[-] oxjox@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

If anything, RFK's election results just skyrocketed.

[-] oxjox@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

They probably couldn’t find anyone to do sign language for these two. No one’s gonna sign up for an aneurism.

[-] oxjox@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

I totally understand what she's saying. What I don't understand is how three people can possibly disagree with this. This doesn't seem to be a subjective matter at all.

[-] oxjox@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 days ago

Barrett wrote. "This Court’s standing doctrine prevents us from 'exercis[ing such] general legal oversight' of the other branches of Government."

Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissented.

How is it possible that "the court's standing doctrine prevents" them from doing something yet three justices dissent? Is the "standing doctrine" not the "law"?

[-] oxjox@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

republicans don’t base their opinions on reality, and Dems do

To be fair, a lot of liberals inflate reality too. Usually it's to overcompensate for "history", less than today's reality. It can be a bit much.

And I wouldn't say Republicans have opinions so much as they follow cult leaders. An opinion is usually something based on things you know rather than what you've been tricked into saying.

[-] oxjox@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 days ago

The United States is doomed.

We care more about engaging with content that spikes our brain chemicals than we care about facts and reality. So many people have been duped to believe and promote things that are verifiably false for the benefit of corporate interests and the fragile ego of you-know-who.

This article is genuinely terrifying. It confirms that half of Americans believe statements that have been proven to be lies. That's a lot of people being hoodwinked. That's a lot of people convinced they should cast a vote to hurt themselves for the benefit of one person who has never done a thing to help them. It honestly breaks my heart.

[-] oxjox@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

It shows me options to purchase. Season 1 is $20 from Amazon.

[-] oxjox@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

I think a lot of the existing higher prices are largely due to grocery store mega corps price gouging. Smaller markets are more flexible (while paying their staff living wages). Famers markets are still an obscene value. I filled up two bags with produce the other week for $30. Granted, ten years ago that would have been $20.

Also, no one seems to mention the increased prevalence of paying with a card. Every transaction paid with credit or debit is hit with a 2-3% charge from Visa or the POS supplier. Now that so few people are paying with cash, all stores are increasing their prices to cover those costs.

[-] oxjox@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Absolutely. Apple, Amazon, Google, Vudu, Movies Anywhere (off the top of my head).

What I recently learned is that some physical discs will come with download codes that can be used, once, on any of these services. I was gifted the Alien box set which was nice but I don’t have a Blu-ray player. The code allowed me to add the films to my iTunes account.

Now, how long I can watch those movies until a license runs out is another question. I’ve yet to find a way to download a movie to disc for backup. Because, technically, you don’t buy a movie, you buy the license to watch it. This is even the case for physical discs.

[-] oxjox@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago

You're going to need to be more specific. What movie are you looking for and on what platform?

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When I followed the instructions shown when selecting "Set up 2-factor authentication", there's a pop-up that says to reload the page. When I did that I was immediately signed out and was unable to log back in without a 2FA key.

Click 'Save', then manually reload this page, scroll down and use the '2FA installation link' to obtain the oath URL for your authenticator.

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I admit to spending too much time on Reddit during my work day as a distraction. It's a problem. What's worse is that Reddit has become so full of uninteresting content that I spend most of my time downvoting things that aren't at all relevant to the sub they're posted in. And with a lot of the front page subs being offline, the experience is dreadfully worse.

Reddit is barely any different from any other social media platform now. People just want to argue for the sake of arguing and getting hive mind support without any interest in the relevance or context of the original post (ie., no one reads the articles). Reddit has an algorithm just like any other social media platform to push engaging content to the top so they can get more ad revenue. I've been saying it for years now, Reddit is trash. But damn is it addictive.

I'm thankful for Lemmy and KBin and Mastodon (and my RSS reader) for providing interesting, relevant, chronologically posted content with a minimal amount of dilution. I don't spend as much time here but it serves the purpose of informing and entertaining me for a five minute work break without the frustration of "being social media".

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