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oxjox, 6 hours ago

The first problem is that one group is talking about one thing and another group is talking about another thing but they both call it the same thing.

Then when the normal American who believes we’re in a recession is told we’re not in a recession, they look at their bank accounts and resent being told they don’t know what they’re talking about. Resentment breeds a defensive stance and isolationism.

So many people are told they don’t know what they’re talking about these days. Meanwhile, fringe organizations (or what used to be fringe) are happy to comfort those who’ve been told they’re idiots.

This isn’t a political aisle or philosophical issue. This is about general intelligence. This is about taking your face out of your screen and looking up and around your environment - or, seeing the forrest for the trees. You may not give a crap about anything other than your wallet but a veiled perspective is going to warp your reality.

There’s a lot to criticize in politics / everything today. It would be nice if people were using facts to inform their criticism. It would be nice if people weren’t getting their facts from social media and what amounts to today’s version of the check out aisle tabloids.

HelixDab2, 7 hours ago

FWIW, for most concert venues, you can show up in-person, buy them from a physical ticketing kiosk, and avoid paying any fees. The physical kiosks often have inconvenient hours and locations, but it’s an option. In many cases, even buying tickets same-day for smaller venues is less expensive than paying for all of the fees.

Nougat, 1 day ago

If the consequence of destroying evidence is less than the consequence of being convicted of the crime that evidence supports, you destroy evidence. Simple economics.

ech, 4 days ago

These people are just so short sighted. Refusal to “choose” is still a choice, and the consequence for that are just as real as everything they’re so upset over.

FakeGreekGirl, 4 days ago

And that’s a big part of why, despite everything Biden is doing, I am 100% voting for him. Because if Biden wins, there will be a 2028 election where we can hopefully find someone better, and I’m not convinced that there will be under Trump.

Four years of Trump came really close to turning this country into a kakistocratic dictatorship. I really don’t want to give him another chance.

iAvicenna, 6 days ago

wow I had forgotten about this website for such a long time. Like maybe 15-20 years ago it was a great resource for fantasy themed drawings and inspiration for rpg games

myliltoehurts, 6 days ago

So they filled reddit with bot generated content, and now they’re selling back the same stuff likely to the company who generated most of it.

At what point can we call an AI inbred?

downpunxx, 7 days ago

"The ensuing backlash might have been crucial in changing Musk's mind. The Tesla chief moved quickly to assuage concerns, and assured investors that Tesla's Supercharger network isn't going anywhere."

In order to write those words as a professional journalist you've got to be the lowest form of lickspittle.

"Arsonist moved quickly to assuage concerns, after burning down a block of houses, by personally nailing up a board covering a gaping hole, and assured Firefighters and the local community, everything is AOK now"

ProvableGecko, 7 days ago

Now if only there existed a system that we could use in which the people actually doing the work could dictate the direction of a business instead of 1/3 to half of their lives being dominated by absolute tyrants.

Just throwing out ideas.

QuantumSpecter, 7 days ago

No, the corruption must end and Trump must be made an example off.

Ever since Tricky Dicky and watergate, the politicians haven’t felt they can do get away with anything. It must stop!

Buffalox, 8 days ago (edited 8 days ago)

the company has been the biggest winner so far of $5 billion in federal funding for new chargers.

Another billionaire capitalist on social welfare sucking the federal tit.

something_random_tho, 9 days ago

The problem is they infect the rest of us.

IggyTheSmidge, 11 days ago (edited 10 days ago)

How much d'you want to bet that Putin was waxing lyrical to him about Hannibal (the Carthaginian General and great military tactician), and the ignorant fuckwit assumed he meant Lecter?

Edit: typo.

Vespair, 11 days ago

Fucking bonkers. Between this an McD’s changing their ToS to say using their app waives any right to non-arbitration dispute, something needs to be done about companies trying to effectively write new laws into their ToS. This shit is beyond egregious

criitz, 13 days ago

What kinda bullshit is this. One guy tries to overthrow the government and somehow it’s necessary for the good of the republic to force him onto the ballot, yet these jokers just decide they don’t wanna play ball and put the current president on their ballot.

ptz, 14 days ago (edited 14 days ago)

Critically-thinking humans move out to better states leaving those who either don’t think critically or who can’t afford to leave. Less critical thinkers = more Republican votes and a more solid grip on power to make things worse.

