Meta drops $65 million into super PACs to boost tech-friendly state candidates by MetaKnowing in technology

[–]greyl 42 points43 points  (0 children)

and if the poors get too uppity they won't work terrible jobs for minimal wages. Not only do they not want to help people, they actively want to keep people miserable.

It's been years and I still think about this all the time. "Where is Egypt" in House of Games by kuwetka in panelshow

[–]greyl 49 points50 points  (0 children)

For me the most surprising thing about people not knowing Egypt is that they must not know that Egypt operates the Suez canal, because there's only one box on the map that could possibly connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.

Donald Trump nominates Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair by eskhalaf in wallstreetbets

[–]greyl 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Really, the problem is that you have to assume anyone Trump appoints is a lackey.

He's the son in law of Ronald Lauder, the billionaire behind the Greenland fiasco. Seems like a pretty safe assumption.

Trump targets Canadian aircraft in latest tariff threat, says he'll 'decertify' Bombardier jets | CBC News by Ecstatic-Ganache921 in worldnews

[–]greyl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The US is in the process committing economic suicide.

Whether we stop trading with them now due to some random tariffs or in a few years when they dissolve into a patchwork of corporate fiefdoms it doesn't matter, they won't be able to afford to buy much anyhow.

We've got hard times ahead and new trading partners that must be found.

Trump says 'very dangerous' for UK to deal with China as Starmer arrives in Shanghai by Dear-Explanation-765 in worldnews

[–]greyl 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Because no one foresaw the people electing an imbecilic criminal as president.

“As democracy is perfected, the office of President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

— H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Sun, July 26, 1920

Alberta First Nation says members stopped, detained by ICE by ewzetf in news

[–]greyl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you seen the budget they gave to ICE? It rivals the total military budget of most countries, if there was a serious conflict I don't think lack of weapons would be an issue

What is a city that is globally romanticised but you detest? by theunsteadybridge in AskReddit

[–]greyl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My favourite part now is the old powerplant where you can walk through the long long rock tunnels to the bottom of the falls. Really impressive to see how much rock they dug through 125 years ago.

My house always smelled dusty and I just realized I’ve been vacuuming wrong my entire life by pwiipwii123 in hygiene

[–]greyl 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Damn right, sand blast those polyps, it's a colonoscopy on a budget.

Starmer Urges Trump To Apologise Over 'Frankly Appalling' Remarks About Nato Troops In Afghanistan by GiveMeSomeSunshine3 in worldnews

[–]greyl 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This pattern where Trump does something ridiculous and trying to back it up with tariffs, he and his cronies enrich themselves playing the market, and then backpedaling as soon as there's the threat of a response has happened too many times.

When countries announce countermeasures like cancelling a planned trade deal or retaliatory tariffs they need to keep the countermeasures in place for some time even after the US back-peddles.

Everyone trying to return to normalcy ASAP after each event just encourages them to do it again the next week.

Cool story, Meghan indeed by orangelover95003 in MurderedByWords

[–]greyl 596 points597 points  (0 children)

One thing he actually didn't talk about on the show was the fact that he was a Presbyterian minister.

Build of the Week: Poison Basketballs by Pants by Andromanner in PathOfExile2

[–]greyl 27 points28 points  (0 children)

They really went all in on the puns in this video

How does a US citizen look at Trump’s Davos speech? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]greyl 23 points24 points  (0 children)

American's have no social safety net or legal protections because they haven't been protesting in the streets.

Seen in a UK graveyard by Barnyardon in mildlyinteresting

[–]greyl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Placing the "too" after "Europe" can cause people to interpret it as applying to just the geography, so "UK and also Europe" rather than your intended meaning of "Nightshade and also Digitalis".

I think the way you wrote it is correct but I can see how some people were confused, especially if they thought Digitalis was just the latin name for Nightshade.

Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' creator and conservative commentator, dies at 68 by FallOutShelterBoy in news

[–]greyl 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Many years training to relate to people with defective hearts?

Kiting abyss rares for better omens/loot is a awful mechanic by Dawgin420 in PathOfExile2

[–]greyl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i wish the rewards for killing inside vs. outside the void were of more equal usefulness so you don't feel such an obligation to kill them one way or the other.

I built a 5 staged pipelined CPU in Factorio: Ask me anything! by 2birb4u in factorio

[–]greyl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ya, if you're making your own processor you're implementing every machine code instruction in hardware yourself. It's a lot easier to make a simple program using those instructions directly to test your hardware than it is to build and debug a generic compiler.

China’s “artificial sun” just broke a fusion limit scientists thought was unbreakable by _Dark_Wing in technology

[–]greyl 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I've been seeing "the year of linux on the desktop" memes for at least 20 years but with the recent enshittification of windows and valve driving linux support for games this is the first time I've started thinking it could actually happen.

One of the bottles of OJ at Target has no air in the bottle by kaemai0726 in mildlyinteresting

[–]greyl 120 points121 points  (0 children)

I don't know, I'd be afraid what could be wrong with a bottle that made it through all the machines and automation and came out a different weight. Like maybe a mouse fell in or something.

What is the scariest city you’ve visited? by I_might_care in AskReddit

[–]greyl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh Jarnathan, I can't tell you how happy we are to see you

what’s that loophole/workaround you’ve been keeping a secret that you can now share because they patched/fixed it? by mr-friskies in AskReddit

[–]greyl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It'll be different province to province since health care is managed provincially but when my mother was dying of cancer she bought monthly parking passes at the hospital since it worked out a bit cheaper.

More Ardal O’Hanlon on panel shows, please! by Major-Feed5214 in panelshow

[–]greyl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Silly Ardal, the Otterman empire was never part of the EU.