[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

During the course of the entire war, the US has spent $175 billion helping Ukraine. This might sound like a lot until you realize that in just a single year, the US' federal budget is $6.5 trillion. So even if we paid for everything all at once, there's still $6.32 trillion left this year.

Not to mention most of the money goes back into the American economy. We are spending money on weapons that are largely sitting in warehouses that we would otherwise need to be replaced. Weapons don't last forever. So for pennies on the dollar we are saving Ukrainian cities from being "liberated" by our cold war enemy that never stopped being our cold war enemy. Sounds like a great investment to me.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

"It would be so patriotic to let the Ukrainians get genocided by our long-time enemy bro"

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Billionaires don't work. Why should children?

Let kids focus on their studies. We need a better educated population, not one where people are trained to work mindless jobs where corporations pay you the least amount possible.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

It's irrelevant that AI is being used. Books being summed up has already existed for many years as Sparknotes. This advent hasn't stopped people from enjoying great books.

There are lots of good reasons to hate on AI - like the fact that it's increasingly being used in a military capacity. This just isn't one of those reasons.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Ableism at its finest.

This could help people learning any language, but people with an irrational hatred would rather have a knee-jerk reaction than think critically. They think this will make people stupid when they're already so stupid that they can't see actual use-cases.

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[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 175 points 5 months ago

HR are all class traitors. Their sole purpose in life is to pay you as little as possible and protect the people at the top who are stealing everyone elses' profits. Fuck anyone working in HR.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 166 points 7 months ago

Sex work is work. This woman did nothing wrong. Fuck the puritans who fired her.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 168 points 7 months ago

Turbo Tax is the reason why the government doesn't just give you a number to pay. The process could be easy, but the giant corporation Intuit and their political lobbying is why it sucks.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 151 points 7 months ago

Stupid metric by some rich asshole who is solely focused on making more money.

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Zomboat (2019) (www.youtube.com)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by alienanimals@lemmy.world to c/comedyplusgenre@lemmy.world

The aftermath of a zombie onslaught being unleashed on the British city of Birmingham. Sisters Kat and Jo, together with unlikely travel companions Sunny and Amar, flee for their lives by canal boat.

Here's the link to watch for free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMzuOaATy9w&list=PLAGuPX8AizeQnOSXGIU6kErsW0SHr4jHj&index=6

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 157 points 9 months ago

Literally every single day we have idiots doing Musk’s PR work for free.

Downvote Musk spam. The billionaire doesn’t need your help ensuring his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 157 points 10 months ago

The Mormon church regularly influences politics and doesn't pay a single penny to taxes. END TAX EXEMPTION FOR CHURCHES.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 219 points 10 months ago

Literally every single day we have idiots doing Musk's PR work for free.

Downvote Musk spam. The billionaire doesn't need your help making sure his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle.

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