whotookkarl

joined 1 year ago
[–] whotookkarl 3 points 3 hours ago

"I'm not a malefactor, I'm a lagomorph!" - Max, Sam and Max Hit the Road

[–] whotookkarl 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

The ancient Middle West prophecies speak of a prophet who will lead us to the promised land where there's unlimited pop and deep fried chicken pita wraps with ranch dressing. It's a place that's basically the same as the lyrics from big rock candy mountain.

[–] whotookkarl 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash or maybe the Zoey Ashe series

[–] whotookkarl 1 points 7 hours ago

They should have never rebuilt it and got rid of the president as a thing, it's a fucking lightning rod position for people trying to centralize as much power as they can under an authoritarian hierarchy

[–] whotookkarl 4 points 9 hours ago

Pay hundreds of thousands into Medicare and social security over a lifetime of working for the same government collecting those taxes to gut the systems so they no longer work and give everyone a check for 500 and the rest to the 1%, US has become the last chance remedial class community college of countries.

[–] whotookkarl 19 points 22 hours ago

The real crime should be not seeding after downloading, have some common courtesy

[–] whotookkarl 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I'm not sure about the trees but a bunch of plants release ethylene as a stress response (too much water, not enough water, too much salt, etc), causing fruit to ripen faster likely increasing their chances at successfully reproducing. You can suspend ripening in apples for instance by blocking the ethylene receptors.

[–] whotookkarl 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Student and worker unions striking together would build momentum for non union workers to strike, which is exactly why wealthy politicians outlawed it in 1947. They literally outlawed worker solidarity under Taft Hartley because it's obviously effective. You don't need more than 5-10% of the workforce striking before things grind to a halt, especially if you are coordinating along logistics and supply chains.

Look at effective recent strikes like UAW, start with several strikes across critical supply chains, and when management engages in bad faith negotiations keep adding more strikes.

[–] whotookkarl 8 points 1 day ago

It is surprisingly common in margin illustrations

[–] whotookkarl 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

But I got mine and this free ladder /s

[–] whotookkarl 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I'm seeing a serious lack of Howard the duck

 

The question was raised in a recent .world news article comment https://lemmy.world/post/25766196

 

Been listening to a few lately, a few John Carpenter's, Mayhem was pretty out there, looking for more that are interesting or wildly off topic or entertaining.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by whotookkarl to c/world
 

"In these times of darkness and hopelessness, we wish to share a strong message of solidarity and recognition to those Palestinian journalists who are covering this crisis in such dramatic circumstances. As humanity, we have a huge debt to their courage and commitment to freedom of expression," said Mauricio Weibel, Chair of the International Jury of Media Professionals.

 

Just trying to live with as little advertising as possible and curious what tips or tricks the community has aside from moving out to a cabin in the woods.

I can't really get away from road side advertising for now. Public sporting events are completely infected, and for the ads I am forced to see I try to make a conscious effort not to buy their goods or services. I won't subscribe to a streaming service if they have a sub+ad tier, if they're separate free with ads or sub no ads I'll support it.

Not really for any moral stance, but ad blockers are good at avoiding malware and some services are basically broken if you have to wait for an ad network, and I just feel mentally healthier in general without the extra propaganda.

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