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snooggums , in A reckoning is coming for Florida's condo owners as buildings face millions in repairs
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

Just imagine if our national infrastructure was as neglected as the maintenance on these buildings. That sure would be expensive to sort out if we ever get around to it!

HubertManne ,

yeah but luckily we have been collecting appropriate amount of tax for the last 50 years so even if it happens we can just pull from our massive rainy day fund or borrow since we have no deficit.

catloaf ,

The deficit is not related to future spending.

Well, it might affect the credit rating of the country, but it would take a lot for that to happen.

HubertManne ,

the deficit is related to our options for future spending needs. More available credit and of course rainy day funds remove the need to borrow for emergencies.

primrosepathspeedrun , in Mob of teens destroys car and brutally beats driver in downtown Los Angeles

to be fair, the kids were on bikes? cars are weapons, and I can see not wanting those in your community. this is the fuckcars activism we need in the world.

skuzz , in Starbucks’ CEO is out. Chipotle’s Brian Niccol is taking over

One thing that confounded me when I went to Starbucks for the first time. Asked them for a large black coffee. Since their coffee is way overbrewed so it can be mixed with stuff, it was super strong super hot garbage.

Someone later told me to order it with a little ice to make it drinkable and dilute the flavor.

My question was: why can’t I just buy coffee at a coffee place?

Have a stack of 5-10 year old Starbucks gift cards I’ve collected from various work functions that are still valid. I still haven’t gone back. They can’t even get me as a free customer.

LustyArgonianMana ,
@LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world avatar

Why don’t you give those cards away to homeless people or food banks? They could use it

Canis_76 , in Disney wants wrongful death of LI doctor lawsuit tossed over Disney+ streaming terms

I’m not saying that one should be confined to home eating only what they personally curate. I am saying that this broad made it through medical school, did a residency, dealt with a healthy cross section of society at is dumbest. Who literally puts their life in the hands of a waiter, who has to them communicate to a cook, if there was one. Some doctors graduate with D’s.

GoodEye8 ,

What the fuck is wrong with you? What was she supposed to do?

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

broad

I thought this was 2024, not 1924.

RizzRustbolt ,

I’ve told them a thousand times… never call chicks “broads”.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar
NikkiDimes ,

I’m not saying that one should be confined to home eating only what they personally curate, but I’m saying that one should be confined to home eating only what they personally curate. Also I’m sexist af.

Nice, man.

CileTheSane ,
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

What does any of this have to do with the fact that Disney wants the case dismissed because they had a Disney+ trial account years ago?

ZombiFrancis , in Starbucks’ CEO is out. Chipotle’s Brian Niccol is taking over

Schultz came out of retirement just to shit on unionizing efforts and then pass it along. Just a little union busting, as a treat.

mindlight , in Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads

If you want to avoid ads it might be a good idea to not use products from a company which primary goal is to make money on ads…

But hey, what do I know…

cheese_greater , in Liz Truss leaves stage in Beccles as 'lettuce' banner unfurls

Lettuce not be naïve

cdf12345 , in Disney wants wrongful death of LI doctor lawsuit tossed over Disney+ streaming terms

Arbitration clauses need to be deemed illegal.

Especially ones that are mandatory for employment

solsangraal ,

or at the absolute bare fucking minimum be opt-in only, instead of “opt out by sending us a handwritten letter through snail mail within 45 minutes of this notice.” the shit offers less than zero benefit to the consumer and basically lets corporations get away with murder

nothing will ever change to make them go away

Maggoty ,

Opt in with customers isn’t a thing. If you don’t opt in, you don’t get housing, or Internet, or phone service. The list goes on. Opt in is libertarian propaganda. No different than at will employment.

Sesudesu ,

Yeah, I was gonna say basically the same thing, ‘opt in’ is just a solid point of leverage away from ‘required.’

Should be illegal.

hddsx ,

Arbitration has its place in B2B contracts.

With consumers or employees? Absolutely not

Silentiea , (edited )
@Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

If nothing else, they should always be mutual. Have Disney take their copyright claims to arbitration rather than using the other legal channels available to them.

gramie ,

I’m just about to move to Quebec, which is based on the French Napoleonic code rather than English Common Law. I’m not an expert, but I understand that the French system does not rely on precedent in making judicial decisions, but everything has to be codified in the law.

Anyway, another one of the legal differences between Quebec and other provinces in Canada is that mandatory arbitration clauses are illegal.

The medical system may be imploding even faster than the rest of Canada, and my rights as an English speaker may be stripped from me by the time I move, but they do have some protections for individuals.

grue ,

Merde, j’ai besoin d’aller au Montreal!

(I know that’s not quite right, but I’m proud of it anyway 'cause I didn’t use machine translation.)

LustyArgonianMana ,
@LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world avatar

Yes agreed. It should be illegal to compel someone to give up their fucking rights (to their detriment and to the benefit of the person making them agree especially, especially when the person benefitting is an authority figure). This includes police encouraging the people they arrest to talk without a lawyer.

Coach , in Donald Trump says he will flee to Venezuela if he loses election [Newsweek]

The mob speak is insane, but in reality, would this be grounds to revoke any bail/bonds he’s currently on?

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

When you’re rich, they let you do it.

