Phil_in_here
@Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Insulin 1 day ago:
To be fair, the killing isn’t the point; they’re the product. Its just that profit is God, so killing in its name is justified.
Killing poors for the joy of it? That’s just an evil bonus.
- Comment on This is the type of Q&A that makes the internet so important 5 days ago:
It’s probably fine to reuse it for a few days
My dude, hardly anyone uses a new towel every day. Its much more than “probably” fine. Its perfectly fine.
Is affluence the cause of germophobia because their parents convinced them frivolous luxury was actually important for staying healthy?
Don’t get me wrong, enjoy your fresh towels! That’s nice. That’s a luxury. Luxuries are nice. But don’t fool yourself into believing that you’re any healthier for not using the same towels twice.
- Comment on Why do Republicans hate the poor so much? 1 week ago:
Nice rock. Sorry your taxes are so high under there.
- Comment on YSK How to cook a perfect (hard) boiled egg 1 week ago:
That’s a hard steamed egg, though…
- Comment on YSK: A simple trick to keep your bananas ripe for a lot longer. 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, wouldn’t the increased surface area increase the release of gas making everything ripen faster?
- Comment on Why do Republicans hate the poor so much? 2 weeks ago:
And do you vote in a 2 party system where one of them is following through on threats of dehumanizing immigrants, non-white citizens, and LGBTQ?
- Comment on Why do Republicans hate the poor so much? 2 weeks ago:
Classic conservative math.
Tax rate is 35%? That’s basically half!
- Comment on Why do Republicans hate the poor so much? 2 weeks ago:
He has a trans son, who he supports
No, he objectively does not. Tolerates on a local level, sure, but not supports.
“I love you, son! I’m so proud of you for being your true self,” he yelled from outside the burning building, holding the door shut, “but you’re on the insurance policy, so the payout is better if you die!”
- Comment on I've heard New Yorkers are devastated 2 weeks ago:
If there’s right wing and/or established American indoctrination to parrot, he sings like a little bird.
- Comment on We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things. 1 month ago:
That’s fair. Explain how calling out fascists being fascists that haven’t yet realized there full potential is like The Boy Who Cried Wolf?
- Comment on We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things. 1 month ago:
Which version of The Boy Who Cried Wolf did you have growing up? The one where Peter cries wolf and there’s a wolf but it’s in the woods so the townsfolk do nothing, then the townsfolk call Peter a wolf, and then when the wolf arrives in the village and starts taking people and Peter cries wolf the townsfolk say the word “wolf” is so overused it doesn’t mean anything anymore?
Because I don’t remember that version.
- Comment on "THE CRIME OF PUTTING DHIT IN MY PANTS WILL NOT GO UNPUNISHED AND AS SOON AS WE FIND THE PERPETRATORS THEY WILL BE APPREHENDED AND PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW!!!" 2 months ago:
I always felt like his blank stare was a “Oh fuck, oh god, I have no fucking idea what I’m doing, how did I let it get this far, oh fuck, be cool, they don’t know, oh shit, I’m so completely out of my depth, oh fuck me man, they’re going to find out, every second its getting worse but I can’t back out now, oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck…” stare
- Comment on 5 tomatoes 2 months ago:
I gotta say, you make some fair points.
It’s a lot of memorization that I simply haven’t done and won’t ever have to do.
The fraction reduction doesn’t help intuitive thought. If imperial operated on ‘significant digits’ and marked any set or document with a 64th always as 64ths, as in 16/64ths, I’d be more on board.
We just need to replace out base 10 system of counting with base 12 and we’d get the best of both worlds!
- Comment on 5 tomatoes 2 months ago:
Not only that, but your system, by virtue of being decimal, inherits all the shortcomings of our quite flawed numbering system. You can’t divide something by the second smallest prime number without breaking out repeating decimals.
What’s more 0.203 cm or 0.291 cm? How about 3/8" or 19/64"?
