diogenescynic

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by diogenescynic 5mo ago
Agree, it's almost entirely about profit and convenience but I just think there's something false about modern 'convenience' in that it actually isn't 'convenient' when you think about all the other things
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by diogenescynic 5mo ago
I miss toy stores, butcher shops, record stores, movie renal stores... everything moving online has really made culture so isolating and a lot harder to meet people. I remember when I was younger I could just go to a retail area and get som
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by diogenescynic 5mo ago
Cool, but why is Apple making the new iPhone 17e chips in Israel when Israel just coordinated a mass terrorist attack using pagers? I personally don't want my iPhone being used as a bomb if I say something to criticize Israel. Israel i
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by diogenescynic 5mo ago
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by diogenescynic 5mo ago
Same argument they make why we have to keep giving Israel money to kill Palestinians...
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by diogenescynic 5mo ago
I have never seen them consultants that provide a value commensurate with the prices they charge. They seem more like a proxy for fraud. When I worked at PayPal, there was a director who had an army of Deloitte consultants who just so happe
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by diogenescynic 6mo ago
We've forgotten how to do most basic things. Roads are paved terribly, food quality is equally gross, our colleges are diploma mills, homes are built like crap... Everything has steadily been going in the wrong direction my entire life
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by diogenescynic 6mo ago
The reason Toyota prices are still so high is because they're one of the only vehicles that are still so reliable (Mazda and Honda are actually great too). I think a 2025 Lexus GX 550 will almost certainly be on the road in 2035. Anyth
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by diogenescynic 6mo ago
It's for the people having affairs at work and who hate their families.
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by diogenescynic 6mo ago
I think it was boomers who demanded McMansions with 3 car garages and new cars every 4 years and drove lifestyle inflation to a point it's no longer sustainable/affordable for the next generation. Millenials are struggling to affo
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by diogenescynic 6mo ago
I think you're focusing on the wrong thing and missing the point. Housing supplies have not significantly increased with population growth (demand) in decades--thus the price equilibrium has moved up. I don't care if you build up
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by diogenescynic 6mo ago
America is rich, Americans not so much. We've strip mined the middle class since the 1970s. Good jobs were outsourced. Then we used immigration to make sure that the good paying jobs were unavailable for most native born citizens. Now
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by diogenescynic 6mo ago
I predict the next trend in technology will be low tech or analog whenever possible like SpeedQueen washer/dryers, etc. It's funny looking at antique appliances that actually have superior functionality and features to modern ones
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by diogenescynic 6mo ago
It's always funny when people see the law of supply and demand in effect.
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by diogenescynic 7mo ago
>Perhaps you joke, but does Tucker really have a chance at the Presidency? People had the same attitude about Trump. Tucker has millions of followers and regularly gets more viewers than CNN. He is also one of the only talking heads that
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by diogenescynic 7mo ago
>Explain how the US would even approach or even be made to forcibly accept the idea of bowing to another country, especially those three? They are not the average European country and do not behave like them. We don't control the Mi
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by diogenescynic 7mo ago
They're destroying oil production and distribution capacity daily. This is likely the last time we will see oil prices this low. It's only going up from here. Oh and choking off the supply of fertilizer will drive up food prices..
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by diogenescynic 7mo ago
I don't think he cares? He's going to cash out after this and his donors will make sure he is paid handsomely for this. He can't run again and Israel just took 10% of Lebanon and is poised to be the great regional power. They
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by diogenescynic 7mo ago
It'll force American to negotiate with Iran and China/India will be the mediators. It will be the beginning of the end of the Petrodollar and likely force America to leave the Middle East. It will empower Russia, China, and India
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by diogenescynic 7mo ago
My kids are 3 and 5 so right now the only activity we do is swimming lessons which are done in a group setting, but aren't really a team sport and the kids/parents in the class change constantly due to scheduling etc. I'm thi
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by diogenescynic 7mo ago
We still text frequently, but it really just isn't the same level of connection. It's really hard for me to make time to socialize in person when kids and work are so demanding and all consuming. Hoping once both kids are in eleme
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by diogenescynic 7mo ago
Since I've had kids and moved cities, I have basically zero friends. I have a two friends about 40 minutes away but we're all too busy with kids and work to meet up more than really once a year. Having young kids really changes yo
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by diogenescynic 7mo ago
Wow it's almost like the law of supply and demand is in fact accurate. Who would have thought basic economic 101 would be proven out? It's almost like when you allow supply to increase to meet demand the price equilibrium can move
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by diogenescynic 8mo ago
No, it's incompetent mentally ill weirdos being put in charge of things that they should because of DEI and woke virtue signaling that I disagree with. And again, if that's the hill that democrats want to die on when they think th
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by diogenescynic 8mo ago
Remember https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/non-binary-ex-biden-nucle... or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Levine That is why democrats are losing. This isn't normal and 80% of the
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by diogenescynic 8mo ago
The furthest left member of Congress, AOC, voted to give Israel more military aid and never pushed for a floor vote on Medicare for all. None of them are center left. They're all right wing.
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by diogenescynic 8mo ago
She was drunk and incompetent and had literally no platform or politics other than 'not being Trump' and being a black woman.
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by diogenescynic 8mo ago
>ACA has survived 12 years and enabled a lot of people to obtain health insurance that would not have been able to otherwise, with Republicans wanting to kill it that entire time but failing to do so. My insurance is more expensive than
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by diogenescynic 8mo ago
Exactly this. They went the entire pandemic without even bringing a vote on Medicare for All. The democrats are not left wing at all. They are complete corporate sell outs. They don't actually do what their voters want, they represent

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