Augustiner

@Augustiner@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flohmarkt is a Fediverse Marketplace⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That is the German name for flea markets. It’s when people sell old stuff they don’t want or need anymore in their garden/some square/the street.

  Guess the creators are Germans…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bonjour, je m'appelle Jesus⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I banish thy bad breath with the power of Colgate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple has gotten so big it's almost overtaken France's entire stock market⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This kinda makes it sound like Abercrombie and Fitch back in the days… guess they still miss the smell tho

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the answer, definitely is an interesting perspective! I’ll look more into the masks. And I wholeheartedly agree on the part about reactionaries using these kind of strategies. Something just throws me off about the weird folksy way we see a lot of these guys… be it Daddy Elon or Uncle Bill or Cowboy Jeff, framing them as quirky characters in the reality tv show that is our news media distracts from the real issues that each of those guys represent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you give me a summary why character masks make this cutesy billionaire shit ok?

  I’m not confident enough in my knowledge about Marx‘s ideas to be arguing about that.

  I think I got a grasp on the basics, capitalism creates societal positions like owners and workers, and Bill slipped into the mask of an owner.

  But to me that does not mean that humanizing the billionaire class is a good thing. I’d rather say it makes it a worse thing, as it takes away incentives for lower classes to change the system and get rid of the owner class. How do we get anywhere close to equality if people see good ole Bill and Daddy Elon, instead of the ruthless oligarchs that they are?

  But like I said, I don’t have a good grasp on this theory so would be happy to be corrected/have it explained to me ;)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Such a nice little stoner billionaire /s.

  Don’t humanize these assholes. It’s the reason why he says stuff like this. He’s a wealth hoarding bastard that fucked a lot of people over to get where he’s at. If he thought it was a good idea he could easily just start a big trial somewhere. But he doesn’t. Instead he sits on his mountain of money and says cute shit for idiots to drool over instead of taxing him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Can anyone please link it? Seems wild, but interesting…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Do Not Track" is a legally binding order, German Court tells LinkedIn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Also a good point, I agree

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Do Not Track" is a legally binding order, German Court tells LinkedIn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, most companies still don’t abide by it tho. There’s lots of sites where you can accept all cookies or you have to jump through a few hoops to decline the non essential ones.