[-] makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 9 months ago

Brilliant, it is a plot for a movie!!

In "Idiocracy: Making America Great Again," we dive headfirst into an alternate reality where the 47th president of the USA, sporting golden sneakers and a penchant for grandiosity, leads America down a path of absurdity and excess. His tropical White House in Palm Beach, FL, complete with a "safe bathroom" for confidential documents, epitomizes his mantra of "spending less, achieving more" – even if everything, including his hands and his mushroom-shaped feet, is smaller than advertised.

Under his reign, guns are glorified and regulation-free, while the right to choose is brutally snatched away to ensure the "barbarian women" don't interfere with the future tax-paying workforce. Slavery is whitewashed as a stepping stone to freedom, and tax breaks for the wealthy flow like champagne at a yacht party, with the middle class left to foot the bill under the guise of "lower taxes for all."

But fear not, for universal healthcare emerges as the president's pièce de résistance – a masterstroke of simplicity where every American is entitled to one primary care physician visit per year, with the rest of their medical needs financed through bank loans. It's hailed as the greatest plan in history, despite leaving most citizens one illness away from bankruptcy.

As banks thrive within hospitals and pharmacies, debt skyrockets, but who cares when the future is someone else's problem? With "Idiocracy: Making America Great Again," prepare for a rollercoaster ride through a world where the motto is “Welcome to Costco, I love you!” and absurdity reigns supreme and the only certainty is laughter through the tears.

By Fox Films

[-] makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago

He dismissed the idea that it was little and ordered his staff to show the actual size. The folks in the south were able to source a specimen of size and actual proportions in their alternate reality.

[-] makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 9 months ago
  • two hamburgers for protein
  • iceberg lettuce for vegetables
  • cheese, more proteins
  • special sauce - vitamins
  • onions and pickles- veggies
  • bun with sesame seeds - more veggies

McD’s serves a complete Mediterranean meal and no one talks about that!

[-] makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago

Damn right it is!

[-] makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago

There is always an alternate reality

[-] makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago

Also makes cute sounds and blinks on special occasions

[-] makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago

The 16 first class seats will be replaced by 30 economy plus seats, increasing capacity by 14 additional passengers per flight and reducing cost of first class food and equipment to serve. A win-win for company and shareholders but a loss to consumer choice.

[-] makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago

In this market I imagine this has transpired:

Employee: “Customers are not seeing the value on the service priced at 4X of an economy seat. Let’s offer first class at a discount. Market research shows customers willing to pay a premium markup of up to 2X for it.”

Boss: “Great idea, let’s increase plane occupancy by making more economy premium seats and marking up all of them 2X!”

Boss gets bonus for innovation and promotion. Employee gets RTO orders, 1% merit increase, 2% COLA adjustment and a pizza party from the boss to thank for being part of the AA family!

[-] makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago

True that too. It is a knee jerk reaction against who is there on the administration today. Same knee jerk reaction that got a person incapable of forming a coherent sentence elected because he was not black or not a woman.

[-] makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago

Brilliant! Could be a Monty Python skit!

[-] makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago

In agreement with you! I don’t get why the need to justify. First of all life isn’t about fairness, and people and corporations both need money to survive. Individuals and corporations make all the effort to get more for less.

If there was a need to justify it should be as simple as corporations take things for free all the time, be it tax brakes, labor, IP, whatever and try to get by with it without it being “stealing” it. Artists take ideas, copy, repurpose all the time and get by without “stealing” when they can.

In the seas one should be reasonable and take what they “need” (actually a want) “for less”, without violence, instilling physical harm, and they are good to go. Life isn’t fair.

Above all, like you said, people in general want things for less with the least friction. For some people the seas are dangerous and present too much friction to get in and out unscathed, these people will pay to get something. Sailors do not want to pay and accept some of the risks, and for those sailors that know how to do it well the risks and frictions are small.

There is no need to justify to the ego whether it is stealing or anything else. It is just taking and sharing. And doesn’t the saying goes that “sharing is caring”? ;-)

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