Fredthefishlord

@Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨John Wick Hex will be removed from sale on all platforms beginning July 17th, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Aren’t they a charity?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grandma is on her own⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Classic example of calling someone an idiot just because they disagree with you on something that’s primarily about subjective values.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grandma is on her own⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  A hunting cabin is purely a luxury. There’s nothing authoritarian about having high taxes for luxuries, and no, blanket taxes on luxuries are not inherently authoritarian.

  Sure, it could unfairly impact people, but since in this situation there’s no needs, only luxuries, the balance of how increased housing supply fairly easily balances the scale.

  And no, the point of my original comment is to understand impact. Realize harms the law could create, and don’t do it blindly. But that’s just to understand what you’re putting on the scales.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grandma is on her own⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Progressive taxes are not authoritarian in nature holy shit man.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grandma is on her own⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Genuinely, I’m saying this to bring up that it’s an ill effect that will come about. I don’t especially think an exception clause is reasonable, I believe they will just be abused, and it’s simply better to accept some level of negative consequences for the benefits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grandma is on her own⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They can barely split it because they’re all broke af not because the house is expensive. The house and land are pretty cheap

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grandma is on her own⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No, it shouldn’t hold up societal progress. But not being aware of how your policies actually affect people is just plain bad. I agree with progressive taxes on multi house ownership, but you also need to understand that will mean people who are less rich than you think losing them, it’s not just people that can afford them

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 has finally overtaken Windows 10 as the most used desktop OS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Governments really should be shifting entirely to Linux. Reliance on corps not to corp is not good practice for a government

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grandma is on her own⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My extended family in Michigan keeps a hunting cabin that they split costs between 5 people on and can still barely make the mortage… Is that clearly able to afford more taxes?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Guarantee Military Right to Repair Its Equipment⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean this genuinely is a good concept.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Groceries don’t really get more expensive, because the methods for producing food don’t really get less efficient over time; if anything, it’s more efficient. So there’s no real reason for them to become more expensive.

  There is reason though. Making them more expensive increases money in flow. Prices aren’t just based on supply

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If people who care about climate don’t have children, there will be less people who try to put laws in place the help the situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking the generational barriers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  … Are sewers private in your area? Must suck man

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking the generational barriers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s septic it’s whatever. Bigger issue if it’s not, then tax dollars are required to fix it, and it’s just wrecking infrastructure

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focus⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It is absolutely relevant enough to be published publicly.

  Yet you can already see people calling for phone bans…

  Yes, because they should’ve been banned 10 years ago

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moving away from physical currency has been very detrimental to the homeless industry⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Which is crazy, because those types wouldn’t live in a homeless shelter

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's up with the sudden increase in AI slop?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Straight up vibes a lot of the time these days. It gets better and better

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you all keep the area around the toilet paper dust-free?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You still need to dry your ass and vulva with a bidet.

  As a frequent bidet user—no, you do not. What?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focus⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Polling professionals and experts on their opinions is perfectly reasonable to publish as a preliminary study on a subject

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As of 30 minutes ago at the time of posting, the NYPD has detained two young Black men after they refused to show ID without explanation or cause.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ny is just full on police state. They need every single cop swapped

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Prime Reasons to Avoid Amazon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Strictly, over consumption is the enemy. Less so where you buy, but the rampant rush to the bottom in price and quality is what the issue is. I shop where I get the best quality, rather than the best price

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genius⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Could do 5 minute interviews

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Prevention is always better than a cure

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yay, monopolies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia to enforce location tracking app on all foreigners in Moscow⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m gonna take a wild guess and say losing your phone is probably gonna result in a penalty

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The fact that some dogs are used to the groomers and some aren't is wild.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Screw you lol. When I was a kid, having my hair cut and made fun of were terrible memories. I treasured it, still do. And now that no pos makes me cut it, I grow it out and get compliments for it. I’m glad I don’t have you as a parent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are people who are still using toilet paper purchased during the pandemic.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Bidet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bungie appears to have plagarized an artist's work and style in their extraction shooter "Marathon" according to this Bluesky post⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Pixel for pixel is not the requirement to be a copyright violation, just fyi

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Scams are far more prevalent in EU cities, I don’t know where you got that idea

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  … That’s an absolute wild and hella nationalistic take. There’s nothing even slightly uniquely Americans about embezzlement and theft-- Europe has been doing that for thousands of years before America even existed