Sir_Kevin

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[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 hours ago

As a man who owns multiple kilts I can confirm there will be some assholes that have something to say.

On the other hand, those encounters have been outweighed by the compliments and enthusiasm I've also gotten.

All that said, I say just do you. Haters gonna hate, people will judge. Stop caring about those people and live Your life.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 10 hours ago

They're repeating with social media what they've already done with cable networks. And it's as easy as paying off a handful of people.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly! They wouldn't install spyware on your phone if it didn't give them more/better information on you.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

..you can just make a second account..

I'm already gone if I have to make an account to run an OS on my hardware. Fuck everything about that.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I do agree.

But a few thousand people going vegan isn't going to shut down the meat industry. And we don't have time for a gradual shift in human consumption trends.

We need drastic changes ten years ago or humanity is fucked.

That's a bet I would rather take given the alternative.

I don't want any big tech shit on any of my devices. Microsoft, Google, Meta, X, etc can all eat a dick. I have zero trust in any of em.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're not wrong but getting everyone to collectively do anything is damn near impossible without laws or maybe shame to enforce it.

Alternatively, we can do something about the corporations that are doing the best majority of the polluting in the first place.

Admittedly the later option, under the current regime, would require measures that most people don't seem to be comfortable with yet.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But that begs the same question. If you never update your existing phone with google's malware, you should be ok.

Obviously if you buy a new phone that's already infected you're screwed unless you can flash a new ROM on there.

My point is. People's current phones do not have this malware on it yet. If you disable updates and/or degoogle, your device should continue to work as is. Perhaps without being able to use Google Play Store, but honestly that's not huge loss for anyone that cares about this stuff in the first place.

Voyager is pretty sweet and similar.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 68 points 1 day ago (8 children)

On top of what other commenters have already said, this will get worse as schools are continuously defunded in the US.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or maybe, seeing what's going on in the world and their country is depressing as fuck?

Kids are being born into a dystopian hellscape and parents are shocked that they're not doing ok. SurprisedPikachu.jpg

How did they leave off Raytheon?

 

So how many of the 24 perpetrators of the 31 targeted political murders or attempted murders since 2018 were from the Left? Let’s count them..

In 2018, Cesar Altieri Sayoc was sentenced to 20 years prison for sending pipe bombs to nine prominent Democrats, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Maxine Waters. Sayoc was a registered Republican.

In 2020, 13 men attempted to punish Michigan’s Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer for enforcing Covid lockdown measures. All were far right extremists.

Roy Den Hollander murdered human rights lawyer Marc Angelucci in July 2020. He then tried to kill district judge Esther Salas, but succeeded instead in murdering her son and seriously wounding her husband. Hollander was a far right Trump supporter.

Quintez Brown attempted to kill Democratic Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, Craig Greenberg, in February 2022. Brown was motivated by Black nationalism, pan-Africanism and revolutionary socialism.

In October 2022 David DePape seriously injured Paul Pelosi with a hammer while seeking to kill House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi. DePape is a far right Trump supporter.

In December 2022, Solomon Peña paid gunmen to attack the houses of Democrat state lawmakers in New Mexico. Peña is a registered Republican and a former candidate for state office.

Craig Robertson was shot and killed by FBI agents in August 2023 while being arrested for threats against President Joe Biden and others. Robertson was an army veteran with extreme right wing views.

Donald Trump himself was targeted at a July 2024 rally in Pennsylvania. The shooter Thomas Crooks killed one attendee and injured three others, including Trump, whose ear was cut by a flying fragment. Crooks was a registered Republican.

Another attempt on Trump’s life, thwarted before completion, was made by Trump voter Ryan Routh in September 2024. The trial is continuing.

In April 2025, Cody Balmer attempted to kill Pennsylvania’s Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro in an arson attack which caused extensive property damage but no injuries. Balmer was a Trump supporter at the time.

The Democrat Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman were killed by avid Trump supporter and registered Republican Vance Boelter in June 2025.

Boelter then attempted to murder Minnesota Senator John Hoffman and succeeded in seriously injuring the senator and his wife.

Lastly, right wing influencer Charlie Kirk was shot last Wednesday by Tyler Robinson, a white student from a gun-loving Republican Mormon family. Robinson has no party links, but has reportedly embraced the extremism of right wing racist Nick Fuentes.

How many from the Left?

 

Thursday July 24th

 
 
 
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