Qwazpoi

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[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Go to your attorney general's website and fill out a form for a complaint. Check the box says you don't mind getting the news involved and detail everything you've done so far that hasn't worked.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

The one in Panama actually makes sense because it is near the rainforest and acting as a buffer against them. These facilities only work if they are near the flies, you can't use sterilized flies unless there is a population of flies to use them on.

When you put that together this almost looks like they are signaling plans to abandon support for the Panama facility and allow them to spread through all of South America up into Mexico.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Public transportation is non existent in a lot of the US and the cost of taking a cab is higher than a car payment. We have sprawling cities where if you don't want to work a commute that would be 3+ hours each way you are precluded from most jobs and you better have 3-6 months of money saved to job search in your area at that point.

Millions of people are stuck in places where if you don't have a car you're going not going to finding much work or working a living wage.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (6 children)
[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I got a few.

N64 command and conquer I can still hear the commando blowing up logo and saying that was left handed.

Ocarina of Time

Skies of Arcadia

And kotor, but for some reason I remember the pazak mini game more than anything else.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The backend on YouTube is pretty much designed to encourage skub (ragebait/"engagement"). Having comments that are incendiary is good for the video's performance.

Does that make it the perfect breeding ground for astroturfing and pushing misinformation? Probably. Bad actors can basically use it as a cheap form of advertising and pushing ideas that benefit them. Even the creator of the video if it was a video that has a completely opposite viewpoint of those comments still stands to benefit from having them because that increases engagement and their revenue.

So I guess my point is is that YouTube has a lot of problems and there is a multitude of reasons why comments like that have a home there and motives for them.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Them:" I saw someone once who spoke a different language than me once. What is that if not GLOBALISM?"

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I have selected premium several times and then the tank stopped filling 30¢ early and my receipt said regular despite selecting premium when filling up my moped. I think the machines try to account for the gas type difference sometimes or maybe the pumps I was using were a bit dodgy.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

If the US gets poor enough can a fast food combo cost less than an hour of working an assembly line?

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I always thought it was a major fuck you to veterans that the big state funded fireworks display where I live is launched like 10 feet from the veterans hospital where they have people living there and being treated for PTSD.

Also I worked second shift so driving home through low visibility "fog" a few hours after everyone stops shooting them off feels eerie when you live in a city that doesn't get fog. That's probably not good for breathing, but I don't really know about just kind of being anecdotal

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago

You can tell it's gay because it's not his aunt's house it's his aunts house meaning his aunt and her wife which also makes that his other aunt.

 

I've noticed that talking to people that some common tropes seem to come up when topics like socialism come up.

Basically I hear a lot of defense of capitalism that boils down to capitalism is good because "I personally benefit". As well as "I've heard bad things about socialism", ie taxes are too high in countries with good healthcare and social programs.

I wanted to know if other people have these issues come up in conversation and if people more well spoken than me have a way of getting through the road blocks and have some easy starting points for discussing things with people.

I feel like propaganda and fear mongering have placed a divide that make talking about things harder

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