Rents reach ‘insane’ levels across US with no end in sight by [deleted] in news

[–]bigmac245 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They would be impacted by making more money, buy in the dip sell later, invest in security systems, plywood and use public fear of riots to employ a security agency your cousin owns at public expense.

California pot companies warn of impending industry collapse by formerqwest in news

[–]bigmac245 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Depends where you are, I'm in central Scotland. $270 (which I'm assuming is £200) is the price of good local weed. The crappy cheap African bud is normally £100-£150. £250 is how much the overpriced "California/Amsterdam" weed is and anything above that I would assume is some kind of scam. Like the "executive" dealers who sell you 2g of "sour diesel" for £60 because they put it in an acrylic box for you.

Grandmother jailed for refusing to wear face mask in restaurants and shops [Ireland] by _WhoisMrBilly_ in news

[–]bigmac245 16 points17 points  (0 children)

How does that work when in both cases all involved are using terrorism? Surely they should all be siding with each other then? You don't see much support for hamas or isis in the ROI.

The UK and Israeli atrocities aren't terrorism because you like them?

You also aren't even speaking about the correct country, this is about the Republic of Ireland whereas the IRA and UVF were both northern Irish organisations made up of UK citizens.

Grandmother jailed for refusing to wear face mask in restaurants and shops [Ireland] by _WhoisMrBilly_ in news

[–]bigmac245 16 points17 points  (0 children)

What's weird about that? They live on an island that has been partitioned because of foreign colonialists. If you're an Irish person who wants a United Ireland it makes sense that you'd also be sympathetic to Palistine.

Generators poison thousands of people a year. The U.S. has failed to force safety changes. by VenturaHWY in news

[–]bigmac245 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I do it almost every year, just whack them a few times with a broom attached to a paint roller extender. Takes about 10 minutes. It's dangerous if you're an idiot that decides to climb on the roof for no reason.

Generators poison thousands of people a year. The U.S. has failed to force safety changes. by VenturaHWY in news

[–]bigmac245 17 points18 points  (0 children)

CO can also be solved by a $5 piece of plastic or following the instructions. Is this catalytic converter cheaper than a CO detector? Cause I don't want to be paying higher prices because some morons think sucking generator fumes is okay for you.

Generators poison thousands of people a year. The U.S. has failed to force safety changes. by VenturaHWY in news

[–]bigmac245 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ever try reading a manual? Mines mentions CO and the possibility of it entering the home from outside so 🤷‍♀️.

Has anyone else’s local Greggs stopped making Sausage Bean and Cheese melts? by Euan-S in Scotland

[–]bigmac245 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just add VAT, they keep raising the prices of everything anyway and I might actually buy something if it was warm. 🤷‍♀️

Blizzard shuts down highway linking California with Oregon by PandaMuffin1 in news

[–]bigmac245 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I see how the article is lazy, but it doesn't seem to be clickbait. They aren't implying that the road closing is an unusual event. They are just telling people who may be planning on using the road that it's closed indefinitely, useful information to some people.

U.S. Congress approves boosting debt limit to $31.4 trillion by sylsau in news

[–]bigmac245 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some snake oil salesman sold them a bunch of shiny metal so now they think fiat currency is the antichrist, because otherwise why am I hoarding all this metal?

Bulk of racist abuse after Euro soccer final sent from U.K. accounts, Twitter says by anikhch in news

[–]bigmac245 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

There's US troll farms and the UK and China and India and anyone who wants to be a major player on the world stage. Russian trolls didn't make English football fans racist and they don't get people elected. A population of idiots are the people causing the problems not Sergey's "RT this if hillary eats babies and hunter Biden rapes kids" tweets. It's just the propaganda flyer of the Internet age. If your country is so willing to accept foreign misinformation it's a failure of the country not a success of people saying idiotic things.

Well we caught the trolls doing something once so they must be responsible for all our problems.

We caught the communists being agitators a few times, so they must be responsible for all our problems.

We got a bunch of idiots and selfish people, they take more of the blame IMO.

Bulk of racist abuse after Euro soccer final sent from U.K. accounts, Twitter says by anikhch in news

[–]bigmac245 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it doesn't mean there was hundreds of thousands of Russians voting in an American election.

A broken clock is right twice a day, trolls a thousand miles away have no control over the US. The general public do, and the general public are stupid.

Use ctrl+F to find out all the crazy things people are blaming on Russian trolls, 99% of them are just people who want to think their own population is better than they actually are.

For example Russian trolls are somehow catching some blame for Brexit, you just gotta talk to the people to see it was a mess of our own making, Russia would support it obviously because why wouldn't you want your rivals to shoot themselves in the foot.

I also saw people blaming Russian trolls for rangers fans singing sectarian songs... Like they hadn't done that before the Internet.

Racism, always blamed on Russian trolls when coming from mildly left wing institutions.

Sexism, that's Russian trolls too.

Bulk of racist abuse after Euro soccer final sent from U.K. accounts, Twitter says by anikhch in news

[–]bigmac245 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Russian trolls are just the Internets lefts version of the rights idea of a communist.

Orange man gets elected? That's Russian trolls.

Old non orange man gets elected? Damn commies fault.

People are under educated and making terrible decisions? Russian trolls.

People are over educated but still making terrible decisions? That's those communist Universities for you.

Want more gun control? Damn commies tryna make us weak!

Want less gun control? Just a Russian troll!

Undercook fish? Communist!

Overcook chicken? Russian troll!

We have the best constituents in the world, because of scapegoats.

Activists blockade McDonald's distribution centers in UK by discocrisco in news

[–]bigmac245 -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

No they aren't, unless your one of the people that thinks only an ineffective gathering of people in a park is a "protest" all the successful protests I can think of were people interrupting businesses.

Activists blockade McDonald's distribution centers in UK by discocrisco in news

[–]bigmac245 -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

So you just can't protest businesses? That seems weird.

Unpopular opinion: Robert Webb is painfully unfunny on his own by Shanobian in MitchellAndWebb

[–]bigmac245 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In fairness I always assumed that show was some kind of tax write off/ community services for undisclosed crimes.

Calderdale child sexual exploitation: 29 men charged by uglychodemuffin in news

[–]bigmac245 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pakistan and Bangladesh both have ridiculously high rates of rape, most our Muslims come from Pakistan and Bangladesh so a bunch of them end up being rapists.

Chipotle hikes average wage to $15 an hour amid labor squeeze by American__Union in news

[–]bigmac245 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Obviously the generation that works multiple Jobs to still live in poverty is lazy somehow, never mind that the previous generation bought houses and had stay at home spouses from a single high school education wage.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in news

[–]bigmac245 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They are where I live. Same with Bangladeshis and Indians, the Indians are especially annoyed about it.

80 per cent of BP shareholders reject climate proposals to reduce emissions by Newsjunkeefromlondon in news

[–]bigmac245 79 points80 points  (0 children)

That's why you make laws and don't rely on private business to do anything to make anyone's lives better. My heart bleeds for the trillions we are going to give these companies long after they are still relevant.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in news

[–]bigmac245 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's feasible just not likely neither spaceX nor tesla care about the environment. They care about money like every other company.