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mike pondsmith was an optimist
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Apr 25, 2023 09:08
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Xaris posted:yea we're getting all the dumb boring papering-over-increasing-capital-contradictions and hyper surveillance stuff to sell us lovely ads, and not cool augmentations and cyber penises. smdh you're forgetting about microplastics slowly turning us into tupperware cyborgs.
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Apr 25, 2023 09:09
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Xaris posted:mike pondsmith was an optimist He loving was wasn't he? And I love "Maximum" Mike's works. Long time fan of his. Reality was just so much... lesser. I wonder if HOL (Human Occupied Landfill) might be more on the money.
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Apr 25, 2023 09:11
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Zodium posted:you're forgetting about microplastics slowly turning us into tupperware cyborgs. is it still cybernetics if the material isn't shiny chrome metal
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Apr 25, 2023 09:13
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gradenko_2000 posted:is it still cybernetics if the material isn't shiny chrome metal No. Shiny chrome is an absolute requisite.
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Apr 25, 2023 09:18
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Glumwheels posted:I don’t know, some places closed during pandemic and never re-opened. Recently more have started calling it quits due to inflation and people not going out as much because poo poo is too expensive. Other places closed up shop because downtown is generally not as safe as before. A lot of shops that are still open have security at the doors or they lock the doors and you have to wait to enter/leave. It’s bizarre and not at all like it was pre-pandemic. isn't that against fire code?
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Apr 25, 2023 09:22
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Mustached Demon posted:isn't that against fire code? Probably, would require someone to report them. I didn’t even think about that at the time, though. I don’t know if they’re still doing it.
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Apr 25, 2023 09:35
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you, an absolute buffoon, spending money on microtransactions on your gacha phone games (whatever that is) me, endlessly replaying the $10 android version of dragon warrior 3 for years we are not the same
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Apr 25, 2023 09:35
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ram dass in hell posted:you, an absolute buffoon, spending money on microtransactions on your gacha phone games (whatever that is) that's legit an excellent use of $10
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Apr 25, 2023 12:47
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did we hire the services of leonard j crabs to sue the sec
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Apr 25, 2023 12:49
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mazzi Chart Czar posted:yeah a lot of people are doing work from home. But also a lot of people just left major cities and moved to smaller cities. that last chart would be better as % of population rather than total
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Apr 25, 2023 12:53
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maybe the relative lack of cellphones in big cities is related to rent for a 700 sg ft efficiency being $3,400 a month
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Apr 25, 2023 12:55
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maybe everything is fine and people are just leaving their phones at home
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Apr 25, 2023 13:12
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net work error posted:Hell yeah let's get crazy sweet that means we'll get to hear everyone's favorite TrueAnon Original Character, Coindexter return
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Apr 25, 2023 13:12
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for years cities said "gently caress off, we're full" now they're mad no one is coming??
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Apr 25, 2023 13:13
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:for years cities said "gently caress off, we're full" No, you got that wrong. Cities always said “poor people should gently caress off, we can make room for rich people”
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Apr 25, 2023 13:26
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the Hummer EV weighs 9000lbs lmao imagine getting hit by that in a regular sedan
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Apr 25, 2023 13:28
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Koirhor posted:the Hummer EV weighs 9000lbs lmao imagine getting hit by that in a regular sedan Imagine the battery fire when it randomly cooks off charging overnight in an underground parking garage beneath an apartment block.
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Apr 25, 2023 13:37
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net work error posted:Hell yeah let's get crazy It's because Coinbase is claiming the SEC is wrongfully regulating crypto companies by fiat without having passed rules under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and therefore all their recent crypto litigation is invalid on its face.
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Apr 25, 2023 13:47
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Smythe posted:my boss has sent out the "RETURN TO WORK" order 3 times and eveyr time just nobody does it. no reply or anything. its a pretty interestng phenomenon. Killing a portion of your workforce or forcing them to retire doesn't give you much leverage to force the rest of them to do what you want them to do This is the first time in my lifetime that labor has some leverage over capital and they've got no idea what to do about it at all, they're like that guy in Pleasantville saying "but where's dinner....?"
