Cosmonauticus
@Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world
- Comment on There was no need to ever improve upon THIS 10 hours ago:
I dunno. I had an 03 Corolla that had heated seats and electric windows that held on to gas like a camel with water. Best car i ever has
- Comment on Discuss 1 week ago:
Yeah because when I’m aboard ppl always assume I’m Canadian or from Honduras when I say I’m American
- Comment on Everyday AI looks more like the '08 housing bubble 1 week ago:
And no one with any influence will learn from it. Then it happens all over again
- Comment on People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads 1 week ago:
Why the fuck anyone needs a smart fridge is beyond me. Just open the door and write down what you need. The only thing a good refrigerator needs to do is keep shit cold
- Comment on We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things. 2 weeks ago:
Black men voted 90% for Harris and 87% for Biden in 2020 so miss me with that black men are unreliable voters bull. And that implosion of solidarity was primarily from white women and I can say hearing from women of color, there has NEVER been any solidarity between women. White women like to push that narrative but you never see them pushing to solve problems that are specific to women of color.
You’ll have to be a magician to trick them because like I said, any program that will help someone other than themselves is a no go for white America. This country primarily operates on a “fuck you, got mine” thinking. ANYTHING that may benefit a minority in anyway is a bad thing. Look at Reagan and his welfare queen bullshit or Republican opinions of Obamacare. Would you any faith in a group that voted over 50% for an orange retard TWICE?!
- Comment on We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things. 2 weeks ago:
All ill say is have no trust in white ppl pushing polices that don’t openly benefit themselves and themselves only. If you disagree I have 250 years of american history that backs me up. Universal Healthcare, universal childcare, and minimum wage increase will never happen because a LARGE portion of the American population rather live in poverty than give ANYTHING to someone who’s different then them.
If you want class solidarity you’d be better to convince white ppl that helping ppl different from themselves benefits society.
I’ll just end it on this quote,
“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” - Lyndon B. Johnson
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I tried the read the Bible when I was teenager. Lot immediately put an end to that
- Comment on We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things. 2 weeks ago:
Why are you guys always telling this to brown ppl? Brown ppl didnt keep white ppl out of their unions, out of their neighborhoods, or denied them a good education. The main issue with class solidarity is trying to convince white ppl that brown and lgbtq ppl deserve the same standard of living as they do.
- Comment on We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things. 2 weeks ago:
Solidarity with who? The part of the country that voted in that facist who dont even recognize reality. I’m not going to feel sorry for a bunch of white folks and latinos who basically voted for him because brown and gay ppl were starting to get treated better. I have no compassion for bigots.
As for democrats and liberal white America they’ve constantly dropped the ball on solidarity with minorities. If its not obvious im a black dude. Black America has had PLENTY of compassion for others yet theres been practically no solidarity in return. I don’t hate everyone else. I just have absolutely zero faith in America doing the right thing. For fuck sake hippies we’re preaching peace, love, fighting for civil rights then moved to the suburbs and voted for Reagan.
- Comment on We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things. 2 weeks ago:
Well considering there’s plenty of documentaries, case studies, and articles written about how poisonous social media and algorithms are i dont have much sympathy for those who don’t look into it when we live in an age were information on EVERYTHING EVER WRITTEN DOWN is freely avaliable. Im not going to feel sorry because ppl rather look at cat videos and follow influencers instead of reading an article that tells them without a doubt how fucked up social media is.
It’s no different when ppl complained about tv being and idiot box. Just because YOU will watch the Bachelor or Real Housewives instead of Frontline or 60 minutes doesnt mean the medium makes everyone stupid. At a certain point it becomes YOUR responsibility to be an informed citizen.
- Comment on We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things. 2 weeks ago:
Ppl are constantly glued to their phones. They’re just lazy or have their head in the sand if they don’t pay attention to politics.
- Comment on whats your dumb purchases? 4 weeks ago:
How expensive is it? Isn’t it just air compressed plastic beads?
- Comment on Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels? 5 weeks ago:
$1500 put into a 2003 Honda Accord is COMPLETELY different than putting that into a 2016.
