[-] Octospider@lemmy.one 33 points 4 months ago

I'm in a Western country and 9 out of 10 phone calls I recieve are scam calls from India. Right now in my country, there are Indians with temporary working visas protesting because they don't want to return to India.

India does not seem like a place I want to visit.

[-] Octospider@lemmy.one 35 points 6 months ago

If he's a "hard follower" of Joe Rogan than he likely won't be interested in other content. Rogan is a fool, but that's why people find him appealing. Content that is insightful and educational is the opposite of the junk food of Rogan.

Maybe instead, when Rogan says something like "Bro did you know like the pineal gland of the chimpanzee produces anti-covid hormones? This is just what I've heard. Look it up. By the way did you see the tree growing in my toilet?" You can help your sibling by teaching them ways to think, reason, and critically evaluate the BS that freely flows from the Roganverse.

[-] Octospider@lemmy.one 78 points 6 months ago

Do you remember when Sun Chips changed their chip bag material to a more environmentally friendly compostable material? People lost their minds. Why? Because the bag crinkled a lot. All of the boring late night talk shows made fun of Sun Chips bags. So, they switched it back to the old bags.

Moral of the story is that people don't care if something is better for the environment if it inconveniences them now. If everything was in cans people would cry because they can't close them or whatever. In fact, many items that were previously sold in cans are now plastic. Also, money... Cheaper to wrap water in plastic.

You can still buy Coca-cola in glass bottles if you look hard enough. But they are pricey.

[-] Octospider@lemmy.one 49 points 6 months ago

Some Millennials are now in their forties. "Now is the time?" Now it's too late. These generations have missed so many milestones. We don't need "progress in delivering policies" - whatever the hell that means. We need to afford a house, food, and other necessities for life. We want to start families of our own. At this point, we all know nothing will happen.

[-] Octospider@lemmy.one 42 points 6 months ago

Your kid doesn't need a phone. If you want them to have a phone, then a flip phone that allows them to call you.

[-] Octospider@lemmy.one 46 points 7 months ago

Something something meritocracy...

Billionaires shouldn't exist. It's obscene.

[-] Octospider@lemmy.one 34 points 7 months ago

I'm sure Putin will bomb another Ukrainian kindergarten to help him through this difficult time.

[-] Octospider@lemmy.one 47 points 7 months ago

Bad news, it's people over 30 too. Kinda obvious when you aren't able to hit milestones and afford the life society "promised" you. One day you ask yourself "what's the point?"

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FYI, Metro "reported a first-quarter profit of $228.5 million".

[-] Octospider@lemmy.one 79 points 9 months ago

What "shit" did they "pull with their app"?

All I gathered from your post is that you want to ditch DDG because of a newsletter issue. Please explain your privacy and security concerns.

[-] Octospider@lemmy.one 44 points 9 months ago

In my opinion, the biggest problem with Linux is it requires tinkering in terminal which nearly every non-tech savvy person finds intimidating. Even if it's a simple command. Until Linux has a shiny dumbed-down GUI for everything you need to do, it won't catch on for the average PC user.

Linux has made incredible progress in this area though. But, everytime I use a new Linux install, I encounter errors or something that requires troubleshooting and terminal use.

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Everything is turning into disgusting subscription services. Most recently I saw home printers that required a monthly subscription service in order to print.

So, how long before Windows is a subscription? They have already brought ads into Windows.

Yes, I think I'll sign up for the...hm, the "Casual Gamer" tier, which allows 2 hours per week of gaming. Although I could always watch an ad to unlock 30 more minutes.

[-] Octospider@lemmy.one 37 points 10 months ago

Jimmy Dore. Started watching in 2015. He was consistently about progressivism and brought awareness to causes such as Medicare for All. As the channel grew, he slowly became more deranged. COVID came and he found a larger audience spouting anti-vax dog whistles. The channel is now tabloid anti-vax, pro-putin, hot garbage.

[-] Octospider@lemmy.one 109 points 1 year ago

I'm not even saying this to be nice. You are 25. You're a baby. You may feel like you are old. But you are not. Not even close.

Ever hear the saying "youth is wasted on the young"? This is why people say it. Hindsight is gonna slap you in the face when you are actually old. You're fine. It's not too late.

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