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originalucifer , in Actors’ Union Says It Receives ‘Last, Best and Final’ Offer From Studios
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

ha, isnt it always the last offer? i mean, if it wasnt they would wait for the next!

its like finding your keys, theyre always in the last place you look!

M500 ,

Not if you keep looking 🤔

originalucifer ,
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

you keep looking for things after you find them? i guess everyone needs a hobby

Fondots ,

I’ve been known once or twice to find my keys (or phone, that wrench, etc.) get distracted immediately after, then go back to looking for thembecause that’s what I remember doing before I got distracted while they’re right there in my hand.

You could arguably say that I re-lost them and started a new search, but I think it’s funnier to say I kept looking after it’s been found.

lechatron ,
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It’s called ADHD, I sometimes go looking for my phone while it’s right in my hand.

Neato ,
@Neato@kbin.social avatar

I kept looking and going YOUR keys, too!

aeronmelon ,

That was a Jeff Foxworthy bit.

“Hey, Jeff, you find your wallet?”

“Yeah, but I’m still lookin’ for it. Just in case we’re livin’ in a parallel universe.”

Gandarf ,
@Gandarf@startrek.website avatar

It’s just awkwardly worded. The SAG reported they’ve received an offer from the studio, in which they studio called “the last, best, and final” offer they’re (sag) going to get.

MagicShel ,

It’s blatantly untrue, though. If the actors don’t accept it are the studios going to just close up shop? No. So it’s absolutely not the final offer unless they accept it.

silverbax ,

Yeah, it’s just bullshit. They said the same thing during the writer’s strike before making two more offers.

Gandarf ,
@Gandarf@startrek.website avatar

Agreed. It’s just studio bravado. “THIS IS MY LAST, BEST, AND FINAL OFFER PARKER!” as Spiderman continues and JJJ keeps paying despite his previous outburst.

foggy ,

I will do it for $1m and this is my 4th to last offer. 😤

ChaoticEntropy , (edited ) in CNN Host Left Stunned As IDF Confirms Israel Hit Refugee Camp With Airstrike
@ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk avatar

"There could be infrastructure there, there could be tunnels there. We’re still looking into it.”

So… you bombed this refugee area, didn’t give a fuck… you got the target you wanted along with a bunch of civilians. Now, after the fact, you are searching for more justifications than you had before the attack was sanctioned.

What the fuck. They may as well just say “tell us what you need to hear for this to be okay, and we’ll say it”.

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  • CosmicCleric ,
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    Did he even confirm they got the target they wanted?

    Yes, he did. He says that in the video that’s linked In the article.

    Maggoty ,

    Fun fact. Many of the “warnings” are recorded on video in English. What’s the majority language in Gaza again?

    reverendsteveii ,

    Memba when the cops broke into Bo Jean’s apartment, shot him in the face while he was sitting on his couch eating ice cream, then searched the apartment they broke into and had a big press conference about how he had <1 gram of marijuana?

    Y’all know how american cops and the IDF trade people, training and techniques back and forth all the time?

    Cannacheques ,

    I can imagine the news host already, “we don’t know what could have happened if we didn’t shoot this guy for <1 gram of hardcore addictive cannabis. Anything could have happened, just imagine, kids walking the streets, high as a kite, completely oblivious to how smelly and antisocial they would be. But only that, but they could be run over if I were to drink drive. If not me, someone else could, absolutely incredibly dangerous substances out there I tell you”

    reverendsteveii ,

    Less openly opinionated, more clinical and detached.

    An officer-adjacent ballistic event resulted in a cessation of vitality in a known drug offender. No further details have been released at this time.

    Think about how George Floyd was just ‘a counterfeiting suspect who overdosed on fentanyl’ until we saw the video where they knelt on his neck for minutes after he’s gone limp. The state uses passive, detached, clinical language to create distance between situations and the people responsible for creating them, and the news is an extension of the state.

    Cannacheques ,

    dulcemaria , in New York Times tech workers to strike over return-to-office rules
    @dulcemaria@lemdro.id avatar

    nearly 700 workers will hold demonstrations on Zoom and outside the company’s headquarters

    so glad to read the strike will allow WFH via Zoom

    subignition ,
    @subignition@kbin.social avatar

    Honestly, depending on the particulars of how that type of thing fits into the bigger picture, that could unironically be good?

    Physical protests are the most visible form of protest currently, but any way for immunocompromised people and others for whom it's not safe to be out in the crowd to still contribute is probably a good thing.

    And I'm sure the internet is clever enough to come up with a way to amplify those voices effectively eventually.

    PhlubbaDubba ,

    I’m picturing them deploying drones they can zoom call into so they can strike from home and also attack scabs like in The Birds

    Franzia ,

    This is a really innovative way to reinforce their message that WFH is just as good.

    FoundTheVegan , (edited ) in Family files lawsuit against Panera Bread after college student who drank ‘charged lemonade’ dies
    @FoundTheVegan@kbin.social avatar

    8 months ago Food Theroy did agreat video on this. It's very appropriately titled given the unfortunate circumstances. To say this drink was caffeineted is a major understatement, it was basically four and a half monsters in one cup.

