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US private payrolls post first drop in more than two years; layoffs still low by hark in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Payroll drop but sharp drop in layoffs? Are people just quitting or are companies laying people off without calling them layoffs?

USAID cuts may lead to more than 14 million deaths globally, including 4.5 million children under 5 by 2030, researchers say by hark in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago

I've heard of coomers and nooticers, but infoormers? That's a new one, but just as lame.

"Vote blue no matter who" was always projection by hark in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Of course it was. If the party wasn't promoting garbage candidates, they wouldn't need to rely on such a thing to try to take your vote for granted because people would happily vote for candidates they think will actually help them.

We live wasted lives by hark in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Whoever you vote for will be ~~bribed~~ lobbied until they don't represent you anymore, assuming they weren't already compromised before even entering office.

Musk threatens to primary members of Congress who vote for Trump's megabill by hark in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Alright, time to start primarying if you're not totally full of shit, elon.

What should be done with the unemployable people? by hark in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

This post is based on a false premise. These people aren't unemployable, they're being actively rejected so that the available labor pool remains sizeable and desperate. The automation hype is just that, hype. Just like the gig economy, it's merely a way to devalue labor and exploit it while selling the idea as innovation. Some evidence: if automation was really going to make so many people unemployable, then why is the news freaking out over the declining birth rate? Surely if automation is going to take over so much work, we wouldn't have to worry about who will take care of the elderly.

Fujoshi oppression rule by hark in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Misread as fundoshi.

Americans Wrongly Think Plant-Based Diets Are More Expensive, Survey Finds by hark in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

Probably because the products that are marketed most prominently as being vegan also charge a premium.

AMC now warns moviegoers to expect ‘25-30 minutes’ of ads and trailers by hark in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

I think the saddest of all is when they roll ads for themselves. I'm already in your shitty theater, why are you advertising how "magical" your experience is? Just reeks of desperation and won't convince me to visit more frequently, there are many reasons why I very rarely go to AMC theaters and wasting my time advertising yourselves while I'm already there won't change my mind.

Well, are you? by hark in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I can't right meow, I'm at work.

Follow the 30/30 rule by hark in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

How can you stand 30 minutes of work?

No, not like that by hark in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

I think his endorsement still holds sway in his state of South Carolina, but thankfully it doesn't mean anything in New York.

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[email protected] mod enforces own opinion by modding opposing opinion as "misinformation" (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Context: https://lemmy.world/comment/14613536 Screenshotted context just in case:

A user claims that the killing in Palestine stopped under Biden now. I point out that biden had full-throatedly supported the genocide for over a year. A mod deletes my post and says that biden didn't "state" (keyword here) full-throated support for genocide.

I counter by saying I consider sending billions in support of genocide counts as full-throated support for genocide. I also point out that I didn't say Biden stated his support for genocide and that he didn't need to outright state it because actions speak louder than words.

I receive a temp ban for that counter and the mod adds a response where they claim the weapons were "provided for defense from Iran, full stop." which sounds to me like actual misinformation because how the hell does bombing hospitals in Gaza defend Israel from Iran? I'm not bothered by their stupid opinion, but I am bothered that they are enforcing it through moderation.

I ran into a similar moderation problem on the Political Memes community also on .world, but I didn't bother making a post here for that because that's just a dumb meme community and I was better off just blocking it, but now this is concerning a world news community and it's awful to see something like this happening in a community that's supposed to keep people aware of the news.

But hey, maybe I'm wrong and it actually is misinformation to say it's full-throated support of genocide to send billions in weapons to a country using those weapons to commit genocide. Please let me know what you think!