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I get what you're saying. It's a both are true type of thing in my opinion. Our impact pales in comparison to the ultra wealthy. What gets left out of the conversation is that the AI data centres, factories, and transport trucks exist because there is demand. Each and every one of us is part of that demand and by significantly changing our lifestyles we can change our demands.

Your argument is valid though, the wealthy need to be the first to reduce their demand and by the most. Also that they're not going to do that without the threat of state violence, just like we're obligated to be lawful on the threat of state violence. It's just that we're not absolve of our contribution to climate change because the ultra wealthy have contributed more.

on Me_irl · c/me_irl · 16 pts · 3d

And yet nurses, first responders, therapist, social workers, and teachers are all expected to take the satisfaction of helping people as compensation in lue of payment.

They are your representatives. You may not like how your representatives are representing you on the international stage but they're still your representatives. None of us care that someone is "one of the good Americans." It's your country's leaders that are taking a shit on everyone else and Americans are the only people who can do anything about it. From the outside it seem like although very few Americans like what's going on, even fewer are willing to do anything about it and expect the rest of the world to do it for them.

Well guess what, Americans did this to America. We're not coming to save you, we can't. We'll be annihilated by the United States if we even suggest we'll try. You're on your own, figure it out.

on Priorities · c/reddit · 6 pts · 5d

Sorry to hear that. I've heard that scream too. A coworker got his foot chopped off and leg crushed by a hydraulic shearing machine. I can't describe the scream. It's a visceral and unintelligible scream and yet I knew exactly what they were trying to communicate. Fortunately he lived.

From Brooklyn 99

Jake: "So, what, now I'm just supposed to do anything that Rosa does? I mean, what if she jumped off a cliff?"

Captain Holt: "If Rosa were to jump off a cliff, she would've done her due diligence regarding the height of the cliff, the depth of the water, and the angle of entry, so yes. If you see Rosa jump off a cliff, by all means, jump off a cliff."

From speaking with Muslims during Ramadan, if there's a bona fide emergency that takes priority over prayer no questions asked. Anyone who says otherwise is an extremist or wrong.

I'm not going to argue anything you said cause it's factual, it wasn't one-sided. It is now. Israel has total victory over the Palestinians. A Palestinian state will never exist now, and Israel is still killing them. It's not a war anymore, It's a genocide.

on Hooray! · c/aboringdystopia · 11 pts · 7d

They go to Trump's sovereign wealth fund which he uses to give his allies cushy government contracts.

on Air Purification · c/diy · 4 pts · 8d

A box fan with a filter slapped on each side would probably work nearly as well for half as long. This is assuming that the filter doesn't starve the fan of air. Filters are more or less all about surface area. Two filters instead of four means half the surface area doing the same amount of work.

Tldr; the cube is better, but even a single filter on a fan is better than nothing.

on My 98 Oldsmobile · c/lemmyshitpost · 3 pts · 10d

Older cars also looked nicer. Yes our cars are better, and I will probably never own a classic car. The Chevrolet Bel Air looks way better than any car built in the last 10 years, and it's a metal death trap.

The worst part is that he's the wealthiest person to ever exist. He has more than enough money to help. He could be telling everyone in his employment to begin to undo the mess he made, but he won't. He may donate a few million to a charity (that he owns) to build up some good will with the poors. The people he pays to be around him will tell him what a saint he is, caring for the poor. He'll feel good about himself again. While millions of children still die.

on Hippity Hoppity · c/memes · 9 pts · 11d

It could be because most independent Manga artist want the exposure and won't enforce their copyright as rigoursly. Whereas a publishing company already has the exposure and wants to control their IP and will enforce their copyright. Especially because to hold a copyright the owner needs to defend it.

Yeah even on ST: Lower Decks all the Starfleet characters were officers. If any show was going to showcase noncoms in Starfleet you'd think it'd be ST: LD. Perhaps you could count most of the mawquee crewmembers in ST: Voyage as noncoms. Except that Voy is an exceptional case

My dude, how do you know OP isn't doing anything? I mean odds are they aren't but neither you nor I know that. You're right, a few nice words doesn't absolve an American from anything. The only thing that will is cutting MAGA from their government like a tumor but we shouldn't be punishing people who are claiming to help. I get the desire to unload all the frustration we feel from America on an American but it doesn't help.

I'll leave you with this, why hurt someone who is trying to be an ally? What does that accomplish? Critisizing an ally is okay and good. What does striking an ally do other than drive them away?

It may feel to you that when you're with your people everyone is against Trump. From the outside looking in, there are more people who support Trump than oppose him, and there are many times more people who are in neither camp and just accept that this is what the world is. That vast majority of Americans think that democracy only happens once every four years.