drb91

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by drb91 7y ago
If this is off topic, so are all topics of substance. “Flamebait” is just a term for “topic you’d rather not have on the forum”. I don’t particularly care for the guidelines as they significantly harm the quality of conversation. You’re wel
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by drb91 7y ago
Well the obvious response is that those individuals are also soulless.
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by drb91 7y ago
Illegal immigration depresses wages because capitalists can pay under the minimum wage. Granting citizenship would increase wages for the working class. I’m fine with depressing wages above that.
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by drb91 7y ago
Some people care about others without an end. Parties are free to exploit this.
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by drb91 7y ago
Women work. Withholding labor is a threat to the state. Women were a crucial part of the civil rights movement. Women are absolutely a threat to the state.
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by drb91 7y ago
> Facebook/Instagram/Twitter definitely have a better shot. They would just clone youtube—they have the exact same relationship with advertisers. I don’t see that gaining any traction.
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by drb91 7y ago
If you mean “ad free” I’m totally with you.
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by drb91 7y ago
In my circles, it’s been a running joke since about 2014 that the porn was the only quality content left.
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by drb91 7y ago
Well, it seems we simply disagree about the meaning of basic english words like “border” here, so I’m going to bed.
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by drb91 7y ago
I have no clue what people envision when they considering a secure border. It’s impossible.
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by drb91 7y ago
Ahh yes, the old “deport all undocumented residents or have open borders” false dichotomy. As if securing a border is possible. Just make it mildly difficult and that’s gonna be the best bang for your buck. Wow! We already solved it!
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by drb91 7y ago
Wtf did forced integration come from? There’s cultural variation everywhere and it rarely corresponds with political borders (or happens as a consequence of it I suppose).
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by drb91 7y ago
Those stoners keep rioting! Throw ‘em in jail and ignore their skin color.
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by drb91 7y ago
So we can discuss men but not women on this forum?
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by drb91 7y ago
Is this a joke? Half the damn comments on this site are entirely unsubstantiated bullshit and you’re enforcing the rule on THIS comment which doesn’t even make a claim to be substantiated? If you’re claiming it is without substance you’re s
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by drb91 7y ago
The point is to get rich people elected. Xenophobia is one means to this end, and deportation is one manifestation. I don’t think I’ve met an undocumented resident I wouldn’t fight for; I’d much rather deport citizens who conspire to lower
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by drb91 7y ago
The idea of nationality is pretty silly too.
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by drb91 7y ago
Are there transcripts anywhere outside youtube?
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by drb91 7y ago
> It doesn't seem much different from the way you're already required to show your physical passport and they check your photo manually. Well, now they can check your identity anywhere with a camera removing all agency. Yay!
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by drb91 7y ago
Landlords have been taking cash from the pockets of people who actually labor for millennia. Stealing? More like emancipating.
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by drb91 7y ago
Hell let’s aim for six. I doubt I’d get anything less done.
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by drb91 7y ago
Who am I to judge the quality of your life? Nobody can judge that but you.
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by drb91 7y ago
Problematic to mental health professionals, maybe. Not everyone aligns their life around the same values of western medicine.
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by drb91 7y ago
> Capital is necessary but not sufficient for innovation. Yes, this is true. My point was more that innovative products are profitable, not necessarily the novel tool we need. See: smartphones and walled garden app stores. Innovative for
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by drb91 7y ago
I don’t subscribe to asceticism in the least, but the perceived benefits and dangers are subjective and unlikely to be shared with health professionals. What you are referencing sounds like a similar situation. I believe the least painful l
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by drb91 7y ago
I thought the primary advantage tesla cars have over others is the charging network—these cars are already easily differentiated. I’m also sure people are enthused about quality and self driving but that doesn’t do much for me.
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by drb91 7y ago
It’s really hard to be optimistic when the good these companies do is bound by the same market dynamics that feed many of the crises we face today. I don’t like Musk, but I’m at worst neutral about the companies; what would optimism look li
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by drb91 7y ago
I agree, but it seems silly to assume that offices are peak productivity for everyone—this is a common excuse for not allowing remote work. Some of this is understandable but it really comes down to resentment between remote vs in person.
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by drb91 7y ago
Actually yea, the modern sense of innovation exists as an idea to serve capital. See: Joseph Schumpeter. The non-capital bound version is simply invention.
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by drb91 7y ago
Agreed.

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