Vorticity

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[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I wouldn't normally say this but it seems warranted in a thread about "Factism". Trump did not win over 50% of the popular vote. He won with 49.8% in 2024 and 46.1% in 2016.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago

100% agreed. This junk does nothing but make us look dumb. It's just bad rage bait.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Before I say this, ICE is awful and driving without a license shouldn't be a deportable offense. Also, military service should give automatic citizenship.

I feel like this article is leaving something out. How did ICE get involved in this? I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if they got involved simply because they saw a record of a non-citizen getting arrested but I'm wondering if he didn't renew his green card or something.

I'm not arguing that this guy deserves to be deported (I think he should be a citizen) but I do wish we got the whole story on things.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm talking about... Shit... I read two thirds of your comment and my ADHD brain skipped the middle part. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!

Shit... Sorry, without the middle context your comment made it sound like you wanted democrats to cover up inclusion of democrats in the files.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Edit: Apparently it helps to read the full comment and not let your ADHD brain skip the middle part thst gives all of the relevant context. Shit...

How about we throw all of these fucks in prison regardless of political party? Why are you trying to muddy this with politics? I wouldn't care if it was Trump or if it was Bert and Ernie, anyone involved should be prosecuted.

Oh no! Bill Gates, another asshole billionaire is in the files? Throw him in the same dark hole as the rest of them.

Bill Clinton? Yeah, throw him in, too.

Hillary was aware and said nothing? Prison.

Barack Obama had evidence of ongoing abuse and did nothing? Believe it or not, prison.

Bernie Sanders was on the island? Yeah, prison for him, too.

Fuck all of them and fuck politicizing this issue. Anyone involved should be prosecuted.

So far it does seem to be mostly republicans but I don't expect it will remain that way. If it does, I'll be skeptical that we're getting the whole truth.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

All I want for Christmas is an obituary, An obituary, yeah an obituary. Gee, if only I could have an obituary Then, I could wish you Merry Christmas!

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

You should read about what ultra-processed means before spreading misinformation. In fact, ZERO of the examples you gave make something fall into the Nova "ultra-processed" classification. Each of those would place them in the category "processed".

Processed foods are relatively simple food products produced by adding processed culinary ingredients (group 2 substances) such as salt or sugar to unprocessed (group 1) foods.

Processed foods are made or preserved through baking, boiling, canning, bottling, and non-alcoholic fermentation. They often use additives to enhance shelf life, protect the properties of unprocessed food, prevent the spread of microorganisms, or make them more enjoyable.

Examples include cheese, canned vegetables, salted nuts, fruits in syrup, and dried or canned fish. Breads, pastries, cakes, biscuits, snacks, and some meat products fall into this group when they are made predominantly from group 1 foods with the addition of group 2 ingredients.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I disagree that this is the way forward. I want to see criminal prosecutions. If that results in violence so be it. I won't support violence, though.

That said, I'm supremely disappointed in the willingness of democrats to persue impeachments and prosecutions.

While it's possible that violence is required to solve our current problems, I still hold hope that we can solve things another way.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I honestly think that if that were to happen we would end up in a much worse situation. He would become a martyr and the republicans who are starting to see the light would go rage blind.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Did you know that most people can do more than one thing in their lives? It is possible to both post online and take action IRL.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I agree with you that this should be illegal. I expect this was in the terms of service, though. Since we have no laws restricting this kind of bullshit, the company can argue that they're within their rights.

We need some real legislation around privacy. It's never going to happen, but it needs to. We need a right to anonymity but that is too scary for advertisers and our police state.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is the weirdest way to say this. What a weird bot.

 

I'm a white guy from a fairly non-diverse city. I was at a grocery store today where a cashier opened up their line to serve me and, I thought, the person behind me. As they were serving me, though, they put up their lane closed sign right in front of the black man behind me. The buy was just trying to purchase some tuna, bread, and peanut butter.

The cashier basically decided to serve me, a middle class white man, but refused to serve the black man behind me. I was so shocked that I didn't say anything. It is possible that I misunderstood the situation but it seemed so blatant.

What should I have done in this situation? Should I have spoken up? Would that have just been more embarrassing for the man who was being discriminated against?

Honestly, I'm still just in shock to see someone treated so poorly when they were simply trying to buy food for themselves. I recognize that means that I'm sheltered but I also feel like I should be able to use my unearned privilege to help others who are being discriminated against.

 

 

I keep running into issues where I'm unsure of which account I'm currently using. It would be nice if it were more obvious at all times. Two things that would help me are:

  • always display the current user somewhere, regardless of what content is being viewed.
  • allow setting different color themes for different users.
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