obinice

obinice , 2 months ago to world in Senate passes $95 billion package sending aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delay

Can’t make a genocide without a few dead kids and a pile of free American cash, as Israel always says!

It’s an unusual expression, but it goes back generations now… O.o

obinice , 2 months ago to world in US preparing $1 billion weapons package for Ukraine, officials say

If Europe falls, Russia will come for your country eventually too, once they’re done with the USA.

Not that you care, you’re probably working for Russia, or already in your 60s so this won’t affect you much, but ya know, just in case…

obinice , 2 months ago to technology in Discord wants to void your right to sue them in court — but you can opt out of the practice

…in the USA. Doesn’t affect us over the pond, but very important for USA users to take note.

obinice , 2 months ago to pics in [OC] Lemmy maintainer works on Lemmy while at prom

That really is depressing.

That young kid should be enjoying this one special night that they’ll remember for the rest of their life, not buried in their phone screen working on something.

I hope whatever they were doing didn’t take long, and they were able to put the phone away and make some lifelong memories <3

obinice , 2 months ago to lemmyshitpost in Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew

Ooh this is the painting my parents have but their print is super faded and blue, I’ve wanted to get them a new one for years but never knew what it was!

Does anyone know what this is called please? Thank you :-)

obinice , 2 months ago to world in Paris police evict hundreds of migrants ahead of Olympics

Ahh, takes me back to the ol’ coverup cleanup campaign enacted for the 1936 Olympics… 😊

obinice , 2 months ago to technology in ISPs can charge extra for fast gaming under FCC’s Internet rules, critics say

Oof, they don’t have net neutrality over there eh?

Gonna be bollocks for them until they can get that brought in. There’s an election coming up there right? Maybe they can vote for the party that pledges to bring in net neutrality laws, it’s about time they had them considering it’s 2024.

I wish them the best of luck <3

obinice , 2 months ago to android in Android 15 will free you from using Google Wallet as your default wallet app

Wallet…app?

My wallet is in my pocket, it’s got some cash, my cards, a plaster in case someone gets a cut, a clothes pin in case a button fails, and a spare hayfever tablet.

How am I going to pay for things in person using my phone - which is mostly the point of a wallet - if my phone battery is dead, or I don’t have any data left for internet usage, or my phone crashes, or the app stops working, etc?

And why would I even have to pull my phone out at all, and risk it being snatched and stolen by a passing thief if I’ve got a perfectly functional debit card and cash in my actual wallet, which I don’t mind having stolen anywhere near as much…

obinice , 2 months ago to world in Suicide is on the rise for young Americans, with no clear answers

Jesus wept, if I earned HALF that I’d be very comfortable for the rest of my life. That’s an insane income.

Imagine earning almost two hundred grand a year as a family and then suggesting it’s a struggle. That’s wild.

I mean sure, if you live in a gated wealthy community and only buy the finest things, and have very high wealthy standards, then I imagine that would seem like pocket change.

But 14,500 dollaroos a MONTH? That’s enough to support multiple families. That’s equivalent to SIX adults working a full time minimum wage job. SIX!

Imagine being two people, bringing in the wage of six people, and suggesting it’s a tough life. I would kill to be in that highly privileged position haha.

obinice , 2 months ago to lemmyshitpost in It's always sloppy after the bars close

What the fuck is that, mince meat in tomato sauce? On a burner bun?

What abomination is this.

obinice , 2 months ago to games in Discord Shuts Down Servers for Switch Emulators Suyu & Sudachi; Disables Lead Developers Account As Well

Why 👏 is 👏 every 👏 word 👏 padded 👏 by 👏 emoticons 👏 ?

obinice , 2 months ago to lemmyshitpost in I'm not bored or anything, it just feels like forever. 60 more years left of my shift on earth...

60 more years? What are you, 10? :-P

obinice , 2 months ago to asklemmy in Does anyone else notice an uptick of extreme troll accounts?

NIt’s election season on the internet

Is it? Or is it just election season in a couple of specific countries, and not elsewhere…

Just sayin :P

obinice , 2 months ago to world in UK will not block arms sales to Israel, says David Cameron

Our western society thinks like a Capitalist in how all decisions are made.

Either directly, or indirectly (usually both), our governments are run by - and for the primary benefit of - Capitalists.

So, look again at this situation. Not from a moral standpoint, as Capitalism doesn’t concern itself with morality one way or another. Look at it from the position of “How can we make the most money and assert the most market dominance?”.

Sometimes our Capitalist government’s goals happen to align with our morals, such as supporting Ukraine against the Russian genociders. Russia are hurting Western economies, and threatening future financial prosperity, and thus must be opposed.

The fact that it’s the right thing to do never factors in - a happy coincidence that’ll help governments garner voter support.

But the genocide Israel is currently perpetrating? The one that we’re directly benefiting from via weapons sales, the placation and strengthening of an ally in that region’s Market?

What would our government take the path of less money? That goes against the very core of Capitalism, which says that all actions must be towards the goal of making more money.

Everything has to be weighed and balanced of course. Let’s say you have a great way of making money, say, prisoner organ harvesting, but you know that doing so would lose you the support of your voters, and possibly start mass protests and riots (aka lost/damaged revenue streams).

Well, you can’t make the maximum amount of money if you’re no longer in a high position of power, can you? So, it makes sense to not harvest prisoner organs. Sure, you lose out on that revenue stream, but you can find 10 others that wouldn’t otherwise be available, and milk those instead.

So yes, “the people” can sway government decisions by taking action that threaten their bottom line, their profits, and we could stop them from supporting Israel’s current genocide, but that would take a huge effort, and that doesn’t seem to have materialised.

The Capitalist government have taken the temperature of the market, seen that it will tolerate these business deals, and concluded that the best way to maximise profits is to continue.

Capitalism is a force of nature, it doesn’t follow morals, superstitions, beliefs, it doesn’t feel fear or anger. It simply follows the most profitable path to the maximum amount of money.

With that in mind, our government’s behaviour sadly becomes quite plain and predictable.

obinice , 2 months ago to technology in "Permission is Hereby Granted" -- MIT License text becomes viral “sad girl” piano ballad generated by AI

Damn that track is fire, I’m saving it to my music library 😂

Wish it was the whole thing!