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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (14 children)

It can stay scheduled. But it should be schedule 4 - low potential for abuse, low risk of dependence.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

We can't even trust employers to not steal wages, sexually harass, or be decent humans to adult workers. There's no way a literal child should be expected to hold their own in an employee/employer relationship.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

While you're right, I think the issue here is the hypocrisy of Musk claiming to be pro free speech (specifically on his platform) only to then repeatedly limit speech he doesn't personally like.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Overpaying and then destroying the value means that eventually, he will be able to claim losses on his taxes. This will allow him to reduce his tax liability for his profitable businesses.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Seems like what he was told by a person talking him out of pushing the button.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago

The crazy thing to me is that they said their goal is to stop progress. Sure, they tacked on "for its own sake" to give the base something to latch on to, but if you ask any person impacted by LACK of progress it's for very real sakes and stakes for very real people. Fuck these assholes.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago

This. They don't have trouble listing them when they are demanding payment for them

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Its either happening frequently and just happens to have been caught on camera twice, or it could instead be related to hearing well enough to understand.

My grandparents were like this. Even if they could hear you, a lot of times it seemed out of context to them because they missed some other important piece.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You missed a T

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm finding out that I'm codependent. I avoided this term for a long time because of connotations I had of it with "co-addiction" but really, it is a situation like what you describe - I provide help all the time, and I never ask for or feel like I can accept it. I have so many instances in my past of help coming with strings, or being massively let down, or just being slammed with other people's incompetence that it makes me physically uncomfortable. All of this stems from and reinforces the idea that I have to be responsible because everyone else around me is being messy and useless.

Long story short - ask for help anyway. Even when it feels like shit, you have to get used to it. Like others have said, be specific and direct, and accept the idea that they may say no, and it probably isn't personal. "I need help with..." doesn't work unless it includes, "Can you help me with this?"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I mainly want internet for streaming a and games. I'm fine with cutting off the majority of news and social media.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Renewable instead of nuclear, but nuclear instead of coal.

We need a mix. Centralization isn't the biggest problem. Literally anything we can do to reduce emissions is worth doing, and we won't be going 100% on anything, so best to get started on the long term projects now so that we can stop turning on new plants based on combustion.

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