[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago

It also would create soundbites and video clips that would hit every major platform, though. Every one of which will note that Trump was too cowardly to debate, and possibly include chicken clucking sounds 🐔

[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 months ago

Interesting to see the charts there showing a steady 25% against. Even when asked if a majority government should have the support of a majority of voters!

Who are these guys! Its hard to believe that a quarter of people surveyed appear to not want our democracy to function.

[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 16 points 7 months ago

I would be a lot more impressed if the brain implant had given him the willpower to walk away and go to bed

[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 months ago

Or maybe it's just a bad idea to play tourist in countries that are engaged in active war

[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Unfortunately they are correct as the carbon tax in Canada is indeed a racket. It's only on consumer consumption.

  • oil exports, our largest source of emissions, are exempt
  • agriculture and forestry, the next largest, also exempt
  • shipping and rail, oh look, exempt
  • heavy industry can buy phoney carbon credits for $5/ton instead of paying the $65/ton tax. Some of these are for forests that have already burned down
  • oh yeah the greatest emission source last year, dwarfing all others, 80% of our total emissions came from the massive forest fires for which our policy is just to LET THEM BURN

So the only people who carry the burden of the Canadian carbon tax are the ordinary taxpayers. But hey, the optics are good! Looks very progressive. Despite the fact that Canadian consumer consumption is the definition of a drop in the bucket that is global emissions.

If Canada wanted to make a difference they would nationalize the grid, build nuclear and renewables. Or forget it all for now and just put out the damn fires!

Edit: I forgot one more, as imports are not taxed, the carbon tax actually encourages the import of goods made with coal power in China, over goods made with hydropower in Canada!

[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 15 points 10 months ago

My Chevy is like a rock, I have to farm around it

[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 15 points 11 months ago

You don't even need to watch the sequel to see that, as genies being bound by specific rules is the whole point of tricking him into becoming a genie.

Though after Aladdin wishes for the Genie's freedom, it really opens a can of worms as to what that means. Sure, I guess he's free to roam the earth, and no longer bound to grant wishes. But at the same time, has he now lost that power?

Because Disney ending aside, you would think an unbound genie with his full powers would be something that only ends badly.

[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 15 points 11 months ago

You want the real sleepless experience, forget about Minecraft, go for broke and stay up all night in Don't Starve

[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago

Blockchain is yesterday's buzzword, it would just take up space where you could mention AI again. AI, the future of business! Powered by AI!

[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago

Many of the OT stories are horrifying. Book of Job is probably the worst, where a petty God destroys a good and pious man to win a wager with Satan.

Who would be interested in worshipping a God who would do such a thing to his own followers, and whose omnipotence is so limited that he can be tricked by Satan into performing evil acts?

[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago

Already did ages ago, no value to me. I farm and do many other things, mostly outdoors. I watch TV and movies during snowstorms or heat waves. Often I'll be gaming, programming, designing systems, soldering etc. instead when stuck inside.

As such I don't need a steady stream of entertainment and I can wait for everyone else to point out the exceptional content. And once I know what I'm looking for it's ⛵☠️ time

[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago

Also, it keeps posts from that instance completely out of All.

Which was awesome to discover as a Lemmy user who doesn't like his front page to be mostly furry porn.

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