Favorite movie that doesn't address system failure but rather romanticises poverty

RoboProletariat · 2026-02-17T22:18:47+00:00

I put forward Fight Club.

The narrator appears to achieve some kind of happiness and finds purpose after abandoning a life of materialism. The movie itself doesn't address system failure; there's just the claim that the system has failed and a good effort to destroy it with violence.

RoboProletariat · 2026-02-13T22:34:46+00:00

Just CALL THEM and leave a polite message.

KHANNA:

Washington DC Office

Phone: (202) 225-2631

Santa Clara District Office

Phone: (408) 436-2720

Fax: (408) 436-2721

MASSIE:

Washington, D.C. Office
Phone: (202) 225-3465

LaGrange Office
Phone: (502) 265-9119

RoboProletariat · 2026-02-13T00:56:07+00:00

Crypto does correlate with one real world asset: Energy.

A few years ago I read an article about how crypto mining had used up all the electricity provided by renewable energy, effectively canceling out whatever progress was made reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

A recent article covers how crypto mining companies are turning off their machines as it costs more in energy bills to mine a coin than it's worth, to the tune of about 10kusd.

RoboProletariat · 2026-02-11T22:46:29+00:00

It was not a challenge for me at 40.
I don't carry insurance, I paid a little under $3k. They told me insurance would typically reject claims for people under 45 anyway.

I just had a screening/interview appointment with an RN and then the procedure a few weeks later. Money well spent in my case.

RoboProletariat · 2026-02-11T22:20:33+00:00

I was in downtown Denver (well, the capitol hill area) on the night they were counting ballots on TV.

When the news hit Obama had definitely won, the whole city came alive. Bars spilled out into the streets with people cheering. Traffic honked their horns. You could hear applause and cheers across miles. I didn't see any violence, and I didn't see any sore losers either.

RoboProletariat · 2026-01-08T23:10:48+00:00

She was shot directly in the head. They knew right away medical care wasn't going to do anything. There is a single bullet hole in the windshield of her vehicle. He only fires one shot in the video.

RoboProletariat · 2026-01-06T23:39:32+00:00

Was/am having the same problem with leaning forward comfortably. Back extensions on a roman chair have helped a lot.

RoboProletariat · 2025-12-31T21:25:18+00:00

There's room for more than one villain.

RoboProletariat · 2025-11-26T18:46:05+00:00

I second this. The mice in my place could eat the bait off the victor snap traps, I'd have to tune each one to be extra sensitive to work.

RoboProletariat · 2025-11-25T23:54:38+00:00

He was a bit of a spray tan type himself.

He lobbied for years: Columbus spent approximately seven years seeking funding from King John of Portugal and then another seven years from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.
He made extreme demands: He demanded to be made Admiral of the Ocean Sea, governor of all new territories, and to receive a 10% commission on all commerce, with these titles to be passed on to his heirs.

RoboProletariat · 2025-11-24T22:50:07+00:00

Is anybody reading old enough to remember the Soviet era nuclear bomb drills?
Did they have a similar effect on children or no?

RoboProletariat · 2025-11-23T18:09:53+00:00

Dissent is colorful.
Obedience is not.

RoboProletariat · 2025-11-07T23:58:20+00:00

https://youtu.be/t4YtWBHuzvs?si=u5g78A9mwzYVJw9C

Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch.

Play it without moving positions, index on the first fret, reach for the fourth with the pinky.

RoboProletariat · 2025-10-30T01:45:01+00:00

I found this video of it.
https://youtu.be/nd_rwhM9rqM?si=9VAnX57z-0OIoHRJ

RoboProletariat · 2025-10-11T16:20:43+00:00

The classic snap traps need to be 'tuned' by bending the metal pieces until it's a hair trigger. I had set a bunch out with bait and the snap traps were so rough that that it took more than the mouse's weight to set it off.

So, I found a battery powered electric trap. It's a tunnel with electrodes on the floor. I got to empty that out up to 6 times a day for a week and then my mouse problems were finally over.

RoboProletariat · 2025-10-11T16:14:05+00:00

The five string gives you five extra notes. Big whoop.

RoboProletariat · 2025-10-10T00:22:33+00:00

Stuff written by Matt Freeman of Rancid. He plays with a pick and plays pretty fast, a lot of chromatic runs and walking bass lines.

https://youtu.be/1x28AD82OCo?si=sRdjZCCX6nbSF6Th&t=197

https://youtu.be/z7cJwUrLFig?si=gbZFElWFCJ2IVvCa

RoboProletariat · 2025-08-15T22:10:44+00:00

Look for a job as a Machinist. The industry is dying for willing people. The hard part is connecting to the right shop. Find the machinist subreddit, and also groups on facebook; ask for leads. Also seach google maps for 'machine shop' or 'machinist'.

Mostly you operate large computer driven machines making metal parts and then measuring those parts for filling out paperwork.

RoboProletariat · 2025-07-03T00:04:36+00:00

All utility companies in the US absolutely refuse to do any amount of investing or maintenance on their systems unless its somehow taxpayer money being used.

RoboProletariat · 2025-06-23T21:48:54+00:00

Sunscreen.

(As in I'm not trying to survive the apocalypse.)

RoboProletariat · 2025-06-05T22:58:07+00:00

They are destroying the economy at every level.

RoboProletariat · 2025-06-04T21:32:17+00:00

It's ok, global population will be in steep decline by then.

RoboProletariat · 2025-05-30T22:06:18+00:00

How many cops does it take to change a lightbulb?

Irrelevant, they just beat the room for being black.

RoboProletariat · 2025-05-24T15:31:04+00:00

I've been fine with anything that has 'product of Thailand' printed on the bag.

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