Ballistic86

joined 2 years ago
[–] Ballistic86@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Who represents the “real” conservatives/Republicans? It would seem any state with Republican control is aiming for similar anti-immigration policies. If everyone is doing it, then it becomes the standard. If nobody from the party can speak out against it, it becomes the standard. When the conservative majority Supreme Court instills conservative policy despite public opposition, it becomes the standard.

How would shipping immigrants across state borders unannounced ever be a way to help people? And it has been many buses, are we forgetting the last few years of Florida sending people to progressive states? It might be publicity stunts, but hundreds of people getting shipped around the country based on false information and left sitting out to dry only says “conservatives think immigrants are less than human and can be shipped around like cattle”

[–] Ballistic86@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

20 DKP MINUS

[–] Ballistic86@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

I’m not going to search it out as I don’t want to screw up my YT algo. But there are educational/instructional videos that show everything right on YouTube. Seriously. These type of videos are probably on PornHub or whatever as well.

One guy shows both shaving and nair removal of butthole hairs. And he shows you his butthole and the entire process in vivid HD detail. Make sure you use the proper nair, there are varieties specified for “bikini area”

The top community is happy for your future smooth butthole.

[–] Ballistic86@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I played RO back in high school. Haven’t thought about that game in 20 years. I might have to check it out again.

[–] Ballistic86@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

There are people that like new things, there are people who prefer older things. I am willing to spend money on a new phone every 2 years because it is my main computing device. I, also, don’t miss a lot of things of older phones. I never used as SD card, I never replaced a battery, and I haven’t used wired headphones in a decade.

I like my iPhone 14, the LiDAR gives me a ton of cool applications, the camera takes the best photos I’ve ever taken before, it will be kept updated for the next 5 years and the always-on screen is very useful for unlock-free info.

If you trade-in a fairly new phone, you can heavily discount a new phone purchase as well. It’s more like leasing a car vs owning a car. Pay for the time you use the phone, return it while it still has value in the 2nd hand market and get a fresh phone.

On the other hand, my brother sticks his phone in his pocket all day and doesn’t look at it at home. He bought an iPhone SE a few years ago and it just works. He would argue buying a new phone is silly as well. But we use our phones very differently and so our purchase habits will be different.

[–] Ballistic86@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah. With the licensing and work involved with producing Atmos sound I doubt any of it is more than just PR/marketing.

Dolby: “Look how good Dolby Atmos is, Beyoncé makes her music with the technology!”

My boomer dad uses TIDAL and is convinced that it sounds much better than my YT Music. And it might have higher bits and mor channels, but we aren’t sitting in a home theater. It all sounds the same through nice stereo speakers or, in my case, my headphones.

[–] Ballistic86@lemm.ee 45 points 2 years ago

“What the hell are we going to do without viral scat porn videos?” cries “Up yours woke moralists”

[–] Ballistic86@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Staying as far away from Meta has been my goal since leaving Facebook 8 years ago. I really like this instance, it meets all of my needs for my Reddit replacement.

I don’t see a reason to federate with a corporation unless they were able to deliver something I’m not currently getting and their corporate support would greatly improve performance/sustainability for this instance. But based on previous experience, a company entering a space usually makes it worse.

[–] Ballistic86@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Everyone stops at a stop sign. Cars, buses, pedestrians, motorized wheelchairs, and bikes. This is not an issue that needs separate rules for cyclists. Perhaps they can re-evaluate that intersection, does it need a sign? If cyclists can easily coast through the intersection, the need for a stop sign is up for discussion. Perhaps a Yield sign.

My area has lights for intersections with more than 2 lanes per direction of travel, roundabouts for smaller busy roads, and most of the residential intersections don’t have signage. Stop signs are, mostly, used to slow traffic down.

[–] Ballistic86@lemm.ee 49 points 2 years ago (6 children)

So Hunter has his leaked nudes removed from Twitter. Conservatives saw this as an opportunity to claim a larger coverup. When nothing came to light and Hunter was found guilty of a few other charges they have resorted to literally just posting his leaked nudes.

I’m sorry but if this isn’t just one of the more revealing things about the GOP, I don’t know what is. Make something very normal and done by many people, including members of the GOP, and manipulate the facts to fit a narrative. Push that narrative to the extreme until Fox News reports it as FACT. Hope that wins a few votes in whatever upcoming election. When the initial info is revealed to be bullshit, the plan did its job.

Why post the nudes photos? Because some GOP didn’t get the hint that this was just political propaganda and are following through. The same reason Comet Pizza has been threatened with gun violence.

[–] Ballistic86@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Ryan Ellis, the man who wrote this opinion article is a tax lobbyist and a senior tax advisor at the Family Business Coalition. The Family Business Coalition seems to be a tax industry sponsored organization that claims to protect America family businesses.

The only people who are able to take advantage of the tax filing system we have in place are the very rich or businesses owners. This does not apply to 95% of Americans. A automatic filing tax system would save millions of dollars a year on unnecessary fees charged by Intuit and the like.

[–] Ballistic86@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

I did edit to clarify, the criticisms I was mentioning were intended as public criticisms. Which both were true. I can understand how you might have assumed I meant my own personal criticism.

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