ChonkyOwlbear
@ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
- Comment on What's anime has the best romance? 2 weeks ago:
Toradora!
It’s one of the few anime I rewatch at least once a year.
- Comment on Sea Creature Party 3 weeks ago:
Planaria?
- Comment on The grand prize 3 weeks ago:
Just to be a troublemaker, everyone is assuming this a solid cube, but what if it was something like 1/4 inch tungsten plates and hollow in the middle?
What would it weigh? Would it float in water?
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Maybe they will have an upgraded version with a large rubber nose and a moustache.
- Comment on Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing the Palworld developers for "infringement of patent rights" 2 months ago:
- Comment on Why Kamala Harris Will Not Bring Prices Down. Her Plan Needs Inflation | dlacalle.com 2 months ago:
Bringing prices down means deflation and that is terrible for the economy. It means the real value of debt increases which does incentives investment. It also risks a deflationary spiral which is a situation where decreases in the price level lead to lower production, which in turn leads to lower wages and demand, which leads to further decreases in the price level.
- Comment on How the migrant crisis drained $150 billion from taxpayers in a single year 2 months ago:
Many immigrants come with children.
I wasn’t complaining about the inclusion of those children. I was complaining of the inclusion of children of immigrants born in the US which constitutionally makes them American citizens.
Law enforcement costs money and pulled away from normal operation.
Which is a choice we make. It is not inherent to immigration. For half the existence of this country we spent zero on regulating immigration.
if migrants didn’t generate net revenues positively in their country of origin, what makes you think they generate a net positive in the new host country?
Failure of productivity results from a corrupt and inefficient government in places like Venezuela. It has little to do with the capability of people. Go to any construction site or kitchen in the US and you will find them staffed with mostly immigrants. Labor created value and anyone can do labor if managed effectively.
Furthermore, why do municipalities like NYC have to cut services? Why do they have to evict migrants from shelters?
Because they don’t have sufficient funds to do so which could easily be fixed if xenophobes in government didn’t block taking action.
Using their logic, we should take in all the people in poverty in the world, and boost the GDP to astronomical levels by funding all of it.
Correct. Labor is the most valuable natural resource on Earth.
- Comment on How the migrant crisis drained $150 billion from taxpayers in a single year 2 months ago:
Services like education, medical expenses, law enforcement, legal costs and welfare were prominent factors FAIR looked at in its study.
Costs for law enforcement and legal expenses would not need to be included if immigration was not illegal, so I don’t see why they should be factored in.
FAIR also included the costs of US-born children of illegal immigrants — something many reports don’t factor in.
Including American citizens in the cost of illegal immigrants is dishonest.
- Comment on Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election? 2 months ago:
Can you imagine a woman or a black man (let alone a black woman) running for president while being three-times divorced with kids from multiple partners and having cheated multiple times on top of that? Even if they were rich like Trump, it would never fly.
- Comment on Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. 2 months ago:
We need an ad tax. Whatever percent of revenue the company spends on advertising, they need to pay the same in a tax. That would punish the industries that advertise the most aggressively.
- Comment on UK | Girl died from sip of Costa Coffee drink after ‘failure to follow allergies processes’ 2 months ago:
I mean, the server is a victim too, aren’t they? I would be horrified if something so simple I did killed someone.
- Comment on UK | Girl died from sip of Costa Coffee drink after ‘failure to follow allergies processes’ 2 months ago:
While I agree service jobs deserve a lot more pay and better training, it just isn’t fair to put a person’s literal life in the hands of someone who just signed up to serve coffee. They didn’t sign up for that responsibility.
- Comment on UK | Girl died from sip of Costa Coffee drink after ‘failure to follow allergies processes’ 2 months ago:
I’m sorry, but it is entirely unreasonable to put whether or not you live or die in the hands of a minimum wage service worker. If a sip of milk or a bit of egg would kill you, you need to prepare your own food.
- Comment on "The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World" Anime Adaptation Announced with Teaser Visual, PV 2 months ago:
These titles are getting closer and closer to my exact demographic.
- Comment on Realme’s 320W fast charging can fully charge a smartphone in four and a half minutes 3 months ago:
And you can even fry an egg on the battery at the same time!
