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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Should Stephen King get checked out for brain damage? Possible stroke? He's pulling a Fetterman with this shitty take.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

I hate this fucking country.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't want to be the "Um, ackshually" guy, because I could see how the events in Andor can draw parallels to modern day events going on, but that's more a byproduct of history endlessly repeating itself than any kind or profound political statement being made by the showrunners.

Case in point, the Ghorman Massacre was part of legends continuity long before the current snafu between Israel and Palastine became a politically charged topic and was loosely based on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in India.

It is very telling that people are seeing something like Star Wars, which is well known for boiling down everything into binary good-versus-evil themes, and self-identifying with the bad guys because it resembles something their government has done recently.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

If the Ayatollah can't have it, no one can!

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

In addition to the 35% that they are already subject to? Or was the previous 35% paused along with all the rest of the "reciprocal" tariffs?

I can't keep track of these fucking tariffs anymore. I guess that's the point. Now everything is tariffed so retailers can jack up their prices.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Why do that when the "Blame Democrats" button is right there just itching to be pressed by a sweaty greasy finger yet again?

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Deathgrip is another spiritual successor in the same vein as the one you linked, although it's been stuck in development hell for a while now I think. I haven't heard anything about the project since the demo hit and it's still set to release into early access in 2025

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I see goof-ups like this all the time in the NMLS system. Someone thought they were inputting the price in the thousands and meant to list it at 4.7 million, or this is actually a rental and the monthly cost is $4,700 which still seems quite low for such a large property.

Back when I was house shopping I would gets automatic forwards from my agent about "new listings under your budget!" and they would be crazy low prices like $600 or something. Takes a few days for the listing agent to notice their own screw up and fix the listing.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I guess I just don't understand the way they think. I once gave away an old bike for free on craigslist and the lady who came to pick it up was super nice, she even gave me a bottle of wine in exchange, and she totally didn't have to do that. I miss interactions like that. I wish people didn't always feel like they need to get a deal when bargaining for secondhand stuff online.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Gee, I wonder why? Perhaps xenophobia and open hostility towards foreigners isn't good for the tourism industry? Who could have possibly foreseen this outcome? 🤔🙄

I expect this trend to continue if the federal government moves forward with it's plan to charge foreigners more money to visit national parks. One of the objectively best things about our country is our vast natural beauty protected by the federal government in perpetuity, and the national parks system is one of the few institutions that turns a profit every year and we still have the dumbass-in-chief trying to fuck that up too.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Bro, it's even worse if you try and give away stuff for free. I tried for months to offload a sectional that I had no room for in my house and I got so many fucking bullshit calls about it. Finally, I decided that it wasn't worth selling and I was just trying to avoid paying a fee to dispose of it, so I relisted it for free. It was FREE and I had people get upset that my one condition was that they take it away on their own. I would go whatever it took to get them to take it - I'll shrink wrap it, I'll put each piece on a pallet, I'll even help them lift it onto their van or truck. Even if it takes them multiple trips. But I wasn't about to go rent a truck to deliver it to them if they weren't going to pay for it.

The description was very clear, but every reply was "I want it, but can you deliver it to me?". When I told them no, they'd always get aggressive and call off the "deal", as if I care that they don't want the thing I'm giving away for free. The people who did agree to come get it never showed up, which made it frustrating since I would have to take off time from work to be home.

I've basically given up on trying to use online marketplaces to sell used things. They've been completely taken over by the most frugal cunts imaginable.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is literally impossible because if they compete in the general against Mamdani they’re NOT DEMOCRATS. THEY’RE THIRD PARTY.

What does this have to do with anything? Democrats can vote for independents.

Read what I wrote again, very slowly, very carefully, comprehend it, and then fuck right off. Blocked.

 

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