There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

octopus_ink

@[email protected]

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

octopus_ink ,

Uh huh.

reuters.com/…/fear-cheap-chinese-evs-spurs-automa…

“Hey Biden, it sure would be a shame if those affordable electric cars posed a security risk. Here’s some campaign money.”

But don’t look behind the curtain!

theverge.com/…/car-user-privacy-report-mozilla-fo…

octopus_ink ,

Free market capitalism is only what they want when it benefits the 1%.

octopus_ink ,

I love Angela Davis. I really need to learn more about her. I saw this video posted somewhere during 2020, and for folks who can resist the urge to impatiently skip past what she’s setting up in the beginning, the payoff at the end of her response to the banal question of whether she supports violence for her cause is (IMO) exceptionally powerful.

youtu.be/2HnDONDvJVE

octopus_ink ,

R always deflect to mental health. But Reagan dismantled our mental health infrastructure, and R consistently votes against spending in that area. (Probably because they won’t ever seem to vote for anything that helps people, only for taking things from people.)

So R needs to support gun control, OR support funding mental health services, OR come clean and admit that school shootings are a price they are willing to pay as long as they get to keep their weapons and do as they will with them.

(They did like the mulford act, but we all know what that was really about. The one thing more important that guns to that crowd.)

octopus_ink ,

It’s actually kinda short, but the first time I watched it I think I didn’t expect what she describes at the beginning to play so directly into her final words, nor to be so very personal at one tragic point. I think I was kinda going “OK I know awful things were happening back then” I’m embarrassed to say. Once realizing that she was putting all that together for a specific purpose, I had to go back and watch it word for word - so I could have been projecting my own general impatience with video clips onto others. :)

octopus_ink , (edited )

If the point was ever to reduce child deaths from firearms then the gun control legislation would have mental health funding and safety education funding attached.

First, I don’t how that could be your response to my comment about the current state of mental health. So R is magically going to vote for two things they never (in recent history - say since school shootings became the big issue they are now - or even say since death by gun became the top cause of childhood death) vote for as long as we put those things together?

It seems kind of ridiculous to argue here over the content of the regulations when there is literally no possibility that half of our legislature will vote for it anyhow.

At some point you gotta look at two hundred years of extremely well documented history and recognize this system is working as intended.

Hmm. Yep, everything stemming from our system of government is just peachy. We don’t still have problems rippling through our culture due to slavery and civil rights issues, one political party that has sold their soul to Trump and his cronies (oh and let’s not forget how they’ve welcomed the white supremacists into their midst) and is just itching for an excuse to go full secession, unsustainable wealth inequality, a large percentage of families living paycheck to paycheck, a healthcare system that routinely makes people choose between paying for food and shelter or healthcare and medicine and etc etc etc.

Clearly with two hundred years of extremely well documented history of all these problems and our ineptitude and lack of will to solve many of them, we should conclude that the system is working as intended.

octopus_ink ,

The fuck are you talking about, cops don’t ask what your political lean is…

As someone who noticed the difference between how police treated BLM protestors vs Jan 06 insurrectionists I think it’s pretty clear that if they do have an inkling of your leanings it’s gonna make a difference, at least in preconceived notions as they enter into their interaction with you, and how aggressively they come at you in the first place.

octopus_ink ,

Depending on what you are implying regarding which was which, I have a hunch we aren’t going to agree on that detail, and I’m doubtful either will change the others mind, so I’m just going to cut this off here.

Edited because my original wording was nearly gibberish.

octopus_ink ,

Ah, I misinterpreted not only who you were saying was armed, but also your implied result.

I agree, but that just makes police look even worse than if it were mere bigotry and bias.

octopus_ink ,

I certainly didn’t think I’d ever be Daffy Duck in the “wabbit season/duck season” gag, but here we are. While I (now) understand the point you are trying to make, I do not agree that this is the future envisioned by those who created our nation and system of government, and thus I must disagree that this is functioning as intended.

octopus_ink ,

Well, none of them end in Daffy’s favor. 😀

octopus_ink , (edited )

I hope you at least vote for candidates who support mental health initiatives. (Though that would rule out Republicans.)

But anyway hey, at least you are honest. (Kinda. Aside from assuming I’m pushing for gun-free just because I wish republicans would even talk about gun control.)

I see mass shootings and individual murder the price we pay

It’s the price the victims pay. You see that price, that those dead people have paid, as something that you are willing for them to pay. Let’s not mince words. It’s your value judgement that it’s worth it for them to have died. I wonder if they and their families felt it was.

octopus_ink ,

On the contrary! The one which shines brightest in my memory winds up with “Elmer season”!

