SnotFlickerman
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Our News Team @ 11 with host Snot Flickerman
- Comment on Please remember to spread the word about this :( 19 hours ago:
Ever breathe oxygen, son?
Good, don’t start. Me, I’m hooked!-Muddy Mudskipper
- Comment on Please remember to spread the word about this :( 19 hours ago:
You think that’s bad, wait until you hear about dihydrogen monoxide!
- Comment on If you were (falsely) accused of murder, but you have records of your phone at home with youtube videos being played, can you submit those records as a sort of Alibi to exonerate you? 1 day ago:
That’s how it’s supposed to work but rarely actually does.
- Comment on Science has gone too far 1 day ago:
- Comment on Save yourself from being vexed today 2 days ago:
- Comment on I heard that lemmy will downvote anything. This is literally just a can of fucking anti-beans 2 days ago:
Wouldn’t anti-beans be naebs?
- Comment on More orders of magnitude, please. 2 days ago:
The
cakelamp is a lie. - Comment on Best way to drink coke? 2 days ago:
A never once been washed coffee mug
- Comment on Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out 2 days ago:
A whole ass article and even mentions that the poorest with the fewest hours worked spend the least amount of time socializing and they seem to not even mention that there isn’t anywhere you can EXIST without paying for something except maybe a public park or a library. Standing on the sidewalk? Loitering. Coffee shop? Must buy a coffee.
They even note that people have less personal time than ever and people are working more hours. Hmm I wonder if that translates into people not being able to afford going out to do anything? I wonder if there’s any evidence to support that?
cbsnews.com/…/cost-of-living-income-quality-of-li…
The findings? For the bottom 60% of U.S. households, a “minimal quality of life” is out of reach, according to the group, a research organization focused on improving lower earners’ economic well-being.
Also not that the “bottom” is the majority.
I’m not saying this article doesn’t have valid points, but it misses a lot.
On top of people not being able to afford anything, there is also stuff like this:
newsweek.com/psychology-dark-triad-psychopathy-na…
People living in societies with more corruption, inequality, poverty and violence are more likely to exhibit “dark” personality traits—like narcissism, psychopathy and spitefulness.
“Aversive personality traits are associated with behaviors such as aggression, cheating, and exploitation—and thus with high social costs. Therefore, even small variations can lead to large differences in how societies function,” Zettler explained.
“Our findings substantiate that personality is not just something we are born with, but also shaped by the society we grew up and live in,” he said. This means that reforms that reduce corruption and inequality not only create better living conditions just now, they may also contribute to mitigating aversive personality levels among the citizens in the future."
How are you supposed to function in a society full of narcissistic psychopaths, who are driven to such behavior because of the environment they’re living in? How am I supposed to make friends when everyone around me is a selfish, abusive asshat who isn’t concerned with the well-being of others? How am I suppose to find emotional and social support in such an environment?
I think these are two major factors affecting US social dysfunction that this article didn’t address, however, I think there are a lot more, too. Including political polarization, the breakdown of education, and cult-like mentalities among the populace.
- Comment on I don't get this trend, but there's a moth on my ceiling. Enjoy ! 3 days ago:
- Comment on Study finds persistent spike in hate speech on X 3 days ago:
Who’d have guessed that Musk’s promise to “maximize free speech” was just a dogwhistle to allow the worst of society to say all the worst things with no pushback.
Oh yeah I guess everyone guessed that. None of these fucks cares about “free speech” they want “free speech without consequences specifically for me, but definitely consequences for the speech of people I don’t like.”
- Comment on Why does America feel the need to control the world? Do what they say? Instead of taking care of their own problems at home? When did the US become police officer of the world and enforcer? 3 days ago:
Remember ol’ Khrushchev when he was ridin’ high with that sputnik satellite
He told us yankee boys, he’s gunna fill the skies with them shiny new satellites
He said “hey Mr. Eisenhower, watcha think of my sputnik satellite?”
Ike reeled his head back
Looked him in the eye, that’s a mighty fine satellite.But I’mma gonna get me one better, you can’t get the best of me
I’mma gonna get me one better, the baddest one around
I’mma gpnna get me one better, ‘cause’ I got the biggest balls in town. - Comment on I am calling corporate! 4 days ago:
McRibbed for her pleasure.
- Comment on Protection 4 days ago:
It says WiFi is “slow” not “off.”
I have definitely personally experienced WiFi instability with metals in between the WiFi and a PC.
- Comment on Protection 4 days ago:
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- Comment on wisely 5 days ago:
Not with that attitude. Sounds like your weird still isn’t enough of a pro yet.
- Comment on Trump’s EPA to “reconsider” ban on cancer-causing asbestos 6 days ago:
Yeah this is when the wealthy have decided the lower classes are expendable. They don’t actually care about poor people having more babies. They just want rich people having more babies. They would like to see us gone because they think they can offset climate change by getting rid of a lot of us. Too bad for them they use ten times the resources as the bottom 50% of society.
- Comment on wisely 6 days ago:
I don’t need no damn pageboy when I can magic up a golem that can do the same job!
- Comment on Amazon boss tells staff AI means their jobs are at risk in coming years 1 week ago:
Seriously, there’s a reason there’s been horror stories of people crying at their desks at Amazon since the early 2000’s. Because they’ve always treated everyone like they’re completely expendable at all times. Horrific work culture.
- Comment on Two Days Talking to People Looking for Jobs at ICE - The motivating force behind American career fascism would appear to be wanderlust 1 week ago:
Of course these fucking pricks need an emotional support animal.
- Comment on ..yeah 1 week ago:
I dunno but they’re in the “object” section of my emoji picker.
- Comment on ..yeah 1 week ago:
📉 📈
- Comment on passage of time 1 week ago:
pretty sure you can replace these fairly easily tho.
- Comment on ..yeah 1 week ago:
Yeah it’s pretty clear the wealthy exploiters just decided about 4 billion of us were expendable about 15 years ago…
- Comment on Trump says EU not offering fair trade deal, Japan being 'tough' too 1 week ago:
Macron: but I am le tired.
- Comment on In this day and age is it possible to create a commune? With majority of vegetables coming from one acre and all put in to get wifi to our subdivision? So the bill is not that high? 1 week ago:
The wifi rollout thing is tricky… Especially because who do you untrust the administration to? Technically whoever is managing it can see everything everyone in the subdivision does online, and since it’s all shared, could be doing packet sniffing to de-obfuscate your traffic and if they’re untrustworthy, potentially be stealing your PII. They’re already going to have a lot of your PII simply from knowing who you are and where you live, but basically having your entire internet history at their fingertips no less.
It’s part of why I refuse to move in somewhere that someone else controls the connection, literally for that reason. I want my own private connection because I don’t trust other people with this.
- Comment on Is Matrix cooked? 1 week ago:
SimpleX Chat – Many suggested this and I will explicitly recommend against it due to the founder’s positions on various topics. This includes being anti-vaxx, believing COVID-19 was a hoax, trans- and homophobia, climate denial; In the SimpleX Groupchat he’s also been seen basically bootlicking trump a couple times, but I’ve lost receipts to that
Unrelated to the main points I kind of always thought SimpleX seemed sketchy…
- Comment on Patreon plans to consolidate its Pro and Premium plans starting August 5, taking a 10% commission, rather than the current 8% for Pro and 12% for Premium users 1 week ago:
more people are using it than ever
We’re making more money than ever! But what if we could make even morer money than ever!?
- Comment on May your dumpster fire burn far and wide 1 week ago:
Hide it in a dumpster, NO! I’m gonna let it shine.
