SanctimoniousApe
@SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world
- Comment on Pansexuality 1 week ago:
Brings a while new meaning to “breakfast in bed.”
- Comment on Trump Calls Anti-Tariff People 'Fools,' Promises $2K Dividends 1 week ago:
Oh, I completely believe he’s a fool.
- Comment on Turkey issues genocide arrest warrant against Netanyahu 1 week ago:
Well, let’s see how long Trump’s exemption on their tariffs lasts after this.
- Comment on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani admits he wants to take aggressive action on socialist agenda: ‘It is a mandate’ 1 week ago:
“Admits” - like he was planning to do something illicit. Fuck the NYPost, the print version of Fux Snuz.
- Comment on Trump Calls Anti-Tariff People 'Fools,' Promises $2K Dividends 1 week ago:
Takes one to know…
- Comment on I Guess it's Better than Having These Cowards Doing it Themselves 1 week ago:
I think it’s all the automated safety systems that have been added to vehicles combined with all the addictive apps on phones that are making people less attentive. Too many seem to think they don’t need to pay as much attention anymore since the car will not only let them know if there’s a problem (forgetting that there’s a very limited set of potential problems it can recognize), but also in some cases even address it long enough for them to get back into control (not thinking of the fact it’ll likely take them a few seconds to reacquaint themselves with their surroundings enough to know what’s going on, and by that time too much damage can happen).
IMHO these halfway automated systems are a mixed bag because they take away only some of the thought and attention required to drive well, leaving people less focused on the task so their minds naturally start to get more distracted. Humans don’t multitask very well, however, and most don’t recognize when they’re not balancing their attention to multiple things properly - which is when accidents inevitably happen.
One of my favorite clues to this type of driver is driving in the dark with just the daytime running lights on. Most vehicles in America only have their headlights on in that mode (supposedly in a more dim level, but lately LED headlights have made that less obvious). So you can come up behind these people and not see them until you’re practically up their derriere due to the lack of lights. When I try to communicate to them about their lights via honking, flashing mine, and turning mine off then back on, I’d say at least 75% don’t get it, and I strongly suspect it’s because they’re so distracted they’re not in a frame of mind to think about what kind of issue of theirs might be causing me to do that.
Driving as an experienced, responsible driver is frustrating as fuck nowadays.
- Comment on Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDs 1 week ago:
When it all comes crashing down, at least the Internet Archive could have easy & cheap access to it all.
- Comment on Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDs 1 week ago:
THIS is what I’m looking forward to. I’m guessing it’ll start sometime next year, so shortly after Christmas '26 will be the optimal time -at least that’s my long-term plan.
- Comment on Who says protection from electromagnetic waves can't be stylish? 1 week ago:
Those who spend their lives worrying about fashion trends have no dignity - at least none that’s not also fake.
- Comment on grindr dump (in post body) 1 week ago:
Not the reference I was hoping would be recognized, but yeah - I guess I left myself open for that.
- Comment on grindr dump (in post body) 1 week ago:
N-T! N-T!!
(Only people who like '80s romcom movies will probably get this.)
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
They don’t care about their kids - they’re much more concerned with themselves. They don’t want to have to deal with the “humiliation” and “embarrassment” of being judged by their peers. Fucking assholes, all of 'em.
- Comment on Why have so many services started using single-factor passwordless authentication in the last little while? 2 weeks ago:
But that’s what MFA is there for, although they shouldn’t be using SMS as one of the possible factors - let alone the main one, as seems to be the case.
- Comment on Tea time, innit? 3 weeks ago:
Methinks you’ve forgotten that this administration is science-proof.
- Comment on Tea time, innit? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t care if it’s an active volcano. Just get rid of them.
- Comment on Tea time, innit? 3 weeks ago:
Can we just get straight to the point and dump the entire Trump administration there - chained to lead weights, of course?
- Comment on Internet Users 3 weeks ago:
I must not be human, then. Explains a lot, actually… *sigh*
- Comment on Fact 3 weeks ago:
I live at the corner of No & Where - what a show that was…
- Comment on Fact 3 weeks ago:
🖕Tfy
- Comment on Fact 3 weeks ago:
You sure? You could be my cowgirl…
- Comment on Fact 4 weeks ago:
I didn’t know I could get boots made of goth girls.
- Comment on FTC removes Lina Khan-era posts about AI risks and open source 4 weeks ago:
So, what’s your alternate username from lemmy.ml?
- Comment on Common inhalers carry heavy climate cost, study finds 1 month ago:
How about actually RTFA first before you go off making such an ass of yourself next time? Nowhere did anyone blame the patients, except you.
- Comment on 'No one can find him': Trump drops from public view again after 'slurring' military speech 1 month ago:
Yeah, considering all the rules the current joke of a Supreme Court have recently rewritten handing the Oval Office way more power than it should ever have, I have to agree.
- Comment on 'No one can find him': Trump drops from public view again after 'slurring' military speech 1 month ago:
It’s not like you said “jizz”…
- Comment on 'No one can find him': Trump drops from public view again after 'slurring' military speech 1 month ago:
Progressives like myself don’t like him because he’s mostly just another corporate Democrat, but I have to admit that I can see Newsome taking up that mantle and being somewhat effective with the less extreme of the MAGAt base.
- Comment on do you remember a time when societies were so polarized and shifted so much to the right like today? How long did it last? 1 month ago:
I tend to doubt it’s as different as you think. IMHO, the majority of people want good, but are clueless as to what exactly that looks like when it comes to more complex topics like managing the wide variety of people that make up a society. Understanding that usually requires a LOT more time and effort into reasoning things out than they’re willing/able to put in, anyway.
They therefore pick someone to trust who seems (read: cons them into believing) like they know “the truth” to do all their thinking for them. Those arrogant enough to portray themselves as such are almost always malignant personality types interested primarily in manipulating others to do their bidding in order to benefit themselves. They “know” everything, and either are exceedingly unlikely to admit to human failings such as not knowing something, or always have a ready excuse that puts blame upon their enemies for their failings.
They divide people up & pit them against one another to distract, ensure loyalty, and keep control.
Any of this sound familiar? It’s a pattern repeated among humans throughout history.
- Comment on do you remember a time when societies were so polarized and shifted so much to the right like today? How long did it last? 1 month ago:
Evil always gets ahead because it’s willing to do anything to “win.” Good? Not so much.
The only reason Good gets control every so often is because Evil is too focused on “winning” & ultimately inadvertently destroys its own foundations in order to do so. Once it figures out how to avoid that, we’re really screwed.
The closest example of that I can think of is China’s current leader. I’ll grant many will somewhat rightly claim he’s done a lot of good over there, but he’s definitely accomplished a fair bit of it through some significant evils.
- Comment on God what are they even for 1 month ago:
Put it back in the box, and return it to the store. Tell customer service it came like that if you’re in need of some amusement.
- Comment on CISA warns of critical Linux Sudo flaw exploited in attacks 1 month ago:
May someone use this to hijack all the Trump crypto, and teach the Cheeto buffoon a lesson.