vleep

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[–] vleep@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 hours ago

When I was 9 My parents took me to toys-r-us to get a GI Joe. I picked the black one which really irritated them “but ur white”?! Yea, no shit.

[–] vleep@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m profoundly ashamed of being an American

[–] vleep@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Even after January 6th 🤯

[–] vleep@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Man, Poland is out here building 350 km/h rail while we can’t even get Amtrak to show up on time. As an American reading this thread genuinely stings a little. We invented the modern passenger railroad and now we’re over here getting lapped on infrastructure by a country a third our size. Meanwhile my “high speed rail” option is a Greyhound that breaks down outside Sacramento. Cool cool cool, love that for us.

[–] vleep@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Not having a car with its insurance, repair, fuel etc…

[–] vleep@lemmy.zip 47 points 2 days ago

They act like “shoplifting is up” is some mystery of human nature and not literally the free market doing exactly what it’s designed to do. Squeeze wages, jack prices, gut every safety net you can find, then act shocked pikachu face when people start taking matters into their own hands. This ain’t a morality crisis it’s a pricing signal. Crime stats are just capitalism’s blooper reel at this point.