ChonkyOwlbear
@ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
- 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? 3 days 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] 1 week 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? 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 ♥ 4 weeks ago:
All because of one poorly drawn cabbage …
- Comment on Biden to defy Supreme Court in second attempt at sweeping student loan handout 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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.
- Comment on Biden to defy Supreme Court in second attempt at sweeping student loan handout 5 weeks ago:
Society needs doctors, teachers, engineers, and other jobs requiring degrees. We all benefit from their education. Why shouldn’t you pay for something you benefit from?
And yes, we can spend our way out of debt by investing in things that return more money than they cost us, like hiring more IRS agents to enforce existing tax laws or getting people better educational so they pay more in taxes from their higher paying jobs.
- Comment on Biden to defy Supreme Court in second attempt at sweeping student loan handout 1 month ago:
Biden is doing what the government is supposed to do. Promoting the general welfare. Massive student debt is dragging down the economy. People with degrees pay for training plumbers so why shouldn’t it work the other way ?
- Comment on Biden-appointed judge torches DOJ for defying subpoenas after prosecuting Trump advisor 1 month ago:
The Supreme Court clearly stated in Trump v Mazars that congressional subpoena power is limited to legislative purposes and cannot be used for law enforcement purposes. Attempting to prosecute Hunter Biden has nothing to do with with the legislative duties of Congress.
- Comment on Snikt 1 month ago:
Yup. In an old What If they have Wolverine’s skeleton turned into an indestructible killer robot.
- Comment on Snikt 1 month ago:
It has with Deadpool. Basically a zombie version of him made from sewn together discarded parts.
- Comment on Snikt 1 month ago:
Deadpool’s healing factor was failing at one point and he got it jump-started with some of the Hulk’s blood so it became even stronger than before.
- Comment on What can we do when something is too vast to provide representative examples for? 2 months ago:
Most of the time, these people are not arguing in good faith. It’s called sealioning.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
This is true. I assume the ceramic heaters also emit light, just not in the visible spectrum.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
It depends on the framing of the question a bit. If we are defining 100% efficiency as 100% of electrical energy being converted into kinetic energy (heat) by the device, then that is a no. Some percentage is emitted as EM radiation instead of heat. If they were so then a light bulb or a bomb is a 100% effective heater as well.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
You know how you turn on an electric heater and the filament begins to glow? That is energy being converted to light, so not 100% efficient.
- Comment on Author Calls for Return to Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass’ Vision of Colorblindness 4 months ago:
That is fine on a personal level, but falls apart on the socio-political level. The government is expected to step in when people are discriminated against and that can’t happen if they are colorblind.
- Comment on Author Calls for Return to Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass’ Vision of Colorblindness 4 months ago:
The army is a bit different as soldiers are indoctrinated to identify themselves as military above any other self-identity. That doesn’t exist in the civilian world
- Comment on Author Calls for Return to Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass’ Vision of Colorblindness 4 months ago:
Colorblindness only works if nobody is racist. As long as there is racism, certain people will have different experiences and difficulties as a result. Failure to recognize these differences allows you the problems caused by racism to be perpetuated.
- Comment on Wireless charger with USB outlet 4 months ago:
I have this table lamp with both a wireless charger and USB plug built in. Had it for a few years and it works great.
- Comment on (Bad) dog owners be like 5 months ago:
I kinda have the opposite thing going with my dog. She’s a fluffy standard poodle that looks like a sheep. People come up and immediately stick their hands in her face not realizing she had been badly abused by her shithead former owners and will bite defensively when grabbed at by strangers. We’ve only had her for 2 months and are slowly training her out of it, but it’s taking time and trust.
- Comment on (Bad) dog owners be like 5 months ago:
Chihuahua are easily bigger biters than pits. They just don’t get reported.
- Comment on Income isn't keeping up with inflation, 76% of Americans say in new CBS News poll 5 months ago:
Should also mention the 3 weeks of vacation, 12 holidays, 4 personal days, and 9 sick days a year.
Union jobs are the best. Anyone saying otherwise is a fool or a con artist.
- Comment on Income isn't keeping up with inflation, 76% of Americans say in new CBS News poll 5 months ago:
Being in a union definitely makes a big difference. My union agreed to continue with the existing contract through COVID and put off any raises for the time being. We finally signed a new contract and it includes about a 9% raise each year for the next three years. That should put us ahead of where we would have been if we had gotten the usual raises.
- Comment on Riker had some double-standard problems, man... 5 months ago:
He has seen Worf’s personnel file. Riker knows what happened the last time an officer tried to tell him what to wear.
- Comment on Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout 5 months ago:
Prices on used EVs are coming way down and there are significant tax rebates.
- Comment on Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout 5 months ago:
Used electric cars are showing up more and more. You can get one for $10-15k and that’s before you factor in the EV tax rebates.