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Apr 25, 2023 14:01
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I don't really trust any of the population estimates that come out in non-census years, they're all projections and projections say what the projectors want them to around here people spent the '10s screaming that we were hemorrhaging population and that the city and county had to adopt more business-friendly practices or else and when the 2020 census came out, whoops, we'd actually gained population.
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Apr 25, 2023 14:03
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Poorpilled https://twitter.com/DeItaone/status/1650843316626288641
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Apr 25, 2023 14:10
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everything going great in merry old england. nothing to see here.
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Apr 25, 2023 14:13
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Drake no: TERF island Drake yes: Pain pig island
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Apr 25, 2023 14:15
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my credit Union is offering me 6.75 for a new car loan . that is much better
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Apr 25, 2023 14:15
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euphronius posted:my credit Union is offering me 6.75 for a new car loan . that is much better Just buy the car in cash, problem solved.
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Apr 25, 2023 14:16
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Glumwheels posted:I live in an area where this hasn’t happened yet but I don’t even go in Target anymore. Online ordering is usually cheaper than shopping in store, you can get gift cards or discounts for same-day pickup, and they deliver it to your car. I wish they did that at Costco but their business model expects you to go in and spend way more than you intended. I can see the shenanigans starting in the D.C. burbs. Stuff isn't locked up, but Giant is now trying to restrict self checkout to 20 items or less, citing theft and the safety of their employees. But they also only ever have one actual cashier line open because they don't want to staff. So I will keep doing self checkout with 20+ items and steal things like an adult.
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Apr 25, 2023 14:17
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euphronius posted:my credit Union is offering me 6.75 for a new car loan . that is much better I got 0% in 2021
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Apr 25, 2023 14:18
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refusing to acknowledge that their country is going to poo poo is like the deepest part of british culture
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Apr 25, 2023 14:21
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is pepsi ok posted:refusing to acknowledge that their country is going to poo poo is like the deepest part of british culture "im not owned! im not owned!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a failed state.
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Apr 25, 2023 14:26
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street doc posted:"im not owned! im not owned!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a failed state. https://twitter.com/pewresearch/status/1650852898354372609?s=20 
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Apr 25, 2023 14:27
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cut their loving heads off
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Apr 25, 2023 14:31
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Revanchism? In my 'Murica?!
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Apr 25, 2023 14:36
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Three of those are correct. Openly fascist states don't tend to be politically divided though.
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Apr 25, 2023 14:38
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euphronius posted:my credit Union is offering me 6.75 for a new car loan . that is much better That is always the smart play regardless. Come in preapproved for a decent rate from your bank or credit union. Then you can later offer to let the finance guy beat it. But there is then a cap on the shenanigans they can pull with the rate. Still need to watch for all the other bullshit they try to pull.
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Apr 25, 2023 14:41
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Horseshoe theory posted:It's because Coinbase is claiming the SEC is wrongfully regulating crypto companies by fiat without having passed rules under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and therefore all their recent crypto litigation is invalid on its face. in a 5-4 decision...
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Apr 25, 2023 14:49
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Orvin posted:That is always the smart play regardless. Come in preapproved for a decent rate from your bank or credit union. Then you can later offer to let the finance guy beat it. But there is then a cap on the shenanigans they can pull with the rate. Still need to watch for all the other bullshit they try to pull. yeah don’t they want to originate the loan at the dealership so they can get fees when they sell the loan
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Apr 25, 2023 14:51
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Xaris posted:yeah that's pretty bad. i'm surprised portland is so low, it's not like it had that much fidi core industry and is much more affordable than most major cities in america I'm pretty confident that remote work has an outsized impact on things like restaurants or bars, especially in big downtown cores. The problem is that a lot of people are going out with coworkers, but if your office is only 75% staffed (or less) you've got less people to go out with after work and you might end up deciding to pick some place closer to home rather than down the street from your office. I know a ton of people who are still eating out and hitting up bars on weekends, they're just not going into any of the cities around here to do it anymore.
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Apr 25, 2023 14:52
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ok but just remember this is NOT contributing to inflation https://twitter.com/thestalwart/status/1650836093430841344
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Apr 25, 2023 14:57
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:I don't really trust any of the population estimates that come out in non-census years, they're all projections and projections say what the projectors want them to ACS data are statistical samples, not projections. You can still feel free to hate them because the Census Bureau has been systematically hollowed out and ratfucked in plenty of ways.
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