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jeffw , 3 months ago

Why would you do that?! How much clearer can I say, there’s always money in the banana stand!!!

jeffw , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

Which is one of the reasons I actually oppose UBI. Also, in practice, it will be used to replace SSI, not enhance it. At least in the USA, a better answer is fixing and expanding the SSI and Social Security system. People making 6 figures don’t need an extra $1k a month or whatever figure people want to suggest. But giving very poor people an extra $2k, moderately poor people $1k, etc. would be a bigger help. And the idea would be if you make $2 or $3 more dollars, you lose $1 in support

Edit: it would have to taper more slowly, maybe $10 you lose $1. It’s funny to see the downvotes, I don’t often see Lemmy folks defending ideas from conservative economists like Friedman.

jeffw , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

Your best bet is going to be contacting local artists or the restaurant’s management. If the restaurant opened in the past few years, someone will remember who bought the art or where it was from. You might have luck on a local Lemmy community, but I doubt you’d have much luck, since most are pretty small and any given city probably has thousands of artists (assuming the person is even still active or that they were local to begin with).

You could also try reverse image searches online.

jeffw , 3 months ago

Yeah, you’re probably outta luck then. The only other idea I’d have is busting open the frame to see if there’s a signature somewhere. It could be in a bottom corner or even on the back. But that restaurant probably won’t let you bust open their framed art.

It’s possible it was just some guy that the parents in law knew. They may have never sold any work

jeffw , 3 months ago

Reminds me of an old roommate I had. He didn’t think he smelled either… he did… it was rough

jeffw OP , 3 months ago

That will be interesting. Not sure if that is spelled out specifically in the law, but it could go either way if it isn’t explicit

jeffw OP , 3 months ago

Remember, in most states, the legislature is not a full time job… so probably because that’s their day job

jeffw OP , 3 months ago

Yeah, in terms of journalistic quality, this is a super mediocre article.

jeffw OP , 3 months ago

I’ll probably get downvoted to shit for being a centrist shill on this issue but I think the fed actually does good work. Runaway inflation is a lot worse for poor people than a couple years of high interest rates.

jeffw OP , 3 months ago

Inflation was high for about a year. That’s a hell of a lot better than other times in history and in many other places today

jeffw OP , 3 months ago

I’m not so sure he’s a leftist.

They said despite cloaking himself as a supporter of far-left organizations, Sullivan was a “one-man show” who found common cause with anyone seeking to “tear it all down.”

Sounds like he just likes chaos

jeffw , 3 months ago

If I give you a dollar and you don’t spend it, you have a surplus. Congrats guys, we solved all our problems!

jeffw , 3 months ago

There’s a narrative that calling out the antisemitism is just like how right wingers said everyone riots and engages in property destruction during BLM rallies. I think that’s a false equivalence thought.

I also think that sometimes “Zionism” is used as a euphemism by antisemites because they know it’s more palatable.

jeffw , 3 months ago

This article is what made me realize the TikTok ban actually has a point. It isn’t just about an open internet. It appears ByteDance is actively manipulating content.

edit: for the record, I was literally neutral on the issue until I came across this article earlier today

jeffw , 3 months ago

Oh? You have a source that other social media websites suppress certain stories?

jeffw , 3 months ago

How else would you compare the topic of posts?

jeffw , 3 months ago

Great refutation of the data /s

jeffw , 3 months ago

Then do an analysis that shows Instagram has a bias and censors certain positions. I have not seen that analysis. There’s a reason the data points to only one social media site censoring views.

The only issue with Meta is how they refused to take down offensive stuff from high-profile conservatives due to political backlash.

You seem to be claiming there’s a fire without even seeing any smoke while simultaneously ignoring the flames in front of your face.

jeffw , 3 months ago

The article is linked in my original comment… the one you replied to. Nothing in your links refutes that data showing TikTok’s censorship

jeffw , 3 months ago

lol seriously? They found 1000 posts that got deleted? That’s a rounding error on the number of posts they delete every second. That’s like comparing an ant to a gorilla. The data is nowhere close to the TikTok stuff

jeffw , 3 months ago

But the full analysis doesn’t bear out what you’re saying. People do use hashtags on other sensitive topics.

jeffw , 3 months ago

I take it you didn’t really read the article haha, considering it’s entirely based on a third party analysis.

Also, that’s not really an effective counterargument.

jeffw , 3 months ago

Whatboutism 101, great tutorial. That really proves that TikTok isn’t censoring content, thanks

jeffw , 3 months ago

Yes, it is textbook whataboutism. Are Israel’s actions okay because other people commit murder? I don’t see anything that they said about TikTok or ByteDance

jeffw OP , 3 months ago

What is your definition of “most” exactly? Because mine is “more than half,” which literally matches what I said. It’s almost 2/3rds desert.

jeffw OP , 3 months ago

Wow. You’re really good at lying with quotes. Reread what I wrote and then google what “mostly” means