bignate31

joined 2 years ago
[–] bignate31@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't understand why you're getting down-voted. Living abroad and have stopped listening to news since the Trump election. Every 6 months I tune in, and while it seems a lot has happened, no progress has actually been made

this seems cool, but... so what? cute photo op and a tale for the grandkids....

[–] bignate31@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

you mean "the moment they're conceived", right? adulthood starts at conception obv

[–] bignate31@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I took German in high school, and while I understand maybe 60% of the words, 90% of the (what I assume to be critical) context is lost on me

[–] bignate31@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Also non-Americans trying to browse Lemmy during work...

I really wish I could understand German humour

[–] bignate31@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Let me get this straight. You think somebody else wiped down the fingerprints on the gun, shot him, and then stuck his finger on the trigger without thinking about creating any fingerprints? Does seem like someone half-assed the wrong step of that operation...

[–] bignate31@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

... and TP. don't forget to stock up on TP

[–] bignate31@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago

Reminds me of a thread I saw here a while ago on "What if advertising were illegal?"

I've found the best method for reducing my need on Amazon is to just buy less crap. Online shopping is simple because you can get stuff immediately, but I don't think anybody "needs" 3-4 new products per week.

Aside from that, I try and support local: find local shops that sell items similar to my style, or trust word of mouth for online retailers that are good. At the end of the day, as long as you're buying good-quality stuff (which oddly seems to spend less on advertisements) it doesn't really matter where exactly you buy from, as it's all pretty similar in price / quality.

[–] bignate31@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is it delivered via Amazon or just in Amazonian packaging? I guess I don't mind either as much, since I can't expect a small seller to keep two separate streamlined processes....

[–] bignate31@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

This has also saved me on more than one occasion as I've tried to find the same "brand" of something I was going to buy on another site, only to find it was actually an Amazon product they were trying to push. Dodged that bullet for sure

[–] bignate31@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Love me some rat cereal

[–] bignate31@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

But like... deleting the data would lessen the sale price. Much easier to just delete your account and keep the data in an "anonymous" form. How are you (as the consumer) going to ever know if it's actually deleted?

[–] bignate31@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I agree with @Num10ck@lemmy.world -- Tesla did some amazing things, and really paved the way for electric vehicles (especially vehicle charging infrastructure). But they went too fast and quality went down and they're trying to make up for it by Magats buying to support Trump.

the media will be all over it

Tesla is already the most deadly car brand, but why aren't the media already "all over it"? What makes you think it will be any different with autopilot? https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/tesla-highest-rate-deadly-accidents-study-1235176092/

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