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  • Sure there's a solid chunk of the population who doesn't give a shit and doesn't believe there's a problem to begin with.

    But a lot of people do give a shit but are realistically powerless to effect change. Turning all your lights off and walking to work isn't going to change shit. It's big business that is mainly at fault here. They've just spent years brainwashing everyone to think that if we don't leave the water running while brushing our teeth it's magically gonna solve all our problems.

    So what are people who can't make an actual dent in the problem to do with a weekly "ANOTHER TIPPING POINT HAS BEEN REACHED" sort of article? It's basically noise now.

  • Not necessarily. There's a lot of big moves happening now that would have been a lot more effective decades ago.

    They've spent so much time poisoning the discourse and bribing politicians between then and now. So we're playing catch up and we're doing it against a lot of interference from bought off politicians.

    Had they not been lobbying and bribing and hiding research and publishing phony studies since at least the 70s, things might be a lot different.

  • I don't even know why they bother publishing the same fucking articles every week. At this point people are numb to the information.

  • Maybe instead he'll just die while shitting on his gold toilet some time next year. Would be kinda nice.

  • Yeah the fact that he doesn't have a lawful reelection to consider is concerning. Also concerning when you think about the fact that he clearly thinks being the president shields him from a lot of legal ramifications.

    So he doesn't have to temper his behavior to get reelected in any way. He has a shitload of grudges. Pursuing those grudges would likely be various shades of illegal. He thinks staying in office will protect him from the consequences of his actions. That is a recipe for a constitutional crisis if I ever saw one.

  • True Pianos is a really solid piano VST by the way. It's been years since I used it, but it was really good back when I was dabbling with this stuff.

  • Found this data for people who got the booster. Basic takeaway is that rates for the booster are low in general, but especially so for the south and a good chuck of flyover country.

    I would guess then that we're gonna see infections spike in southern states come January. By then it will be cold and Christmas and New Years will have happened.

    https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinationsvacc-people-booster-percent-pop5

    Edit: found a map covering more than just boosters. Same apparent trend overall as the booster map.

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-19-vaccine-doses.html

  • I think the big problem is the duration of copyright. That it's so much longer than patents is pretty hard to logically defend.

  • I use sheets in Firefox literally every day.

  • I went to a chiro for a while and it did help but I think it was mainly because they'd have me do a fairly comprehensive set of stretches at the beginning of each visit. I stopped going to the chiro but I keep doing the stretches.

  • It's also asking way too fucking much of the average person. Running multiple fediverse instances is basically a hobby and I barely have time for the hobbies I already have (and actually enjoy). It also is probably at least $100-200/year extra financial commitment in hosting and I'm being conservative on that number.

    I'll stick to using existing instances, tyvm

  • Didn't work for PIA either on their China endpoint either

  • There's plenty to dislike their government for, but to write off all the artistic output of that country is just plain racist.

  • Hard to blame them. The amount of e waste is staggering

  • Yeah very much agree the professor is the bright spot in the ensemble.

  • Those people would still vote in any other republican and still prob trump but be less proud about doing so

  • His son in the show is fucking awful too. The character is written and acted totally unlikeable. And Niles’ son is cringey like Sheldon from BBT and I just cannot get into it. Doubt it will last.

  • To be fair the Beavis and Butthead reboot is excellent if you liked the original. I went in with low expectations and was very pleasantly surprised.

    That said, it will definitely not save Paramount.