phubarr

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[–] phubarr 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The most ironic thing is that if you open a history book, you can see that we convinced nearly the entire world join us in crapping all over communism, because of its tendency to almost certainly lead to corruption and mass suffering DUE TO GREED. Now look at us, we're just one bad presidential term away from being just as bad off as the USSR. "Trickle-down economics" didn't "trickle down" at all, it just funneled more wealth to the greedy rich. Oligarchy, anyone? Now, as a result, if you want (or don't want) a law to apply to you, you can just pay enough money into the corrupt system and get the rules changed for you. The concept of "trickle down economics" was truly a communist policy in sheep's clothing.

[–] phubarr 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

To add a little more context, I worked at a corporate marketing firm for 16 years, and I can see through their bullshit ulterior motives like a superpower.

The US is heading into a society where ALL corporations will have their own "loyalty" cards, which you present at time of payment for your discount, which actually serves to track your consumer habits (through being linked to your personal information like name, email address, phone number, physical address, etc).

Eventually, as this opt-in, privacy-invasive trend goes unregulated by our government (due to corporate infiltration of our government's regulatory agencies, the term being "regulatory capture". Learn this word, you will see it on your exam later.), what we see as advertised prices will begin to only apply to those with loyalty cards, the hidden meaning being that the sale price is contingent upon providing your private data. The corporations will pour millions into researching the smallest possible discount which will convince you to participate. Make no mistake, rest assured this is by design, the various industries have colluded, directly or indirectly, during this greedflation era to make it so financially difficult to exist, and have made us all so desperate to get by, we are everything but forced into their privacy disclosure program because we need every little bit that helps.

Goodbye privacy.

Say goodbye to the days of traditional, old-fashioned "here's a sale, here's the money" type of transaction. The buzzards in corporate finance department have found yet another incrementally more efficient way of extracting even more profit from you during the sale process. The era of loyalty cards/proprietary corporate apps is coming fast and hard, so get used to it because it won't be going anywhere but further up your ass. I see these trends and this is ultimately why I left my corporate career. Once I saw it's cold unquenchable heart of greed, I didn't want to use my talent to further stoke the flames to revive the capitalistic greedfest that consumed the 80s. The only difference is that in the 80s, they lacked the technology, government policy, and the understanding of the socioeconomic mathematical models in order for the 1% to plunge us deeper into this hellscape we enjoy today.

[–] phubarr 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

At the point that greedy corporate vultures realized that people don't perceive or completely understand the privacy you're giving up in exchange for a few percent off your order, which you better believe has already been jacked up to compensate for the discount.

GrapheneOS protects your privacy, so if the companies pushing their apps can't harvest your data, they see no reason to let you use the app to get your discount.

If they can't trick you, they don't want you playing their game.

[–] phubarr 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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*I've served my county as a firefighter/EMT and have seen this first hand, with my own eyes, more than once, so don't tell me it doesn't happen.

[–] phubarr 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Believe it or not I'm still thinking about what you said here. Just today I was thinking how ridiculous it was that the same people who condemned communism due to its tendency for corruption due to greed advocated for trickle-down economics, as if it wasn't subject to the same exact behavioral flaw. Looking back at it almost 40 years later (I was there, I remember the 80s), it comes off like the US didn't think their shit could possibly stink. The 80s was all about glamorizing capitalistic greed, but it's almost like trickle-down economics was a communist policy in disguise. I'm definitely not pro-Putin, but I can definitely see why your theory holds water. We gave the Kremlin every reason to hate us. Now it's our turn to get destroyed by greed and corruption. The same generation who were 20-30 in the 80s and living the greed-life are now 60-70 and filling the seats of congress and the c-suites/boards of corporations.

[–] phubarr 1 points 2 weeks ago

Have you ever tried just not having swap? Maybe don't have a swap partition and see what results you get. I think there's even a command that turns your swap completely off, too. Google "swapoff". Good luck my friend.

[–] phubarr 42 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

He submitted a claim to be at large but was only approved for "at small"

[–] phubarr 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

annihilated by creator

[–] phubarr 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They just CAN'T let us have something. They don't even have a good reason to take it from us, they just don't want us to have it.

[–] phubarr 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I've been telling people for years, Russia most certainly influenced the outcome of the US elections because they have a huge interest in placing inept, incompetent, easily manipulated fools in power, in their "enemy" countries.

It wouldn't surprise me if they had something to do with an actor becoming president of Ukraine. They had plans to take Ukraine, and they didn't want a real politician in power when they tried it.

[–] phubarr 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd love to know why you know these terms. I'm a huge etymology nerd and I eat this stuff up.

This entire thread begs the question, why do some people have a first name for a last name? Is it just a less-clear patronym?

[–] phubarr 2 points 1 month ago

Use a pie launcher that can emulate the back button, like LMT Launcher. The back button will always be about an inch from wherever your thumb already happens to be.

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