[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago

It'll probably be the last one... but then again, I said that the last several times too. I'll try to enjoy it enough for both of us! 😄

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 4 days ago

Don't put "it" there...

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago

What if all I have is a stationary phone? Oh, forgot to say, it's in a box... and there's no actual phone.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago

Oh that's good to know, thanks. I wonder if it was something special for my instance, or perhaps using Blokada (I thought there were no ads in it, but I can't imagine running a phone without that:-), or something else entirely. If I hadn't moved to PieFed already I would have submitted a bug report. Perhaps I still should if it would help others.

But your scenario at least lessens the projected scenarios of who may be affected, which is good for the sake of making the Fediverse easier to use by more people:-).

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago

Those who know...

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[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 7 points 5 days ago

In the membrane, ofc!

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 38 points 5 days ago

There are multiple whole entire industries dedicated to fleecing such individuals. Health care in the USA for one... Donald Trump's campaign to name another...

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 9 points 5 days ago

They lived in a different time period. Climate change hadn't already happened yet, and the USA especially was sitting on top of the world, as the rest of it had been if not quite decimated then at least heavily damaged by all the bombing from WWII. And we were a socialist nation! Schools, roads, bridges, a fully functioning post office, and so much more. The top marginal tax rate was ~90% and... well anyway.

So yeah, like the Kings of Old, they accumulated "stuff". It made sense to them at the time. Surely nothing would ever like... "change" or anything like that, would it? And they even okayed the dismantling of things like social security, and maintenance of infrastructure - so long as such did not directly impact themselves, it's all good, right? So long as women also lose bodily autonomy, anything that went along with that is A-okay, r-r-right?!

On the bright side, do younger people have less stress, knowing that they don't have to save up for retirement, bc they'll surely die sooner than it would be able to keep up with anyway? Especially with inflation like we've seen lately?

Anyway that was quite a tangent wasn't it? TLDR: people's lives are so very different now, and look to remain that way permanently. And not just in the USA, but due to Brexit, in the UK too. Disinformation campaigns are strikingly effective.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 39 points 5 days ago

Wow, can you imagine having that?

A house that you could put "stuff" into?

Oof.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 22 points 6 days ago

fr fr such gyatt no cap

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