[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 week ago

You're ignoring how much worse it can get, especially for people of color, people who are lgbtq, and yes, people who are making minimum wage and/or getting assistance today.

It does matter.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 3 weeks ago

They aren't illegal to sell.

Manufacturers can't make them any longer, existing inventory is permitted to be sold off. So they can be found on amazon, ebay, and a bunch of other places still. Just won't see any new stock coming in, and places that have less stock (as in, not gigantic warehouses) haven't been getting new ones in for some time. Nearly a year now I believe.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 month ago

Because you want him to screw all those up again? I don't get it.

Every single item on the list has improved under Biden, and literally were made worse under Trump.

I really can't follow the "logic" of your reply.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 month ago

We don't have a national ID, which is part of the issue. As a result, regular identification is by state depts (motor vehicles).

It also means for passports, you need to either fill out the form and mail it in, or visit a State Dept office for some expedited options (requires specific reasons to do so, requires an appointment).

In recent years, the Postmaster General has royally screwed the post office (that's a whole separate thing, so I won't go into that here. Short answer, Trump). So it runs pretty inefficiently, and that's the main way that people are getting passports.

So... Several reasons why.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 month ago

While I get your opinion, these things have definitions. Here's a super simple version:

  • A dumb phone does not connect to the internet. Its a phone. Just a dumb device.
  • A feature phone is what you're referring to here, where it may connect to the internet, but isn't part of some larger ecosystem and is certainly not an app-first approach. Its a phone first, ancillary features are a bonus.
  • Smartphones are your android and iOS devices, which connect to the internet, is part of a large ecosystem of applications, is an internet first oriented device, etc.

So yes, this is a feature phone from what I've read of the translation.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately it did work out better than others, and yet two teachers and two 14 year old children were killed.

The FBI had been out to see the 14yr old who murdered classmates and teachers. Spoken with his parents, and him. He denied everything, no probable cause, so they put the schools on alert, and that made for a quicker response.

Which means this went really well by comparison to other school shootings, and yet it clearly wasn't good enough - two 14 year old students and two teachera died.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 month ago

I don't either (can't actually eat there anyway due to allergies).

Anyway, its $8.69 by me, so yes.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 month ago

So... Just Robert Picardo then?

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Abusive, yes, but as far as I'm aware not violent. Still fits (calling 911 as per the post), but not for physical abuse.

He has been known to publicly harass and threaten (it's why he was barred from the Grammy awards), he's been sued by employees for harassment, intimidation, retaliation,and discrimination, and even failure to pay his employees, and he's also being sued by his former personal* assistant for sexual harassment, including him masturbating in front of her.

Kanye is 100% an abusive PoS. Just not, as of now, physically abusive afaik.

Edit: Stupid autocorrect typo personally/personal

Edit 2: Some violence

https://pagesix.com/2024/01/10/entertainment/kanye-west-sued-for-allegedly-punching-and-disfiguring-autograph-seeker/

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/01/kanye-west-reportedly-under-investigation-for-battery

Second article starts with an amazing line:

Kanye West, the disgraced former shoe salesman and dinner companion of Holocaust-denier Nick Fuentes

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 3 months ago

Lucy Lawless is an absolute treasure of a human being.

When your fan club has a week dedicated to being charitable, you're deserving of those fans.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 3 months ago

I'd say the / should be a > but agreed.

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