Oh I had completely forgotten that one!

octopus_ink ,

I’m not sure why the Starbucks unionizing effort has excited me so much. I will never have the opportunity to join a union in my field with 100% certainty - but damn do I want to see them continue to bloody Starbucks’ nose!

octopus_ink ,

I’m gonna vote for him, but only the fact that his opponent is merely 1 degree removed from being the literal devil is ensuring that.

octopus_ink ,

But I am going to lesser-evil him. So that’s the position I espouse. You are welcome to espouse an opposing view, as you are doing here, but I’m not sure why you think I would.

octopus_ink ,

That I will do, because it does not have a chance of resulting in a Trump (or R) presidency. It’s a good idea, and I’m glad you put it to me like that.

octopus_ink ,

Unbelievable. My unwillingness to hand victory to Trump is the ONLY reason I will still vote for Biden.

octopus_ink ,

The IDF was later quoted as saying, “Look what hamas is making us do to you!”

octopus_ink , (edited )

If Trump put as much energy into fighting for the fair treatment of black folks as he has trying to destroy our election process and wreck our democracy, one of our three letter agencies would have already handled it.

octopus_ink ,

Yeah, but every R in the house voted against a bill that would have investigated how deep the white supremacist infiltration of the military and law enforcement has penetrated. (Which FBI has been warning of for a decade or more.) I’m a veteran, and decades ago I’d have confidently stated no one I worked with would take action to support an insurrection, no matter on whose behalf. Today I’m less sure, but I’ve also been out of the military for quite some time.

octopus_ink ,

It was worth googling to see what that number was. LOL. :)

octopus_ink ,

Even the article is gold. Emphasis added by me.

To be clear, Wendy’s CEO told shareholders it would “begin testing more enhanced features like dynamic pricing,” less than two weeks ago on its earnings call. Dynamic pricing is a strategy used by Uber, Ticketmaster, and other internet-native businesses to offer fluid prices. As anyone who has used these services understands, the surge in prices during increased demand is a key element of this practice. However, Wendy’s now claims that was never part of their version of dynamic pricing.

In other words, Wendys:

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/e425f6a1-d273-4d28-978c-7301f14cbf85.png

octopus_ink , (edited )

This was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me. I considered them an upper tier fast food place for decades. Past few years or so they have shit on all that.

They’ve been nearly dead to me for awhile, but they are fully dead to me now.

Edited to add: Arby’s is expensive as hell, but at least their food is consistently good - at least has been every time I’ve had it. But even arby’s is really close to the “I could get that from a bar cheaper and better” line for the stuff I really enjoy from them (like their surprisingly good gyro). At least there you can fall back on the good old roast beef sandwich and it’s not too too bad price-wise.

octopus_ink ,

That’s easily solvable. “For informational purposes only. Prices subject to adjustment without notification.”

octopus_ink ,

The part people keep missing with all their “I don’t even eat there so I don’t care” and “fine, I’ll go somewhere else” comments is that every other large chain will be watching this little experiment very, very closely.

So… locally owned businesses about to get a shot in the arm? That’s already what we’ve done. Why pay fifteen bucks for a burger fries and drink from McD when I can get a bigger burger with better beef (cooked FOR ME), better fries, and the same soda carryout from a local pub for about the same or even a little less? I can also go to the local steak sandwich place and get freshly made cheesesteak with fries and a drink for substantially less. And I’ve got many more options than that.

Biggest difference is 5 or 10 min in my car waiting for food or going in to pick it up. The moment fast food stopped being a consistently cheaper option, that stopped mattering.

They will usher in a new renaissance of local food places. Sounds like a win win.

octopus_ink ,

It doesn’t need to be “no one” to make it clear the experiment in new forms of corporate greed was a failure.

octopus_ink ,

Fair enough but I think many people (such as my family) are going to refuse to buy McD’s or Wendy’s while it remains true that we can get better food for the same or less, giving up nothing more than waiting in the drive thru line.

Yeah, I agree there are some good convenience stores too - I think there the line becomes a little blurrier vs local business because sometimes the quality can be pretty close and the prices fairly competitive depending on what you are getting.

octopus_ink ,

Fuck Andrew Johnson.

“Johnson embarked on a policy designed to restore the former Confederate states to civil government with maximum speed and a minimum disturbance of Southern institutions beyond the abolition of slavery itself,” writes historian Michael Les Benedict. “His policy placed former rebels in political control of nearly every Southern state and left Southern blacks to the mercies of the men who had fought so desperately to keep them in bondage.”

octopus_ink ,

The only Confederate flag that represents the Confederacy is 🏳️

It’s actually even cooler than that. americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_515980

octopus_ink ,

Isn’t that essentially software as a service?

octopus_ink ,

chef’s kiss

octopus_ink , (edited )

What if I needed to coordinate a nocturnal scheme??!!

octopus_ink ,

News coverage of this is super sus

I only learned about the first one due to this discussion we’re in right here.

apnews.com/…/israeli-consulate-self-immolation-at…

octopus_ink ,

I’m not sure you are properly attributing the motive in this case. Either that or I’m misunderstanding your point, which is possible.

