NeptuneOrbit @ NeptuneOrbit @lemmy.world

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It's a contronym at this point. "Content" is the cheapest thing to fill the screen or the sound waves. It would be like referring to the box of peanuts in ashipment as the "contents".

The stuff in the pages of a book or in a TV show is supposed to be art. Content is engineered to be as cheap as possible and as lowest common denominator appealing as possible.

Oh yeah this artist I like dipped out for Cara but he didn't seem to suggest it was really an Instagram replacement.

"It’s a truism of the criminal justice system that defendants hoping for lenient treatment at their sentencing are expected to take responsibility for their actions, even express remorse. "

Yep I think one of the biggest things you hire a lawyer for is how to properly cry and beg ahead of sentencing. Some cases you are just boned and you plead guilty and try to convince the judge you are a low risk of future crimes.

This is not something Trump is capable of doing. However maybe all the politics he has played about it will do enough work for him.

Is there a FOSS Instagram? I miss just having a simple "photo diary" to share with friends and family.

I'm a millennial who doesn't really know.

But. It seems like the duck billed platypus of zoomer humor. YouTube pays for views. And people just make million of videos. And this one happened to catch on. And it's so bizarre people show it to their friends. Hilarity ensues. 🤷

Its what the blind algorithm hath brought us.

https://archive.is/2024.06.01-114544/https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/06/01/wild-dolphin-sarasota-research-discoveries/

It's a story about the longest running study of dolphins. So yes.

Are we unhappy kids like Taylor swift? Or is the song creepy in a religious context? Genuinely unclear what the point is.

So a couple of things.

I generally think all the "Biden is so old!" stuff is pretty silly. The president largely delegates. Yes he makes tons of decisions and some of them must happen quickly. But generally, I do think the president can be an elder.

However. Contrast this with members of Congress. They sit on committees. They have to learn intricate details about the committee topic. They are supposed to pass laws to keep our government current (and then largely the president appoints leaders to execute those laws passed)

Overall, it would be great to have more Gen X and Millenials in office. Specific leadership roles can be filled by the old, as the old folks do gain some things. But when leaders refuse to engage on new topics or refuse to understand why 90% of people under 50 all agree on something.... That's a problem.

Well this might answer the question about whether his lawyers will get paid.

Some undecideds, sure. It only takes ten thousand voters in a couple swing states to change the outcome.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Caylee_Anthony

Context for the young and otherwise uninitiated. Casey Anthony was accused and ultimately acquitted of drowning her daughter Caylee. It was all over the news between late 2008 and then 2011. People were NOT happy about the acquittal. But then again, those people were not on the jury.

If I recall, sand is a WASTE product of getting pure enough silicon.

We need to eat, bro

Yeah and they are still bad comparisons. A doctor will command respect and prestige in their community in a way unfortunately a plumber will generally not. Inflation and technological advancements don't really change that.

Your argument seems cousin to the Fox News type about microwaves and refrigerators. I don't really think it makes sense to make these time traveling comparisons at all.

These historical comparisons always get me. Yeah, as a middle class American in 2024 I have a microwave and health insurance which does mean in some ways my life is "better" than Andrew Carnegie's life 130 years ago. But he could just hire a huge staff for his mansion. He could buy whole libraries and gift them to cities.

Your comparisons of a modern doctor to Marilyn Monroe... Well a modern doctor is probably working 60 hours a week to get that $300,000 salary. Marilyn Monroe probably could have just.... Retired while the doctor needs to work another couple decades to pay off student loans....

There's no apple to apple comparison. Standard of living and expectations change. But you can't just erase the simple pleasures of being famously rich because now microwaves exist.

You had me in the first half, not going to lie.

If I were on SCOTUS I'd tell some PAC to sue and then I'd just automatically hear the case and then I'd rule the Ohio law unconstitutional, because it flies in the face of how a moron thinks our election system goes 🙄

Edit: Down votes and no replies? I guess I dropped my /s

It kind of gets into the napkin math. But it's sort of silly.

If most writers can spend the first third of their career focusing on journalism or some type of corporate writing, and then the middle third on publishing novels or whatever, and then the last third teaching, or maybe just riding the fame of the one book that got turned into a movie... Yeah I think trying to be a writer sounds easier than becoming a billionaire.

Abe books. Ebay. If the book is new, bookshop dot org.

But 💯 thriftbooks