raltoid

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[–] raltoid 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

You don't hire your partner as the head of HR unless you want to hide a bad work enviroment.

[–] raltoid 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Long story short, he was always a slimy asshole, but here are some key points from wikipedia and just in regards to his mayoral position:

  • Hated the homeless and tried to have them "removed"(used cops to arrest them and shove them in overcrowded shetlers. A church ended up suing the city for their right to help homeless people)

  • "cracked down on crime", by basically aggressively arresting people for minor crimes like jumping the turnstile.

  • Tried to stop multiple community service proogram for the mentally ill, elderly, day-care, etc.

  • Big fan of "eminent domain" to take buildings and give them to his sponsors.

  • Racist with multiple racist pollcies, many staffers and leaders left because of him.

  • He threaten funding for the Brooklyn Musem if they didn't remove several pieces, specifically including one called "The Holy Virgin Mary" which was of a black person. Calling it a governement-supported attack on christianity and they had to sue the city.

  • Campaigned on fixing public schools, but cut $2bill of their budget and $4.7bill from the repairs budget

  • Two days after Columbine he said he wanted to "blow up" the Board of Education.

  • Wanted to imprison the teachers union president if they went into strike(their contract was up and the city hadn't started any renegotiation)

  • Allegedly cheated on his wife with his spokeswoman

  • Tried to threaten Time Warner to have Fox on their cable network, and defended Murdoch when all the surveillance and bribery scandals came about

  • His administration lost 22 out of 26 civil liberty lawsuits against them, mostly for trying to stifle first amandment rights.

  • He wanted a deal with Virginia in which they had to take NYCs trash, in exchange for them being able to visit NYCs culture sites. He also tried to send it to New Jersey, and announced that wihtout actually talking to them first, at all. This all happened because he closed a landfill 20-30 years too early , because he didn't like how it looked, so it had to be shipped out of town. Costing millions, causing even more pollution, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayoralty_of_Rudy_Giuliani#Criticisms_and_controversies

And much, much more.

[–] raltoid 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They are well aware, they just never expect that it willl impact their own lives, because they all think they're the special one who is excempt.

Hence the famous quote "He's not hurting the right ones".

[–] raltoid 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Odysee is an alternative in the same way that parler is technically an alternative to twitter.

But most sane people stay far away.

[–] raltoid 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's insane how stupid they are. They honestly think they're so smart and good at lying that no one can figure it out without being told.

[–] raltoid 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's literally impossible to change your mind, because you are living in a delusion or your own making.

[–] raltoid 27 points 1 year ago (18 children)

I was shocked when I found out how common external/bleeding hemorrhoids can be(Almost 3/4 adults will have them from time to time).

Then it all clicked when I realized people sit on the toilet for 15min+, which is a major contributor to that condition.

[–] raltoid 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The point wasn't to skip breakfast, it was that a big one isn't necessary. Have a piece of toast, have a giant breakfast or none at all. It's usually fine to follow your bodies need if you're hungry or thirsty. It's just that some people think it's important to have a big breakfast, which is a untrue. A small refreshing or nurishing one is much better in many cases.

[–] raltoid 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The bible has a bunch of different references to oil, as it was used a lamp fuel(and some rituals).

This one refers to Revelation 6:6

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

From KJ or this one from the NIV

Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “Two pounds of wheat for a day’s wages, and six pounds of barley for a day’s wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!”

Referring to how the price of food would go up, but oil and alcohol would not.

[–] raltoid 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Mondelez and Unilever has their fingers in in so much stuff that even if you're trying to boycott them you probably aren't.

For reference here is an incomplete list of Mondelez brands:

  • 5 Star
  • Cadbury
  • Clorets
  • Côte d'Or
  • Daim
  • Freia
  • Halls
  • Marabou (chocolate)
  • Maynards Bassetts
  • Milka
  • Nabisco
  • Philadelphia Cream Cheese
  • Royal Baking Powder Company
  • Sour Patch Kids
  • Stride (gum)
  • Tang
  • Toblerone
  • Twisties
  • Velveeta
  • Vizzolini

Some major subcompanies:

  • Kraft Foods - All the groceries they produce
  • Nabisco - Belvita, Chips Ahoy!, Nutter Butter, Oreo, Ritz Crackers, Shredded Wheat, Triscuit, Wheat thins, etc.

And much more.


Unilever brands they own or control part of(Will be very incomplete, since they own an insane amount of companies):

  • Ben & Jerry's
  • Breyers
  • Calippo
  • Fudgesicle
  • Klondike
  • Popsicle
  • Weis
  • Wall's

  • Knorr
  • Hellman's
  • Maizena
  • Pfanni
  • Pot Noodle

  • Jif/Cif
  • Lipton
  • Comfort
  • Omo

  • Axe
  • Brylcreem
  • Clear
  • Close-Up
  • Dollar Shave Club
  • Dove
  • Elida Beauty
  • Lux/Caress
  • Noxzema
  • Pepsodent
  • Pond's
  • Q-Tips
  • Radox
  • Rexona/Degree
  • Schimdt's Natural
  • Seventh Generation
  • Signal
  • Simple
  • Thermasilk
  • Vaseline

Loads more, in addition to many of them, like Elide Beuaty, have multiple sub-companies/brands.

[–] raltoid 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm really glad I live in a place where this driver would get a big fine the first time they're stopped, and most likely get their vehicle impounded if they were seen more than a few days later with the lights still attached.

(EDIT: Anyone complaining that they need this many are lying or they have very low intelligence. If you need this llevel of light, you have a generator and actual lights in the back of the truck. If you need one or two of the huge ones for actual work, you'd have covers for them, which makes it legal again(since you'd have to stop the car and get out to turn them on, and can't just flick them on while driving since that is a deadly hazard to others))

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