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• dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not flexing. It’s a fact. Everybody makes choices and I am making mine. Do you own a car? And if you do, do you put gas in it, earth-raping heathen? Do you water your lawn? Have a gas lawnmower? How about solar panels?

  I’m sure if we dig enough you’re shitty in some way too, yo.

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  • garretble@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Bezos is also using his ownership of the Washington Post to silence the journalists there. So that’s fun.

    cnbc.com/…/jeff-bezos-killed-washington-post-endo…

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    • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not fun and it’s not surprising. Billionaires are generally cancerous and they own a lot of shit. If you can avoid them all, more power to you. I guess it’ll be my fault if trump gets elected.

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  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There’s easy choices, hard choices and impossible choices. I don’t own a car, because I live in a place with good public transit and safe bike infra, so I wouldn’t stick it to someone who owns a car because they need it. I don’t keep a lawn, that’s stupid. Can’t remember last time I took a bath at home, no. It’s literally impossible to know the origin of most electronics you buy, but I rarely buy them and usually buy second hand. My electricity provider produces only renewable. I try to make better small choices along the way.

    These are things that fit my lifestyle. Some are things you probably can’t do, and that’s fine. But not buying from the worst online shop in the world is one of the lowest hanging fruits. But sure, continue lying to yourself that personal change isn’t necessary. We’re not in a hurry.

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    • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It sounds like you don’t have to make ANY choices which must be pretty nice: it certainly makes it easy for you to judge other people!

      I will absolutely take the easy road on getting non-food items we need twice a month to spend time with my kids and my wife. I would rather amazon than Alibaba, and I would rather do either than give up an hour of my time to shop something dumb like super glue with two kids under four.

      I am also doing the best I can, and I’m sure you mean well, but you sure sound like an officious dickbag.

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      • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You’re trying to make it sound like the only options are buying super glue from amazon, or never see your kids. You are trying to paint a dramatic picture of reality that isn’t true just to justify your lazy lifestyle. I never said I didn’t have to make choices, on the contrary. Every day I have to make choices.

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