kryptonianCodeMonkey

@kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shein Hikes Prices by Up to 377% Thanks to Trump’s Tariffs War⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  Shein and Temu and other cheap chinese mail order goods companies only existed due to then loophole in previous tariffs for small sales. I imagine they will try to clear out stock and then call it quits soon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Brits had an anthem ready for when Margaret Thatcher died. Americans should also be prepared.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Words that rhyme with Trump: chump, grump, slump, bump, rump, lump, hump, Gump, dump, frump(y), pump, thump, clump, stump…

  For Don: gone, pawn, prawn, fong, jong, con, QAnon, Mastadon…

  There’s some pretty inspiring stuff to work with here for sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  All of them are fingers. Thumbs are fingers, but a finger is not necessarily a thumb. I dont know where people get the idea that a thumb is not a finger. So many common sayings reinforce it. “Counting on your fingers (including your thumbs)”, healthy babies have “Five fingers, five toes”, “What did the five fingers say to the face… slap”, “high five”, “five finger discount”, etc. Also, honorable mention to Princess Bride’s Inigo Montoya searching for “the 6 fingered man” which includes his thumb. “Middle finger” is not the only thing that makes no sense if you don’t accept that the thumb is a finger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here’s an idea⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The very premise of this assumes that everyone is aware of what everyone else’s job is including all of their responsibilities, that they can objectively judge how well they do their job, that they will not base their decisions based on personal or identity biases (particularly against protected classes), that they have an understanding or even basic knowledge of company budget and financials, and that they can be trusted to properly weigh the financial health of the company with the relatively value each individual’s contributions and the desire for one’s own personal gain.

  I would argue that almost no person in an company bigger than 10 people is capable of most (if any) of these. Not that existing company structures are always great at all of these, nor are they usually incentivized to pay people their true worth, but the system you proposed would likely lead to massive issues in any company. Financial issues, personal issues, etc. Even if a company like this were to survive, you would likely see rampant turnover for women, minorities, young people, and anyone else that is likely to be under paid by the might of the majority that believes they are worth less than their white male seniors. Likewise, the “nice” guy manager that does do his job in the slightest but is fun to hang out with is more likely to get a raise than the serious managers who actually keep the company working and on profitable endeavors, which is likely to lose everyone their jobs when the company is no longer profitable. There are more problems with this, but that should be enough to see the pitfalls here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*dies of cringe*⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Cardinal: Sir, JD Vance is here to see you.

  Pope: slipping on noose I know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unpopular popular opinion - fiat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Also how do I save up perishables like potatoes for a big purchase? Do I have to set up a potato payment plan? What happens when I need IT services, but my profession is teacher and the IT guy doesn’t need my services, so I have to source something he needs from someone who needs my services to get his services? What if I can’t do my job without his services? Shit gets way more complicated without a uniform non-perishable national currency, fiat or otherwise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Easter decorations include a self portrait (oc)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I like you beak

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK JR just told us Elon Musk can't use the toilet unassisted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How do you get so fucking absorbed into the causes of autism and yet have never even met autistic people? Even kid who are level 3 can usually learn to potty train so long as they don’t have physical impairments or learning disabilities that prevent it. It’s hard as hell, I’m sure, when they are completely non-verbal/non-communicative, have sensory issues, and struggle with routine change, and maybe not every level 3 kid gets there. But that’s certainly not the case for the majority of autistic people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is Superman's "kryptonite"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The truly classic ones I’ve read are Red Son, All-Star Superman, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, For the Man Who Has Everything, Kingdom Come, and the Death of Superman.