    Franky, it was reckless for Panera to make and sell this drink and they absolutely earned this lawsuit. There was pently of forewarning that the abnormally high caffeine content in this was dangerous for certain groups. Hope the family wins big, nothing will bring back their loved one but this could've been avoided with more clear nutrientional warnings.

    f u panera

    AA5B ,

    The other thing is, these drinks are in the same dispensers, the same location, that used to have regular juices. Even assuming the signs were there, it’s set up for no one to pay attention

    GentlemanLoser ,

    Also it’s mixed on-site by employees, so consistency of caffeine between batches occasions is at risk.

    jimbo ,

    Considering that a fatal dose of caffeine is between 10,000-15,000 mg, I don’t think some variance in the mix is really a problem.

    GentlemanLoser ,

    No? Not even with the free refills the girl who died from this was getting?

    Ghostalmedia ,
    @Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world avatar

    Why is quadruple Monster even on the menu of a restaurant that is mostly famous for soup?

    HeyJoe ,

    Because they feel the need to pivot and try to extract more money and bring in other types of people by offering more options for everything. To bad it’s all garbage, and very overpriced.

    Maybe I am wrong, but there is no way this place can sustain itself with the prices they charge and the drop in quality they now offer compared to early 2000’s.

    CarbonatedPastaSauce ,

    Agreed, I stopped eating there 5-6 years ago after another shrinkflation update to their menu ruined my favorite sandwich. Haven’t missed the place.

    Cethin ,

    There was one on campus at my university. I almost never ate there, but it was always pretty popular. This drink seems like it’s designed for that. Get a cup of this stuff and drink it over the course of a long day/night and it’d be fine. Mistaking it for just lemonade, or even a regular caffienated drink, is a huge mistake that should never have been able to happen. There should be clear warnings and labels.

    Resonosity ,

    They did have quality in the early 2000s, remember my grandma taking us their for their awesome bread. Sad to see it enshittify

    Agent641 ,

    It was probably invented by and for BOH staff

    assassin_aragorn ,

    It’s effectively the largest size of a coffee, which is comparable to what coffee shops sell.

    lightnsfw ,

    Good lord. I drank like half a red bull once and felt like I was going to die… Why would anyone even want to consume that much…

    Oisteink ,

    I had a drop of redbull once and was raging for months. It’s strong stuff

    A_Toasty_Strudel ,
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    I had one molecule of red bull once and was so hyped I flew to the moon.

    CarbonatedPastaSauce ,

    I bet your arms were tired.

    SnipingNinja ,

    No, they had wings, those probably did get tired

    z500 ,
    @z500@lemmy.world avatar

    At 390 mg, it’s more like 2½ Monsters. For some people (me) that’s just Tuesday

    abraxas ,

    So are you saying “f u” to all coffee shops? Because I can (and often do) get a standard on-menu beverage with more caffeine than these larges without a single warning on it at Dunkin Donuts.

    These lemonades are at least covered in “this has THIS much caffeine in it” advertising.

    jimbo ,

    I don’t understand how it’s reckless to serve something that 99.99% of the population will never have any significant health problem with, even if they drank double or triple the amount this girl did.

    some_guy , in Black musician says he was falsely accused of trafficking his own children aboard American Airlines flight

    This is what you get when right-wingers hype child trafficking bullshit as culture war. Child trafficking is real and terrible. But it looks nothing like what the internet tells them it is. They see it everywhere because they have distorted ideas about what it is. See The Sound of Freedom

    Omegamanthethird ,
    @Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world avatar

    It’s fucking sad. When liberals get shit wrong, it’s embarrassing. You worry about it delegitimizing real situations. You question what led to where you are now. It’s a big deal.

    Conservatives just double or triple down. Fuck the real victims. Fuck the falsely accused. Fuck getting better. Fuck shame.

    lolcatnip ,

    Also when could conservatives get things wrong, it’s usually on purpose.

    Omegamanthethird ,
    @Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world avatar

    As the saying goes.

    The cruelty is the point.

    TheBat ,
    @TheBat@lemmy.world avatar

    See The Sound of Freedom

    I’m disinclined to acquiesce to your request.

    Means “no”.

    some_guy ,

    See as in example, not endorse. I now realize my poor choice of words.

    prole ,

    It’s all intentional too. They want to muddy the waters, and make words like “grooming” meaningless. And they’ve largely succeeded.

    Fredselfish , in Bank that handles Infowars money appears to be cutting ties with Alex Jones’ company, lawyer says
    @Fredselfish@lemmy.world avatar

    This fucker should have zero dollars he owes a billion dollars to the Sandy Hook victims. He should be settling in jail fucking scumbag.

    Jessvj93 ,

    They haven’t even seen a dime yet and this motherfucker has been spending it. 2 million for them finally, what a joke that it took this.

    WarmSoda ,

    He ownes not only multiple mansions, but also has maid and cleaning crews for each one of them.

    It’s a disaster. He should be crashing on his brother’s couch stressing about getting a paycheck. There’s no justice here.

    Fredselfish ,
    @Fredselfish@lemmy.world avatar

    Really can’t they put a judgment on his assets and seize them? Also is Really still making money? Fucker is the worst human being ever.

    0110010001100010 ,
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    FeetiePJs ,
    @FeetiePJs@kbin.social avatar

    Alex Jones was ordered to pay Erica Lafferty $76 million, but she needs a GoFundMe to pay her bills for cancer treatment.

    mmababes ,

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  • Fredselfish ,
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    He the one that used his platform telling his followers that the Sandy Hook elementary Massacre was a deep state hoax and that the kids and parents were and are actors.

