balderdash9

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[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 22 points 15 hours ago

This setup could be used for anything. Crazy versatility

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Believe it or not, straight to jail

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

While I agree with this depiction of the older demographics, it leaves out the "values" that Fox News viewers are propagandized into accepting.

They believe we live in a meritocracy, government should leave them alone, America is a great nation, and everyone has to earn their way in life. These "values" allow older Republicans to take pride in their lives and the younger Republicans blame themselves (or immigrants/minorities/etc) for their lack of success.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago

A good quarter of the states are shit. Another quarter have affordability issues, homeless, and wealth inequality. All are founded on stolen land and built by slavery.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

Blatant corporate capture.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

These guys need suspenders. The high waisted pants with belts are not it.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago

This certainly isn't true of every case. Socialists, viz., those who are further left than Democrats, have good reason to find fault with both sides. Allow me to give you some examples:

• Republicans and Democrats both vote to increase ICE funding every year. 
• Republicans and Democrats in Congress both practice insider trading. 
• Republicans and Democrats both bail out banks and give corporations subsides (i.e., corporate welfare). 
• Republicans and Democrats both receive campaign finances from billionaires (i.e., legalized bribery). 
• Republican and Democrat presidents both drone strike "terrorists" overseas and bomb countries without Congressional approval. 
• Republicans and Democrats both kept Guantanamo Bay open for decades. 
• Republicans and Democrats both crack down on whistle blowers. 
• Republicans and Democrats both maintain a surveillance state on its citizens. 
• Republican and Democrat administrations both assassinated democratically elected leaders overseas. 
• Republicans and Democrats both fund Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people. 

Trump was not created ex nihilo. Presidential power has been growing for decades. Congress has been blatantly corrupt for decades. We have broken (and supported breaking) international laws for decades. To equate all major problems with one side of the political aisle would be overly reductive.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

I didn't say only the US military is evil. For example, the British empire was evil as fuck.

Imperialist powers have destroyed untold millions of lives across the globe. Despite what right-wing nationalists would tell you, we are the great evil.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The US military is evil. There, I fixed it.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 month ago (8 children)

My ebike has unironically changed my life.

Shout out to Aventon.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To be fair, you can just change your shortcuts in the terminal preferences.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

common commands like alt+tab, clipboards and their uses, or basic understanding of the difference between an operating system, a system program, and a hierarchical file system… and people still struggle to use the mouse.

Not to larp on the younger generations, but interacting with computers through touch screens is likely a major culprit here. Why would you know how to navigate file structures, or even open a terminal, when they were given an iPad when they were 5 years old?

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Our long history of violating international law continues...

 
 
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