[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 128 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This ties into the age-old debate about platforming bigotry in the name of free speech. Bigots don't care that much about talking with like-minded people — they want to subject others to their beliefs and to feel as though they are a righteous majority. Without their hapless victims they become like a bully standing alone in the schoolyard, impotently yearning for somebody to punch down on.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 103 points 4 months ago

Actually yeah, the billionaire class do think it's bad to have a president who asks for sources on the data and calls out hand-waving.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 115 points 4 months ago

It's impressive how the media continues twisting itself into rhetorical knots to avoid calling these people "terrorists".

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 123 points 4 months ago

China has a weird approach to misogyny. Women are both empowered and belittled, and it's all over the media. Anybody who's read the three body problem trilogy (especially book 3) can attest to this.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 126 points 5 months ago

If 99 homeless people and Elon Musk are in a room, the average net worth of every person in the room is 2 billion dollars. Why aren't all 100 happy about that?

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 130 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Brutal, nearly the lowest since 2008. Makes me want to buy in at this point.

Edit: I bought a few shares, so now they're sure to go bankrupt by tomorrow.

Edit 2: ayyy did I actually catch a falling knife for once? It's still going up after hours.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 103 points 5 months ago

Also according to that site, Kamala Harris has 0.8% odds to be Kamala Harris’s VP

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 114 points 5 months ago

Genuine question: why is this such a big deal?

These are not all video game companies, but for reference:

AMD: 26,000 employees
EA: 14,000
Facebook: 84,000
Netflix: 11,000
Spotify: 9,000
Twitter: 7,500

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 111 points 6 months ago

Wow I can't believe the tech bro that insists on using only Twitter + Discord for his app is a total douche.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 108 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Housing CANNOT be an investment, and I say this as a homeowner whose house value has nearly tripled since I bought it. I bought a house simply because I didn't want to rent for the rest of my life.

It's obviously absurd to claim to want affordable housing and refuse to cause prices to go down. If housing is an "investment" then you are by definition fucking over all subsequent homebuyers. Everybody needs a place to live.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 112 points 8 months ago

That plan allegedly involved throwing an anvil through Ms Butler's windshield while driving "because anvils regularly fall off work vehicles".

WTF kind of Wile E. Coyote-ass plan is this?

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