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submitted 1 week ago by Qwazpoi@lemmy.world to c/socialism@lemmy.ml

I've noticed that talking to people that some common tropes seem to come up when topics like socialism come up.

Basically I hear a lot of defense of capitalism that boils down to capitalism is good because "I personally benefit". As well as "I've heard bad things about socialism", ie taxes are too high in countries with good healthcare and social programs.

I wanted to know if other people have these issues come up in conversation and if people more well spoken than me have a way of getting through the road blocks and have some easy starting points for discussing things with people.

I feel like propaganda and fear mongering have placed a divide that make talking about things harder

[-] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Landlord messaged again a second time after his mom left saying that he's selling the place. He also sent a few messages bragging about how he's not going to turn off utilities in response to me telling his mom to leave.

He messaged again. Well the felon is coming back over apparently. Apparently the landlord has more stuff he wants him to get. The landlord messaged that right after work called me to see if I want some OT. I guess I have to choose between staying and reporting the guy (I don't want to be getting charged if something happens between this guy and his gf) and getting paid. I'd prefer if he was actually sending people over for legit reasons but I guess I'm just supposed to accept the fact that 3 times in a 24 hour period different people are just going to be coming and going through my place, none with a proper notice (48 hours where I'm from, unless they are there for some kind of emergency repairs).

I'm not sure if they are smart enough to actually give a legitimate eviction notice. The message that he sent me wouldn't fly as one where I'm at.

He's basically just been stacking up a bunch of different behaviors and things that violate the tenant act here for the last year or so. I plan on definitely appealing the judgment with my copies of my payment information and correspondence from the landlord. If he tries to come up with an eviction that is for something wrong on my end of things instead of a no-cause one, I think his slumlord behavior wouldn't look so great on his part. I think it would be a while before I need to get out because he's not handling anything legally.

Knowing him I think instead of giving an actual eviction notice he's going to assume that some vague text he sent counts and then just call the police on me. All of that probably gives me a bit of extra time to save up some money for finding a better place to stay.

Yeah sorry my thoughts are all a mess here I'm not sure if I'm properly describing the situation or getting across everything that's happening but basically it's been bad for a while. He doesn't handle anything the correct way. It's like he could have these people over all he wants if he would just send a message two days in advance and there wouldn't be a thing I could do about it, but he doesn't instead he freaks out when I'm not there to handle his guests or provide them access.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Qwazpoi@lemmy.world to c/antilandlords@lemmy.ca

My landlord has a storage closet in the house and he told his friend to come in today while I was at work. The front door has a deadbolt so rather than using the side door he jumped in through my bedroom window and went and got whatever from the storage and left.

My landlord texted me to tell me he was very disappointed that this is the second time in a row that I was not allowing access for his random friends and family to come over and check on the place (last time I actually was at the doctor's office when apparently his mom couldn't get in without more than 1 hours notice).

He's sending over his mother in the morning which he messaged me at 9pm. I really want to just leave the deadbolt unlocked and just call the cops and tell them she's trespassing when she shows up.

Also the icing on the cake of all of this is apparently the thing that his friend was coming to get was a gun that he was storing with my landlord because he is a prohibited possessor, not allowed to have guns because he has domestic violence charges.

Update: The mom did end up coming over. She started saying she's in charge now and went back and forth about asking me to do maintenance on the outside of the property that I'm not responsible for and just talking bs I said that they can just evict me if they want and then started screaming up until I said "If there isn't anything else can you please go". That made her pretty irate and she said she was calling the cops.

She started tossing things around the kitchen and I went into my room locked it and called the cops. They showed up in about a minute and asked her to leave and she said that the whole reason that she had came there was for a piece of furniture or something. They took her over to a couch that was probably bigger than her car and she tried dragging it for about 3 feet then said she doesn't need it and left.

The landlord ended up messaging me afterwards telling me I was never a tenant here and he's going to get proof and then asked if I could be out in a few weeks.

[-] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I'd argue that quake did far more for 3D graphics then it did for FPS. Like Doom is what got FPS into the spotlight even though Wolfenstein 3d came first. Like quake is pretty much what made real 3D possible and doable on the hardware of the time thanks to everything going on under the hood

[-] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

the process still relies on fetal bovine serum (FBS) as a protein-rich growth supplement for animal cell cultures.

FBS, which costs around £300 to £700 per litre

Also this all comes from a submission to an art museum in 2020, it's not supposed to be an actual product it's more of a proof of concept type of thing.

[-] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Exactly. Those in the highest positions of power should damn well have criticism. The argument otherwise seems to imply that accountability and transparency have no place in American politics

[-] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Maybe they believe that the supreme court is more influenced by money than ideology?

[-] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

In 1921 the first vaccine for tuberculosis came out. In 2021 1.6 million people died from tuberculosis.

The medicine existing is great, but something tells me the people who need won't be getting it.

[-] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

I'm assuming you read it as "She's 10" and not "She's a 10"

[-] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If we're looking into their heating capacity they should be able to heat approximately 7 and 1/2 gallons of water an hour. A lower end water heater can supply about 85 gallons of water per hour so you'd need about 11 of them to meet a small house capacity.

If we're looking at their water holding capacity and power consumption. The average house has a 40-60 gallon water heater and a Keurig has a 48oz reservoir. You would need 107 to get to a 40 gallons capacity. When heating they use 1500 watts according to the Internet, so you'd need 160,500 watts (or 1,345.75 amps) of Keurigs to be the equivalent of a low end water heater for a house. The average 40 gallon heater uses between 4500 and 5500 watts.

[-] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

You don't need to get insurance just because you have a license. You can have a license and no car.

It could help you as far as some employers will ask if you have one and a few situations like that.

There's no real downside other than paying for the drivers license test. Even after it expires it'll still work for an ID.

[-] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Margaret Thatcher's grave is a very lovely public urinal. That's one good thing.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Qwazpoi@lemmy.world to c/kenshi@lemmy.world

Here's it on it's side.

[-] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago

My coworker's cousin got a vaccine once and later they dropped their cell phone and cracked the screen. Coincidence, or proof of the evils of vaccination?

[-] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

What's extra scary is the thought that there will be no stories coming out about how this is abused. Not to say that it won't be, just that the stories that will come out will be how scary the world is and how the police are the only ones keeping everyone safe. Meanwhile some cop is watching someone sleep, or shower, or anything else in the privacy of their own home.

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