[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 77 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Frankly, there should be jail time for this level of environmental vandalism. Especially since the defendants haven't shown even the slightest bit of remorse:

A judgment published on Friday said the prosecutor had noted there was “no evidence of insight, contrition, or remorse from the defendants and the defendants concede that there is no evidence of remorse.”

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[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 83 points 1 month ago

If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.

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I doubt she gained anything politically from delaying it in the first place. And if the Trump administration can genuinely stop this, they would have been better off implementing it as planned.

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[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 84 points 1 month ago

In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes that same rib twice in succession yet he produces two clearly different tones. I mean, what are we, to believe that this is some sort of a, a magic xylophone or something? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 80 points 1 month ago

In turn, women need to vote like their rights depend on it. Because you might find in a years time that there is a nationwide abortion ban and there is nowhere left to go.

[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 72 points 5 months ago

It's the whole neoliberal "sell everything not nailed down" approach to government infrastructure that was taken right across the Western world, even from ostensibly left-wing parties. Turns out you can get some cheap money from selling things off and get to brag about a surplus. Who cares that you eventually run out of things to sell and are left with expensive infrastructure and services that only private companies can profit from, that's a future government's problem!

[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 117 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This makes for a good headline but it should not stop you from voting.

Nothing should stop you voting. Even if Harris is predicted to have a 30 point margin, you should push for a 40 point margin. Because even if she wins, the fewer Republicans in office, the more policies the Democrats can implement.

[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 95 points 5 months ago

He articulated a feeling that had until then remained unformed: that I was obsessed with achievement in se — not as an end to something meaningful, but to win a social competition.

  • J.D Vance on Peter Thiel

Vance seems to be a vapid social climber with no real principles of his own. I'm not sure if that's better or worse than an outright true believer.

[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 82 points 5 months ago

No, that's not how it works. It would be the same as not voting at all, since RFK has no chance of winning.

Vote for Biden if you want to stop Trump.

[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 90 points 8 months ago

sighs "Sexsomnia..."

[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 156 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The most unrealistic part of this is a conservative christian actually reading the bible. Unless he is just using it as a prop which is on form with these types.

[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 83 points 11 months ago

This should be grounds for a refund if they are adding it post release.

[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 109 points 1 year ago

“Every generation is told, ‘You’re gonna do worse than your parents,’

What? The historical expectation is that every generation will be better off than the last. That hasn't held in recent years, which is a problem.

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