adespoton

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago

The trade confusion between McDonald’s and MAGDonald should be obvious.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 weeks ago

Only if he can be tied to it. Otherwise, the same section 230 protections cover him as anyone else who creates a digital platform others can use.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago

If they had done something to stop it, they would have been sued by the franchise owner who did nothing to violate the franchise agreement.

Which is interesting, because usually corporate has all the power in franchise agreements.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Libertarians are the “vegetarians” of politics— they like everyone to equate them with vegans, but in reality have no issues eating fish, chicken and other meats, and in reality have a pretty loose definition of what’s “not meat.”

The real political vegans are those who go off to form their own communities and reject the ENTIRE political structure, not just the parts that don’t directly benefit them.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago

Also, most of the susceptible people die in the first few waves. What you’re left with is a population that’s more resistant. Over time, the comorbidities tail off.

Looking at population level resistance is different than looking at individual resistance.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 weeks ago

No, he would have rejected it in favor of a plan he made himself that enriched his friends and family and blamed the ensuing chaos on Obama.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Democracy is four cannibals deciding what’s for dinner.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

If it had been, it would have been multiple health and employment violations.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago

I had to do the thorough federal check once and they only went back 10 years. My summers cutting lawns didn’t have to go on the form.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 weeks ago

And that’s the number of crossing encounters; likely the same people attempted to cross many times, and 78% of the time they were caught.

Oftentimes, people aren’t crossing the border to find a new life in the US; they’re crossing to visit friends, do some shopping/smuggling, or find some itinerant work, after which they cross the other direction.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

It would be a nice Lemmy feature if posts and comments under, say, -20 were auto-collapsed. That would allow people to still see unpopular content without everyone having to wade through it.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago

“Trump tax plans could exempt 93 millionaire Americans from income taxes”

Someone dropped the “aire” somewhere, that’s all.

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