Passerby6497 @ Passerby6497 @lemmy.world

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Who the fuck are these assholes, Jack Thompson?

Semi-frequent 'Adjustments' as needed, high corporate/wealth taxes, universal health care, actually using the empty homes to solve the housing crisis

....is that not what the 👍 is for? Or is that too obvious a 'cool, now fuck off' response?

Well, what about if we compare 'factories not on fire' or 'citizens lost on the battlefield in the last year (month)' or even 'incidents of explosive drone attacks'?

Are they still half decent?

Why? Can starlink not track which ones they give to Ukraine and not let any others work in the area? Or would that require competence that Leon Skum and company doesn't have?

As soon as you stop buying pre built SmArT shit and cobble the same together from regular components. I get a smart TV experience from a dumb tv/projector and a media PC with remote access or local kb/m. In the past I had a harmony remote that made it much closer to the real experience

Stop gobbling up corporate slop and these issues stop being an issue. You just have to deal with less slick experiences, but it's worth it imo.

I find it deeply funny that they may not even get the reward.

How far away are body guards effective? Both laterally and vertically?

Yeah, I really buy that. About as much as him saying he had nothing to do with AEJ holdings, or had no stake in the companies that his parents owned with him.

If he's not got a direct financial stake in this, he's got an under the table one. No one affiliated with Jones should be able to buy InfoWars.

Body guards aren't helpful against someone with a high powered rifle, some distance, and skill.

Guards have to be lucky every time, Adjusters only have to be lucky once.

I will respect an opinion that is thought out, measured and based in reality.

Those are, unfortunately, few and far between at the moment. All other opinions are granted as much respect as the idea the opinion is based off of deserves.

And frequently that is 'none'.

Maybe if they followed the dmca process

Honestly, there needs to be a fixed penalty fine for bad takedowns...

Absolutely not, fixed fines become expected costs, and immensely favor monied actors. Make it percentage based so it hurts equally, and rich people actually have to pay a measurable amount.

The pizza is always soggy....

My mother was a meth addict who ruined the relationship we had, and I ended up moving out not long after after finding a shake and bake lab in the basement, which led to her becoming homeless. I loved my mother, but I did not like her really at all the last decade or so and was glad I lived out of state so I didn't have to directly deal with her after about a year, and she died within 5 or 6 years after that. We talked a bit after I moved out/out of state, but I kept that to a minimum because fuck dealing with the guilt and anxiety she gave me.

As for how I felt, it was mainly relief mixed with grief, but the worst of the grief passed fairly quickly since I'd already grieved for the mother I lost, and only had to 'grieve' the passing of her mortal coil. I went into the wake/funeral process prepared to defend my choice in case anyone gave me shit about it, but I was very happy that the majority of her friends and my family told me I did the right thing.

Now-a-days I'm mostly over it, and the grief I still have is mainly just from reliving childhood trauma as I force myself to be a better parent than I ever had. I don't believe in an afterlife, but I am glad she's no longer suffering/making those around her miserable.

Where is the nuance in who a billionaire exploits for their wealth?

It's not about nuance, it's just running defense.

Just add 'in minecraft' to the meme, they'll never see through and just think you're weird.

No, not all violence is physical, and while systemic violence can be violent, it very often isn't. But it's any damage or harmful action that's carried out through normal operation.

Systemic violence against the poor includes economic and social violence, like tax cuts, safety regulations repealed, or social programs being shutdown. None of these forms of systemic violence are physical, but it's yet another metaphorical hit against people who can barely stand as it is. The racism baked onto the system (shit like redlining) isn't necessarily physically violent, but it hurts and kills people all the same. Hell, the UHC guy getting killed and everyone cheering is because shit like the insurance industry is systemically violent against its consumers.

The nonviolent forms of systemic violence due regularly lead to physical violence, such as houseless populations being rousted and their encampments torn down because it's easier to be cruel than suffer the eyesore and help people.

More than likely. I sent the gif to my (sca heavy) friend group, and that was the first response.