eugenevdebs

@eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I never understand why we keep voting for it each election, but more:

  calmatters.org/…/california-propositions-election…

  • Voted no on rent control because of successful propaganda by landlords
  • Voted no raising the minimum wage because of successful propaganda by companies
  • Voted no on affordable housing because "muh taxes"
  • Voted no on banning prison labor, because “Hey if they went to jail, they should burn in a forest fire, paying them is icky!!”
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  That law still pisses me off. I heard that it got a court check because of a clause in the amendment required a 7/8ths majorty vote in both the Senate and Assembly, but I don’t recall if the judge ruled to keep it or abolish it.

  California can be such a great state, but sometimes we vote for the dumbest shit because companies lobbied for ads that make no sense but to the dumbest voter. The most recent set of props come to mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This is… a weird gotcha. “You claim to be aginast murder, but sometimes you like to order Taco Bell! Checkmate, progressives!”

  I personally voted for Harris despite being in California, but I can’t afford doordash for going out. It’s often:

  • Meal Price (often but not always extra charges because fuck you, they can
  • Service fees
  • Driver fees
  • Tip to get someone to deliver in my rural area

  Meanwhile I can often walk to there and put in my order in the same amount of time. It’s often even cheaper to take the bus someplace, then take the bus back. Doordash makes more sense in an urban area, but I don’t live in one. And when I am in one, I’m often with a friend who knows how to drive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fucking awesome. Onion has been hitting it hard lately, and this is just the cherry on top. I am hopeful this makes some chuds question their minds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I would love this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google creating an AI agent to use your PC on your behalf, says report | Same PR nightmare as Windows Recall⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Chrome has been for years, so this is only a worse problem for end users.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Feds Say You Don’t Have a Right to Check Out Retro Video Games Like Library Books⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Sounds like the problem is federal law pushed by Congressmen paid for by corporate lobbyists, not the federal government.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honey⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Vegans are more “consent” than focusing on the consumption.

  Vegetarians eat honey and drink milk. Vegans don’t as they don’t feel that animals can consent to the actions being taken place on their body. It’s basically a form of “Can this animal agree to what is taking place?” question. If they can’t even answer a yes or no, then it’s a form of abuse.

  Like how we consider that animals can’t consent to sexual acts. It’s wrong because we exert a force to them that they can’t even disagree with. Bestiality is obviously wrong, and I don’t think you’d find a lot of people who would disagree except those who perform it. But it’s weird that we view the killing and eating of them as normalized.

  And I am saying this as someone who consumes meat. I fully acknowledge I am complicit, I just don’t defend my actions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Black is what happens when the class clown doesn't become depressed and instead becomes even more of a clown⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, Trump should be shot at until someone stops missing. And then we keep going for good measure.