candyman337

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[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

The US's democracy has been systematically and continuously eroded for decades, from defunding of the arts/education, defunding of social services, citizens united, consolidation of all media outlets under a few wealthy individuals that shape the US narrative. The people are misinformed, and even so a large majority of those who aren't are impoverished and barely surviving. Election day isn't a holiday meaning some of them can't afford to take time off to vote. And that's ignoring the gerrymandering and voter suppression that's been rampant for decades now too, swaying local and statewide elections. Most people don't want this, but everything is working against us, most of us don't want this and didn't vote for him or his chronies. And for the people in the comments saying "that's not how a democracy works" CORRECT ours has been dying since the 80's at the least, and it's not like America was this shining rod of democracy before that either. It's not the citizens doing this, they don't have any say in this type of thing, it's those who have forced, bribed, and conned their way into power doing everything.

As an American I genuinely fear for the upcoming primaries because in no way do I trust that the results will be legitimate, and even if they are I feel as though they'll be fucking ignored.

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In ten years? God I hope so, but I doubt it. Maybe in 20+ years

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Why the fuck is time doing this

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

That's such a niche reference lmao

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Tbh the vibration motor in modern smart phones has been an absolute game changer, the sound doesn't really matter as long as it's a softer sound that still is an alarm. But even semi decent vibration motors in phones are leaps and bounds better than the best of early android phones, it's like someone is tapping me through the mattress, I wake right up.

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago

Nobody is doing anything fast enough. Regimes fall but this is my biggest fear of a trump presidency because this damage may not be permanent but it will do the most damage in my lifetime.

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

This title is something that doesn't make sense said in a way that makes it look logical. If they can't manage their fees those fees shouldn't exist. But that's not really why this requirement it's going away, it's because they were bribed.

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

A goal at the end of tasks that I actually want and isn't just made up? No that'll make me get this done faster than what should logically be possible

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

Man she really didn't realize he was like this huh? She was just here for racism not the fascism, what a fool

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

My concern is that some of these "additives" could just be harmless preservatives, dyes, or even lab synthesized ingredients that are usually naturally occuring through some non industrial method, but they add them a different way because it's cheaper at scale.

Not saying it's the same but it gives me similar pause and concern as the the "natural dyes" initiative by RFK. The natural dyes are literally just the same chemicals just gotten from "natural" means rather than synthesized in a lab.

Another example is the fear mongering against high fructose corn syrup in the 00's when it's literally broken down into the same thing as sugar in your body before it's used. The only difference between it and sugar, even down to flavor, is that it was created in a lab from corn because it was cheaper because of government subsidies.

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unless it's directly harmful to you like alcohol, the term "healthy" when relating to food is very poorly defined, and is for the most part exploited by companies to make you feel bad about what you're currently eating, and to sell you their food at a markup because it's "healthy"

What's healthy for is having a good idea of the levels of essential nutrients you intake, your caloric intake, and making sure you eat everything in moderation.

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm always for the integrity of journalism because the lack thereof is part of the reason we're where we are today. A more accurate but eaqually as cautionary of a headline would be "Whooping cough cases on the rise in Florida as vaccine skepticism is legally supported by the states lawmakers" or something like that

 
 

People say it feels like old reddit and it does to a degree, but in other ways it feels better!

People are so interested in finding alternatives to the systems that we hate, and actually are passionate about supporting those things and developing them into useable and enjoyable platforms.

People are interested in spreading the word about the importance of unions and the climate crisis. Idk if those posts just get squashed on reddit, but I've seen SO much more talk of workers rights and informing others about them.

It just gives me hope about the future for once. Like things are happening that are different, and I know that we can't be silenced here. This is a platform by the people, for the people, and that can't ever be fully taken away.

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Just as the title says, I have two accounts on connect

On for sh.itjust.works, and one of lemmy.world

When I'm logged into the lemmy.world the sidebar opening especially lags way more than with the sh.itjust.works account

Edit: it appears to possibly be related to the number of subscriptions rendered in the list.

Before they load things seem to run more smoothly

 

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My notifications on any app I login to say "not_logged_in".

Some apps say I'm not following any communities, others do.

Any time I close out the website, when I open it again I have to login.

Some apps don't let me comment.

Edit: it was an issue with sessions on lemmy.world not my account. It appears the admins are working on this still? Idk, apps are still giving me issues.

 

I hope I'm not costing the dev lol

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