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I dream that one day there is a RiF for Lemmy. But alas, he's building an app for tildes.

Connect for Lemmy has been really good so far, too.

But it's not.

This isn't intentional. Florida's politicians want an educated, wealthy population and to fight a meaningless culture war with Disney and young people (to keep Boomers happy).

They are too dumb to see they can't have their cake and eat it too! This will be one expensive culture war.

Quality universities create quality employees and quality (tax paying) companies. By the end of the decade, and the region will stagnate and you'll see a "new" Republican going full panic mode to fix the damage (while somehow blaming it on Democrats).

In short: There is NO plan. They're just THAT shortsighted! (Everything you see can be, once again, explained by simple Boomer overindulgence)

Now we can doomscroll Lemmy!

Yep. Would have gladly paid $10 a month for Gold had it included API access for RiF (only fair, since I'm skipping the ads).

But noooooooo. Reddit didn't want my money, evidently. So, after 11 years of a VERY active account (made or commented on 10-15k posts over that time), I deleted and left.

It's fine. Lemmy stretches that itch to "scroll" something. And I can use whatever damn app I want.

So, 2003 called....

(Sigh. Enjoy an upvote)

How does a lockdown HELP the economy exactly?

Work still has to be accomplished. Otherwise it's money chasing NO product. Which is what we're still recovering from.

Sometimes doing the right thing (lockdown) has COSTS. Serious economic costs. A "have our cake and eat it" mindset is, sadly, a fallacy.

In fairness, it was either or:

• Take COVID seriously

• Not destroy the economy

Early lockdowns probably saved a million lives. But the supply chain issues we've faced since are the ripple effect from those two/three months. Countries like China that took the pandemic more seriously faced worse economic fallout.

Additionally, the previous administration signed off on Congress sending each us of unemployment, PPP, and thousand dollar checks. All of that helped enormously.

I hate the previous president personally, and feel he's the most unqualified man to ever hold the office, and feel he's the closest we've ever had to a fascist coup. But that does not mean every decision of that administration was automatically wrong.

Or, as a market-based solution: TurboTax raised the price for small business returns to about the same as hiring and accountant. So, now I just hire an accountant.

Thank you! Simply attacking a mode without weighing the number of users using that mode gives us a chart that shows the most-used mode.

Similar to a map of heart attack deaths that shows most happen in New York, California, and Texas.

The principal message at the top sets back acceptance for my trans friend.

By shooting for a distant objective that does not resonate with 90+ percent of people, we run the risk of arming hatefilled right-wing bigots. They can wave this around as "proof" that transgendered and non-binary people deserve entirely no rights.

Can't we shoot for a "You do you, and I'll do me" world where most of us cis people can enjoy our identity in peace -- while extending the same respect to transgendered and non-binary friends who also want to just live life in peace?

Crusading against all gender norma and against all gendered language is not a sustainable game plan here.

GIF was ancient in the YTMND.com days. And nowadays, YTMND is like two decades old. Back when my life had hope.