- Comment on Britain ignored its far-right threat and demonized Muslims. Now racist mobs have spiraled out of control. 3 months ago:
That a group of people should be killed because of their religion is not a political opinion.
- Comment on Good point 3 months ago:
Why not just have two relationships?
- Comment on Why fed ship do not have dedicate landing team, but send bridge crew on dangerous mission ? 4 months ago:
Remember that in a post-scarcity society, the currency is glory and prestige.
- Comment on Which US presidential elections were generally seen as having terrible options at the time by the American public and/or current historians? 4 months ago:
Hayes vs Tilden had neither candidate winning a majority of electoral votes and the election was basically decided by backroom deals.
- Comment on High ceilings are correlated with a lower exam score 4 months ago:
Higher ceiling means larger room. Larger room means larger class size. It’s well established that larger class sizes are detrimental to learning.
- Comment on Female-to-male rape, (how) does it happen without roofies? 4 months ago:
I remember one guy telling his story that he was raped by a pregnant woman. He didn’t want to hurt the baby so he couldn’t force her to stop.
- Comment on Why Didn't Democrats Do More When They Controlled Both Houses of Legislature, The White House, and The Supreme Court During Obama's First Term? 5 months ago:
While I disagree with it, there is a valid argument that getting rid of the filibuster would become an absolute disaster once Republicans gain the majority.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
I’ll never forget back in the day when Anarchy Online sold adspace on the virtual billboards in their cities. Fanta bought nearly all of it. The same Fanta ad was everywhere. It was hilarious.
- Comment on Best options for entry level 3D printing available these days? 6 months ago:
I can second the Elegoo Neptune 3. It’s what I started on. You can get printing with basically no experience.
- Comment on You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 6 months ago:
Can I just get a robot dog armed with a super soaker? That would be hilarious.
- Comment on Ghibli Studio Food always looks so satisfying ♥ 7 months ago:
All because of one poorly drawn cabbage …
- Comment on Biden to defy Supreme Court in second attempt at sweeping student loan handout 7 months ago:
Less people being in debt adds value. It allows them to do things like buy houses and have kids.
Let’s not pretend that these loans aren’t exploitive and extortionate. Accounting for inflation, costs of a college education have tripled in the last 60 years. Federal loan interest can be up to 8% and private loan interest can be up to 18%. A doctor can stay ahead of that with their salary, but not all jobs necessary for society pay enough to do so; teachers for example.
College is necessary on a societal level. A modern nation cannot function without the highly educated.
As far as personal responsibility, it is a reality that someone cannot know if they will be capable of completing a degree without trying. Some inevitably prove unable to do so and are stuck with debts they have no means to pay. Normally one could declare bankruptcy but student borrowers are denied this resolution. Should we just accept that a certain number of people will be fucked for the rest of their lives for the benefit of society?
- Comment on Biden to defy Supreme Court in second attempt at sweeping student loan handout 7 months ago:
Bullshit. Doctors aren’t going to let people die from lack of care just to make more money. They are one of the few jobs where ethics are essential.
But you don’t really care about any real discussion do you? You just don’t like the idea that someone else might get something for free that you didn’t. It’s that kind of attitude that holds civilization back.
The government pays for all kinds of things you don’t use with your taxes. You pay for roads you don’t drive on. You pay for fires to be put out at other people’s homes. You pay for the education of children that aren’t yours. Fucking get over it.
- Comment on Biden to defy Supreme Court in second attempt at sweeping student loan handout 7 months ago:
You are completely missed by that we are not just talking about doctors. That’s just an example. We also need nurses, teachers, engineers, and all sorts of other jobs requiring advanced degrees. (Part of the reason med school is limited is there aren’t enough people to teach it. The demand is there, the supply can’t keep up).
- Comment on Biden to defy Supreme Court in second attempt at sweeping student loan handout 7 months ago:
Because the country desperately needs more doctors and paying for their education is a huge incentive for people to go into the field. Not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to afford to go to school for 8-10 years. Lack of ability should be the only thing barring a prospective doctor, not the fact that they don’t have a family wealthy enough to support them through their education.
