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Zamujasa posted:This is one of those funny statistics where I'd like to see it compared based on the military budget, too. Using the 2021 values: Without statistics you can just point out we contributed to Russia being unable to successfully invade a country they border without losing any US troops.
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But also how often do you get the chance to basically spend your money to nullify a peer power's military strength at a 1:1 ratio with zero risk to yourself
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Dec 23, 2022 11:37
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facialimpediment posted:new kickstand spotted, he's really doing the lowtax speedrun I have no idea what to make of this. Did someone intentionally or accidentally gently caress up the design, or am I supposed to see a hidden message implied through that triangle?
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Dec 23, 2022 11:47
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I don't understand the yellow checkmark thing. Is that another company's logo hidden there? E:fb
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Eej posted:But also how often do you get the chance to basically spend your money to nullify a peer power's military strength at a 1:1 ratio with zero risk to yourself sure, just buy some of Israel's poo poo so they can assassinate a couple of Iranians about it
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Iran as a peer power to the US would take a lot of huffing of Fox news to really believeSoul Dentist posted:I don't understand the yellow checkmark thing. Is that another company's logo hidden there? It's just sloppy work
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Duzzy Funlop posted:I have no idea what to make of this. My wife is a graphic designer, so I thought she would be able to provide some context. She has no clue what is going on because there is no context.
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Dec 23, 2022 13:54
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I think the idea is that a multi-gazillion dollar mega corporation is putting out graphics design with simple flaws in it, as if their personnel were rushed and there isn't a lot of design review before things are published.
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ASAPI posted:My wife is a graphic designer, so I thought she would be able to provide some context. it’s just an image of a mistake I think you’ve created some form of a lightbulb joke
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Dec 23, 2022 14:07
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Somebody layered the different colored shapes on top of each other to make the check mark and hosed up aligning the one on the bottom so now the corner sticks out when it shouldn't. edit: also that, yes vvv ZombieApostate fucked around with this message at 14:29 on Dec 23, 2022 |
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Dec 23, 2022 14:10
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ZombieApostate posted:Somebody layered the different colored shapes on top of each other to make the check mark and hosed up aligning the one on the bottom so now the corner sticks out when it shouldn't. And it's the kind of thing that trivially gets caught when large organizations have basic processes. But they've fired most of their staff, so YOLO. The graphic thing is insignificant on its own, but it is a sign corners are being cut. And eventually that bleeds over into things that matter like critical infrastructure so the assumption is Twitter will eventually poo poo the bed if it's run like this.
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Dec 23, 2022 14:14
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Thats just extremely basic alignment poo poo. Without even looking I am going to say there are plenty of snap to or other basic alignment solutions someone didn't use. The assumption is that they don't have a half assed intern capable of doing graphic design on hand.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:corners are being cut oh sweet irony
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Dec 23, 2022 15:33
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GD_American posted:Social Security Administration, which asked for $14.8 billion to fund a cast-strapped agency with its lowest headcount in over 30 years, got $14.1 billion, which is a 6% increase and less than the actual amount of inflation. Ugh yeah there was a big WaPo article last week about how many states are super backed up in processing claims and appeals because they have a small number of staff and it takes a long time for new underpaid folk to get up to speed.
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A good example of why the kickstand thing is happening is like how Lonnie forced a feature on everyone - public-facing view counts for every tweet. By his justification, showing that "twitter isn't as dead as it seems". The viewcount is now in the same place as the "respond to tweet" button used to be. So for years and years, people's brains subconsciously would click on the lower-left to respond. Now it's gently caress, WHY IS THAT THERE, GODDAMNIT because nobody said "hey, we should put views on the right next to the likes" and there was no wide testing about it. Important accounts now see their view counts twice, as they could see their impressions already before the change and that was never deactivated. Edit: and the viewcounts are Facebookian bullshit https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/1606315381748006912?t=Bbf7ezg6wCZ_O_dmG6xZ4A&s=19 Also view counts are disabled on promoted/advertised tweets 
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GD_American posted:Social Security Administration, which asked for $14.8 billion to fund a cast-strapped agency with its lowest headcount in over 30 years, got $14.1 billion, which is a 6% increase and less than the actual amount of inflation. I thought SS payments were going up the same as VA disability (8.7%). That announcement was made a few months ago, too.
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Dec 23, 2022 16:58
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maybe if we militarize the SSA it can get funded properly
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maffew buildings posted:maybe if we militarize the SSA it can get funded properly One of my neighbors is on SSDI and gets less than enough to pay rent, despite being pretty goddamn broken. Her son lives with her and carries most of the weight. It's loving insane that SSDI is such a goddamn pittance in comparison to VA.
