Oh wow, who would have thought cutting all those government services was a fucking terrible idea.
It was so weird how right wing media was praising this dude for his economic policy and trump dick riding. $40billion injection and Argentina is still fucked. Yet these idiots can’t see what’s clearly evident if you have even a basic understanding of policy and economics.
Idk depends where you’re at. In the US some regions you’re basically not a participating part of society without one particularly out west. On the East coast there are several cities where having a car becomes more of a liability than anything. Public transit is good enough with some caveats.
Having had a car in the bay area I literally would not have survived without it. I’ve since moved east and had my car break down a few weeks ago. Honestly not as bad as I thought it would be. Definitely had to cut some things out of my schedule that were on the opposite side of the city and get used to the occasional crackhead/tweaker but I’m honestly saving more money than expected. The convince of a car only really shows up with dating and cutting 10-30 minutes from most of my travel.
All that to say I mostly agree with you.
Met my friends at a US university. They’re from The states of Kerala and Karnataka.
So a bit of bias on my and their parts, with them being individuals who sought out US schooling.
Having visited them Bangalore myself it was a definitely some culture shock; extremely noticable wealth disparity, police taking bribes for petty things in the open and rampant harassment depending on where you’re at and what you’re doing. I had a few instances as a dude where I didn’t feel safe, can’t imagine what those situations would be like as a woman.
I will also note that there is a unique reverence and benevolence that is present that doesn’t quite exist in the states. Thinking about the chart more I might recognize why people report feeling that their common citizens are generally good.
But again it’s complex… I saw a lot of people treating lower caste people very poorly in the few weeks I visited.
Perhaps. I said that mainly because of what my female friends from India have said and how they feel about their home. It’s a complex thing, and I’m not from there. I’m just expressing my surprise
India is low-key shocking to me. Idk, did they ask women?
The Pepe-ification of US political discourse.
I started playing a game with myself during my freshman year of college: how many species can I identify? At first I could only easily distinguish between birds and mammals. Then I was like oh well maybe I should bay closer attention to plants, then I realized how do I tell the difference between trees? Ok leaves are easy enough things to spot but why are some plants woody and some are… Wait how do I describe that? (Word I was looking for was herbaceous).
I took a lot of shrooms during that time, realized Im not built for an office environment and decided to study horticulture and botany even though it wasn’t offered at my university. I decided that I’d become a horticulturist and everyone around me probably thought I was smoking too much weed.
They were probably right, but I stuck to the plan regardless.
Yeah. Something. Like 75-80% of all content on the internet is AI generated now. Might be much worse since that figure was hit a while ago.
The internet isn’tade for humans anymore, which is ultimately something I don’t understand. Ai chat bots have taken over and we’re calling it “intelligence”.
For what? So a few rich fucks can eek out every last penny from us. If you’re human, I hope you’re well. Maybe getting off the internet is what we really need
Reddit is completely compromised. Fuckin sad to see. I got Perma banned about a week ago so I suppose there’s nothing I’ll be missing out on. I hate to sound hyperbolic but the internet we once knew is gone. For a brief moment I. Human history we had almost unrestricted access to the wealth of human knowledge, paired with the ability to form niche forums accessable to everyone within our reach and we squandered it.
End of an era. Now the internet is a circlejerk fest of bots, slop, and propaganda. I migrated to Lemmy, seems like it’s starting to hit another wave of growth. I don’t see social media having the utility it once did, especially the mainstream sites.
They’re saying it will be phased out entirely…
It works, for now
Nah you’re buggin for this dawg.
Sure there’s an element of the remnants of the uncensored net that is met with a sense of nostalgia but you picked one of the worst examples of that, Jesus Christ.
Provokation and emotional response.
In my mind that would be the main reason why. An sane population wouldn’t stand for their children to get killed and you do nothing. It forces your opponent into action and you can exploit that action.
With some infrastructure and certain targets a response can be delayed. Mass civilian/children casualties mean an immediate retaliation is in order or your population revolts to make one happen.
You see it in Palestine; people with nothing to lose become beligerant. You kill their kids they attack viciously. Much easier to attempt to justify fighting a “vicious rabbid opponent” than a defense less peaceful one. However, if they go the opposite end and attempt peace and calm, they are easy to mow down
Not gonna lie, it was a one off joke in Rick and Morty I saw at the end of highschool that got me to realize that, “oh this is a thing thing. Like not that one should be taking cartoons as political fact but that for the past few decades shining light on the legitimacy of Israel almost automatically turns you into a raving drunk lunatic”.
It’s not about Jews, or a homeland. It’s a concerted effort by a group of people for over a century to underhandedly amass power and exert influence while doing great harm and lying. These aren’t middle eastern people searching for their ancestral lands. They are power hungry Europeans who changed their names to larp as semetic people, to displace and replace the people who’ve lived there for centuries.
How a group of pilfering bandits made themselves synonymous with a religion AND ethnicity is fucking fascinating. Saying any critique of ZIONISTS and their actions brings down the wrath of YOUR OWN GOVERNMENT. I can’t even fathom the dirt they have on people or why we even fucking care anymore.
It’s so weird how bitter some plants tasted as a kid and how I can now pick up subtle sweetness in them. So many things I hated as a kid and couldn’t even force myself to keep down are quite tasty to me these days
At this point, considering the length of time involved in Zionist organizing to grow their sphere of influence, millions have died by proxy.
Funny how the thumbnail image looks just like how ICE agents in America are dressed. Guess they were inspired by their OGs.
Not a bad play.
This shit has long gotten out of control. We need a running list. The Zionist - pedophile protector list is less of a Venn Diagram and more concentric circles.
When I saw people’s already processed orders getting cancelled with no reason other than to price gouge I was infuriated.
The level of greed in this world sickens me.
I’m kicking myself so hard right now. I went in and upgraded my PC when word of tarrifs were coming back in 2024 but decided to chill on ram because the prices were still low and I felt I had enough. I have 16gb of DDR5 and my rig feels like it’s chugging with newer software.
I should’ve bit the bullet and future proofed with a 64gb set up. My ass decided to buy a house instead 😮💨
Why’s that? I used it for torrents a few weeks ago and at least speeds were fine. Definitely slower but not terrible.
Does it leak data or something?