[-] Poob@lemmy.ca 128 points 11 months ago

Magazine size laws aren't really effective at doing anything. Up in Canada you can't have a rifle magazine with more than 5 rounds. However, almost all of the magazines are full size magazines that have been modified to hold fewer rounds. All of the responsible owners leave them at 5, but with a minute or two of work you could turn most of them into full size again. We don't have mass shootings every day.

Gun violence in America is a culture issue. You're broken.

[-] Poob@lemmy.ca 81 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Capitalism is in a permanent prisoners dilemma.

Overall they need to treat their employees well so that there's growth in the economy, since no one to buy things means no market to sell things. However, they can also choose to screw over their employees with bad pay, terrible conditions, or in this case, automating their workforce and firing people.

If no one screws their employees, the economy expands with modest growth.

If one or few corporations screw their workers while everyone else doesn't, they become fabulously rich and the rest get outcompeted.

If everyone screws their workers, then the economy collapses because there's no growth, and everyone eventually goes out of business.

[-] Poob@lemmy.ca 80 points 1 year ago

Socialization is always brought up as an excuse not to allow WFH. The thing is though, replacing real socialization with work fucking blows. Talking to a coworker to get the latest TPS report isn't socialization. It's work. The only time you do any real socialization is after work ends. And there's nothing stopping you from going out to dinner with coworkers when you work from home.

[-] Poob@lemmy.ca 106 points 1 year ago
[-] Poob@lemmy.ca 139 points 1 year ago

Browsing personal sites, especially social media, on a work computer is insane

[-] Poob@lemmy.ca 79 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A lot of conservatives aren't playing by the same rule book. They don't care that Trump committed crimes because they only care that he achieves their desires goals. All the outrage and confusion when conservatives support terrible people is missing the point. They aren't hypocritical when they try to call out others, because they don't really care that someone else committed a crime. They only care that they win.

It's not a contradiction to them when they cry about pedophiles and then vote for one. Crying about pedophiles was just a tactic to try and gain power and further their goals.

[-] Poob@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 year ago

Don't you think he looks tired?

[-] Poob@lemmy.ca 111 points 1 year ago

No fucking shit

[-] Poob@lemmy.ca 68 points 1 year ago

Are you this obnoxious to people you meet offline?

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[-] Poob@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 year ago

Upvotes are useful for determining what people like and dislike so you can sort posts and comments

Account karma is for narcissists to masturbate about how loved they are

[-] Poob@lemmy.ca 115 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Saying that it's over and the Reddit won is a bit naive. The majority of the subs that I used to frequent have come back online, but they are definitely still protesting. ProgrammerHumor is making new troll rules based on majority vote every week. Madlads made everyone a mod. Many subs are posting John Oliver or troll versions of their original purpose.

It's not over. Will they succeed? Who knows. But Reddit is currently a completely different place than it was a month ago because of the ongoing protests.

[-] Poob@lemmy.ca 72 points 1 year ago

Skyrim. The writing is horrible, I can't remember the name and personalities of more than 5 NPCs, the town's are microscopic, it can't handle more than 5 NPCs on screen, all the dungeons are theme park rides with gift shop exits, combat is a horrific sloppy mess, it's ugly, it has 4 voice actors, it's a buggy mess despite being released 37 times, the only way to interact with the world is violence, and all of the quests are flaccid boring murderfests.

I've played hundreds of hours.

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