    He literally as spent years building up this conspiracy to the point that the parents of those poor dead children have been harassed for over a decade by crazys. I believe I heard that even one of the parents killed themselves over it.

    He also guy said government was making the frogs gay. Anyway he was sued and they got a billion dollar settlement against him.

    Mr_Blott ,

    Those frogs must dress fabulously now

    TheOneCurly ,
    @TheOneCurly@lemmy.theonecurly.page avatar

    He spent years spreading lies on his show that the victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting weren’t real and were part of some sort of conspiracy. He lost a civil case brought by the families of the murdered kids who suffered a ton of harassment by his fans. They were awarded a lot of money that he has so far weasled out of paying.

    mosiacmango , (edited )

    The extra bits here are that they had data proving engagement went way, way up when they claimed it was a deep state conspiracy, so they leaned into it hard. This was done cynically, on purpose. They tortured these child murder victim familes for decades, for money.

    The other part is that he lost by default, as he refused to turn over any legally required documents when sued. The only time you would ever opt to do that at trial is if the documents were far more damning than out and out losing. Judges dont like this, and neither do juries.

    The third fun part? One of his lawyers legal aides accidentally sent a full capture of alex jones cellphone, with about 2 yrs of data on it, to the opposing council. Instead of making a legally binding request for opposing council to get rid of this accidental disclosure, he just asked him casually to discard it. Opposing council didn’t reply back, but did wait the legally required time in Texas before it became “fair game,” since alex jones lawyer didnt do his due diligence. A bit of dirty pool from the sandy hook laywer, but a monsterous fuck you to Alex jones that he deserved. His phone was turned over to both the feds for Jan 6th reasons and his ex wife.

    Waraugh ,

    I never heard about that last part. That’s the best thing I read today.

    alienanimals , in Women are less likely to receive CPR in public than men: Study

    Some US states do not have Good Samaritan laws. This means that you could save someone’s life, they could sue you, and they could win. It’s pretty fucked up.

    dirtySourdough ,

    This sounded strange to me, so I looked it up. This Wikipedia article suggests all US states have a good samaritan law, and some extend that further by requiring bystanders to reasonably provide assistance. However, who is liable and to what extent appears to vary. Additionally, interactions with other state laws could complicate things.

    All that said, I admittedly don’t know much about good samaritan laws beyond this article.

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Samaritan_law

    marrenia ,
    @marrenia@astraea.pink avatar

    Huh Wisconsin is a duty to rescue state

    KairuByte ,
    @KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    “I didn’t see anything.”

    marrenia ,
    @marrenia@astraea.pink avatar

    That does seem to be the prevailing attitude in Wisconsin

    tinkeringidiot ,

    Some of those laws are more recent, I believe. I got CPR certified in the 90s and the police officer instructing the course did indeed warn us to be careful about saving people as we could possibly get sued.

    If I had to guess, it was a symptom of the sue-everyone-for-everything craze in those days, crossed with state laws that didn’t yet provide explicit protections for good samaritans because you generally don’t try to harm someone who went out of their way to save your life.

    jagungal ,

    Do you have expiring CPR qualifications, or are they valid for life?

    tinkeringidiot ,

    I don’t recall specifically, but it was a requirement for a job with the city and taught by the police and county EMTs, so I’d guess the more formal Red Cross one. I didn’t keep it up after I left that job so I’m sure if there was an expiration date, it passed long ago.

    I did another one this summer and it expires in two years.

    PM_Your_Nudes_Please ,

    CPR qualifications expire, but they don’t “mean” anything legally. They’ll get your company an insurance discount if enough employees are certified. But that’s pretty much it. If you know how to do CPR, it’s not going to change too much from year to year. The compressions/breaths count may change, but a 911 operator will know the updated counts anyways, and you should already have them on speakerphone next to you if you’re doing CPR.

    Basically, don’t let an out-of-date CPR certification stop you from providing first aid. Because as long as you give a reasonable best effort, Good Samaritan laws will protect you regardless of what date is written on a CPR certificate.

    Ataraxia ,

    I needed to be certified because we provide cpr instructions to callers. We must do our best to convince callers to provide CPR when necessary and we need to know what we are doing and not just know how to read them the instructions in case they’re in an unusual position or situation.

    jagungal ,

    Oh yeah, I’m from Australia so I was just wondering what the situation in the States is.

    mosiacmango ,

    It’s fully possible that the cop instructing the course didn’t know the law at all, especially a federal law.

    NightAuthor ,

    FYI if you look at the actual numbers, that frivolous lawsuit situation was manufactured by the media. Lawsuits have been in near continuous decline since that narrative started.

    Ataraxia ,

    I’m currently certified and we are told that unconscious means consent and once you determine they’re not breathing (only criteria) then you perform cpr. I’ve been certified for over 7 years as a dispatcher and we often provide these exact instructions. Since we deal with the whole of the US we use national protocols which are valid throughout the country (emd epd protocols) and unless you know for SURE they are breathing you perform CPR every time. Doesn’t matter if they have a DNR. Unless of course they just had a seizure then you wait. But if you can’t confirm breathing or you say they’re snoring we are going straight to chest compressions. I’ve been trained by some of the most knowledgeable people who I was lucky to have the privilege to learn from. This training has served me very well.

    tinkeringidiot ,

    The course I took this summer gave similar guidance, and dispelled any worries about getting sued for helping.

