[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 68 points 10 months ago

Half of us are being dragged, the other half is pulling us. It's illegal for the ones being dragged to protect themselves from the ones pulling us as we live in a state.

Then there's the leftist non-voters who seem to think that if you don't choose Republican or Democrat we default to peaceful communism.

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 61 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Is he not aware he's gonna be gassed with the other browns?

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 55 points 11 months ago

The job of police officer attracts psychopaths and sadists.

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 75 points 11 months ago

These are better ideas than I hear coming from anyone actually in government.

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 83 points 1 year ago

Yep, there needs to be real consequences. In addition, no member of that board or executive team should be able to act in those positions in any company for like 5 yrs.

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Just wanted to share a tip, poultry lacers make the best pokers, and they come in bulk for cheap, you can find them at grocery stores, that jungle store, etc.

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 63 points 1 year ago

Because it's not currently profitable in most cases. Capitalism ensures that the merit of an idea comes secondary to it's profitability. We don't get the best things, we get the profitable things.

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 60 points 1 year ago

If women helped each other kill their rapists, the world would be a better place real soon.

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One of the primary purposes of the police is to be able to break labor uprisings. This is so wrong and should be prevented in the strongest way possible. What do you all think? Is the U.S. constitution able to restrict police?

People from outside the U.S., what do you think of this type of idea?

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I wanna rock right now

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 90 points 1 year ago

:%s/is/was/g

:wq

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submitted 1 year ago by kool_newt@lemm.ee to c/news@lemmy.world

Here's some good news for you.

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 56 points 1 year ago

NEW CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

No person shall hold an elected or appointed position past the age of 10 years younger than average life expectancy, to be updated each census year. A special election is held to replace the person when this age is reached in the case of elected office. A new appointment required in 30 days for appointed positions.

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I find myself to be a stereotypical Lemmy user. I'm trans, (anarcho-) communist, a programmer and Linux engineer.

I'm older, I transitioned (ugh I hate that word) about 2 decades ago. I got into computers consciously and very intentionally. I knew I'd need to support myself soon and spent a good amount of time thinking what industries or companies might be willing to hire someone like me (this was even before trans people had employment rights in California!). I chose computers because I felt like it was an industry where someone might hire me, I could make enough to survive and pay for surgery, and because it seemed one where my co-workers would be less likely to beat me up or kill me.

When it comes to communism, I have a hunch that being trans forces you to think about society and why you are not accepted, who is causing your troubles and why. It seems apparent why someone so low on the social acceptance ladder as a trans person would be repelled by exploitation based zero-sum systems and attracted to systems that would allow them to survive and thrive.

Linux seemed just fundamentally awesome to me. You mean people could just choose to get together, coordinate, and build one of the most complex things to exist on the planet and give it away for free? Sign me up! I think Lemmy and the Fediverse are attractive for similar reasons.

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There are massive trains in Australia with no driver just doing their thing endlessly.

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 102 points 1 year ago

I'm working on essentially removing Google from my life.

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 89 points 1 year ago

All this enshittification lately really inspires me to de-google.

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