And I want ALL buttons. No touch screen AT All
- Comment on Fata Deum, a god game where you have convert citizen living across an island to your faith, released in early access on Steam. 5 weeks ago:
If murder isn’t an option its not realistic
- Comment on Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels? 5 weeks ago:
I don’t current drive since I love in a city with great public transit but if was forced to get a car i wouldn’t be made after 2006. I like buttons and don’t want to spend $400 replacing my rear view mirror because its linked to my touch screen for no damn reason
- Comment on Time to bash Americans again 1 month ago:
I meant the entire post history of the troll. I followed their page early on and anyone complaining like this wouldn’t go to Europe in the first place. Its false outrage about topics anyone who’s left the country would never complain about being in the Netherlands
- Comment on Time to bash Americans again 1 month ago:
When its all made up? Yes. Yes it is
- Comment on Time to bash Americans again 1 month ago:
This was a troll account. It was a Dutch guy pretending to be MAGA to point out how arrogant Europeans are. He succeed thoroughly
- Comment on It's still a crust, mom 1 month ago:
American living in Germany. There’s plenty of pre-made bullshit ppl feed the kids here
- Comment on Are you not entertained? 1 month ago:
You can argue they are for the end of worthless celebrity worship. Which is something I stand with
- Comment on mmmm yes undoubtedly 1 month ago:
I’m black and most British territories didn’t outlaw slavery until the next centruy so no thanks…
- Comment on Big Balls Clapped 2 months ago:
Fuck that. Why be kind someone actively helping the country march towards facism?
- Comment on Lemmy be like 2 months ago:
AI does do this to a subsection. Claiming that everyone is overreacting is just as stupid and lacks the same amount of nuance as claiming AI is going to ruin all self employed artists.
Also this ignores AI companies stealing blatnatly copyrighted material to feed their AI. As an artist I rather not have some randoms steal my stuff so some mid-tier corporation can generate their logos and advertisements without paying for it
- Comment on As governments around the world are set to make the Internet more restrictive and privacy-invading, we need a solution 2 months ago:
Maybe things will go back too when the internet was a less decentralized and more for a select few who were interested? Personally that’s when I enjoyed the internet the most. Were message boards reigned supreme and chatrooms were filled with 30 year men pretending to be women. Actually that last part hasn’t changed
- Comment on Gringos out here wilin' 3 months ago:
Immediately joining
- Comment on Breaking the generational barriers 3 months ago:
Oh my bad. Didn’t see it
- Comment on Breaking the generational barriers 3 months ago:
No offense but I’ve heard and seen the exact opposite. I’ve been told don’t go farther east than Praha if you’re brown. ESPECIALLY small eastern European towns/villages.
- Comment on Breaking the generational barriers 3 months ago:
I live in and visited multiple countries in Europe. You’re all just as arrogant. The only exception is eastern Europe but they’re just racist/homophobic
- Comment on Breaking the generational barriers 3 months ago:
What is it with Europeans shitting on Americans on the internet so much lately? If we’re being honest everything that is current day American is either directly or indirectly their fault.
- Comment on The "We Tried" Award 3 months ago:
Meanwhile it seems like the American consciousness think of the Vietnam War as almost a national scar akin to 9/11.
That’s because it was the first widely televised war we had ever seen plus it was right in the middle of the Civil rights movement. So a war we lost during a major era of change that influenced American attitudes about warfare and civil rights. It left internal scars
Really shows you the differences in mindset. Americans hold on to the past like it’s a lifeline while most other places we kinda just deal with shit and move on.
Well the majority of ppl who remember the Vietnam War are still alive. Considering veterans from Vietnam have health complications from agent orange no one is forgetting anytime soon. Western Europe hasn’t had a major war in almost 80 years
If ww2 had happened to America the same way it happened to Europe, they would have made it they whole identity and pissed and moaned about it still. We would never hear the end of it.
This is just a long winded attempt to complain about Americans. Europeans are exactly the same as Americans. You both carry a smug sense of superiority. The only difference is Americans are louder about it. Just look at attitudes about the war in Ukraine or whenever there’s a terrorist attack in western Europe compared to anywhere in the global south. Both act like they’re the center of the world. Plus its kinda hard to gloat about 2 World Wars that you started in the first place. Only reason it was a world war in the first place is because Europeans felt so superior that they went around colonizing everyone because they were better than everyone else and forced them to get involved