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Honestly more than half of this sort of mess is incompetence rather than malice. But... yeah, sigh. Our grandkids just aren't going to believe what it was lik

by ajross 1mo ago

Honestly more than half of this sort of mess is incompetence rather than malice. But... yeah, sigh. Our grandkids just aren't going to believe what it was like.

guywithahat 1mo ago
> Our grandkids just aren't going to believe what it was like You mean reading about beef recalls? Yeah they'll be shocked
- add-sub-mul-div 1mo ago
  Which interpretation of your comment do you think makes you look better: that you're pretending not to understand the point being made, or that you truly don't understand the point being made?
  - boolol 1mo ago
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  - guywithahat 1mo ago
    So you think this comment: > Our grandkids just aren't going to believe what it was like Is appropriate for recalling ~30 cows worth of beef? There is no secret point being made, it's just average things happening while certain people overreact.
    - add-sub-mul-div 1mo ago
      You're expected to understand at a high level the incompetence and corruption that's being referenced as having led to this. You can disagree with the take, but being ignorant of it doesn't make sense.
      - guywithahat 1mo ago
        This is a post about beef being recalled. Broadly though, the belief that "current X politician from Y party is the worst, most corrupt politician ever" is a childish belief. I've heard it said about every president and high-ranking politician in my lifetime and it is not remarkable. Frankly the Biden scandals where his son was cutting him into foreign payments seemed worse, and there's no reason to think this beef import had anything to do with corruption, and certainly not at the presidential level.
    - anigbrowl 1mo ago
      It's a synecdoche for the broader pattern of ruinous self-owns.
deepfriedbits 1mo ago
Usually I'm with you. In these instances, there's a ton of malice, however, with what DOGE did and the relentless drive from conservatism to shrink government and regulations (many of which aim to protect consumers).
somenameforme 1mo ago
If you look at the trajectory of things since the turn of the century, let alone prior, it's more likely that we'll be recounting stories of today as the 'good ole days.' We didn't start the fire. It was always burning, since the world's been turning. No we didn't light it, and we tried to fight it.

by ajross 1mo ago

Honestly more than half of this sort of mess is incompetence rather than malice. But... yeah, sigh. Our grandkids just aren't going to believe what it was like.

guywithahat 1mo ago

> Our grandkids just aren't going to believe what it was like You mean reading about beef recalls? Yeah they'll be shocked

add-sub-mul-div 1mo ago
Which interpretation of your comment do you think makes you look better: that you're pretending not to understand the point being made, or that you truly don't understand the point being made?
- boolol 1mo ago
  [flagged]
- guywithahat 1mo ago
  So you think this comment: > Our grandkids just aren't going to believe what it was like Is appropriate for recalling ~30 cows worth of beef? There is no secret point being made, it's just average things happening while certain people overreact.
  - add-sub-mul-div 1mo ago
    You're expected to understand at a high level the incompetence and corruption that's being referenced as having led to this. You can disagree with the take, but being ignorant of it doesn't make sense.
    - guywithahat 1mo ago
      This is a post about beef being recalled. Broadly though, the belief that "current X politician from Y party is the worst, most corrupt politician ever" is a childish belief. I've heard it said about every president and high-ranking politician in my lifetime and it is not remarkable. Frankly the Biden scandals where his son was cutting him into foreign payments seemed worse, and there's no reason to think this beef import had anything to do with corruption, and certainly not at the presidential level.
  - anigbrowl 1mo ago
    It's a synecdoche for the broader pattern of ruinous self-owns.

deepfriedbits 1mo ago

Usually I'm with you. In these instances, there's a ton of malice, however, with what DOGE did and the relentless drive from conservatism to shrink government and regulations (many of which aim to protect consumers).

somenameforme 1mo ago

If you look at the trajectory of things since the turn of the century, let alone prior, it's more likely that we'll be recounting stories of today as the 'good ole days.' We didn't start the fire. It was always burning, since the world's been turning. No we didn't light it, and we tried to fight it.