fluxion

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[–] fluxion 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'm glad armored vehicles are finally back on the table but holy shit guys this was all obviously needed months ago. And we had the capability to be training more troops this whole time? How long do we expect that to last under Trump?

[–] fluxion 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

$1-$2 month maybe: they want $7 which is close enough to a Hulu/Netflix subscription fee that you immediately realize it's not tenable to subscribe to all the major news sites you read, so then you start needing to build a "top 5" in your head because that's all you can reasonably budget and that's either too much of a PITA for whatever article you're trying to read or you realize Verge isn't in that top 5 and move on

[–] fluxion 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

“We cannot impeach the president tomorrow and hand over the regime to Lee Jae-Myung’s Democratic party. It is not for the sake of protecting President Yoon Suk Yeol, but for the sake of the Republic of Korea’s system and our children’s future. I cannot participate in the impeachment of the president tomorrow,” Yoon told reporters.

Don't get too comfortable, fascist idiots like this still seem more than willing to put party politics over country.

"children's future"... Your fucking president just tried to become Kim Jong Un. So fucking sick of the insane people we tolerate as political leaders.

[–] fluxion 64 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

It's really not that hard to run an insurance company without making people want to murder you

[–] fluxion 22 points 2 weeks ago

And her personally raging about FBI background checks GEE I WONDER WHY

[–] fluxion 19 points 2 weeks ago

And now we've given them all a do-over...

[–] fluxion 3 points 2 weeks ago

Apparently the new hotness is to just declare martial law when things don't go your way

[–] fluxion 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fortunately I did manage to exploit my then in-between status to purchase a home before covid, but i had to permanently sacrifice avocado toast to do it.

[–] fluxion 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I was early 80s and grew up with those things too, but really I think if your childhood internet experience was "wtf is that" or BBS boards, then that's the GenX cut-off, whereas millennials got the full WWW/AOL+ experience.

Millennials were the "Information Age" generation, and being a part of that, when there was some thought that free access to information and true knowledge would connect us all and bring us all into a new world... Before that was all completely crushed by corporate/government manipulation... that really feels like the defining aspect of being a millennial to me.

It becomes a far more defining characteristic to me as I see where the world is heading. That's probably why a lot of us "older" folks are here, escaping enshittification and weaponized social media platforms, searching for some semblance of what we grew up with. It's making me a bit emotional to be honest... another "millennial" thing i suppose.

[–] fluxion 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I tried to resist being lumped in with millennials, meekly clung to "Xennials" for a time, but I've accepted my place finally.

[–] fluxion 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wouldn't be surprised if the incoming administration saw this and added "bring back leaded gasoline" to their anti-woke agenda so they can more easily manipulate future generations.

[–] fluxion 4 points 2 weeks ago

That's the slick part: they don't expect that you will have any power to ever vote them out of office again so they can do whatever they want! It's that sort of brilliant radical thinking that has energized American voters to put these fascists back in power after their practice run!

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