[-] lamentforicarus@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Someone losing copyright of their book doesn't necessarily mean they're going to write more. A vast majority of published writers cannot live off of a single book (a lot can't from multiples). It's actually incredibly hard to make a living off writing.

[-] lamentforicarus@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago

Sometimes I put a tiny bit of mustard on an Oreo to have a sweet and tangy snack.

[-] lamentforicarus@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago

I just fled the South. No one in my family understands why. They tell me nothing bad will happen; I am overreacting. Nah, fam. I see the writing on the wall. I'm out. It took three years of my savings, but I couldn't handle it. Good luck to you. I wish you all the best and hope you can move soon!

[-] lamentforicarus@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

I don't really eat meat. The thing that gets me are the vegetables. If I want anything fresh, it costs so much more than canned or frozen. Frozen/canned veggies are fine for some meals, but for others they can really taste a bit off. We just moved and I'm hoping there are some good farmer's markets around where I live now with decent prices (the place I moved from were worse than the grocery store).

[-] lamentforicarus@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago

I'm a normie and I get it. Surely there are more than just the tech people capable of understanding how the system works. It can be a bit confusing at first, but all that is needed is a really good guide explaining how to use the fediverse.

[-] lamentforicarus@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago

Well, X-Men has already been compared to the experiences of the LGBTQ+ community so really they should already be upset at them.

[-] lamentforicarus@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago

Just checked my account and all of my posts and comments are back. :[

[-] lamentforicarus@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

What really irritates me is that I pay for YouTube TV because it's the cheapest option out of all "cable-like" plans, and yet I am not allowed any benefits on actual YouTube. It's ridiculous that I am already paying well over the premium amount so why do I have to watch more ads?

[-] lamentforicarus@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago

I also bet there are people who haven't already left that will abandon ship once the TPAs stop working. It's not going to be fun getting stuck with their mediocre app, particularly since they seem to be testing the end of the mobile site.

[-] lamentforicarus@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

This would only be possible if the urban places really migrated to this kind of system since it isn't entirely feasible in certain places of the US.

For instance I grew up in the US South, specifically in farm country. The closest grocery was 30 minutes away by car. School busses took an hour or more from pickup to dropoff. No one in those kinds of communities are going to stop using a car for biking or public transport because it would take way too long to complete tasks. Switching to electric cars is theoretically a good idea, but we don't currently have enough infrastructure to support it (and these places in the South definitely don't). Plus, there are places still on coal and gas for energy, so by increasing their energy needs, you are essentially increasing that much more environmental damage. (I am not against electric cars btw, just see the pros and cons.)

On the other hand, where I live now is a suburb of a huge metro that has groceries, schools, and healthcare everywhere. It would be completely possible for us to use only public transport and/or biking because the community is more dense. These are the places that really need the push for more environment-friendly services, which would decrease our destructive tendencies enough for those places who can't jump on this to catch up.

[-] lamentforicarus@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I read someone suggest they may be worried about their legacy. The current Supreme Court is seen as a farce. Their actions have caused people to question their legitimacy, so they may be worried that they will be seen as the ones who destroyed the Supreme Court. In other words they might be seen as the bad guys and so are now trying to subdue a bit of that thinking. It's not really going to work for them unless they consistently stop the corrruption, but these people are so easily bought.

But who knows really why they decided to go this route.

[-] lamentforicarus@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

It sort of feels like someone should download all of reddit, pull out the actual good information, and discard the rest. That's likely an impossible task though. It would take forever.

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