[-] [email protected] 73 points 4 months ago

Stages of grief. Most are just getting to denial.

My 90 year old grandma has moved onto bargaining. She's trying to write a letter to DJT to "warn him about Musk"

Not bad progress, considering I couldn't get her to budge at all over the past decade.

[-] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago

What's worse: Reputable sites that comply with U.S. laws (such as participants being 18+ and filming of their own free will) are effectively forced out, while questionable site carry on.

The likelyhood of seeing abuse victims or underage in Texas goes up, not down.

If they truly cared about protecting minors, they'd see the flaw in their law and rectify it. Of course, we all know (not through cynicism but cold repeated behavior) that political conservatives do not care about minors and care far more about punishing consenting adults.

This law is a step toward the latter.

[-] [email protected] 79 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

At this point, it's just a temper tantrum.

Democrats/scientists/experts/youth are the "annoying older brother" and anything they want is "stupid."

Lead poisoning (gasoline) really ruined a generation.

[-] [email protected] 134 points 2 years ago

Remember how Governor Wallace said, "Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"?

What most people don't know is that decades later, he went to a lot of work to try to undo the damage he caused and advocate for civil rights. The problem was, the damage had been done a lot of it. Very real people have had their lives injured. He egged on voters into bigotry longer than they needed to be.

I can't help but feel that the last 10 years or so, we've been watching the same thing. All of this is going to age like milk. Future (and even current) generations suffering (or who will soon suffer) the effects of the climate crisis, are going to universally find moments like tonight universally outrageous.

History won't be written by baby Boomers. It's going to be written by the gen alpha kids who will be the adults when we're old and gone.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 2 years ago

Yep. Disney+ (for now).

Netflix, HBO, and Hulu gradually cancelled over the last few years.

What's stupid of them is that if they'd stayed around $8-10/mo each (ad-free), I probably would have stayed subscribed forever. Now they each get nothing.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The principal message at the top sets back acceptance for my trans friend.

By shooting for a distant objective that does not resonate with 90+ percent of people, we run the risk of arming hatefilled right-wing bigots. They can wave this around as "proof" that transgendered and non-binary people deserve entirely no rights.

Can't we shoot for a "You do you, and I'll do me" world where most of us cis people can enjoy our identity in peace -- while extending the same respect to transgendered and non-binary friends who also want to just live life in peace?

Crusading against all gender norma and against all gendered language is not a sustainable game plan here.

[-] [email protected] 58 points 2 years ago

Long run, they are corporate morons.

T-Mobile was "paying" for a rarely-used account on my family plan. Parents used it in another state. I occasionally used it. My brother logged in once in awhile. On any given week, it might see like 4 hours of collective viewership.

Turns out TMobile's contribution only covered the first $8. I have been paying another $10/mo. out of my own pocket and wasn't batting an eye.

Netflix was getting $18 a month for doing almost nothing! And that could have continued for many more years without my even questioning it.

BUT... One day I couldn't sign onto my own Netflix account that I pay for. Evidently, I'm not in my own household? That led to my discovery of the gargantuan amount I was paying for a service I barely use anymore.

So now, thanks to their greed, Netflix gets $0 from me. And not a single family member has phoned to ask why Netflix no longer works.

Some executives in Los Gatos may soon learn Econ 101's supply-and-demand curve.

[-] [email protected] 125 points 2 years ago

A fool and his money are soon parted. From the same class of vehicles that tried to lock heated seats behind a monthly subscription.

You know what's nice? Those cars can F right off. I won't buy one new. And never will buy one used.

Always will be "budget" cars (Corolla, Civic, Versa, etc.) that won't screw around with this crap because the buyers can't afford to screw around with it.

TRY to paywall a heated seat in a Civic. I dare Honda. It won't be more than 10 minutes before someone has it badly wired up like an aftermarket subwoofer.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

Your flaw is assuming that a couple only produces one child. Many humans can share the same ancestor.

[-] [email protected] 100 points 2 years ago

It's a clear EEE attack. Do not federate!

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago

That was my reaction when Elon first bought twitter. It's like he's so stupid he thinks Twitter is the only possible platform that could ever be a twitter.

It turns out, we're all pretty clever at figuring out places to talk. The talking is going to happen. Where we do the talking keeps changing.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

just find another web site

Okay. Done and done.

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Obviously, this is no shock. GM isn't going to dump their pickups until the EV models are proven reliable, profitable, and hot sellers.

Frankly 10 to 12 years may even be a tad optimistic, barring some catastrophe that makes oil/gasoline difficult to buy

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Okay. Well, that should act like a bat signal to call over all the car enthusiasts.

Welcome to Lemmy!

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