    Interestingly though, the instructor said we should not provide breaths mouth to mouth without a guard if we suspect drug use, or even just don’t know the person. Apparently fentanyl has changed that landscape.

    nevemsenki ,

    Doesn’t matter if they have a DNR.

    Uhhh, what’s the point of a DNR then? Let me die if I want to, ffs.

    bluGill ,

    DNR is for the hospital staff who are legally trained and have time to figure out if it is valid. When seconds count nobody has time to check for fraudulent DNR tags.

    oatscoop ,

    Someone calling 911 for a person with a DNR isn’t going to be a good source of information on said DNR. A dispatcher isn’t going to attempt to verify the DNR is valid through the phone with someone that’s panicked, so “just do CPR” is the safe course of action.

    If you get a DNR it needs to explained to your family what it means so they at least know what to do. And even if they freak out EMS/a nurse/etc will see the DNR and not continue resuscitation.

    JustAManOnAToilet ,

    We need to ask Jackie Chiles.

    FuglyDuck ,
    @FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

    There’s no state that requires you to do more than a 911 call to report the emergency.

    bluGill ,

    That depends. If you are a professional you may be required to do more. Professional includes being on the office emergency team.

    FuglyDuck ,
    @FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

    This is for the US, other places may have differing laws, and I might be mistaken- and if so, please drop the relevant law. However, generally, the duty of rescue/care only comes from one of three sources:

    1. one caused the situation. If you hit a pedestrian while driving, you’re obligated to stop and provide reasonable care (which at a minimum means calling 911.)
    2. one has a special relationship. parents are obligated to provide care for their child. Cops and corrections officers are obligated to provide care for those in their custody. (doctor-client may get involved here.)
    3. you’ve already started providing care. once you start actually providing care or aid, you can’t stop.
    4. a statute creates such. This would be the bystander laws- none of them require more than calling 911. there’s only about ten states with them.

    (to my knowledge,) no state has any legal obligation to provide rescue or emergency care. Doctors and nurses may have ethical duties, but that’s between you and where ever you get your ethics from. not saying you shouldn’t… but the obligation isn’t from a legal standpoint. The purpose of GS laws aren’t to force a person to provide care- they were originally to protect doctors and nurses from medical malpractice lawsuits for trying to do a good thing. Theyv’e subsequently expaned to the general public. The reason those protections are necessary is that while not on-duty, the doctor isn’t generally being covered by their malpractice insurance- they would be personally liable, and lawsuits are expensive- even if you loose.

    And no, office emergency teams do not qualify as medical professionals*. They’re generally not medically licensed, generally lack advanced training, generally, their roll as an ERT-type is secondary to other job tasks, and generally are only obligated to act by their contract with their employers- not the law. Further, there is no legal obligation, even for medical professionals when off duty. Licensing bodies, employers and such like may impose ethical obligations to maintain their professional licensing, but those are not criminal law, and the consequences are not enforced by the state or federal legal code.

    *excepting people like school nurses, or doctors/nurses in prisons or whatever, who do happen to be licensed as a matter of their job title

    bluGill ,

    It was 20 years ago, but then my training made sure to make it clear I was obliged to provide aid in the state I was in. I have no idea what the laws are.

    lapommedeterre ,

    Can I get some qualifications so I can send them a bill, if this happens?

    FuglyDuck ,
    @FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

    At least here, the good Samaritan law specifically excepts people that are receiving compensation for it.

    FuglyDuck ,
    @FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

    Every state has something.

    But that only provides legal protection from lawsuits after the fact; generally, they require that you act in a reason way, in the scope of your training (or under direction of say 911 dispatch,)

    Some will also mandate that you call 911 immediately- though no state requires more than that

    OceanSoap ,

    My understanding of it is that CPR has a lot of negative side effects that we’re usually not told about or aware of, like cracking or breaking a rib during compressions.

    Not that this is in any way good, but I think some have successfully sued their saviors due to complications from CPR.

    I think a law should be passed that says you can’t sue someone for complications of saving your life, but, you know…

    athena_rising ,
    @athena_rising@mstdn.social avatar

    @OceanSoap @alienanimals Sounds like it’s time to push for Good Samaritan laws in every state. We have one in California. And yes, there can be side effects, but these aren’t limited to GSs. Medical personnel can inflict them as well (damage with intubation comes to mind), and if the injuries are consistent with life saving measures, they are protected. Why shouldn’t GSs also be covered?

    LifeInMultipleChoice ,

    Throw in that CPR is effective in 10% of situations and maybe there are reasons why people don’t act. 10% is wayyy better than 0% so it is always worth trying.

    pineapplelover ,

    I’m cpr certified and was told this during training. Maybe it’s not general population knowledge though.

    Thurgo , in Bodycam: Pregnant woman accused of shoplifting shot by police

    I do not understand why it is so common for police in this country to stand in front of a car and then shoot the driver when the car moves. It’s a manufactured danger and really does not seem like a smart idea to use your weapon to put a corpse in control of a heavy machine.

    watson387 ,
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    They don’t care as long as they get to murder someone.

