[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 weeks ago

I wish you were right, but the rich LOVE a stock fire sale and Trump is giving them one. Berkshire Hathaway has been saving up liquidity specifically in anticipation of a recession. Every time the market dips, the rich end up growing even richer.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 months ago

Same, I'd much rather not have a break in content continuity and I'm ambivalent on being a mod.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 months ago

Hard agree, 100%. If they want to jump ship, fine, but scorched earthing the old 196 is bullshit.

So I made !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone

We'll see how it goes!

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 3 months ago

That's social conditioning, not biology.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 5 months ago

But why? Why do you pre-order? Does it gain you something that waiting until the launch date doesn't provide?

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 5 months ago

Fascism is the problem. Trump is a very notable symptom, but many others are also to blame for the fascism issue, including some democrats. I believe this fixation with Trump is due to people wanting simple answers to complex problems.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 5 months ago

I think this was written by someone who isn't comfortable with extended periods of silence with their partner.

My wife and I barely speak or communicate nonverbally for hours sometimes, then talk at great length other times. We always give each other an opportunity to talk about our day or whatever else is important, but we don't talk about trivial things simply for the sake of talking. We're comfortable with silence.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 6 months ago

I take Xolair, which is billed at about $5k for four syringes. Insurance pays $4875 and the Xolair copay program, run by the manufacturer, pays $125. Why are they so willing to pick up the copay? Before four syringes of Xolair cost about $60 in total to produce.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm solidly a millennial and I think it's hilarious. I also enjoy Smiling Friends so maybe I just like bizarre humor.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 8 months ago

Here you go!

The State Of Mental Health In America

I'll give you a freebie from it: over half of adults with a mental illness don't receive treatment for it. Goooo USA!

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 10 months ago

At least $3.10 per hour, thank you very much! That's the same as $12.49 now.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've been an active user since before lemmy.world, although I'm new to my current instance. Anecdotal but I now see far more comments to the effect of "tankies sure are gonna hate this", where tankies then never show up, than those where they do.

It's especially comical with the Lemmy.world users as their instance has blocked the largest sources of tankies. Even my alts in instances that haven't blocked .ml don't see anywhere near as many tankies as people griping about these tanky boogymen that have yet to arrive. I've even seen people who obviously aren't tankies or even tanky adjacent being accused of being one. I've been accused of being one for just pointing this all out.

I'll suggest a possibly unpopular opinion: the term tankies is turning into Lemmy's equivalent of "woke" - many of those using the term don't seem to know exactly what it means and its loose definition is expanding toward "anyone I don't like".

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