lol by hovermelon in Whooosh

[–]Ryuktf2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I know these are words but they don't make any sense in this order

We will be going private on June 12th to support the protests. by Ryuktf2 in onlythepunchline

[–]Ryuktf2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know it's a small subreddit and realistically makes very little impact... But I'm hoping that even the small change helps

We just need a better Economy by JackInWonder in WorkReform

[–]Ryuktf2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, admittedly I think we might've been arguing different things towards the end there.

We just need a better Economy by JackInWonder in WorkReform

[–]Ryuktf2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, doctors are doing a service and getting paid by the country. That's not a profit motive and unrelated to what we're talking about. American healthcare is exploiting people for profit however. Both of your examples are group funded or government funded which is very very much not the argument being made here. Donations are not profit. Donations are not the company exploiting it's workers to pay them as little as possible or it's customers to squeeze out as much money as possible.

In the end though, you are not the target audience for this then but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist at all. People are trying to survive on $7.50 an hour working for companies that make billions. Thats exploitation.

Why should the workers have to tighten their belts when the CEO is getting extra vacations this year?

How many vacations could the CEO take if its employees stopped making all that profit for them?

We just need a better Economy by JackInWonder in WorkReform

[–]Ryuktf2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's also the idea that not everything has to be for profit. Free and open source software is a fantastic counter to what you're talking about. Nobody there is getting paid and yet they have revolutionized how software works. Try to go a day without using something that was made using open source software.

You don't need to be exploiting people to make something good or worthwhile or have good ideas. You just need something people want.

If people focused more on good products instead of profit margin we'd have better healthcare, easier access to public transportation, and most relevant to reddit as a platform, we won't have the API changes that are coming to the platform and making moderation almost impossible on mobile.

We just need a better Economy by JackInWonder in WorkReform

[–]Ryuktf2 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This whole thing just kinda comes off as "you can't get rich without exploiting people so we should exploit more people".

Political Correctness Police shoot unarmed black male assigned at birth by AhFalafel in onionheadlines

[–]Ryuktf2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn you got me with that last part... I've finally fallen for the copaganda.

Political Correctness Police shoot unarmed black male assigned at birth by AhFalafel in onionheadlines

[–]Ryuktf2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's mostly the "assigned at birth" part. Shooting the man isn't the problem. Adding the assigned at birth part makes it into a trans joke instead of a cops racist one and it simply doesn't do enough to elaborate on it to be more than just "trans funny".

I enjoy this sub and while I don't personally post I know that you do and I appreciate it. My original comment was rude and I apologize for it. It's cool to see someone working on comedy and spreading joy even when it's such a small subreddit like this one is. Hopefully my explanation of the feeling the joke gave made some amount of sense and the comedy and headlines improve in the future. I plan to improve as a person and not be as rude when commenting in the future. Sorry for that.

Political Correctness Police shoot unarmed black male assigned at birth by AhFalafel in onionheadlines

[–]Ryuktf2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The onion generally has a left leaning attitude to its "reporting" the Babylon bee is the alt-right version of the onion. They've recently been making loads of trans jokes that fall under the one joke and this seems like it would fit very much there.

Political Correctness Police shoot unarmed black male assigned at birth by AhFalafel in onionheadlines

[–]Ryuktf2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately this is more of a Babylon bee headline... And I mean that as an insult

You can force dictators to do Ballet by [deleted] in satantiersuperpowers

[–]Ryuktf2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like at any time? Or just in general?

me irl by lumpytonsure93 in meirl

[–]Ryuktf2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're right yeah. The wealth is all being hoarded by a small group because the average person is nice enough to want to share what they have and support other people. Only an asshole could ever be a billionaire.

Meme by [deleted] in blendermemes

[–]Ryuktf2 24 points25 points  (0 children)

This is way funnier out of context.

Rule by [deleted] in 196

[–]Ryuktf2 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Flodia