[-] sim_@beehaw.org 14 points 7 months ago

I’ve seen LGBT lobby and Rainbow Mafia thrown around too. Anything to dehumanize and attempt to paint us as some faceless and unreasonable oppressors.

[-] sim_@beehaw.org 14 points 11 months ago

Upvotes ideally don’t equate to agreement though.

[-] sim_@beehaw.org 13 points 11 months ago

It’s telling how many people equate preheating oven to cooking frozen pizza.

[-] sim_@beehaw.org 14 points 11 months ago

I don’t understand the timing of this. The man is only 52 years old and, regardless of how you feel about him, has many open-ended chapters of his career. Why now?

[-] sim_@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’d bet most people can get behind the idea that those in leadership positions or saddled with greater responsibility should be compensated more. The issue for me is the magnitude of that compensation.

[-] sim_@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You’re making it sound like the wealthy are rich in technicality only. Maybe the majority of their assets aren’t liquid but they’re still damn wealthy more than “on paper.”

And singling out wages as the only source of income to prove Elon isn’t “actually” wealthy is disingenuous at best.

[-] sim_@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago

This is too broad of a brushstroke. Is there any megacorporation that cares about its customers? Doubt it. But are plenty of small studios that clearly value the quality of their product.

[-] sim_@beehaw.org 23 points 1 year ago

Hotels aren’t the only ones who stand to benefit from codes such as these. NYC’s may have been overly harsh, but more cities should be looking to clamp down on housing being sucked out of the local market by big money interests.

[-] sim_@beehaw.org 24 points 1 year ago

I work in research, not medicine, but I see the brain drain in my circle. We were the first to leave but many of my colleagues indicate they’ll follow soon. The relative sanity of Austin wasn’t enough to keep us in Texas.

[-] sim_@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I know at least one: the state GOP took umbrage with a police oversight act that Austin passed in May.

Edit: actually, the “Death Star” bill didn’t concern this. There was separate legislature proposed to block city-specific police oversight but it was unsuccessful thankfully.

[-] sim_@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago

Why do you say traffic doesn’t matter? Isn’t that the most likely reason they brought r/place back?

[-] sim_@beehaw.org 24 points 1 year ago

And don’t forget outright libel against the Apollo dev before he came back with recordings.

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