How far is 1/3 of a mile? 1/3 km is 333m. How about 1/9? 1/9 km is 111m How long is 10 x 5/16"? 10 x 3.1cm is 31cm
Yeah, a foot breaks down easy in whole inches with many factors, but that’s about it
- Comment on If only some of our tax money went to firefighting 2 months ago:
We also have some experience with starting helpful fires. 1812 comes to mind.
- Comment on Rule 34 rule 3 months ago:
- Comment on Ready or not! 3 months ago:
And 2 hours later… lunch!
- Comment on Half a million Spotify users are unknowingly grooving to an AI-generated band 4 months ago:
I had a copy of Giant Robot and Electric Tears back in the day and was thinking maybe there was a third album I was missing…
- Comment on Socialist megacorps 4 months ago:
Ah ah, no. It’s not “free” healthcare. Free is for dirty socialists unless it’s followed closely by 'dom.
We should encourage capitalist market growth by subsidizing the Healthcare industry to hook Americans on more frequent health visits to increase their taxable lifespan.
Basically, the whole Healthcare system is currently a la carte. Americans are only paying when they need something. Streaming services have proven the way of the future is with subscription services. Other countries have been doing it for decades. Everyone pays an annual fee and gets access to a vast catalog of medical treatment.
It’s fucking nefarious and if Republicans ever find out about it, the for-profit Socialist industry of paying into a company to pay for other people’s medical needs would be absolutely doomed. We, as the left, need to be very loud and vocal about how much we do not want healthcare to be a tax-driven subscription model or we’ll totally lose our community communist insurance collectives.
- Comment on Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme 5 months ago:
Didn’t that belong to HR Giger?
- Comment on The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation. 5 months ago:
Well, you have to have something heavy to hold enough inertia to have a deterring impact.
How else are you supposed to suppress the growing second class citizenry? Communicate?
- Comment on Winging it 5 months ago:
Counterpoint: look at those hands. Maybe they just weren’t great at some things.
I’d believe they mastered lighting and painting techniques over accurate physical representation more than “Jesus was a perfect middle aged nippleless man with fucked up hands and that’s represented perfectly here”
- Comment on Can deliberate noise harassment still be a crime if it's done every day from 7:30 AM till 10:30-11:30 PM? 5 months ago:
People don’t live in shared dwelling residences because they thought they’d really enjoy sharing walls…
- Comment on Can deliberate noise harassment still be a crime if it's done every day from 7:30 AM till 10:30-11:30 PM? 5 months ago:
Exactly this. A detailed log and evidence is important.
Also, talk to your other neighbours and see if they have, or would report it.
As it is, resident B has 2 noise complaints in 8 months from resident A. Without evidence of all the rest of it, this fits all sorts of scenarios. People make malicious complaints all the time and the authorities (rightfully) shouldn’t just take your word for it that there’s a long history.
Always have receipts
- Comment on Avocado 5 months ago:
I think you should consult a dermatologist.
- Comment on A postal worker in Harlem attacked a trans woman. She fought back and fatally stabbed him in self-defense. This is how the NY Post framed it. 5 months ago:
That’s complete bullshit.
How many manslaughter cases have there been where 2 people get in a fist fight and one of them gets brained on the concrete?
To be clear, the claim that it’s legally indefensible may be true, but your life is absolutely in danger in an unarmed fight
- Comment on The longer I look the less I can tell them apart 5 months ago:
Fun fact! The kid in the MAGA hat is in a concentration camp.
(I have zero idea who either of these people are, but I think the odds I’m still correct are in my favour)
- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
They’re only political because one side insists somehow they are.
Left-handed rights aren’t political.
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 7 months ago:
Ah, to be 6 years old again.
- Comment on A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy 7 months ago:
But then they have to fill those prisons with more and more people. How can America just increase the crime rate on a whim?
glances briefly to American history
Oh right, shit.
