Yeah I feel you. Americans think that they're allowed to park their dodge ram on a sidewalk because it feels "unsafe" to park on a suburban street 20 feet away. God forbid their chance of being sideswiped is non-zero, because who cares about pedestrians or disabled folks.
I say this as an American. A lot of us are bonkers-selfish.
How could you possibly know this? Do you think despair helps anything?
Yep! And any examples of countries to have high tax rates but spend well are outright ignored. So annoying!
Yep constantly! perfect example yesterday. Was waiting in line for ice cream. Some young girls ahead of me in line were talking amongst themselves. Worker tries to ask them what they want twice. The girls were completely oblivious to her or seemingly to the fact they were in line. I felt this worker's pain but supported her reaction of rolling her eyes and then quickly proceeding to the next customer.
We obviously all have lapses in awareness but yeah it does sort of feel like it's so common it's endemic and maybe on the rise. Living in a touristy area accounts for some of it but even in the off season it's crazy common here.
Why would anyone write "enby" when nb is shorter and whose meaning can much more easily be guessed at by people like me wondering what it means...?
Yep, and don't forget that they're the ones who taught us to stand up for what's right, but now they stand up for someone who is clearly a career criminal and the worst kind of racist, and a lying, cheating theif. Their response to all that? A resounding "meh, politics. It's all political"
Oh great, so then when will apple be releasing their open standard for secure and feature rich texting?
...waits decades....
Oh yeah that's right, doing so would prevent them from pretending that things jUsT wOrKiNg is only something an apple product is capable of because any other product is obviously garbage.
We all know the reason apple often avoids standards is purely for profit. They do it knowing it is bad for their users. So let's not pretend that privacy is all they care about. At least google attempted a standard. And yes Google sucks ass. But I have more respect for a company that believes in standards than one whose business model only works because they strategically avoid them
The prime example of a SO user is being intentionally obtuse, demanding more detail even if the typical programmer would have a pretty clear picture of what is being asked. So yeah, projection much?
Probably not as miserable as it is to have to spend all your energy pretending to not see how your political ideas have fully doomed humanity to drive itself extinct
Yeah. Destroyed and annihilated are already a thing now, I think.
Why would they not be?
For sure. I am really still saddened that this works so well. Republicans are so tribal, it just doesn't matter what they have on him. Never has hit a point where "ok maybe a lot was political but this is overwhelming".
It's gotta be that the anger and hatred trump represents is core to their very being. They can't examine it. It would mean their whole life is flawed.
I agree this is a problem but I don't think it's more often than not.
That makes sense and is the answer I sought :) thank you kind stranger
Some models are exploited victims of sex trafficking. I have a feeling it's usually hard to tell if that's the case. I think that it's not that common, percentage-wise but it's gotta be nonzero. Very uncomfortable to think about but it's there...
I am with you on this. Also when the effort requires feels so small relative to other situations, it hits me worse too
Holy shit this is so true.
Exactly. Same. Mine don't even watch Fox News. But they talk to their friends who do and they're under the impression that the media has been out to get Trump and have treated him unfairly since day one. As if the media wouldn't crucify anyone who runs for president with decades of skeletons in their closet. My mother has heard trump say "grab them by the pussy" and thinks it's offensive to have an issue with that quote. The same person who grounded me for weeks for less. I got spankings for WAYYY less than this. Lost a ton of respect for my parents over this. The worst part? Anytime you present evidence against Trump, they don't just ignore its implications. They get very mad.
Google attempted an open standard, carriers refused. Apple actively refuses to participate or help. Not sure why so many apple simps can't ever acknowledge that standards are important. It's likely if you look around you at any given moment, you'll dozens of vital everyday products that are cheap or possible due to standards. The rest of computing is built heavily on standards. Standards === modern society. Yet apple can do no wrong if they explicitly dodge standards for profit.
Yeah, it is. Also have you noticed how many typos and ads make it into news articles these days? It's bonkers. I even see headlines from huge outlets with typos.
Lol people who disagree with me are all jobless. Yeah dude everyone here totally believes you're a critical thinker who drives a Mercedes
Lmfao!! No problem knowing you voted for trump with that level of pitiable auto-fellatio
Said every troll ever. No shits given
Thread winner 😂
You're ignoring the part where Google tried and carriers and apple refused.. That's not some irrelevant detail
I'll take this as an upfront admission that apple is not only opposed to standards but actively avoidant of them when it is profitable, rather than the deflection it was meant to be.
You seem knowledgeable enough to know that standards are usually contributed to by corporations and that this has many many times not ruined them. The whole web is built on this fact. But unfortunately your zealotry blinds you to what your priorities ought to be, standards for everyone's benefit.
100% agree.
The US spends money in awful ways. But these people don't mention better ways to spend it. Only that their taxes are too damned high. they have no problem with billionaires paying a far lower percentage than they do...
Yeah it definitely sounds like we were raised similarly. So weird that our parents and others don't see the contradiction!
That's cool. I wonder if they're planning an android version
Yeah that's a whole lot of words for "both sides". Maybe you'd be happier on Reddit.com/r/conservative
You're very correct. A core belief at apple is that the customer is too stupid to know what they want, so you can whatever you want down their throat.
There is some merit to the idea that true innovation won't be anticipated by customers so you have to take risks. But the way apple does it pisses me off to no end.
No apple, removing every port (except shitty ass lightning ports of course) is not a good idea. It just isn't.
Welcome to 2014 my friend
Well yeah and we should and some people do. We can (actually have a duty to) recognize a multitude of problems in the world.
The problem is actually that conservatives can't think a moment outside their own experience. Everyone less powerful than you? Oh they deserve their place. After all, they're probably cOmMuNiSt anyway
I'm not sure what your point is, but to reiterate, mine is that people are selfish and I think that's a bad thing. I can't tell if you think it's a good thing or what.
We should absolutely call them out on being hypocrites. These are people who vote against their own interests and against anyone's interest who isn't a billionaire. They do not care about the waste until it's spent, ironically, helping poor people. But if a Republican wastes trillions on war or even raises their taxes, they're as quiet as a mouse.
I wish it were as simple as you say. Republicans would never make into office again. But you're entirely wrong about that simplicity
It sounds like you are making excuses for ppl. enjoy that ✌️
I see you all over Lemmy being shitty. Blocking now
I absolutely despise that SLAM is an acceptable word in journalism. How the fuck did that happen?