krashmo @ krashmo @lemmy.world

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If the result is the same does the distinction matter?

Being content despite less than ideal circumstances is not a character flaw. Deferring to a partner with stronger preferences is not laziness. Stop conflating actions you don't understand with bad behavior.

Your example ends with the man realizing that he actually did care about the hotel when in reality he would have probably said something like "oh well, we're only going to be here a few hours and we'll be unconscious for most of them". That is what it means when someone says they don't care. They're not hiding their true feelings from you just to be annoying.

If you are tired of making decisions tell the other person to book the hotel. Most laid back people will be fine with that. Just don't complain if that ends with you not getting what you wanted.

Inflation soared above 9% in 2022 as a result of supply chain problems related to the coronavirus pandemic and strong consumer demand that had been buttressed by stimulus checks and other relief policies both Trump and President Joe Biden championed.

Jesus Christ we're still blaming stimulus checks for inflation. Most people couldn't pay more than a months rent at most with the stimulus they received and yet we're supposed to believe that was a huge factor driving prices up? Saying stupid shit like this is exactly as bad as Trump's ridiculous tariff proposals but because it's not a Republican saying it we're just supposed to accept it as gospel. Eat my ass HuffPo

There's lots of scenarios in which you might find yourself doing something like that for a short while before relative normalcy returns. Even if it doesn't the desire to live is a pretty strong motivator. Presumably one who cares enough about survival to buy emergency food supplies would want to carry on living, or else why buy them in the first place?

True, if you need a fancy mill it can be expensive. However, if this a survival food you can find a way to grind it with rocks or whatever else you have access to in the event that you need to.

Put health insurance executives in the ring and I'm on board.

Not flour, unground wheat berries. Cheaper to buy in bulk with a much longer shelf life.

I'm seeing a pretty obvious parallel to Luigi's actions in your statement. I don't think it's as straightforward as you're making it out to be

If that's the lesson then when were we supposed to learn it? I am old enough to remember very well the last time Democrats tried to do something about healthcare. They gave up on single payer before the debate even started. Was that when I was supposed to learn to vote for them harder or was it one of the times they fucked over the only person with actual plans to implement universal healthcare?

Yes, Democrats are clearly better than the fascists masquerading as conservatives, but that doesn't mean they're fighting the good fight. They don't even try to force a vote on most things people actually care about. They just throw up their hands and complain that doing things is hard. Then everyone sits around blaming voters for not loving these ineffectual dipshits enough. Fuck that, they suck it's been that way for a lot more than 12 years.

You gotta Do the Dew before you do the deed.

You shut your dirty whorish mouth. Luigi was at my house playing Wii sports the whole time.

Who would win?

2700 soft nerds with at least one billion small pieces of paper each

VS

300 million chimps with access to the internet and Mountain Dew™

But... a lot of his social media history (which is not impossible to fake but...) kind of suggests he was very mentally unwell.

What are you referring to here? I'm not scouring the internet for all the information I can find but everything I've seen so far paints the picture of a perfectly sane person who was fed up with a broken system. I see similar sentiments all over the internet literally every day.

Maybe not in the technical sense, but if the jury is on board they could absolutely use that as justification to implement jury nullification of a guilty verdict.

Even US free speech arguments don't apply here. That refers to what the US government can restrict US citizens from talking about. A private computer system, especially one located in and operated out of a foreign country, has never fallen under this umbrella.

I think it would be easier to convince a few people to take out more CEOs than it would be to convince all the progressives in America that the DNC is worth investing more energy in.

It's not going to amount to anything if he's the only one taking action. If we've all just been waiting for things to get started then where is everyone now? I've seen tons of "I've got my pitchfork ready for when things get started" posts over the last few years but now that it's supposedly here I only see the one pitchfork.

Obviously I'm not doing anything either but the question I'm getting at is, is it fair to say the public has been galvanized if it's just one guy doing one thing while a bunch of people watch?

That's a true statement but it's also true that in the entirety of human history no society has managed to wrest power away from the rich for more than a few generations. They may lie dormant for a while but they always come back. Self destructive greed is in our nature.

shitty AI voice that sounds like David Attenborough

The foul, uncultured masses had developed a taste for blood. In their ignorance they had mistaken their benevolent, job creating overseers to be the source of their troubles. With violent fervor they created propaganda espousing their murderous intent, as the piece shown here exemplifies. These horrendous works of art were called memes, pronounced "may-mays", and were spread amongst the mob primarily through mobile communications devices.