bassomitron @ bassomitron @lemmy.world

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But people often see this type of viewpoint and assume it's a boomer or something. I think it's important to show that these gross views span multiple age demographics.

People are disgruntled enough to the point that they just want to burn it all down. And these far right radicals/Nazis are often promising that (even though they have zero plans of carrying through and will instead just further enrich themselves at the cost of everything else). This is what happens when you let extreme inequality continue unchecked for decades.

Not because the stock is grossly overvalued to begin with? Or even because its CEO is fully diving into being a Nazi?

You're not wrong, but pretty off topic for a direct comment to the OP. Everyone knows what AI in this context means, no one is mistaking it for AGI. In fact, the majority of experts don't even bother using AI when referring to AGI because the former has been misused so much for probably 15+ years at this point.

Unless they just rolled back the change, #democrat hashtag is definitely working on Instagram:

Is it auto following or did the Biden and Harris accounts many were already following get transformed into Trump/Vance accounts?

That's what so many people seem to ignore. As long as the person of topic is willing to sue, media outlets will not risk the potential legal battle and will play it disgustingly safe. It sucks, but it's hard to blame journalists trying to keep a roof over their heads by not getting fired. With something like this, anyone with 2 functioning braincells left will understand the truth and see it for what it is, we don't need the media to tell us otherwise.

That being said, the major outlets have no excuse as they can easily afford the legal fight.

Why don't you rewatch the video and watch a history video of Nazis at a rally.

Later, during the 1920s and 1930s, Italian fascists and Nazi Germans adopted a salute which was very similar, attributed to the Roman salute, a gesture that was popularly believed to have been used in ancient Rome. This resulted in controversy over the use of the Bellamy salute in the United States. It was officially replaced by the hand-over-heart salute when Congress amended the Flag Code on December 22, 1942.

But yes, an obscure salute that was only used for a couple of decades over 80 years ago is very American...

This is meant to be a joke about Aragorn. His girlfriend really is that old.

And yet tons of people already believe it.

My point is that one person is only able to produce 1 second hand item at a time. So you're saying roughly 50% of the population gets to buy new and the other must by used. The logistics don't make sense long-term. I wear my clothes until they have holes in them. I'm not giving that shit to a thrift store, because they legitimately won't accept items like that. I know there are plenty of other people who do the same. Pants are actually the most consistently relatively expensive clothing item, usually costing $40-60. Because of that, I only own 3 or 4 pairs of pants and when they start getting tattered, they become my yardwork/garage work/etc pants until they legit fall apart. If everyone does this same approach, there isn't much of a second hand market, no?

The national average wage in the US according to the Social Security Administration is $66k. People are barely able to pay rent. According to various surveys, anywhere from 40-60% of Americans are living check to check. And a quick search shows the most purchased clothing brands include Under Armour, Levi, Adidas, Nike, Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, etc. All of those btands do make items that cost $50+, but they also sell tons of shit that's $20 to $30 or less.

Second hand isn't always practical. For some things, sure. But definitely not even for most things. And if everyone did it regularly, it'd be even less practical/reliable.

And again, you have a wildly inaccurate view of what most folks are spending on clothes. There's a reason Walmart and other affordable clothing stores like Target, Kohl's etc are so widely available and used across the US.

Where can we buy ethically made phones, clothes, etc that we can easily afford? I can assure you most people aren't buying $200 pants/shirts.

Oh for sure. I dated a girl in high school that was pale as hell with vibrant red, curly hair. Both her parents were first generation Mexican immigrants.

That was not the problem in "almost all cases." Seriously, look up the class action lawsuit regarding it.

You're vastly downplaying the problem. There's a reason a class action lawsuit went forward with tons of evidence backing up that it wasn't simply the user's error in properly maintaining the joycon. I've bought a joycon and had it started drifting within weeks before, even before I had kids. The sticks were just poorly designed, simple as that.

Thanks for the tip in your edit. I had 4 pairs of official joycons drift, I eventually just bought a pair of 3rd party ones to keep mounted on it and those have been working fine for over 3 years now. I still have the official joycons, actually had 2 of them serviced and repaired by Nintendo after that class action lawsuit (Nintendo said they'd repair any drifting joycon for free regardless if they're out of warranty).

Agreed, he was a shit comic

Carlos Mencia is not white lol. He's not Mexican though, that's for sure. A quick search says Honduras descent.