RobotToaster
@RobotToaster@mander.xyz
- Comment on ELI5 why I logically understand McDonald's food is low quality and bad for me but I crave it like crack? 1 day ago:
The same reason people will logically understand that crack is bad for them but crave it like crack
- Comment on UK issues £1 million fine to adult platform for failing to comply with age verification rules 1 day ago:
The ad for VPNs at the bottom is perfect lol.
Also it’s kind of ofcom to include a list of porn sites in their press release.
- Comment on Porsche Cars in Russia Shut Down After Satellite System Failure 3 days ago:
Sell them to whom?
- Comment on WHY??? 4 days ago:
That’s where all the 10mm sockets end up
- Comment on YSK that the First-Past-The-Post voting system allows a political party to gain an absolute majority with a minority of the votes 5 days ago:
TBF the people that wanted reform had been pushing for PR. AV was a compromise nobody really liked.
- Comment on Exclusive: jury in anti-genocide activist 'terrorism' trial 'told to ignore international law' 5 days ago:
A jury’s remit is whatever the jury decides is it’s remit.
- Comment on Exclusive: jury in anti-genocide activist 'terrorism' trial 'told to ignore international law' 5 days ago:
- Comment on YSK that Boris Johnson was one of the most corrupt Prime Minister in British history. He was obsessed about money 1 week ago:
I’m pretty sure Robert Walpole holds the title of most corrupt prime minister lol
- Comment on Why civilians don't crowdfund bribe money for politicians? 2 weeks ago:
To really have influence we’d have to crowdfund an island where we can film politicians molesting children.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Don’t most artists, except a few already wealthy ones like Paul, make basically nothing on record sales and streaming?
AI can’t do live performances, yet.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
we’ll really only get music from rich people
Aren’t most successful musicians already the children of the wealthy?
- Comment on Major Bitcoin mining firm pivoting to AI, plans to fully abandon crypto mining by 2027 as miners convert to AI en masse — Bitfarm to leverage 341 megawatt capacity for AI following $46 million Q3 loss 2 weeks ago:
Investors keep trusting noted crypto grifters with money.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
They ruled the planet for 150 million years and didn’t ruin the environment once ?
That’s what the octopodes want you to think.
- Comment on Temu: British artist's anger at finding work on site without permission 4 weeks ago:
Temu sell it for just over the cost of production, while the artist sells it with a high mark up, there’s a difference in affordability.
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- Comment on U.S. agencies back banning TP-Link WiFi routers, citing national security risk and ties to China. They have between 30 and 50% market share in the US. 5 weeks ago:
Guess they refused to add NSA backdoors
- Submitted 5 weeks ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 21 comments
- Comment on 'Unlawful and Un-American': Trump Claims He Can Send 'Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines' Into US Cities 5 weeks ago:
The purpose of the military is to fight enemies of the state. If you send the military to fight your own citizens you are declaring them an enemy of the state, effectively declaring civil war.
- Comment on Sora might have a 'pervert' problem on its hands 5 weeks ago:
Plausible deniability? Nobody will be able to prove any video of you is real.
- Comment on Sora might have a 'pervert' problem on its hands 5 weeks ago:
It seems people keep forgetting what the internet is for
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 1 month ago:
Thanks for being the first person to actually explain that rather than just downvoting.
- Comment on How, and why, are there so many AI-generated videos of incredibly obscure/niche topics? 1 month ago:
It’s basic SEO slop logic applied to video.
All the popular topics are already crowded, so you shotgun very specific search terms.
For instance, if you have a web shop selling fish equipment, “how to keep fish” is probably extremely crowded, so you would target a bunch of specific search terms like “how to teach crabs to read classical Latin”
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 1 month ago:
That was literally the first time I’ve heard of him.
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 1 month ago:
The guy who electrocuted his dog?
- Comment on White House joins Bluesky and immediately trolls Trump opponents 1 month ago:
all the Republican party stands for anymore is triggering others
That’s just an extension of how American politicians in general always focus on wedge issues, rather than improving material conditions for the working class.
- Comment on White House joins Bluesky and immediately trolls Trump opponents 1 month ago:
Truth social is (or was) based on mastodon, with the federation code removed.
- Comment on Reddit's AI Suggests Users Try Heroin 1 month ago:
To be fair that sounds exactly like something an organic redditor would say.
- Comment on How are these ICE agents allowed to fire on protestors like this 1 month ago:
Persecutors have the monopoly on getting people charged with crimes.
I had to look this up and I’m surprised that in most states private prosecution is barred. In the UK it’s still legal, if expensive and uncommon.
- Comment on Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk 1 month ago:
All new housing should be built as high above sea level as possible, instead we are building in flood plains.
- Comment on Framework supporting far-right racists? 1 month ago:
It could just be providing hardware I suppose.