ImADifferentBird

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[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah, OK. Fuck that then.

Vote. Vote like your life depends on it. It does.

Biden sucks, but he can at least be convinced to do the right thing sometimes (and even if he can't, another election is four years away). Trump is a straight up fascist autocrat.

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

No, but I can read.

We absolutely should be talking about this story in the broader context of our society, including, yes, the election. I don't know what conversations you've had with that user in the past, but the election and our leaders should absolutely be brought up here. They are the people with the power to fix things, after all.

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

This is not a story uniquely about them, is my point. This story could be about any employer in Anaheim, or in many parts of the country. This particular one just happens to be about Disney.

You would have us ignore the context this story exists in, which is perilous. Even if Disney doubled everybody's salary overnight, that wouldn't fix any of the issues that brought us to this point; there would still be millions of workers who can't afford to live, just a few less. But that's the mistake everybody makes - "Look at these awful people! Aren't they awful?!" without looking at the broader issues that enrich awful people and encourage people to be awful.

If you truly want things to change, you should welcome this talk, not push back against it.

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago (17 children)

The Walt Disney Company is awful, true, but do not make the mistake of thinking they are uniquely awful. This is every company. This is the world we live in. The whole damn system is rotten to the core, and the people with the power to fix it either do nothing to do so or deliberately make it worse for their own benefit.

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You know, it seems like a lot of plans have been coming out of the White House lately, that sound absolutely amazing. But given the timing, I have to wonder how much of this is them throwing anything they can at the wall to see what sticks.

Don't get me wrong, at this point, I'd vote Biden over Trump even if the man was literally comatose. But I'm just wondering if this is an attempt by the Biden admin to get any allies they can get in preparation for a convention fight and a difficult election when the candidate himself has proven to be unable to motivate people.

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love Mark Briscoe. He's a treasure.

I've hated Hogan since the 90s, when I found out what a cancer he was backstage at WCW. Didn't help when I found out he's the reason wrestlers don't have a union.

For a lot of us fans, Hogan has been the devil way before we knew he was a racist POS.

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Camacho wasn't that bright, and was in over his head, but at least he was smart enough to realize that, and he had the best interests of his people at heart. And when he found somebody who was smarter than him and might actually have solutions to the problems his people faced, he actually listened. Though he did sentence him to "rehabilitation" when the plan initially appeared unsuccessful.

For that alone, Camacho would be a better president than Trump.

My understanding is, it's just a matter of if the Crowdstrike updater service manages to connect to the internet long enough to download the patch before the core service takes a shit.

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know, I just realized what would be a great episode, but it's going to take a long time to do (until the NDAs run out, anyway): CM Punk in AEW.

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's on the right side politically, definitely. Big believer in human rights, and has spoken up publicly in favor of abortion and trans rights.

I hear that he's a nightmare in his personal life due to being a big huge ball of trust issues, but he definitely ain't no fascist.

They've covered most of the bigger stories, but there's no end of sleaze in the wrestling world. There will always be plenty of material for them to dissect.

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