taiyang

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I hope not, but I wouldn't be surprised. I'm aware there's been a few high profile ICE incidents in Santa Ana in particular, but most of the people there are still citizens; it might be the obvious racism that makes things tense. They've always had a hard time dealing with their conservative neighbors, though.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 106 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Fucking evil. Know why? My wife got her Green Card in the USCIS in Santa Ana in the same building as ICE is setting up in. They're 100% going to use this as a way to target people seeking legal status, guaranteed.

I believe the same is true of the federal building in LA, too. One could make the point that no one in the entire state will house ICE except that which is owned already by the feds, but to share buildings with people seeking legal status is absolutely abhorrent.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Witnesses, maybe, but typically they're the ones doing the murdering (although usually paid to by said rich people).

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Sigh... reminds me I have to file my US tax returns.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Next you'll be telling me you missed tank controls in games. Why strafe when you can slowly rotate to turn?

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I still never liked that. It's the best of a bad situation, but aiming with a mouse is so superior, many games won't cross-platform with a PC out of fairness, lol.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

In most murder mysteries happening at resorts, it's usually the guests who are murdered and never the help.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

To clarify for people not from CA, and having lived in OC for the better part of a decade, it's relatively more conservative and yet also not.

For example, places like Santa Ana literally working on getting voting for undocumented people for municipal elections, cannot be more anti ICE. Naturally they're targeted by some of the worst abductions and such, which is a shame because they're some of the coolest people I've met in OC.

On the other end of the spectrum, Huntington Beach literally made a MAGA plaque for a library and many of their council members wear the red hat openly. Sure enough, very pro ICE and the majority of black and brown people you'll see are the slave labor employed for their gardens and shit. I once was invited to a Thanksgiving there and it was awkward as shit watching gardeners working while we were sitting down for dinner.

Then everything else is mixed. Irvine, a city ultimately owned by a company, has turned weirdly blue over an influx of immigration but is still very much a fascist place at times with heavy policing. I saw a homeless man abducted by police and likely relocated to Santa Ana once, and that was a bit chilling. That's their solution to unwanted people.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Not only is it quoted, but the added context also suggests someone said they weren't American, perhaps. My guess is it's a reply to a self-reply since that whole site is still stupidly designed.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Hell, even by first episode standards, Voyager literally starts with the Maquis rebels. It's right out the gate critical of the Federation's utopia, haha.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I still doomscroll to stay a little informed but my recent salvation has been free ebooks on my phone. Same phone strolling action but instead of doom, I get fun little mysteries.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Quite simply, as it says, when things get heated, such as during a fight with your spouse, the fan will start trying to escape which causes it to spin.

This also works if you start yelling at it yourself, although you need to be genuine. It can detect if you're lying, so get angry!

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