underisk

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[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

These terms mean very specific things but because you don’t know what those things are you think I’m being vague and biased. You should probably just shut up.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 59 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

How is taking direct action to stigmatize someone who is enabling our fascist military “slacktivism”? What do you propose would be a more fitting and effective tactic for someone who doesn’t want their work associated in any way to the US military?

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That sounds like a pretty useless replacement for people who want a declarative configuration and a PC capable of doing anything other than contributing code to open source projects.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

it wasn't just the keyboard for me. phone browsers pre iphone were just absolute garbage with joke rendering engines. you were lucky to get a functional mobile site, let alone trying to render the desktop version. iphone was using the same rendering engine as desktop safari, which wasn't perfect but miles better than whatever the hell blackberry or sidekick were using.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

what? i absolutely wanted a cell phone with a decent web browser on it in 2007, are you high?

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This must be some new dark pattern because my Meta VR headset, Twitter, and Instagram have all started giving me false notification badges recently. I’m just teaching myself to ignore the red badges because it’s not worth the annoyance.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml -2 points 7 months ago

You are delusional if you think that there’s any chance Walz would escalate things to military resistance against the federal government. I would love it if he did, but that’s just a complete fantasy.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 months ago

Tim Walz is not going to mobilize the military to stop one pedophile politician from getting released. Didn’t you just criticize my arguments for being unrealistic? I provided a real, contemporary example of what I’m arguing about. All you’ve done is project some noble fantasy onto a governor you probably had no idea existed until he became Harris’ running mate.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I’m not confused about the system. I believe you completely about all these checks and balances, and I had no doubt about their existence before you explained them.

What I don’t believe is that any of it will stop him from doing whatever he wants. As evidenced by the events of the past two months. Did Kathy Hochul stop him from dropping Eric Adams corruption charges (yes, I know they were federal)? Did she instruct her AG to file state charges? Did she do anything at all to replace or remove Adams? What makes you think Walz would be any different?

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

You can spout all this shit about rules and laws and that would really be a great argument if either of those things made any bit of difference to Donald Trump. These things only matter if someone enforces them. He basically committed high treason by attempting to coup the government and he was not only allowed to remain free, he became the president again. He’s openly broken the law, blatantly violated the constitution and completely ignored several court orders. The question isn’t “how will he do that” its “how will you stop him”.

Unless Tim Walz plants his ass in that prison and guards the release button personally, I don’t really see him presenting much of a problem.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (9 children)

He doesn’t need to be. He’s in charge of enough to make problems for them if they don’t comply. What makes you think the person in charge of a prison wouldn’t be eager to please Trump in the first place?

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago (15 children)

Trump will say he’s pardoned, sign a paper, and he will be released. He doesn’t care about mechanisms because that’s for someone else to worry about.

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