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Got_Bent , to news in As bans spread, fluoride in drinking water divides communities across the US

Are we sure these people don’t just want to ban Florida but have a spelling problem?

Got_Bent , to aboringdystopia in But how would they be able to live on that?

It’s already a thing and has been for quite some time. It’s called mark to market. Most people and companies use it to enjoy unrealized losses, but unrealized gains are in play. It’s not a new concept. It’s just that it’s an election at the individual level rather than a requirement.

Got_Bent , to lemmyshitpost in Progress!

So I was on a jury pool in December.

After the attorneys for both sides finished their dog and pony show, the judge himself made each of us answer the following question:

What is the purpose of criminal incarceration?

A - Punishment

B - Deterrence

C - Rehabilitation

After all seventy five of us had answered, all of us who responded with anything other than punishment were dismissed. Even those who answered a combination of the choices. Nope. Punishment was the only correct answer.

To my amusement, this barely left enough people available to fill the jury box.

I followed the case. Guy robbed a convenience store. No death. No injury. Got fifty nine years.

Got_Bent , to cat in Famous kitty succeeded in banning declawing in Denver

I’ve seen that before and it still makes me laugh out loud

Got_Bent , to lemmyshitpost in Uncle brian... I get you now

You guys have families?

Got_Bent , to retrogaming in Has anybody played music on their disc-based systems?

Not gaming console, but the first time I played a CD on my computer in the nineties, I thought I was witnessing the end of technology. Then when Primus released Tales from the Punchbowl on CD-ROM with the interactive stuff, I thought this was surely it. Technology could proceed no further.

Got_Bent , to news in Why your rich friend Venmo requests you for $4: People with more money 'struggle with generosity,' expert says

One of the many reasons that I don’t have venmo or any other form of transfer app is so people can’t send me some nominal sum of money.

I’m not rich, but definitely one of the higher earners at my job. I don’t want some person making less than half what I do worrying about a slice of pizza or a cup of coffee.

To note: This is also not something I gloat over or continuously remind people of or any such thing. I’m just happy to have the resources to be able to bring the smallest smidgen of “make your day a little less shitty”

Got_Bent , to videos in Am I the only one whose "shorts" feed is all basically softcore porn?

Eh. Pretty much all of my viewing is related to physics I don’t understand, astronomy I don’t understand, and weird history stuff. I still get the soft porn algorithm on shorts.

Closest I come to viewing is when I’m scrolling and my phone interprets that as a click. Then I get pissed off because that fraction of a second for the algorithm is like letting a single pregnant cockroach into your kitchen.

Got_Bent , to nostupidquestions in How does South Park get away with trashing identifiable people? Are they sued often?

Many years later, Coolio said that he regrets his reaction and that he realizes it’s an honor to get a Weird Al parody.

Got_Bent , to news in The rise of the scammy car loan

Probably the most valuable thing I learned in school was how to build amortization schedules. I’ve used it on vehicles, student debt, and mortgage. It’s really helped me win the “stop paying unnecessary interest to others” game.

Got_Bent , to world in Farmers warn of first year without harvest since Second World War

Do you think the UK sometimes sits up late at night with a bottle of whisky and stalks the EU on social media?

Got_Bent , to til in TIL the dev of Iron Lung, an acclaimed indie horror game, faced significant backlash over increasing the price from $6 to $8

There it is. I knew that kid would be in here somewhere.

Got_Bent , to news in A conservative appeals court in the South seems to be exasperating the Supreme Court

When today’s scotus lineup repeatedly smacks you down for being too far to the right, you’ve got some issues.

Got_Bent , to news in Trump says going to jail for gag order violation would be a 'great honor,’ compares himself to Mandela

This man wants to be imprisoned for his country.

Oblige him.

Got_Bent , to news in Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100,000 a Year. How Did This Happen?

I have accomplished very little in my life.

I have pissed off innumerable people, been ostracized, ghosted, fired, disowned, discarded, and deserved all of it.

I have never lived up to my potential. I’ve got less than zero ambition.

I have been a historically awful husband and/or boyfriend.

But I accomplished one thing:

I got my daughter through college with no debt.

While she did the work to get admitted and slog through the classes and deal with the remote classroom bullshit of the COVID era, I’m proud that I was able to pull my shit together just long enough to keep writing those godforsaken checks so she will never know the struggle of being shackled to a lifetime of crippling debt.

I did one good thing in this lifetime, and because it gave her opportunity, it was all worth it.

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