the post of tom joad

Wait US readers were supposed to get this memo? I read it as a statement of purpose

I am to believe that the russian memo uses this line: “normal people who want to preserve traditions of the American way of life”? The american way is our propaganda papi, not theirs.

I’m slamming the “doubt” button over here

Booooo joke ruiner booooo

it’s all good

My gut feeling is you didn’t hook a programmer but a debate pervert (maybe shouldn’t have dropped the D word lol). Some people hear that word and turn they minds off cuz debates are simply a game for them to win. I’d just let this one swim brother

My brother in Christ, you first.

The govt had a warrant:

that required Google to provide information on all devices it recorded near the killing, potentially capturing the whereabouts of anyone in the area.

Reiterating my point, it’s just as useful for the govt to not pass laws to protect private harvesting of our data as it is for the corporations selling it.

Yeah kinda sets up a dangerous quid pro quo situation where the govt gets to go around due process by asking nicely and so has no incentive to improve privacy rights

Cuz you asked me to talk you down here:

If you expand upon the ‘trite’ phrase “theres no ethical consumption under capitalism” (which itself is talking about how capitalism as a system can not be ethical since any product you buy is owned by a company who “steals” most of the value the workers provide), there is also no ethical work.

in other countries and historically in the us, unions sought not only fair wages and compensation but also representation at the Csuite. The ability to affect the policy of the company.

But that’s long gone. How does one who hopes to work for a “ethical” company go about it? What is they are alright but one of their vendors is shitty? A company they choose to contact with? What if they merge with a shitty one 5 years after you start?

I’m saying, if you want to be talked down, How is what you’re asking of people even possible? I can’t even keep track of who owns the food i buy anymore! Speaking of, these ethical workers are gone burn out studying unethical companies to work at, be sheltered by and buy food from. that reminds me that yeah, there’s the whole thing about people needing to work to eat.

Don’t blame the little guy, they been using that trick to split us a loooong time. Blame them, those who have the power.

Lol Yeah it’s a great spice and stock addition. That umami… I add it to recipes that don’t require it as a secret ingredient

But fresh celery better come in car form or i won’t touch it

cringecollective.io eh? I haven’t noticed that comm before

Celery is good in every form but it’s not good enough raw to make up for getting stuck in my teeth like my man pineapple

Could be down to their location. I mocked my gps to a place i guessed would be expensive (Long Beach CA) and got this

Lol good, glad you’re getting some good advice. Sorry you are dealing with this op, i dunno what you had to do but i have had a tooth extracted at a dental ‘training facility’ and my body won’t forget that, ever

Im assuming if op had to get all his teeth removed he also can’t afford the meds or the anti-drysocket paste that dentists should use to help with this pain. I could be wrong

Smoking can cause dry-socket which is also incredibly painful. I smoked anyway after my extraction because I’m a filthy addict, rinsing with saline after every puff and got away with it, but it’s a risk yeah

Now this sounds like a good antiseptic but wouldn’t that be very very painful?

If it’s unclear, this is a hypothetical conversation between me and a Facebook user. Is there something you could say to an existing Facebook user to get them to change? Context is “convincing, effective arguments”.

That’s all well and good to say to me, cuz i agree with you, but that line is useless to someone who is on a social media platform because others are, and it is easy, and what they know.

These extra choices, the free ones… They gonna work as well as what they’re using? No. We’re not talking about netsavvy folks here. Can you rephrase your previous comment into one that is convincing for someone like that?

Hell, related topic: even Lemmy.world, the largest instance i know of is affiliated with Meta in some way. Do you block Lemmy world? I don’t. I used to but was missing too much. So who would i be talking down to these folks?

"this company is evil” is way too esoteric for most people.

Good point, and to push their argument further… what company isn’t? If they used that rebuttal i would have nothing to say.

Nothing really matters

Thank you, one of those someones is me. Now i have a new dude to peep (and i should read camus).

Edit for the void: one page into ‘The Plague’ and I’m getting chills.