zovits

joined 1 year ago
[–] zovits -5 points 9 months ago

The proper response would have been to apologize at the first opportunity.

[–] zovits 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget 0, that's valid as well.

[–] zovits 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The standard of living in Hungary has been constantly declining since orbán has been in power. His voter base is still going strong nonetheless, especially among the poorest. These people have no future, but also no present either - they'll vote for the name they hear the most often, or the one their employer tells them to. They being mostly jobless, that employer being the village mayor via the public works programme, and usually a puppet of orbán as well. Checkmate, liberal democracy.

[–] zovits 18 points 11 months ago
[–] zovits 4 points 1 year ago

I always thought it was more like toast.

[–] zovits 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the non-dismissive reply and for the additional context. Just to clarify, I have only voiced my view on the "avoid killing innocents when others are in danger" situation - I admittedly lack the knowledge regarding the big picture to be able to pass judgement or offer solutions. But it seems the answer to your last question is pretty clear: everybody involved in this situation in any way is bad for some degree.

[–] zovits 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Imagine a comic strip where the Joker is holding a kid hostage at gunpoint. With his other gun he repeatedly shoots random people on the street. Batman shows up but does nothing, for he doesn't want the boy to die. Bam, another passerby dead. And another. Bam-bam, this time it's a twofer. Then Superman shows up and eye-lasers the Joker cleanly in half along with the kid.

Whose action resulted in fewer deaths?

[–] zovits 1 points 1 year ago

This. In a modern society there's no natural right (or even a need) to own firearms.

And it's hard to imagine that Hamas could smuggle weapons, build rockets in basements, set up launchers between apartment blocks, fire missiles and return to step one - if the people of Palestine actually opposed them. But since they are able to do all of this, at least a significant portion of the people must actively support them and basically everyone else needs to tolerate their presence and activities.

[–] zovits 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the heads up, I had no cracking issues yet, but after years of daily use the screen protector got worn out and the kickstand broke loose. Now I'm on the second one of the same model, but it's still going strong with no real issues.

[–] zovits 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

These are the things I'm glad I got back then and would get again if they broke, that fit the price category:

  • an onion comb for dicing
  • shoehorn with a long handle
  • 3 stage knife sharpening station
  • wireless phone charger (no more fiddling in the dark with the cable)
  • magnetic keychain holder (from AntPocket tools)
  • Unicorn Beetle Pro phone case and belt holster (if you're on board with the aesthetic)
  • a pair of Klim earbuds (wired, with foam tips)
[–] zovits -2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Yes, that's my conclusion as well. What job doesn't require any of these?

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