My guess is angry magas.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall weighed in on the issue on Friday.

octopus_ink ,

I suppose we’ll see as the investigation unfolds.

octopus_ink ,

My demand for Wendy’s just dropped to zero. They can start sending the free food whenever they are ready. If they feel like it. I’m not demanding it.

octopus_ink ,

This was an active duty servicemember. I share your pessimism that anything will change, but I don’t think Biden can NOT comment on this. That should at least drive awareness. I’m sorry I have nothing less hollow than that to offer.

octopus_ink ,

“Imo, this is there should be no speech louder than this”

I really don’t know what you were trying to say there, but you managed to fuck it up so badly it makes no sense.

That’s an awfully rude response to not being able to extrapolate this from the quoted bit:

“A man felt so deeply that this was wrong, and so powerless to get the attention of anyone who could even consider doing anything to help, that he doused himself in gasoline and burned himself to death in public, leaving behind his family and everything he cared about. Maybe people should pay attention to such a strongly sent message, and consider whether there are valid reasons that someone might feel so strongly about this topic.”

octopus_ink ,

Say his name for the record. Luther Ray Abel wrote that article. I want this to be searchable with that name. Let it be known that Luther Ray Abel discards human dignity; specifically Aaron Bushnell inherit human dignity, in exchange for snarky article clicks.

octopus_ink , (edited )

I mean there are good arguments both for and against compulsory military service

Are there good arguments for it? If it’s compulsory, maybe you need to run your country differently so people feel its worth voluntarily defending. And/Or you can recruit heavily in areas where folks are disadvantaged and have few options, dangling education in front of them in exchange for being willing to kill or die for you.

The funny thing about knowing 18 year olds at 50+ vs being 18 years old is you can see the children these kids still are. Allowing them to join? OK. Forcing them to murder for you? As a veteran who joined at 19, no.

youtu.be/UQH3ZYTtY68

octopus_ink ,

Ok, but barring corner cases…

Edit - and arguably it’s still not a “good” idea - that’s something you do because you feel there’s no other choice at that point. It solves the short term problem, doesn’t strike me as healthy for the populace in a long term way.

octopus_ink ,

There’s some gray - but most of it is predicated (I think) on some version of “there’s no other way” to defend the nation. I’m just less convinced now that I’m older that this is a true statement - but I don’t claim to have the answers. Any alternative approach would likely require a serious paradigm shift, and I don’t personally see that as likely without something catastrophic preceding such a shift.

My position is primarily that I’m unwilling to ever say that it’s a good idea to take an 18 year old, force them to join the military, and expect them to kill. We’ve got laws that make it clear we don’t trust them with alcohol so it seems cruel and unfair to take someone who likely has next to zero life experience past high school, and then force them into your military.

octopus_ink , (edited )

This is absolutely what we do in the U.S. and it’s abhorrent.

I’m definitely aware and agree with all your points.

Honestly not a criticism of you or your comment. Lot’s of people are advocating for the same thing; You just said it plainly.

No worries, I did it somewhat sardonically. I don’t like that arrangement much more than compulsion. These are people we don’t trust to drink responsibly for three more years, but we tell ourselves it’s fair to expect them to make a mature, rational decision to sign their lives away for a period of time (or forever) with no life experience whatsoever.

octopus_ink , (edited )

I don’t disagree at all, just saying it’s not a way to keep your standing army populated that I can agree with. I don’t think this is at odds with your clarification, but if I’m missing your point please don’t hesitate to reel me in.

octopus_ink , (edited )

Why even bother to reply if that’s the only thing you are capable of saying? We both know there isn’t a reasonable answer to the question I keep asking.

Fuckers threatening a service-member with deadly force for compliance while he burns to death, and lots of folks jumping up to defend it. At the very least I refuse to accept these empty platitudes.

Edit - clarification of wording

octopus_ink ,

I mean, same to you?

I guess I kept hoping for an actual answer to the question I kept asking, as one might expect during an honest discussion. Don’t worry, I’ve given up now.

octopus_ink ,

casually j-walks across a non busy street

independent.co.uk/…/california-police-shooting-ja…

Sheriff’s deputies from Orange County fatally shot the man, 42-year-old Kurt Reinhold, amid an altercation in September in San Clemente, California.

The video, released on Thursday last week, shows two sheriff’s deputies considering whether or not to charge Reinhold with jaywalking, before tackling him to the floor.

Reports say the sheriff’s deputies were on patrol and were assigned to the homeless outreach team, when the shooting took place.

One of the deputies says in the video, “Watch this, he’s going to jaywalk,” before asking Reinhold: "Are you going to stop or are we going to have to make you stop?

"Jaywalking here? That’s ridiculous,” Reinhold adds.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • random
  • lifeLocal
  • goranko
  • All magazines
    •