jmankman

@jmankman@lemmy.myserv.one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ad companies are the ones destroying civilization⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This was an understandable perspective when we had those regulations in the USA, but since FDR’s New Deal, the Republicans have walked back practically every law and regulation we had to curb the greed of Capitalism. This is the natural tendency of Capitalism

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨grrr⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Language is about intent.

  I think “Jap” is one of the dumbest slurs there is, since it’s just cutting off two letters from the country, and I’m not offended when I hear it, I just laugh.

  There is an entire South Park episode on people changing the way they use “fag” from slander against gays, to slander against Harley motorcycle riders. You are one of the gays in this episode who doesn’t understand the intent behind why/how the way the word is used changes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that a general strike is one of the most effective ways to push for change. There is a general strike in the works across the US for this Friday.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Expanding on this, smaller businesses are also customers for larger ones

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mom is vicious⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Well you look like you’re divorced in this photo”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X pulls Grok images after UK ban threat over undress tool⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Still waiting for an actual use case of image/video gen that isn’t just for cheap assets or pure malice

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pizza styles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  All they had to do was call is lasagna

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Me when the person I’m talking to isn’t white”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not the one who implied that caring about ads is a good, thing, you are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And that’s a good thing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American attitudes about AI today mirror poll answers about the rise of the internet in the '90s⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re so right, how can I find meaning without making somebody else’s money for them? Woe is me…