“We were just following orders”
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“Stop voting for those you have no choice but to vote for”
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Android@lemdro.id•Google is making it harder to build custom ROMs for Pixel phonesEnglish
6·5 days agoOk it’s cool and all but I am NOT paying fucking $400 for a flip dumb phone, that’s also entirely plastic.
Chewing gauze or tissue. That sensation plus the squeaking and crushing is one of the few things that would actually make me scream
Then in general, wet slimy stuff (that isn’t lube) or having vaseline on my hands (I think everyone would hate that though)
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•If you sent a lone modern tank like a Abrams, Leopard, or black panther back to WW2 with a continuous supply of spare parts, ammo, fuel etc. Would it make a difference?English
2·7 days agoThe Nazis circumnavigated the Maginot line, and completed countless encirclements around massive armies. Yes a tank with nearly 100 years of technological advancement would be devastating, but you could just move around it. After encircling it’s days are numbered. Once its tracks are blown, or otherwise immobilized its a matter of watching it with snipers and waiting for the crew to surrender or attempt to suicidally repair it.
The average majority of people’s commutes are over 30 minutes, about an hour every day. Many people’s commutes are much longer. Combine it with zoning laws that make routine errands and necessities (like grocery shopping, pharmacy’s, basic services) much further from residential areas meaning the average American has to drive a lot. A substantial portion of their life is just spend driving, potentially 1-2 hours a day. If you are already up to your neck in work and chores, that time is extremely precious, so it’s understandable people want to minimize it by speeding, not considering the real risks if doing so.
I spent some time in very rural Maine, and EVERYTHING, even the most basic of necessities were at least 30 minutes away. The nearest hospital was an hour. People speed there like crazy.
I’m not on the side of speeders, or condoning their actions and behaviour, but do realize that it’s coming from a place, not necessarily of entitlement, but desperately trying to claw some of their life back
Precisely the problem with democratic elections is that the greatest chances are given to those whose campaign is an investment, to enrich themselves, individuals or corporations.
The independent who answers to no one simply can’t raise the resources to give an honest fight.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•We all know of the subs like "You Should Know," but what something you SHOULDN'T know?English
9·16 days agoOne of my mentors in a trade got a tick bite in 82’, and for years couldn’t stand or walk, or fully close his hands. Never again could he fully close his hands, having to hold hammers and chisels with his thumbs only, making them extremely exhausting to use.
The nerve damage is still getting worse, and now his only goal is to wrap up all his final projects before he physically can’t use his hands at all anymore.
They scare the shit outta me
So fuckin real I can literally sleep as long as I want in a day, sometimes 14-20 hours at a time. Funnily enough I can never sleep when I WANT to.
Awake for 36 hours with 2 hours if sleep, and have an important meeting tomorrow? ZERO sleep. Nothing urgent? 17 hours of sleep.
Yeah, I think it’s a fallacy to treat hobbies as work, and work as a hobby.
Whether we love it or hate it, work has to be done. It doesn’t have to, or should be dreadful, but ultimately it is fundamentally different to a hobby. Completely different mindset too, everyone that has turned they hobby into their main source of income will tell you it just becomes “a job”.
Work needs deadlines, planning, discipline, efficiency, communication, accounting, expectations and competition. Hobbies are relaxing and enjoyable precisely because it isn’t these.
You can still love your job, but I wanted to convey that despite what many may wish, most people cannot handle, or enjoy, their hobby becoming their job
Industry in an anarchist society will need to heavily rely on organization, professionals, and education preparing the next generation of those professions. It’s naive to think that members of a community garden could run a 500 acre farm, or similar.
Correct. Probably much more graceful way to put it. But this sentiment is why I’m an anarchist
If a government solely relies on competant politicians it’s a government that won’t last.
Yes they are toxic but they are ultimately still good games. That isn’t even personal opinion, just due to the fact that they’ve been extremely popular for a decade proves that.
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Technology•AI-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at riskEnglish
5·26 days agoPathological liars feel the need to lie and decieve unnecessarily and pointlessly at every twist and turn. AI is their new bread and butter. Ask them why they act the way they do, and they probably can’t even tell you.
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politics •I Don’t Think Trump’s Remaining Supporters Realize How Much They Are Despised By Non-MAGA Voters | Trump is bleeding support even among his stubborn, uneducated base.English
17·26 days agoThe fuck did I even read?
Yup, I think the lines have been drawn, and people who confidently support trump do it cause they KNOW he’s a rapist, criminal, fascist. I don’t think there is any convincing anyone to switch sides now.














Cause People. Don’t. Care
Even if something gathers illegal amounts of data, and has removed all ad blocking extensions, they will just use the default.