[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Those trucks/SUVs weigh 8500lbs. Since there is no fuel tax being collected, these monsters are destroying the roads and not contributing to their upkeep. My city is passing laws to significantly increase the registration on these vehicles, according to their annual mileage. I'm all for going electric, but an 8500lb truck is not helping the environment

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

It aims to eliminate waste by reducing the number of cords and plugs required for various devices. It will surely have to be upgraded and miniaturized as tech progresses, but for now it's one everyone is agreeing on.

One aspect to consider for miniature devices is wireless charging. My watch and my headphones don't even have a port

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

He's also on maybe the most quoted Dave Chappelle episode of all time

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

I never liked this riddle. "Am I standing in front of you?" would tell you immediately

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

There comes a point in a person's life when they have to confront their parents or that crazy relative about their insane and damaging beliefs. This is that time for millennials. The boomers had it easy and they robbed us in our infancy. I don't care which side of the aisle you side with: Trumpism is damaging to the entire nation, and cannot be allowed to go any further.

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Well that settles it. I'm moving to another instance.

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They also tried removed

This! This right here! This comment was edited by the mods or a censor bot! I fucking told you guys they were doing it!

I raised hell under a different name for a politically motivated mod changing my comments to agree with them, so I copied all the original comments into a word document and would edit them back to the original after the mod kept changing it, and they banned that username. This is some bullshit, and it needs to fucking stop.

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

I had a deployment with Polish soldiers. They are a modern and extremely capable defensive force. It would likely turn into the same thing we're seeing in Ukraine (smaller force that is well trained and better supplied vs sending a lot of bodies and old tech). I don't think we'll ever see a Polish led force invading Belarus or Russia without a massive NATO backing and a lot of foreign units already on the way to support them. Defensively, they will fuck you up. Offensively, they don't have the man power to go deep into enemy territory.

The Polish have historical grudges with Russia and are chomping at the bit to hurt some Russians. It is probably NATO that is holding them back from sending units to Ukraine

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

DEEP COCK GALACTIC is doing well, I see.

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

Doggo sees all directions at once!

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

They can be. I bought a Galaxy s22 with a broken screen for $150, and my carrier just gave me an $1100 credit for it on a new iphone. I don't need an iPhone, and I will be selling it to get yet another cheap phone and pocketing the money, but it goes to show just how much phones do not cost to the people producing them

[-] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Perhaps not Mexico specifically, but N+S American trade was bound to increase dramatically once China started making demands on the US. China's play with Cuba will be met with even more push to stop buying Chinese goods. China is a manufacturing powerhouse, but S and Central American land and labor is cheaper.

We'll just have to wait and see in about 15 years

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