    JustZ ,
    @JustZ@lemmy.world avatar

    They stand in front so that they can shoot the driver.

    You can’t play chicken with someone and then shoot them if you get scared. You have to either swerve or get hit, that’s why it’s called chicken.

    GBU_28 ,

    What’s not to understand? Their goal is the expression of power, the suspect’s escape is completely non optional to them. They are not trained in de-escalation.

    So, by placing their body on the line (in the path of the giant metal machine), they are essentially saying “obey me, or you are willing to kill me if you try to escape”. So if you try to escape, you are willing to kill them. So if you are willing to kill them, they are free to defend themselves.

    It is crazy, but consistent logic.

    Remember they aren’t there to help, or protect, but to enforce.

    Ilovethebomb ,

    This is the first reasonable response to this I’ve seen. They have a vehicle, block the car in with it perhaps?

    Not justifying the driver’s actions in any way, but it did seem strange to me.

    qevlarr ,
    @qevlarr@lemmy.world avatar

    You do understand why. What you said is exactly why. They are manufacturing a danger so that they are legally allowed to use lethal force against anyone for any small crime. All the police do in the USA is escalate, escalate, escalate

    Malfeasant ,

    Because they can, and bootlickers will make excuses for them

    Szymon , in Pope says 'backward' US conservatives replaced faith with ideology

    These christians will drop their Pope before they drop their politics

    ImplyingImplications ,

    They already have. Only Roman Catholics really care what the Pope has to say. There are far more Baptist, Methodist, Evangelical, Pentecostal, and Presbyterian in the US than Catholics.

    TWeaK ,

    The Pope is the head of the Roman Catholic church, it’s always been the case that only Catholics really care about what he says.

    gowan ,
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    *Roman Catholics as multiple churches claim catholicity that are not associated with The Vatican. For example the Anglican Church claims catholicity.

    TWeaK ,

    The Anglican Church is Protestant. Pretty sure they don’t like being called Catholic, they had a whole thing about that.

    ProfessorZhu ,

    Just a minor tiff really, just some spilled tea and crumbled crumpets really

    laylawashere44 ,

    No, Catholic just means universal. This most Christian denominations claim to the the Catholic, aka, Universal Church. In other words, they mean to say they are the correct denomination.

    severien ,

    In normal conversation, Catholic Church equals Roman Catholic Church.

    See e.g. wiki:

    The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, …

    laylawashere44 ,

    That doesn’t change the fact that the Anglican Church also considers itself the Catholic Church.

    The Act of Supremacy 1558 renewed the breach, and the Elizabethan Settlement charted a course enabling the English church to describe itself as both Reformed and Catholic.

    gowan ,
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    Catholicity is unrelated to Protestantism. Catholicity means the church claims an unbroken line from the apostle Peter meaning they are the “real” church

    _Sc00ter ,

    *catholicism

    kent_eh ,

    For reasons I can’t explain, many of those denominations don’t even recognize the catholic church as being Christian.

    gaiussabinus ,

    The problem is much more fundamental than this. I have repeatedly had to explain to adults, in many different contexts the subset/superset relationship. People do not know that you can be part of a superset that describes all things in a subset. For some reason you are able to graduate high school without every actually figuring this out

    MotoAsh ,

    No Child Left Behind really did give out a lot of diplomas to dummies…

    deadbeef79000 ,

    That’s always boggled my mind.

    I had many childhood baptist friends who claimed with disgust that the Catholic Church isn’t Christian.

    I just can’t see the reason (there isn’t any) other than needing a conservative out group.

    abraxas , (edited )

    I just can’t see the reason (there isn’t any) other than needing a conservative out group.

    The reason is simple, actually. The Protestant revolution was ostensibly started with Martin Luther advertising that the pope was the antichrist.

    Protestantism was basically the practice of declaring Catholicism to be a false Church. Then it evolved and they got more cordial. After 300 years of bloodshed

    jarfil ,

    Technically, at the time of Martin Luther, the Roman Church was corrupt AF, so he wasn’t totally wrong. It kind of still is, but hey, who’s counting.

    deadbeef79000 ,

    I just didn’t think it was any more or less corrupt as any other Church.

    It all seems like an unironic no-true-yorkshirrman comedy sketch.

    When I was in the Catholic Church they abused us 17 hours a day!

    That’s nothing! When I was in the Protestant Church they abused us 27 hours a day and killed us before bed time.

    Etc.

    jarfil ,

    I feel like Martin Luther was an idealist, an innocent “true believer” who got shocked when he saw the harsh reality of what was going on in Rome.

    Then he got his reform, established a new Church… and that’s where he went wrong, because sooner or later Churches gonna Church.

    abraxas ,

    This is a true statement. But glass houses and stones. Let’s not forget he wrote the infamous “On the Jews and Their Lies”, and started supporting their persecution and outright murder. Many believe that his rhetoric directly caused the antisemitic attitudes of the Nazi Party. The aforementioned book was incredibly popular among Nazis.

    And the Lutherans are smart to denounce that book. Catholics could learn from a religion deciding it actually did stupid things and fixing itself.

    deadbeef79000 ,

    TY! All those names are familiar but the events are not.

    TIL.

    agent_flounder ,
    @agent_flounder@lemmy.one avatar

    I’m pretty sure the reverse is true.

