DoubleDongle

@DoubleDongle@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Home Depot tax at work!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Brotip: The Depot isn’t even cheap, it’s just bad. At least in my region, framing lumber from small-time lumber yards is like 2-4% cheaper than the same stuff at a Home Depot or Lowe’s, while simultaneously being considerably better stock. I get custom orders like doors and windows faster and cheaper too. I saved a couple hundred bucks on a flooring project by skipping the Depot a few weeks back.

  Fuck the box stores. Slow, expensive, and bad. They have nothing left but brand recognition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you had $1500 to spend⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’ll get me a new Prusa with some to spare for filament. Unless there’s a clear and specific use-case on my plate that a Core One or mk4 can’t do, I’d get a new printer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it true that femboys are "fetishized" by right-wingers or something like that? Or is my friend(who told me this) tripping balls?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Boy in skirt. Often a half-closeted trans woman, but not necessarily so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too cynical or too cyclical?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The peaceful protests are more of a gathering point than the whole solution. You gotta show up to the convention first if you want to be invited to a cosplay orgy or find that guy with the good LSD again, so to speak.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are ways that tariffs can be used to protect domestic industries. But when they’re done that way, it’s normally specific products, implemented carefully and with some warning. I’m pretty sure there are some tariffs to protect American automakers, off the top of my head.

  What the president did is just economic suicide. Sudden, huge, fairly indiscriminate, and fluctuating. I think his goal, in his mind, may have been to replace the income tax, but he really fumbled. And that’s a bad idea anyway, because tariffs and sales taxes hit the middle class hardest, which slows down the economy.

  There may also be an explanation that he really doesn’t understand cooperation and believes every deal has a winner and a loser. And then very mistakenly concluded that we were the losers in international trade because of our trade deficit. That’s incorrect. We get large amounts of goods and resources for small amounts of fiat currency, which we always seem to have more of. Our trade deficit considerably improves our quality of life in ways that cannot be replicated by an insular economy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose a number, 1-5!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  2 is definitely the best-machined. Quality manufacturing right there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do man made hiking trails keep the grass from overgrowing?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, there are enough people walking on it to just kill the grass. No further effort is needed to form the pathway. Many wild animals make paths by walking on them a lot too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is this called?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There may be a more specific term for that particular design, but it’s a cloak or a shawl. Likely rectangular to my eye, but I’m not a pro.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia’s Upcoming Elections and the Trump Factor.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m an American who joined this community to get a finger on Australia’s pulse because it’s my first choice for places to run if the coup here succeeds. For the love of anything you may hold holy, do not vote for anyone who shares Trump’s stances or attitude. If it can happen in my home, it can happen almost anywhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Golfing!!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Alt NatPark guys are saying more like five million on 4/5 nationwide.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Golfing!!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They gotta hit JD first if they’re gonna fix anything.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This cannot be healthy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Husband needs proof news is censored⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Imma need a link for this please. Who?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Could you stick to Yankee or Yank or something? It’s not like I find the disdain confusing, but Septic is a little heavy-handed. We’ve got big and growing problems, but we are all still people here, and not everybody under that umbrella has been asking for it. The assholes in charge have been running on minority support for decades now.

  Curious, though. Septic tanks are a standard feature in rural USA. Are they rare in the rest of the world? Is this something we’re considered odd for?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is it sometimes difficult to start doing what one enjoys?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a major symptom of depression.