I occasionally have a real conversation on Lemmy.

The U.S. at it’s best used to enlist convicts.

-take that whatever way you want.

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Well, then I stand corrected.

Are these policy plans of his?

What impact does Zohran Mamdani realistically have over weapons sent to Israel?

I’m pretty sure a large contingent of her constituency is New York Jews, many of whom are probably Orthodox… It’s not a stretch to believe that many of those voters are also Zionists

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I’m pretty sure the “Car for programmers” is the 88’ Toyota Tercel, or something similar with zero electronics aside from the radio.

I went to an interview for Life Insurance sales. once the initial interview was over I was sent into a conference room where other interviewees joined me and we were pitched the idea of becoming life insurance sales-people which required studying, testing, and licensing which they insisted we all payed for ourselves. After a 20-minute pitch by some d-bag with frosted tips said “Growing up I always dreamed of owning a Maserati, after my success joining this company I drive a Maserati!” The moment he was done talking I got up, turned left and went out the emergency exit. I still associate d-bags with Maserati driver and that was close to twenty years ago.

That’s an interesting excerpt. I always thought the proper response to an identified whatabout is to simply say “I asked you first.” -That’s assuming the opposite party refused to respond to the initial premise, argument, or question. I imagine if they did respond to the initial premise, argument, or question then asking whatabout… is just a standard form of discussion and debate, or so I’d think.

That’s a good question, it makes me similarly think ‘What happens to the social contract when a nation & government no longer provide security to it’s own citizens?’

I don’t disagree. Few people are better positioned to help make that a reality, however.

-Not that legality matters much these days, but is it even legal for a for-profit organization to use volunteer labor?

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If you get a proper field guide, pick an easy species to identify, learn what specific characteristics to look for, and what specific look-alikes to avoid & how differentiate them. Step by step It’s pretty straightforward.

-A lot of people start with Morels because they are easy to identify and their look-alikes aren’t all that similar. Plus, (when cooked) they are delicious.

I spent my time fighting AppImages until Canonical started to force Snap on me. I hated Snap so bad it forced me to switch distros. Now I appreciate Flatpak as a result and I don’t find AppImages all that bad, either. Also, I haven’t found myself in dependency-hell nor have I crashed my distro from unofficial Repos in well over a decade.

-It’s a long way of saying It works for me and it’s not Snap.

Nonsense. Some of them have read The Bible.

fewer than the ones who said they have.

Good. Leave. They were driving up local real estate prices.

If I don’t remember to take them off in my car(or I’m just feeling carefree) then Ill wear them inside because as long as it’s well-lit I can see better with my prescription sunglasses. If it’s dim then I do that thing wear I lift them slightly to peak out from under them to focus on important visual details like prices.