    There are some differences in the details of each denominations beliefs enough to mark some Christians as not real Christians. If only God could just make an announcement over the PA to clear things up…

    Related: How many denominations only allow their own denomination to take Communion?

    brihuang95 ,
    @brihuang95@sopuli.xyz avatar

    does anyone know off the top of their head how/when Christianity became so tightly associated with the Republican party? No way it was always so extreme in US history

    regular_human ,
    @regular_human@lemmy.world avatar
    sndmn ,

    My favourite bumper sticker ever said: The moral majority is neither

    atempuser23 ,

    Having lived though it in the 1990’s there was a marked turn in the politicizing of Christianity. There was a rise of mega churches and politicians who worked to make churches align to the Republican Party for government assistance. The money for what was welfare was shuffled to churches to take up services that once were secular.

    The whole tenor of conversion changed. It just got mean and only got worse from there.

    brihuang95 ,
    @brihuang95@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Interesting, I’m assuming that politicians who bought into this evangelical pandering benefited from this by getting votes/support?

    atempuser23 ,

    Over time. It was more of a mutual benefit the government gives money to the church and the politicians got votes from the churches. At one time there were a lot more social services, not enough, but much more.

    match ,
    @match@pawb.social avatar

    The pope? They’ll drop Jesus Himself if it suits them

    NotYourSocialWorker ,

    They already have. Been reports of congregations who have complained the the words of Jesus are too woke and weak…

    bitsplease ,

    That ship has already sailed - I was just with my conservative uncle this last weekend when he complained that the current pope is “woke”

    To these people, their political ideology is their religion

    agent_flounder ,
    @agent_flounder@lemmy.one avatar

    Absolutely agree. I am certain ifwe’re real and appeared in person and spouted half the stuff attributed to him in the gospel they would call him “woke” too.

    bitsplease ,

    Absolutely no doubt. Kind of surprised no one has done a video series where you anonomize Jesus’s teachings, then read them back to conservative Christians and ask what they think about them

    The results would be hilarious, no doubt

    Archer ,

    Probably because they don’t want Tucker Carlson siccing a mob on them

    _Sc00ter ,

    Honestly, I consider that a win. A huge reason I left the catholic faith wasn’t because of the religion itself, but because of the people who claimed to follow Jesus but in practice did nothing like Jesus.

    joel_feila ,
    @joel_feila@lemmy.world avatar

    yout are not wrong given survey data

    AllonzeeLV ,

    They dropped the Jesus Christ of the New Testament half a century ago, and even then they pretended he was somehow as white as mayonnaise, so why not drop his earthly mouthpiece?

    iforgotmyinstance , in Hollywood studio Lionsgate brings back mask mandate amid Covid spike

    So far the only comments are from dumbfucks.

    The workplace is not a democracy, and you have no inherent right to place others in danger.

    Mask up buttercup, it literally does not hurt anyone and saves lives.

    TokenBoomer , (edited )

    Do I really have to put an /s after every comment? Or is every dumbfuck so cynical that they can’t recognize sarcasm?

    Edit: Mask up. It doesn’t hurt.

    50gp ,

    it also saves the company time and money when youre working and not sick at home doing nothing

    Kethal , in Judge Rules HP Must Face Class Action Lawsuit Over Disabled Printers

    If you don’t need an all-in-one printer, then the Brother HL-L2350DW is great. The best thing about it is that it prints. These accolades are really the bare minimum you’d expect from a device called a “printer”, but that’s where we are in the world of consumer electronics.

    JIMMERZ ,

    I bought a brother laser printer when I started working from home full time over the pandemic. Best printer I’ve ever had. Does it’s job and asks for very little.

    ryathal ,

    It’s crazy how as soon as printers became reliable to function, companies purposely made them shit again.

    dual_sport_dork ,
    @dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world avatar

    You’re certainly not wrong. I have two Okidata 320 Turbos in my basement that were manufactured some time in the late '80’s that still work just fine, if I ever have occasion to fire one up (which is almost never). They don’t need a single damn thing, ever, except some tractor feed paper and a ribbon. They’ll probably outlive me.

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I remember when printing something meant using this paper.

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/54ffa81c-ec55-4ff4-806d-9ead137b110a.png

    lagomorphlecture ,

    Remember the sound they made?

    CherenkovBlue ,
    @CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

    Rrrrt rrrrt rrrrt

    lnm225 ,

    I had a dot matrix in the newsroom I worked in mid-90s. We had to cut the printout down and tape it to 8x11 paper to fit in the document stand in the broadcast booth …

    Nothing like being 45 seconds to air and hoping “BRRRRT BRRRRT BRRRRRRRRT” finished up real soon

    Never jammed, never went offline, never ran out of Cyan …

    Potatos_are_not_friends ,

    I made the mistake of recommending Brother printers without identifying the exact version. The Brother printer my coworker bought took a page from HP’d bullshit. He returned it after a week.

    Imo - Look for ones that don’t need internet or just perform 1 extremely specific thing. Or in my case, I printing a lot of b&w docs as cheap as possible.

    My recommendation would be the brother laser printer HL-L2300D from 2014. The 2350DW looks similar and is more recent from 2021 and might be okay too.