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:I thought SS payments were going up the same as VA disability (8.7%). That announcement was made a few months ago, too. Payments are, but the actual Social Security Administration that processes everything and determines benefits and does customer service and everything else came in 0.7 billion under what they asked for to do their job. loving ridiculous.
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Dec 23, 2022 17:59
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Oh, okay, departmental funding, not payments.
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:One of my neighbors is on SSDI and gets less than enough to pay rent, despite being pretty goddamn broken. Her son lives with her and carries most of the weight. Its based on how much you have paid into the system. Back when my ex was applying for it we checked to see how much I would get, and because all my jobs had been much higher paying than hers, I would have made a bunch more than she did despite not having near as many years worked. You know, in case you wanted to be pissed.
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Dec 23, 2022 18:07
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Yeah, I was aware they played it off your income. That's some bullshit. The one thing the VA usually does right is the disability end and that model needs to be spread into the civilian side. poo poo's insane. No one can live on what SSDI offers without becoming an anchor to a relative. All because republicans don't want to pay taxes.
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Dec 23, 2022 18:13
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Social security has a limit on how much you can be taxed. If you pay taxes on a billion dollars in income, only the first 150k gets taxed with social security. Its an intentionally dumb system.
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Yeah, I remember that limit being raised from like, $95k under Obama. Just take the limit off and let the SSA and IRS go hog wild. E: can't wait for the gop to make the SSA and IRS illegal in 2025 after DeSantis wins.
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Its literally designed not to help those who need it, and need to be fixed so badly. Shame it appears politicians have agreed that "fixing" it means slowly killing it(and everyone who relies on it)
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Is SSDI the one that also limits you to having no more than $2000 to your name at any given point? because lol if so, that wouldn't even cover rent much less utilitiesPlatystemon posted:Russia’s power was not built in a day. I wasn't arguing that it was, or that it isn't good or impressive, just that the "we spent 5% of our budget to nuke 50% of russia" is misleading if you leave out that the US military budget is literally 10 times that of Russia. that's it. it's a dumb omission to make it sound more impressive and i think it's funny.
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Zamujasa posted:Is SSDI the one that also limits you to having no more than $2000 to your name at any given point? because lol if so, that wouldn't even cover rent much less utilities And it counts any money your spouse makes
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Zamujasa posted:Is SSDI the one that also limits you to having no more than $2000 to your name at any given point? because lol if so, that wouldn't even cover rent much less utilities Yeah, you basically can't own poo poo on SSDI. And you usually have to be denied at least once, go in front of a judge, pay for a disability lawyer, etc. It's a giant loving scam compared to the VA's "go to doctor, make C&P appt, go to doctor again" system.
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:Payments are, but the actual Social Security Administration that processes everything and determines benefits and does customer service and everything else came in 0.7 billion under what they asked for to do their job. And just for reference, the SSA disburses about $1.4 trillion to nearly 75 million people on that $14 billion and change budget. The $700 million that was denied represents 0.05% of actual program costs, but that's just too much because we can't have the government doing things right.
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The view count poo poo is pure brain poison and shouldn't exist, it will literally worsen the mental health of people already too online on twitter
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Yeah, I remember that limit being raised from like, $95k under Obama. Just take the limit off and let the SSA and IRS go hog wild. It'll just be mainly directed at poor black people. Kinda like it already is
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Eej posted:The view count poo poo is pure brain poison and shouldn't exist, it will literally worsen the mental health of people already too online on twitter Elon also got rid of the suicide prevention feature The pieces are starting to come together
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https://twitter.com/officejjsmart/status/1606300584243601412?t=4WzVcamnE-dTjy2gBbLqLA&s=19 Merry Christmas, Russia.
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CBJSprague24 posted:https://twitter.com/officejjsmart/status/1606300584243601412?t=4WzVcamnE-dTjy2gBbLqLA&s=19 Christmas in Russia is celebrated in January but yeah, Merry Christmas fuckers
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Churchill posted:Christmas in Russia is celebrated in January but yeah, Merry Christmas fuckers So we've got a few weeks for things to come to a boil and still be able to be named the Christmas Revolution, then.
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Maybe in 70 years we can have a movie named "The Hunt For Red-Nosed Reindeer"
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Flynn wants attention or cashed a check from RU. https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1606424551054876673?s=20&t=I4Md9zdXDW1chjSGYKxsig Seems kind of high level poo poo talking https://twitter.com/GenMhayden/status/1606451263188656129
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That Works posted:Flynn wants attention or cashed a check from RU. He definitely is desperate for attention if he's down to appearing on PillowTube. He's also a fascist so the payoff isn't really necessary.
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