  I also like the New Krypton/War of the Supermen storyline though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried to draw a bunny rabbit for Easter and instead I drew Harvey Weinstein! shakes fists Aaaaaart!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I notice they used an actual photograph for their post… isn’t photography “traditional” artwork? Why not generate a person with weirdly smooth features, 6 and a half fingers on one hand, a pencil that looks vaguely like a bunch of dry spaghetti, and a sports team jersey with a garbled illegible logo? It’s so much faster, more accessible and less misogynistic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is Superman's "kryptonite"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a life long Superman fan with like 4 notably good Superman stories in his 87 year history. Fuck you… but yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is Superman's "kryptonite"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Contacts. Super contacts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is Superman's "kryptonite"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Psychic abilities too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movement⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely would be, yes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saw this in a public women's bathroom. I didn't want to touch it, but I am curious as to what it is.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No it’s clearly a blorppul

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Okay, who had Trump loyalty pins for Apocalyptic-Bingo this Sunday? Games just getting started, stay tuned!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey is a clinical narcissist. He does not have anything objective sense of reality when it comes to himself. He genuinely thinks he is a strong athletic intimidating and beautiful person (jowls and all). He thinks he can out swim an femal olympic swimmer, that he is smarter than PhD’s and MD’s, and that he has more political prowess than anyone in history. When he says he is the greatest president, the greatest golfer, the greatest… whatever… in history, he is not exaggerating for emphasis. He is deluded and actually believes it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Okay, who had Trump loyalty pins for Apocalyptic-Bingo this Sunday? Games just getting started, stay tuned!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If someone had predicted this would happen, they’d have been called idiotic and ridiculous. The man is a cartoon villain

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the USA and China goes to war, how likely will Chinese-Americans end up in "internment camps" like what happened to Japanese-Americans during WW2?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no “people” involved in that decision. There’s Trump. If he barred any public opinion he wouldn’t be half as destructive as he is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A funny thing about Americans and calendar dates⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What Americans are calling people idiots for saying <day> of <month>? We say it both ways all the time. 4th of July, July 4th… it’s not a complicated thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facebook Pushes Its Llama 4 AI Model to the Right, Wants to Present “Both Sides”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ayn Rand made a good point here as long as you exclude the context of what she considered good and evil.

  For context, Ayn Rand’s “good” includes unfettered capitalism, personal wealth, individualism, nationalism, and oligarchy. Her “evil” includes industrial regulations, charity, social responsibility, globalist, and democracy. That certainly points a different flavor on her statement, doesn’t it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's about that time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, you need patience. Another week and they’ll be perfect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genius⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Turtle shaped sandwich

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genius⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sandwich?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peak Trump Performance⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely worth the millions of tax payers dollars. And this guy definitely just won a tournament on his own course fair and square a month ago, I’m sure. Our Dear Leader.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you pronounce "centaur" and why?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m guessing he first encountered the word in text without having heard it and his brain guessed it rhymes with “jaguar”, which is understandable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you pronounce "centaur" and why?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So on the one hand, I think you are going to find almost nobody agrees with your pronunciation. On the other hand, you should wear your mispronunciations with pride because what that tells me is that you were a reader growing up and likely came about this word the first time in text without any other context, maybe even many times before you heard it spoken. Your brain made an educated guess (I’m guess pulling from the pronunciation of “jaguar”?). It got it wrong, but understandably so, and it has cemented in your brain. Fix it if you care to, but no real need. Either way, kudos for being a young reader.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you pronounce "centaur" and why?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sehn-tar, because I am American and that’s how I learned to say it. How am I meant to justify a common pronunciation?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump threatens 'far larger' tariffs if EU and Canada unite to do 'economic harm' to the U.S.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also if they can mostly or completely replace trade with the US, which is far easier when the US is fucking over nearly every trade partner, then they are completely unaffected by US tariffs. So how is this even a threat? “If you don’t buy my whiskey, I will charge Americans triple for your maple syrup!” Cool, I’m definitely not going to buy your whiskey now, and I’m going to sell my syrup to someone who also stopped buying syrup from you while I buy their whiskey. You can sit over there and just pretend like your tariffs are a threat and buy your own whiskey and make your own syrup. IFGAF.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sometimes, when I just barely knock the remote and random show like *Reba* pops on, I can feel cable programing trying to take back control.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I clean all my electronics in the dishwasher.