[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world -1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Assuming you could wave a magic wand and convert their net worth straight into cash 1:1 (you can't), you couldn't even do the last thing on that list, much less all the others:

Assuming in the US, using 2023 figures:

  • Total combined net worth of all billionaires (remember, you can only "take all their money" one time): $5.2 trillion
  • Total annual healthcare cost: $4.9 trillion

Too many people have been deluded into believing that 'the billionaires' are capable of easily solving all societal ills if only they gave away their wealth, and aren't they such assholes for keeping their wealth and not solving them?

Most people are not nearly aware of the actual costs of these things.

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Even if they weren't, you can't really glean anything reasonable from a candid photo like that. It's a fool's errand.

Imagine if a photo was taken when a child was walking by someone and tripped, but the guy grabbed the kid's arm and kept them from falling down. Timed right, a photo of that can be easily construed as the person forcefully dragging a child someplace.

It's absurdity. There's plenty that's much more worth everyone's attention, re Donald Trump's crimes, than interpreting candid photos.

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Kind of the opposite, looks like evolution is trying desperately to get rid of ants, lol. Possibly replacing them with crabs.

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Don't know how accurate it is, but I've heard of even CSAM being inflated this way in police busts, where if there's a video that's X seconds long and has a framerate of Y frames per second, it will be described as X * Y "images" (so a 10-second 60 fps video is treated like it's the same thing as 600 photos) instead of talking about the video, etc., because they're counting every single frame the way you'd normally count a set of photos.

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Anubis is so lightweight you'll forget it's there until you look at your hosting bill.

I don't know if they realize this is implying it's onerously expensive, lol.

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Was wondering why this sounded familiar, saw the article was from 7 years ago (2018) and now I understand, lol.

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 73 points 8 months ago

Did this even merit a post? Few states are more obviously Dem than New York, lol. There was never the slightest question.

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 66 points 9 months ago

the windows help “[add] privacy in the toilet facility”

?????

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 167 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You should link to the actual source this article is pulling everything from: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-black-nazi-pro-slavery-porn-forum/index.html

On another note, I have never seen so many receipts on one guy, lol, damn.

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 48 points 11 months ago

I'm not convinced Donald Trump has any actual political positions. He's more concerned with himself and his own ego than anything else. Didn't he generally express Democrat/left views for decades up until shortly before he decided to run for office?

I have no doubt he'd happily say anything, if he thought it'd improve his chances at 'winning'.

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago

Seriously, all the same 'plays' too:

  • lol rofl you think I was actually asking?
  • you're ugly anyway
  • (if the rejection is based on you already being in a relationship) she's ugly, you'll never find someone as hot as me
  • (if you're single) you're gay/you're a f*ggot
  • (slur related to your race, more common if the rejected is of a different race)
[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 132 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How Did This Happen?

College loans are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Simple as that.

With lenders knowing that the government will make sure they get paid, they're happy to loan out any amount of money to anyone regardless of credit worthiness, because they take on literally zero risk.

Then colleges realize the same, and jack up their prices in turn. The feedback loop brings us to where we are today. There is no market (or other) force putting any downward pressure on tuition costs, at all. This is the inevitable result.

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