?
- Comment on NYC Vs. Tokyo 3 months ago:
23% think it’s in major crisis and 47% think it has major problems. That’s 70% who don’t think the system is good. It proves you are wrong.
- Comment on NYC Vs. Tokyo 3 months ago:
Our current system works fine for most Americans.
That statement alone discredits everything you say. “A record 23 % of Americans believe the United States healthcare system is “in a state of crisis” and 47% think it has “major problems,” according to a recent poll from the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America.”
- Comment on NYC Vs. Tokyo 3 months ago:
- Comment on NYC Vs. Tokyo 3 months ago:
If a Democrat put an exact copy of the Japanese healthcare system into a bill before US Congress, Republicans would be screaming it’s socialism.
The main reason Japan has such a low crime rate is its very conservative society.
South Africa has a very conservative society too.
- Comment on If someone tells you that communism has led to famines in the USSR and China, that it doesn't have any incentives and that anyone who supports it use products of capitalism, how do you counter this? 3 months ago:
Look into Trofim Lysenko and Lysenkoism. His theories helped starve 30 million people.
- Comment on NYC Vs. Tokyo 3 months ago:
I think most people would point out their successful, homogeneous culture
Their culture isn’t any more homogenous than US culture. What you probably mean is they are racially homogenous, but it would be bad to imply that is superior.
The subways there are also private
Japanese trains were state owned until 1987. Once the majority of the tracks were laid (the expensive part), they handed it over for private management.
Another important element to Japans succes is that after WW2 they were banned from building a military which freed up a lot of money for social programs.
- Comment on NYC Vs. Tokyo 3 months ago:
Japan doesn’t have socialized medicine. They havle universal care. The government pays 70%.
So the payment for healthcare is socialised. In low income households the government waives the 30% copay. Everyone is covered by law and fees are set by the government. All hospitals must be run as non-profits.
Guns are not banned but heavily restricted.
Handguns are completely banned which are the type of gun used in most crimes in the US. Rifles and shotguns are heavily restricted.
- Comment on NYC Vs. Tokyo 3 months ago:
Guns are banned, they have strong environmental protection laws, and they have socialized medicine.
- Comment on Hopefully, he will be 6 underground by that time. 3 months ago:
It gets all muddled depending on how you define the borders of the various political movements, but for the purposes of my previous comment the left is anything that isn’t the fascist right. We don’t have the luxury of adding any personal grievances. We all fight fascism together or we all go down.
- Comment on Hopefully, he will be 6 underground by that time. 3 months ago:
Every fascist regime in history has gained power in part because the left was too busy infighting to resist.
- Comment on Why does most American's give shit to the French when if not for them we would have lost the revolution? 4 months ago:
I live in an area of the country that was explored by the French, so the names of many towns, rivers, etc are French. Locals seem to delight in butchering the French pronunciations as much as possible. Not a single one is pronounced anywhere close to correct. There is definitely an element of brotherly teasing to it.