platypode
@platypode@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on U.S. consumers are so fucked up, that they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Cyber Monday 1 week ago:
Assuming you need to buy the product, taking on zero interest debt gives you greater liquidity that you can theoretically activate elsewhere to improve your cash flow. For the amounts and time scales of BNPL, though, I don’t entirely see the point.
- Comment on I'm glad psychedelics entered my life before entheogens became popular. Today's psychonauts are mostly imposters looking for a free ride and social status. Psychedelics aren't meant to be frivolous. 2 weeks ago:
…how is any of that a “problem?”
- Comment on 2 months ago:
…is this a cryptic way of saying that skiing makes you horny?
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 months ago:
Picked up the original Hollow Knight on sale a little while back. With the all the buzz around Silksong I finally booted it up, having a blast so far!
- Comment on Are there any AI services that don't work on stolen data? 4 months ago:
Getty Images has an image generator trained exclusively on licensed images. I’m not aware of any text generators that do the same.
- Comment on Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College 7 months ago:
Yes, wholeheartedly. They’re not cheating the school—they’re cheating themselves. If you’re paying 200k+ for an education, for what earthly reason would you then skip the actual education?
- Comment on I love Lemmy. ❤️👽🥰 Do you love Lemmy 👽? 😄☀️ 8 months ago:
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- Comment on The US, for being the greatest pusher of capitalism around the world, has the most socialistic policies for its major sports leagues 9 months ago:
Professional athletes also have some of the strongest unions in the country, since they’re a small group of practically irreplaceable workers, and many of the league structures are the result of collective bargaining between played and owners.