I do not envy you the poverty you will have when you awaken, but as you sleep, may you dream of large social safety nets
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ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•There are first person shooters and third person shooters, but what about second person shooters?
2·6 days agoShow me a third person omniscient shooter
I meant privacy moreso as in coming and going as I please without interacting with anybody or being surrounded by other guests. But that is a valid separate concern I suppose
Short term rental, an umbrella term for airbnb, vrbo, etc
Tbh ive booked no less than 8 airbnbs in the last 3 years and have always had zero issues in any of them. No ridiculous rules or deposits or anything, and a lot more privacy than getting a hotel. More importantly, always far cheaper than getting a hotel that isn’t questionably shitty
In that same span of time, Ive booked like 4 hotel rooms. One was a four star property that was great but stupid expensive. One was a “3 star” property that was shoddy as fuck, had bedbugs, and refused to give me a refund despite bringing one of the bugs to the front desk and politely declining to be put in another room. The other two hotels were decent but cost more than what they were worth compared to a STR. Hence I roll on with airbnbs
Why anyone would pay more for less space and less privacy I fail to understand.
ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump refuses to share pre-holiday inflation report — first skipped month in 12 years
6·8 days agoThe numbers are fantastic! All you have to do is pull up the report, then close one eye, then close the other eye, bury your head in the sand and wait for a lion to bring you the sweet release of death
ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialto
Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate | At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem2·14 days agoMuch like the floods worsened by intensifying climate conditions, one raindrop is too small to matter.
Wasting time searching for a single-solution answer for fixing the problem is as stupid as trying to prevent a flood by building little dams to catch individual raindrops. Or especially just not even trying anything
ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•New York state law takes aim at personalized pricing
111·17 days agoThats nice, but it would have been nicer to just outlaw the practice entirely
ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•College freshman is deported flying home for Thanksgiving surprise, despite court order
18·18 days agoMost people who have papers, for one reason or another, from the government that explicitly say they are free to move about and will not get deported probably dont expect that they will get deported in direct violation of those papers
ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialto
Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft AI CEO Puzzled by People Being "Unimpressed" by AIEnglish
6·21 days agoThere are literally all of about 10 schools from which an MBA is worth anything. Often people with MBAs from non T10 schools are recommended to take their MBA off of their resume when they inevitably struggle to find a job. A sub T10 MBA on a resume just says “I will ask for more money courtesy of my useless credential”
ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialto
News@lemmy.world•Appeals court upholds $1M penalty against Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
4·21 days agoIts more of a squares and rectangles thing IMO. All MAGA are conservatives but not all conservatives are MAGA. Maga is inherently a conservative political movement. “Make America Great Again”. Its in the name. Return to an idealization of the past (even if the idealization was never reality, nor feasible to achieve)
ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialto
News@lemmy.world•Appeals court upholds $1M penalty against Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
14·21 days agoPryor, whom was appointed by Bush. So literally a majority conservative panel
ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'English
26·21 days ago“For the military… its an opportunity to recruit… kids” is a hell of a statement. Hot take but maybe the military shouldnt be recruiting children
ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialto
Technology@lemmy.world•AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet — And Thanksgiving Dinner | Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible picturesEnglish
9·21 days agoBosher salt, everyone’s favorite kosher salt and borax mixed seasoning. Why stop at sodium chloride when you can enjoy the power of sodium borate?
This comment is sponsored by the Department of HHS and RFK jr
ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialto
News@lemmy.world•Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy
3·22 days agoWhat are they even trying to say with the whole thing about Europe vs the US? If Europe had used their devices for shorter lengths of time, ie higher capital amounts spent on tech replacements, then they would have had higher productivity?
But that necessitates a level of investment that doesnt exist. Its like saying “if investments in the Congo were on parity with the US they would have increased productivity by 2 million percent”. Which is neither guaranteed to be true, as there are limitations in a smaller country, plus fairly useless to even say as there are limits on what is reasonably investable in the Congo without more risk than reward. Its literally useless econobabble arguing in favor of hypotheticals that make no sense on paper
Even the tech investments that occur already in the US make no sense on paper, consumer nor commercial. People dont need a new iphone every year. I get 5 years out of mine on average
ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialto
politics @lemmy.world•MAGA world heads left spinning by Trump’s warm welcome for Mamdani
32·22 days agoIt physically nauseates me remembering Laura Loomer exists, but you dont see me bragging about it

















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