    CarbonatedPastaSauce ,

    It bugs me to hear that. My mantra for years has been “Buy a Brother printer, they just work”. Do you know what model of Brother had a HP style limitation, and what the limitation was? I’d like to educate myself before I recommend them again.

    CompN12 ,

    I don’t think it’s the same printer/issue but recently my brother printer that I bought in '21 decided it was out of toner and refused print without replacing the toner. I forget what setting I had to find to reset it but it works fine now, on the same toner cartridge I bought with the printer (I don’t print often).

    Off the top of my head it was a dcp-l2550dw, can’t check it right now.

    It was mildly annoying to deal with, I remember the instructions not working exactly and having to troubleshoot, I can’t recall what I had to do to fix it. I can imagine somebody with less time on their hands just giving in and replacing the toner.

    Burnyoureyes ,

    I had a Brother MFC something that had page counts on the toner cartridges: they would only print so many pages before saying they were out of ink, regardless of how much ink was left. You could access a secret menu and reset the counts using a special button sequence, but it was a gigantic pain at the time.

    Techmaster ,

    I have the MFC 2750 and I’m extremely happy with it. It’s a rock solid all in one laser.

    Saneless ,

    L3210CW owner here. Awesome printer. Maybe in retrospect I would have bought the one that did duplex but it’s not a concern really

    CarbonatedPastaSauce ,

    I have a 2700DW and have been happy with it for years. I recommend Brother to everyone, but I’m curious what Potatos_are_not_friends has to say about their experience below.

    Ebby ,
    @Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com avatar

    Some Brother printers received a firmware update that locked out 3rd party toner supplies. Wasn’t a nice thing to do.

    I still recommend them, but less enthusiasticly then I did. It’s not the sure-thing no-shit printer brand they used to be, but they do make some great printer models if you get the right one.

    CarbonatedPastaSauce ,

    Dammit Brother! You were the chosen one!

    Thanks for educating me.

    nocturne213 ,

    I have two brother printers (work and home) both have a firmware update waiting for at least 3 years, no way an I going to chance that.

    dual_sport_dork ,
    @dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world avatar

    We’ve got three of these or in our office for just that reason. I can say by way of largely meaningless observation that there was at least one design revision of these things in recent years, because the current ones have been cheapified by removing the little one line LCD display and replacing it with a couple of blinkenlights. I much prefer the older ones with the display, because the readout can at least in theory give you a clue as to what the damned thing has its knickers in a twist about this time.

    Two of our units turn into print job motels on a regular basis, as in print jobs go in but they don’t come out (usually with no error thrown). Unplugging the printer and plugging it back in causes it to spit out all of the print jobs that were stuck in it, which typically total in the dozens because our (l)users’ only method of troubleshooting if something did not print the first time is to try to print it again seven or eight more times. The third one we have doesn’t do this, but it’s in a location where it is used a lot less which may be a contributing factor. I wonder if this is some kind of variable overflow issue or something.

    We have a couple of their multifunction machines around, too. Whatever implementation Brother uses to link the client software on the PC and the machine itself is also hot garbage. In particular, ours constantly lose association with their PC’s for the “scan from console” feature, for no readily identifiable reason, and there’s evidently no way to force it to reassociate other than uninstalling and reinstalling the PC software suite which is a monumental pain in the taint to be doing on a regular basis.

    The dinky Canon ImageClass I have squatting in my personal office, however, has never given me any issues.

    peopleproblems ,

    that’s quite exactly the opposite of my experience. I’ve had two different Canon inkies that went to shit real quick.

    My Brother laser has printed far beyond both of those, and with no issues

    dual_sport_dork ,
    @dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world avatar

    My Canon ImageClass is also a laser printer, FWIW. I would not use any inkjet in this application.

    Dapado ,

    I bought a Brother 2270DW laser printer over a decade ago, and it is still going strong.

    Aliendelarge ,

    That doesn’t seem to be an all in one though? It looks like just a BW laser printer. I ended up with a really cheap epson that meets my limited needs but those can be hit or miss and the ink sure isn’t cheap if you use a lot, which I do not. It doesn’t have the problems of the HP units at least.

    CmdrShepard ,

    Pretty sure that’s the exact same one I have and while it is black and white only, it does scan/fax/copy like every other all-in-one

    Aliendelarge ,

    This one? maybe they reused a model number or am I readimg that wrong?

    CmdrShepard ,

    Ah my apologies. I checked it on my PC and my model is the HL-L2395DW

    Aliendelarge ,

    Thanks for the update.

    thisbenzingring , in Disapproval of Elon Musk is top reason Tesla owners are selling, survey says

    I will probably buy an EV in the next year but I have zero interest in a Tesla. Musk is the reason.

    DauntingFlamingo ,

    I’m going to wait and see if Toyota’s alleged 1450km/900mi solid state battery is real. It is rare for Toyota to tell the public what they’re working on until it’s ready to roll. This could be a ploy to lower sales of competitors, but if Toyota isn’t telling the truth, it will bite them. I’d love a small EV with that kind of insane range and the ability to use autonomous driving on interstates

    thallamabond ,
    signs23 ,

    The only car that has kind of real automation for interstates is the Mercedes EQS/S Class, as far as i know. I would think it will take some years until the tech gets into smaller vehicles. And it also seems very expensive to get this certification for Level 3, so i would assume it will be 5-8 years before we get this in smaller vehicles.