They’re not out to attract critically-thinking people with these; they’re trying to wear down and drive out their perceived enemies. Any deplorable who thinks “yep, this is what I want” and who decides to move there because of it is just a bonus.

Edit: Because of the way the Senate is structured, regardless of population, each state gets two. So if, hypothetically, there’s a mass exodus from these shithole states and population in better states explodes, they’ll still be able to hold the Senate hostage. In the House, the number of reps per state is determined by the census every 10 years giving them a big window to control both chambers of Congress with a minority of Americans on their side (House reps are elected every 2 years).

So, counter-intuitively, the best thing critically-thinking, rational people can do is move to these shithole states and vote these ghouls out. Because if enough states devolve to shithole status and drive out rational people, they’ll be able to either pass federal legislation making all states shitholes or at the very least prevent any federal laws from being enacted that would stop them.

DeepThought42, 16 days ago

“I was surprised that there were not more objections,” from the defense team he added. “At one point, the court … objected, because there was no objection coming from the defense.”

Either they are bad lawyers or they were strategically withholding their objections in order to file the mistrial motion. I fully expect this to be brought up again in an appeal, assuming Trump loses the case.

LanternEverywhere, 16 days ago

Employees create your sales. If there's redundancy in job tasks then firing people can increase profits, but massive layoffs is mainly just reducing output capabilities.

few people to do work = few profits

In the span of a year or two this can increase profits because costs have gone down, but pretty soon the company will run out of its backlog and then profits will tank in a way that can't be recovered from for years

PugJesus, 16 days ago

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

And our broken immigration system fails these people time and time again.

Chozo, 17 days ago (edited 16 days ago)

I love this trend, because anybody who provides a serious answer whatsoever has already fallen for its trap. It's such an absolutely absurd scenario that's just specific enough to be divisive, and just vague enough that you can fill in the gaps with any preconceived notions of your own. It's impossible to provide any answer in which you can't be made to look like a clown, because every answer comes with baked-in counter arguments to it. Any answer you provide makes you look either heartless or clueless.

It almost makes me appreciate rage-bait as an art form.

EDIT: Some of you seem to have made some assumptions on my stance, and fail to realize the irony in doing so. The fact that anybody felt the need to have a multi-comment argument against this comment only proves my point, which is that it's 100% rage-bait, and you guys keep falling for it.

AllNewTypeFace, 17 days ago

Sounds philosophically consistent. What could be more pro-life, pro-business and pro-freedom than being in favour of endless cell growth unchecked by cell apoptosis? Come to think of it, not only does curing cancer sound like a socialist anti-prosperity regulatory agenda, killing off cells that would naturally grow is a little too close to abortion.

Wirlocke, 18 days ago (edited 18 days ago)

At first I found the absurdity silly and amusing.

But then I realized, this is the same demographic that would shoot up a drag show, simply because of men wearing dresses. Now they’re wearing diapers in public support of a convicted rapist that shits himself.

As a trans woman, the thought that they would even wear diapers to justify their hatred of me and love for their incontinent idol, it is disgusting. I’m literally nauseous right now, they think people like me are beneath an actual man baby.

_number8_, 18 days ago

In a statement, Chief Executive Officer Mike Poore told KCTV5:

“Global pharmaceutical companies are putting profitability over affordability, making it impossible for employers like our hospital system to bear the financial burden of these exorbitant drug prices.

In January 2024, Mosaic’s Health Care Trustees made the gut-wrenching decision not to cover expensive gene therapy used to treat ultra-rare diseases. Covering these treatments could cripple the financial viability of our health system, directly impacting our more than 4,000 employees and the approximately 270,000 people who rely on the health care we provide in small communities across four states.

We are working hard to help find alternative solutions and financial resources to help in this case. Bottom line: Families should not have to focus on the astronomical costs imposed by drug companies, but instead should be able to focus on the care of their children in a medical crisis.”

wow it’s almost like it’s a shitty fucking system and you’re very much a part of it.

from his linkedin:

“Mike is one of the finest men with whom I have ever worked. He relates well to and inspires his employees. He demands high quality while keeping his eye firmly on the bottom line. I would follow him anywhere!”