RegularGoose @ RegularGoose @sh.itjust.works

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Exactly what this guy said.

Sounds like a deal.

Most Americans can't afford to vacation in another state, let alone another hemisphere.

You know that stereotype you guys have about Americans being untravelled and ignorant of other cultures? Well, it's accurate, but it's not because we're arrogant or don't give a shit; it's because 2/3 of us live paycheck to paycheck. The thought of vacationing overseas is absurd and fantastical when you're too busy worrying about the fact that you can't save enough to retire or afford to get your car fixed when it breaks down and gets you fired for missing work because you used both of your sick days last month when you were violently ill, which, by the way, you didn't get treatment for because it costs too much and your insurance only partially covers it.

Sure, but we're talking specifically about the US. August is typically the hottest time of year in essentialy every part of the country, aside from maybe Hawaii and San Diego, where the weather barely changes.

Holy shit. One more little reason to hope the civil war comes quickly so I can flee as a refugee to a semi-civilized country.

Woz himself has said as much.

That's why I said:

That’s some bullshit someone says when...

Don't get me wrong, I don't give a shit about the contentedness of any of these treasure hoarding shitdragons, but there never has been and never will be a person who is fine with getting ass fucked out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Even Muskrat is throwing an endless tantrum and fucking up people's lives over a bad deal, even though he did it to himself on purpose.

It's more effort in the long run, because if you're polite, they'll come back. These people have to be shut down hard if you want them to leave you alone.

If you can do it politely but with a firm rejection of what they believe, that’s one way to undermine their persecution narrative.

No, it genuinely isn't. I've known enough people who grew up in these cults. Under these modern "christians are so persecuted" narratives, simply communicating a disbelief in their religion is literally persecution. There is really nothing that will work, because, in their minds, undermining their narrative is persecution in and of itself, no matter how demonstrably good the thing you did is.

They determine good acts and ideas from bad ones not by value, merit, or impact, but by whether or not it agrees with their existing belief structure. Making them uncomfortable enough not to come back is the only thing you can do that will do anyone any good.

You're being way to fucking literal about it. The quote is about resisting oppression, period. In that case, yeah, it was the state, but any oppressor group is applicable.

People really need to get this hyper-autistic need for everything to be a perfect 1:1 analog in order to be valid, because there is no such fucking thing.

I guarantee you that if they were asked, more than half of these people would support rounding up the homeless and putting them in forced labor camps to "contrubute to society."

Why is inhumane in scare quotes? Do you believe that the state abusing mentally ill people who often can't even care for themselves is a reasonable course of action?

I feel like it leans a bit more towards being satanist these days. Commies aren't as scary as they used to be, and you gotta keep those Christians riled.

It's only capitalism if the recipients have to pay back the donations with interest and the building gets reposessed when they miss a payment.

’s not like he was cut out of the game, he just wasn’t interested in money or success the way Jobs was.

You really buy that? That's some bullshit someone says when they got fucked over and know they'll lose and come out worse if they try to get what's rightfully theirs.

Tesla sure as fuck would not be Tesla without his leadership.

You're right, it wouldn't; it would almost certainly be a better company.

Musk got Tesla where it is financially entirely through blatant fraud. "Earning" the company's absurd valuation based almost entirely on dishonest promises of releasing a technology that is entirely unachievable, undesirable, and dangerous is an unsustainable business model, and it's already showing cracks.

The fact that you seem to think that being highly profitable through constant ethical violations in every aspect of the company is to viewed as a succsess is honestly pretty gross.

Being a succsessful businessman does not make one a good businessman. Half of the equation is ethics, because it fucking matters.

A successful businessman with bad ethics and an unsuccsessful one with good ethics are both bad businessmen.

The only good businessman is one who both succeeds and has good ethics.

How the fuck is vetting the ads on their platform "policing" people?

Everyone crowding all the public places with their shrieking banshees at the same time just makes the idea even less appealing. I'd almost rather be at work than have to spend my vacation time around that.

October by far. Still warm enough to do stuff, cool enough that the heat doesn't make me want to kill myself, and the trees don't look barren and depressing like they do for most of spring and later in the fall.

There are more than two seasons, and the others are both far more tolerable than summer or winter.