themeatbridge @ themeatbridge @lemmy.world

Posts

4

Comments

4,754

Joined

2 yr. ago

Top of the tank, as in the lid, so you can close the flapper and prevent the bowl from overflowing.

I'm not advocating for letting anyone die, nor am I suggesting forced veganism. My suggestion would let some people make less profit. Those people are willing to let a lot of people die to increase their profits. The climate crisis has killed people, and will kill far more than expensive corn would.

Our current population levels are going to experience a steep decline because people already cannot afford basic needs like food and rent and so they are not having children. Pesticides are not the only defense against total crop collapse due to blight. In fact, we're doing more damage to pollinators than pests as a result of overuse of pesticides. Entire food chains rely on the birds and bugs industrial farming is eliminating, and the water runoff is poisoning the fish that keep our streams and rivers clean.

To be clear, RFK is completely wrong in his reasoning, and I don't believe in doing the right thing for the wrong reasons. We should ban pesticides because pesticide use is a net bad for humans. Pesticides increase profits at the expense of ecosystems, and that in turn impacts humanity.

Sure, but it could be one of the best things for the environment. If crops are suddenly more expensive because of pests, then meat becomes more expensive to produce, then more land is left to re-wild because farming is not as lucrative.

We already grow more than enough food to feed everyone. If we're worried about people being able to afford food, then let's subsidize that instead of ethanol and corn syrup.

Slams! Duh duduh duh duduh let boys be boys

My wife gets mad at me when she asks my opinion between different shoes. "Which ones are more comfortable?" They both look great, but we're going to be standing and walking a lot.

That's an interesting take. So basically a cheater isn't being drawn into anything because of a specific desirable trait that you lack, it's just that he's a piece of shit who wants to cheat.

Ok, as a man, I can see that these are two different hairstyles. Visually, it's obviously the same person but with slightly different configurations of hair. Where I'm lost is that this meme seems to imply that one is better than the other. Which is the superior look? I don't know. That doesn't mean I cannot differentiate between the two, it means I am out of touch with whatever is stylish at the moment. There's nothing objectively more or less beautiful in these photos. Maybe one style is easier to maintain, and the difference is supposed to sugest that one of them takes better care of their hair? Or maybe they are too fussy and vain to a fault? This is specialized knowledge that can only be shared via communication. You cannot discover it on your own like some scientific truth. You must learn it from someone else who knows.

The people who are snarky about people not knowing something like this are the worst sort of snobs. Not only are they mocking people who haven't been included in the secret, they are wasting an opportunity to share knowledge to do it.

You can still elect representatives, you just remove money from the equation. Candidates are given a public forum to share ideas, provide their credentials, and debate issues. Voters use a STAR voting system to vote for all the candidates they like. Special interest groups are free to speak and advertise all they want, but they cannot promote or attack a specific candidate.

It's more or less how local primaries work, just on a larger scale.

Parties are just a power transfer from voters to oligarchs. Coalition governments are just as easy to manipulate as two-party systems. Politicians shouldn't be permitted a short-hand explanation of what they stand for. They should be required to make a full throated defense of their positions on the record. Parties provide political cover to do unpopular things while pretending to not be in a position to stop it.

Unfreeze me for a week each year. I get to spend a day catching up on what's happened, mourning the dead, and then a few days exploring what's new, and then a day planning next year's excursions.

Yes, but inflation will outpace your interest.

Literally every man who doesn't look like a model has a core memory of that one time someone paid him a compliment.

Here's the thing. No.

We don't really have two parties. We have oligarchs in control of both parties, and both parties work together to make sure no more parties can exist. They do this by making it seem like the right and the left are opposed to each other, but really both work together to keep you down.

We can't fix this with parties. What we need to do is abolish parties. Prevent rich people from consolidating power. Give no small group of power-hungry bastards the ability to control everything. This means a drastic overhaul, and the people in power are not going to give it up willingly. They won't fight fair, they won't accept the results of an election unless it goes their way, and they won't give you an opportunity to win.

Aktually, that door is lifted directly from Fantastic Four Issue 48 which featured the first appearance of the Silver Surfer entering through that very door. In the comics, it had seven points, but one point was obstructed by a plant in reprints to honor the memory of Jack Kirby's ficus that died because Stan Lee didn't water it when Kirby went on vacation.

I'm surprised you didn't know that. That's like the first thing everyone thinks of when they think "Fantastic Four."

If? Feels like we're already there. It can, and will, get worse, but we're already sending American children to death camps and putting dissenting politicians in prison.

I mean, if we're being pedantic, geek was a term for a specific circus performer who would eat gross things and hammer nails into their faces. Anything to gross out the audience. The term expanded to mean "weirdo" over time, and became associated with the term "nerd." It has further evolved with the popularity of the phrase "geek out" to mean someone with strong enthusiasm for a specific topic. That's the most recent popular definition of the word.

Either way, any legitimate "geek" would already know that they shouldn't expect Alexa to respect their data privacy.

“I have to tell you directly and personally that I regret voting for you for secretary of state,” said Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen,

You literally didn't have to do that. You knew exactly who he is and exactly what he was going to do. You could have voted against him.

But I guess your regret is some small comfort.

Nah. You don't need a cover letter.

This is a terrible headline but the article is on point. Biden's hubris contributed to Trump's victory, and the Democrats are unwilling or unable to look in the mirror and admit they did something wrong. It's a repeating pattern of self destruction that has been since Carter.

That's the beauty of the algorithm. It's not just time of day, but what you're doing and where you are. Look for other common threads, like anytime you're near a gym, or if you're browsing an online store. Assume they know literally everything about you in the moment.

Of course, there are other plausible explanations. Maybe you are sometimes connected to wifi with a pihole that blocks the ads? Maybe your cellular connection is spotty and the app is compensating with music already on your device? Maybe there's a quota that they are supposed to hit, and any blocked ads are queued up for later until you connect again? Like I said, I don't know what's causing it.