zbyte64

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 16 points 2 weeks ago

How can he expect us to believe this when his blood isn't even on the blockchain?

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's not like we have taxes to pay for such things (at least anymore thx to Doge)

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 5 points 2 weeks ago

That is actually harder than what it has to do ATM to get the answer: write an RPC with JSON. It only needs to do two things: decide to use the calculator tool and paste the right tokens into the call.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 8 points 2 weeks ago

Eating shit and not getting sick might be considered a skill, but beyond selling a yoga class, what use is it?

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 14 points 2 weeks ago

All that talk of businesses getting him to pullback was just wishful thinking?

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 2 weeks ago

I mean churches should be anticapitalist and before the turn of the last century they often were. But then property got expensive and churches would need loans... Now we have prosperity gospel and mega churches. The internet ran the same course but in just a couple decades.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 2 weeks ago

Last century: whistling tones into the phone to get a free call

This century: faking an accent to get the police to respond

Wait, that sounds like the last century as well...

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh man I have a story about an unhoused lady who has dementia. I walk my dog and sometimes she recognizes me, other times she has no idea. One of the days I was walking the dog and she forgot who I was and asked to pet my dog. She thought I was unhoused as well for some reason and told me about some good spots to sleep. These people know what it means to survive based on the kindness of others.

PS

Her name is Catalina, and sometimes I see her at church and she donated what little money she has. It sorta painful but then I remember how we treat her. We always have a place for her at our table to eat after the service. She's our neighbor as far as we're concerned.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 17 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Aside from the systemic reasons why the internet leans heavily right: when you deport people's neighbors then politics is no longer a sports game and even the nonvoters understand this.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 7 points 2 weeks ago

I honestly think how we treat the service industry is how many people end up treating their kids.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I think it was David Graeber that pointed out that the poorer you are the more you need to be able to empathize with your boss and clients in order to survive.

But this notion that the middle class are somehow more empathetic is interesting because I think it is based on the (correct) idea that people need to actually own something in order to be generous. However, I find from personal experience, poor people have an easier time giving what they have because they know they can survive having nothing.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Just unlock it using your white voice.

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