Dragomus ,

“Oh don’t worry, he’s just on vacation and/or has business there, he’ll come back (after he sold other hidden US top secret information)”

snekerpimp ,

They give you your ex best friend’s plane to ride away in

dan ,
@dan@upvote.au avatar

Is Trump actually rich though?

Imgonnatrythis ,

Yes

MutilationWave ,

Like billionaire rich? Only since truth social went public.

prole ,

Yeah, everyone is saying this is him saying he’s going to bail, and yeah I agree but I also read more into it. I saw it as a signal to his base that they have “a plan” to retreat and re-strategize or whatever. Why would he just give up and live quietly in Venezuela? If this dude loses, he will make Kamala’s life a living hell.

And I bet there are Americans willing to follow him there (good riddance tbh).

gibmiser , in Disney wants wrongful death of LI doctor lawsuit tossed over Disney+ streaming terms

“Disney is calling for the lawsuit to be dismissed because her husband signed up for a one-month trial of the Disney+ streaming service years prior.

The company says signing up for the trial requires users to arbitrate all disputes with the company.”

Some lawyers truly are scum.

TransplantedSconie ,

Wow.

foggy ,

I do hope whoever suggested that this is a legitimate cause to dismiss the case dies of an intestinal blockage caused by hemorrhoids. Just a thing I hope.

mke ,

If a lawyer is scum, then so is the one paying them.

BossDj ,

“I don’t care how you handle it, just handle it.”

SteveFromMySpace ,

Some people/companies/etc. really take “you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” too far.

scytale ,

Arguing over health/death via a technicality is one of the lowest of lows.

Maggoty ,

This shouldn’t even be a technicality here. If this goes through and a TOS is universally binding to your life then the court system just died. Also they can put other ridiculous things in there like you owe them the subscription money in perpetuity even if you decide to uninstall the app. They’ll argue the consideration is there because you can re-install at any time.

Glemek ,

Just get your bullets inscribed with “by receiving this bullet you have agreed to our tos, by which all liability is to be decided by the shooter’s dog, who does not like you.” Then murder is legal.

newthrowaway20 ,

Maybe we can finally claw these arbitration powers back?

iamericandre ,

Wait this isn’t a joke?

QuantumSparkles ,

Very much nottheonion material. Something like

”Disney Legal Team Argues that Agreeing to the Terms & Conditions of Their Streaming Platform Releases The Company of Any and All Potential Liability in Shellfish Poisonings”

iamericandre ,

Fucking hell

Zoomboingding ,
@Zoomboingding@lemmy.world avatar

“Signing up for a free trial of Disney+ means they can kill you, legally.”

QuantumSparkles ,

”Disney Legal Team Argues that Agreeing to the Terms & Conditions of Their Streaming Platform Releases The Company of Any and All Potential Liability in Political Assassination”

Adderbox76 ,

All corporate lawyers are scum.

some_guy ,

This could be a precedent-setting case. These fuckers better not get away with this.

BossDj ,

But this is happening in post-precedent America

KevonLooney ,

So would this mean that Disney can no longer use their massive legal department to crush fair use of their IP? If someone signs up for Disney+, the arbitration agreement goes both ways.

I would think a competent judge would just ask the Disney lawyer that question. Like, “do you want to be out of a job?”

some_guy ,

That’s actually a pretty sharp observation. Weaponize it against them in return.

billiam0202 ,

No.

You and Disney agree to arbitrate all your claims. Disney still retains the right to fuck you over to the full extent of the legal system.

After all, corporations are people, and some people are more people than other people.

Silentiea ,
@Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

That’s the best paraphrase of Animal Farm I’ve heard in a while.

Voltage ,
@Voltage@sh.itjust.works avatar

this is actual parody dystopian movie level crazy wtf

nifty ,
@nifty@lemmy.world avatar

Don’t blame lawyers, blame the lawmakers. Heck, people and/or civil society is responsible for petitioning to lawmakers for stronger protections. Absurd amounts of money/lobbying has perverted the process, which is why a lot of these entities need to be taxed of out their power to have lobbying money.

Cephalotrocity , in The big question touching a nerve this election: "Can my husband find out who I am voting for?"

Nobody can know who you voted for in the booth unless you tell them. Just that you voted. Ballots are unsigned and you place it in the box (supervised, but folded and unexamined) yourself.

blackluster117 ,
@blackluster117@possumpat.io avatar

I mean, mail in ballots are signed. At least, the envelope containing them is. There’s that.

Cephalotrocity ,

An abusive husband could loom over the wife as they filled it in too. Is why I said ‘in the booth’.

whyNotSquirrel , in Michigan man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor following argument over mulch
@whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works avatar

Didn’t know what mulch is, and I’m still not sure. We’re talking about this?: https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/83b3a76a-2178-43f7-a2f6-5c9f1b97f52b.jpeg

I don’t understand

NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah that’s mulch. Mulch is a weed barrier and a great source of nutrients for flower and shrub beds

This was probably a property line argument or just a little kid being a little kid and throwing some mulch around. This will never really make any sense because the perpetrator sounds like a total lunatic

moon , in The big question touching a nerve this election: "Can my husband find out who I am voting for?"

Uhh I think there’s a much bigger issue then elections there

moon , in Michigan man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor following argument over mulch

relatable, but with computer operating systems

Treczoks , in Liz Truss leaves stage in Beccles as 'lettuce' banner unfurls

Hey, Liz, it is not “supression of free speech” if you just run away from reality with your tail between your legs.

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