Zorque
@Zorque@lemmy.world
- Comment on Nearly a quarter of U.S. households live paycheck to paycheck, report finds 11 hours ago:
When you’ve got rent to pay and mouths to feed, and paychecks dont arrive for another week (or more), sometimes it’s a necessity. And when emergencies arrive (as happens more and more often) people at this financial level generally dont have the “rainy day” fund to lean on.
This is not exclusively a personal issue, it is mainly a systemic one. Sure, many people could do with some better financial literacy and personal responsibility… but that’s nowhere near the epidemic of parasitic opportunists eager to squeeze dry every person they can. The desperate being the easiest to exploit, in most cases.
- Comment on Nearly a quarter of U.S. households live paycheck to paycheck, report finds 11 hours ago:
No shit? Almost like I was using a common allegory for being out of touch with actual poor people to critique that commentary “advice”.
- Comment on Nearly a quarter of U.S. households live paycheck to paycheck, report finds 17 hours ago:
Ohhhh, just stop buying iPhones and avocado toast, why didn’t I think of that? It seems so simple in hindsight!
- Comment on YSK Joseph Stalin created the Great Terror. He started killing people randomly including artists, generals, doctors, diplomats, government officials. Everyone was terrified. 18 hours ago:
It’s part of how car insurance works. It also works by underwriters and adjusters being paid to do everything they can to keep from paying out claims.
- Comment on I am fucking tired of this shitty behavior. 1 day ago:
So flooding communities with low effort reposted content is what we need?
- Comment on I am fucking tired of this shitty behavior. 1 day ago:
A user, yes. But having to do it constantly as you continue to re-create accounts on every instance you can find is another matter.
- Comment on Valves first title with a 3 in it 5 days ago:
A joke doesn’t have to end with a punchline. Sometimes yes, anding is the best thing to do with a joke rather than just laughing and moving on.
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 5 days ago:
Sorry, clearly you are far more knowledgeable about such things, despite having nothing more than I do to back it up. I apologize for contradicting your opinion on the internet, that was my bad.
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 5 days ago:
Why does it have to be? It’s basically free money for them, whereas they have to make deals and curate their store front a lot more. Games take time and energy (if you don’t just want AI generated slop, at least), so to get that to market takes time. Whereas microtransaction garbage is basically hit it and quit it and generates insane amounts of money.
- Comment on Don't let the terrible be the enemy of the good. 1 week ago:
It also usually means you have a better chance of good in the future.
- Comment on Is Fast Charging Killing the Battery? A 2-Year Test on 40 Phones 1 week ago:
So nothing planned obsolescence, then?
- Comment on Tax strike? 1 week ago:
Then why did you ask about stopping?
- Comment on Tax strike? 1 week ago:
“Hey HR, can I change my tax election to 0? Thanks!”
- Comment on For those of you who enjoy open-world games, how big of a world is too big? 1 week ago:
It has pools in it!
- Comment on China solves 'century-old problem' with new analog chip that is 1,000 times faster than high-end Nvidia GPUs 2 weeks ago:
The one so worried about their 401Ks they won’t risk the ire of the rich.
- Comment on Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app 2 weeks ago:
Oh, well, if Google does it then it must be okay.
- Comment on Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales isn’t worried about Elon Musk’s Grokipedia: ‘Not optimistic he will create anything very useful right now’ 2 weeks ago:
Or conservapedia, the fox news of wikipedias.
- Comment on If proton decay isn't true 5 weeks ago:
It was mostly for the joke, as the scientific calculator answer is just the equation written with different notation.
- Comment on Massive Pokemon leak purportedly covers next-gen games, scrapped ideas, and more 5 weeks ago:
Let me guess, they’re introducing base-building and crafting elements that they somehow patented ten years ago.
- Comment on If proton decay isn't true 5 weeks ago:
Gotta change it to scientific Image
- Comment on Naomi Wildman and Lyra Belacqua should meet up and organise a 'Raised by scientists'-conference 5 weeks ago:
Pretty sure Naomi Wildman was raised by a chef.
- Comment on xkcd #3153: Hot Water Balloon 5 weeks ago:
As long as the heater doesn’t fail in the middle of the night.
- Comment on There are more blockbuster movies with real life sex predators as the main lead, than female leads 5 weeks ago:
My guy, I’m just letting you know what they meant by “Comm” because you seemed to be confused by it. I think their argument is generally fallacious at best, and disingenuous at worst.
Though, I suppose it’s understandable to feel attacked when that seems to be all people want to do in here.
- Comment on There are more blockbuster movies with real life sex predators as the main lead, than female leads 5 weeks ago:
“Comm” generally refers to “Community”, roughly analogous to a “subreddit” or “subforum”. It refers, in this case, to the /c/showerthoughts community we’re currently in.
- Comment on If the USA ever rewrites their constitution it will likely have embedded ads. 1 month ago:
Then there’s the club 33 equivalent for the billionaire class.
- Comment on In order for superman to keep his cover as Clark Kent countless innocents he had the power to save have to die every day. 1 month ago:
There was an open window and they’re on a high floor.
Though it was something I was thinking about. Could he somehow use his super breath to replace any displaced air? Does the same super-shielding effect that keeps his costume from get torn in every fight also keep him from being affected by air resistance and thus cause less disturbance when he’s moving at super speeds?
Its all comic book magic, of course, but interesting things to think about.
- Comment on In order for superman to keep his cover as Clark Kent countless innocents he had the power to save have to die every day. 1 month ago:
You dont have super speed.
- Comment on In order for superman to keep his cover as Clark Kent countless innocents he had the power to save have to die every day. 1 month ago:
There’s often references to his flakiness. Its a common trope in various series that he’ll here someone in trouble and excuse himself to go save them. Sometimes it just shows him “accidentally” dropping a pen, reaching under the table to get it, and using his super speed to zip off and save someone.
- Comment on Everybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problem 1 month ago:
Often they have to due to SAG rules. Only one person can have a name while being part of the union.
Like Emma Stone. Her real name is Emily Stone, but there was already one working with SAG, so she had to change it. She even prefers Emily.
- Comment on flohmarkt a federated alternative to ebay and facebook marketplace 1 month ago:
If there’s only ever one avenue of attack, sure. Your example posits that encryption is the only security layer that exists, which is laughable. Most security breaches happen at the personnel level, not the technical one.
A site does not “become facebook” just because it’s not 100% decentralized from every other possible service. Countless other factors go into it. Not the least of which is the nature of the people running it. If you run a service, and make it nigh impossible for a general public (your main market) to use because you fear it will become compromised, you are basically saying that you will compromise it otherwise, and probably shouldn’t be running that service.
