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  • SkyNTPtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldwomp womp
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    6 months ago

    Yes, there’s that, but it’s also just straight up gaslighting as a means to bully sovereign countries and further brainwash people into whatever reality the administration dictates. Next time, it’ll be an executive order to have Greenland renamed, etc. The pen truely is mightier than the sword.





  • Trump’s power is not derived from a piece of paper. That was the Democrats mistake.

    Trump’s power comes directly from the people. In a democracy, ultimately the people get the last say.

    The transactions are far from over. There are many more transactions to come. From as little as continuing to support Trump-freindly representatives, all the way up to not actively rebelling against his administration.



  • SkyNTPtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml*Permanently Deleted*
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    9 months ago

    If we don’t learn, then WTF are we doing with ourselves. The human existence is the pursuit of knowledge. The only depressing thing here, IMO, is the idea that living out a life as grazing cattle, concerned with nothing more than gorging oneself with the next meal is the only reason to live.

    Comfortable? Sure. Self-actualized? Not a chance. There’s more to life than living out only the most basic biological needs.


  • No one, either in comments, nor in article, actually touches on form factor. The fact is that sedans are only good for moving people, but there’s better options for that: like cycling or train. The real benefit of an SUV’s form factor (or pickup, or station wagon, or hatchback) is that you can move cargo with it, the kind of stuff that you can’t move with efficient people movers.





  • problem seems to be […] intertwined language with culture

    You lost the argument right here. Language is as fundamental to culture as the sky is blue.

    The rest of your post amounts to “communication is important to function” and you are not wrong on that front. But you put no weight on the importance of culture too.

    Consider this your wakeup call, that just because you don’t personally care about society having an identity doesn’t mean the rest of us don’t.



  • It’s faster until you need the human operator to keep coming over because the anti-theft sensors keep getting tripped up by false positive readings. Or you need to find some vegetable code that a normal cashier has memorized.

    Self checkout is great when it’s done well, and total shit when poorly executed. And unfortunately, it’s not always just a matter of technology (which normally keeps improving); it’s often a matter of business model: sometimes customer convenience is really important, other times loss prevention (which creates frustration) is more important.

    I’ve seen countless good self-checkout experiences backslide into crap experience because the business felt that a controlled client is more profitable than a convenienced client.



  • Because many people don’t see it that way. Many people see this more as a “stop defending yourself” statement.

    In reality, this is a very difficult situation for everyone that can only end in one of two ways: listening to grievances on ALL sides and finding compromise (which usually results in no one getting what they want), or more bloodshed.

    On a side note, I smell the implication that internal debate within a party, or changing policy in response to public sentiment is some kind of weakness. In reality, this is the healthiest manifestation of democracy. If someone can’t respect that, then all I can say is they have no business calling themselves Canadian.