LimeZest

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[–] LimeZest@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 days ago

Do you think gay pride started so gay people could show off all their advantages and privilege in life? The whole point is that people who are different deserve no less respect and dignity than the rest of society and shouldn't have to try to hide themselves in shame. You don't have to observe it though if it doesn't appeal to you. It's opt-in, not opt-out.

[–] LimeZest@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This report is inaccurate and did not take the time to double check the official streams. It is actually the PBS stream that has extra cheering/applause and the Fox News version is without. I’m honestly surprised because Fox News is the one with a lengthy history of lying on air.

PBS https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Unp5XoyXg&t=2h14m29s

Fox News https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HA912GFr2_U&t=2h18m39s

[–] LimeZest@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Its population is too small to make it into this study, but it was mentioned in the press release from Colombia alongside Venice and Jakarta as rapidly subsiding coastal metropolises that have drawn media attention.

[–] LimeZest@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is still about the location, but not in the way you’d expect. It’s near Hollywood so movies were made about it and it’s the next most notorious American prison after Guantanamo that Trump has heard of. I guarantee this is his Plan B after Guantanamo didn’t work out.

[–] LimeZest@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago

There are some messed up people in the military who are willing to do questionable things, but they still have friends and family outside of the military who would certainly look down on that. I think most people would balk at orders to gun down the other branches of government, especially since the court and Congress are majority conservative and ostensibly on Trump’s side and the military leans conservative. If there is a public massacre, it’ll probably be someone he sees as an easy target for his show of force, immigrants that he was blocked from deporting perhaps

[–] LimeZest@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago

Elon is older than the stepsister his dad impregnated, she’s 37 years old. Her mother had children by Musk’s father as well, so that is one weird family tree.

https://people.com/elon-musks-dad-told-him-fathers-day-2022-fathered-second-child-with-former-stepdaughter-book-7967981

[–] LimeZest@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

That is expensive! In Texas it is $33 for a standard driver’s license and lasts 8 years. All these recommendations to get a passport card make a lot more sense now. I was confused at first because passports here are way less affordable than a driver’s license and you can’t drive with a passport, so you still need that driver’s license in a car-centric state. Real ID started rolling out in 2012 so people have really been dragging their feet if they still don’t have one. I don’t think you can get a driver’s license or ID card here without Real ID. Also stores that sell alcohol don’t take a passport here either, so you need a state ID if you want to drink.

[–] LimeZest@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you really want to leave Republicans in charge of the legislature until Cruz is up for reelection?

[–] LimeZest@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

xAI is Elon’s AI company. I don’t think the value at which he is willing to sell his one company to his other company applies much to anything outside of Musk’s companies.

[–] LimeZest@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 4 months ago (4 children)

It is normal for older people to be jaded. Having the young, idealistic age start out life jaded and miserable really drags the average down.

[–] LimeZest@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Just because someone has a higher paycheck and a slightly nicer car doesn’t mean they have made it beyond living a paycheck to paycheck grind. Most of these people are living in a slightly more expensive neighborhood that eats up a lot of those slightly higher wages and they still have to budget for major purchases like a new car. Tesla owners aren’t a bunch of hedge fund managers living in mansions behind gates, separate from the rest of us. I don’t have a Tesla myself, but I live in a boring suburban neighborhood full of Teslas.

[–] LimeZest@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

Not necessarily, it could be like Russia electing Putin into office. In 2008 he traded roles and became prime minister due to the consecutive term limits they had there, then he went back to the presidency and abolished that whole restriction so he could remain president for the rest of his life. Russia still has elections, but opposition candidates get disappeared. It’s more of democracy theater than actual democracy.

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