    Zehzin , (edited )
    @Zehzin@lemmy.world avatar

    Let me add the fact quality control/build quality is absolutely awful to your list

    theragu40 ,

    Yeah I think this is a bigger risk for Tesla than current owners selling.

    I’m not in the market for a car right now but there’s a decent chance that the next one I buy will be an EV. Up until maybe 2 years ago I’d have said a Tesla would have been top of the list for options. I don’t really feel that way anymore, and Musks instability is the primary reason.

    I think his antics will have a snowball effect on future sales.

    Bluescluestoothpaste ,

    Teslas just don’t drive better than any other EV. Yes, the first time i got in a tesla i was floored, but it was also the first time i ever sat in any EV. After seeing a handful of other EVs, i now realize tesla isn’t anything special at all, all the EVs have that smooth electric motor feel.

    They’re going to be a medium sized car maker, like mercedes or bmw. They have no chance at selling more cars than toyota or gm to justify the insane market cap.

    Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever ,

    For as shitty as tesla as a whole are:

    The REALLY old OG teslas (maybe even pre-“Roadster”?) were genuinely insane to drive. Their acceleration was through the roof (since you pretty much have near instantaneous acceleration with electric motors… sort of) and there was little software to balance that out. My uncle had one and it was frigging amazing.

    But after the first couple versions (and probably fatalities?) that got toned the hell down and the goal became to mimic driving an ICE. So now you just have a shitty quality car that drives like any other one. Sure it is quieter (unless your frame makes noise at speed) and has slightly higher acceleration, but it is “not that different” by design.

    Osirus , in 'We are not imperial': Justice Kagan says Supreme Court still subject to checks and balances

    The fact that most of them don’t want this done, is exactly why it needs to be done.

    joe ,
    @joe@lemmy.world avatar

    I’d say it a pretty strong indicator that they shouldn’t have the job they have.

    betterdeadthanreddit , in Teacher says contract wasn't renewed because he wouldn't use trans students' preferred names

    Good, fuck off. He can find a new job where he’s not expected to treat his fellow humans with the respect they deserve. Being wrong about the nature of reality doesn’t grant the right to be an asshole even if they sincerely believe that it should.

    Samvega ,

    Since I realised it, I have never forgotten that applying basic decency to all living beings is a revolutionary act that will be resisted in various ways, including violence, by those who uphold a status quo based on forced inequity.

    cheese_greater ,

    Sucks for the violent

    minibyte , in Trump Media reports $16 million loss for quarter as revenue falls

    Chapter 11 is Donny’s favorite number:

    Taj Mahal, Trump University/Castle/Shuttle/Steaks/Vodka/Ice/Magazine, and now Trump Media.

    Zachariah ,
    @Zachariah@lemmy.world avatar

    Wow, you actually read Art of the Deal ?

    ChicoSuave ,

    I think he keeps bankrupting his companies so that he can update the list of his businesses in the book, creating new editions every few years. If you have an old copy, just burn it because the new ones are so much better with the newest info. In fact, after burning the old one, wait a bit for the new one to drop. He’s clearly getting ready to update the new one with DWAC and Trump Media.

    ChickenLadyLovesLife ,

    Even Trump never read that piece of shit.

    kevindqc ,

    Excuse me! Trump Vodka, the world’s finest super premium Vodka, still exists in Israel!

    athairmor ,

    It’s so fitting. Vodka is the cheapest alcohol you can make. It’s basically watered down ethanol. Overpriced vodka is so on-brand for a Trump. And he still couldn’t make a profit.

    I wonder why it still exists in Israel. I bet he sold the rights to it there and has nothing to do with the business.

    FuglyDuck ,
    @FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

    He’s just gonna dump the stock and make out like bank leaving the rest to flounder.

    minibyte ,

    I think there’s a lock out period for him following the merger but I don’t know for how long. There’s still time for the stock (DJT) to plummet, with any luck.

    FuglyDuck ,
    @FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

    It was a few months, but I think it’s about to expire.

    fine_sandy_bottom ,

    6 months. From April I think, so that would mean he can sell in October.

    The share price is absurd. Idiots buying because they want to support trump somehow. The shares are worthless but hapless idiots will pay stupid prices for them.

    He will start selling as soon as he can. I expect there will be a steady downward trajectory but who knows how fast and how low.

    TehWorld ,

    Foreign governments are certainly propping up shares.

    PumpkinEscobar ,

    Easiest shorting money I ever made.

    tal , (edited )
    @tal@lemmy.today avatar

    I bet that he blames “market manipulation” or something to his followers when he sells.

    eestileib ,

    DRS your Trump Media!

    barsquid ,

    Crooked Joe Biden directly attacked the stock price somehow.

    ChickenLadyLovesLife ,

    No, Lyin’ Kamabla is behind it now.

    Socsa ,

    It’s definitely not retail investors. The entire thing very obviously a back channel for the mob and Russians to pay Donald Trump for various things by propping up the share price.

    nilloc ,

    Trump hotel 2.0. With less expenses.

    Pacmanlives ,

    Which means there be a massive pump in September/early October and then dump

    fine_sandy_bottom ,

    I don’t think it will be quite so pronounced. Trump has a majority holding so he will have to drop comparatively small holdings whenever he can do so without tanking the price.

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