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yeah, now imagine when its even worse
by code_for_monkey 1y ago
yeah, now imagine when its even worse
- Mistletoe 1y agoI’ve seen the movie Brazil and I wish more people had so they would have voted better.
- nyc_data_geek1 1y agoIs your form stamped? There's no stamp on it.
- thombat 1y agoThis is your receipt for your husband. And this is my receipt for your receipt.
- nyc_data_geek1 1y agoWe're all in this together, kid.
- smt88 1y agoI'm not sure why you think that would've helped. A lot of the people who won't shut up about 1984 and Ayn Rand still vote for the closest thing to monarchy they can find on their ballots.
- mr_toad 1y agoIn the end they will lay their freedom at our feet, and say to us, "Make us your slaves, but feed us."
- forgotoldacc 1y agoWe're at a point where people would be glad to starve if they think it pissed someone else off.
- recursive 1y agoI think most of them would say that right up until they could actually feel the hunger. People spend hundreds of dollars on drugs that just make them less hungry so they eat less. So I don't think so.
- wat10000 1y agoSome people see "don't tread on me" as "don't tread on people," while others see it as "don't tread on ME specifically."
- nerdponx 1y agoDon't tread on me but please do tread on those other people I've been indoctrinated to dislike.
- red-iron-pine 1y ago"tread on them especially hard"
- ReptileMan 1y agoOkay - democrats will push us in 1984 dystopia where they force you to accept that reality is what they tell you, and republicans will push us in low life high tech Cyberpunk dystopia where corporations reign supreme. Choose your poison.
- buellerbueller 1y agooh, like that classic Democrat line "tylenol causes autism"?
- ReptileMan 1y agoWe are talking about the same hepatotoxic compound that is absurdly easy to OD on but it gives negligible relief on stuff you should just power trough? That anecdotal - is barely better than a pacebo? Personally - I think that the two main drivers of autism are people having kids later and too high rates of smart people intermarriage. Of course Trump should not have said Tylenol, but paracetamol. And there are some very mild hints in the data that they are correlated, but not enough sigmas. And of course it could be Tylenol and something else with which ot interacts. And autism is so hard to be linked to anything because of how big the umbrella is and that we have such high delay to diagnosis that we will never know. Not taking medications when not really necessary is probably a good precaution principle
- troyvit 1y agoBut if he can't say "acetaminophen" how can he say "paracetamol"?
- buellerbueller 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop My point is merely that the lie against reality is being perpetrated by Republicans. You never really addressed that.
- lupusreal 1y agoNobody in America says paracetamol. The generic drug is called acetaminophen in America. Anyway, it works very well for the aches and pains that come from manual labor.
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- carefulfungi 1y agoEveryday I think to myself, "Biden and Trump sure do govern exactly the same - I can hardly tell anything changed!"
- CPLX 1y agoOdd comment on an article that is a specific detailed example of a distinction between the two approaches.
- ceejayoz 1y agoYour sarcasm detector needs a retuning.
- tialaramex 1y agoAssuming you felt the /s tag was superfluous I'm with you. Change is the only constant in the universe, if you only want different then voting really was a waste of time, that you are getting for sure.
- red_rech 1y agoSure, but what then? The people would rather slaughter each other than reject their favorite entertainment personalities.
- wat10000 1y agoWhere did these regulations come from that they're trying to roll back now?
- nerdponx 1y ago"Voting doesn't work" is a right wing authoritarian propaganda lie. Don't fall for it.
- dfee 1y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(1985_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(1985_film) Looks interesting!
- pstuart 1y agoIt's a must watch movie -- there's multiple editions and you should watch the directors cut.
- lisper 1y agoI know that "me too" comments are frowned upon, but I really feel the need to chime in here. Brazil is my favorite movie of all time. It is eerily prescient. It's important to keep in mind while watching it today that it was made forty years ago. And yes, the director's cut. Absolutely the director's cut.
- scrps 1y agoDon't forget the inverse can happen, like when tech-bros read sci-fi and end up thinking Bad Thing is a good idea... :|
- bryanrasmussen 1y agogeez, can you people stop tearing down the torment nexus for just one minute!
- MurkyLabs 1y agoAh yes, the Torment Nexus from the popular sci-fi book, "Don't build the Torment Nexus!"
- herval 1y agoI love/hate how many people in tech watched Black Mirror and went "that's a great idea! I'll build that"
- MangoToupe 1y agoI see the causality as reversed: the show is based on extrapolating current tech trends to produce near-future dystopian sci-fi.
- caycep 1y agoit was worse in the 80's-90's...I guess the past few years of enjoying refunds was not meant to last...
- OhMeadhbh 1y agoIt absolutely was not worse in the 80s. Unless you mean more expensive. Yes. It DEFINITELY was more expensive. When I booked through a travel agent or over the phone with the airline, the fees were pretty transparent. I sorta feel for the airlines here because before deregulation they had to commit to unprofitable routes before they realized HOW unprofitable they would be. That cost was spread over the profitable routes and ultimately everything was more expensive. But... oh man... remember when you could get on a flight where only about 25% of the seats were filled and the food wasn't great, but was free? I remember being able to lift the arm-rests on seats up and stretch out and take a nap on the plane. Those were the days. Before American's MD/SD-80s started falling out of the sky, I would fly out to DFW from SJC each week and it was delightful. And baggage handling systems are much better than the 80s. It's been 5 years since an airline has lost checked luggage for me. But of course, it's been 5 years since I checked luggage, so who knows? I really miss Yamato 宅配便 from when I lived in Japan. Americans really don't know how to travel correctly. Meh. The dollar is probably going to be devalued soon so the dream of air travel for the typical American will likely only be in the rear-view mirror. We'll all be lost in wistful nostalgia about the time when normal people could afford air travel. So... SOME things were worse in the 80s/90s. Not all things related to traveling.
- ardit33 1y agoNo sure why this comment got downvoted. The 90s were more of no hidden fees at all. You paid the ticket, and that's it. Usually 2 baggages were included in the flight (standard), and food was free. US inland trips had crappy snacks, and some soda, but international ones all had food and drinks, including alcoholic ones. Prices of tickets were more expensive for sure, so air travel was more of a luxury. The era of the hidden fees started during the late Bush era, and with the advents of online booking, and with the rise of the 'cheap airlines' like RyanAir, Spirit, etc... They had hidden fees as part of their busisness model. The larger carriers started following suit with more restricitons for the cheapest base tickets (no luggage) and more fees for things that used to be included before. This is completely different from the 90s, which you paid and things were more upfront.