fishy

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[–] fishy 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Anytime a person from a red state complains about California being communist, remind them their roads are paved with money from CA because their state collects welfare from the fed who collects it from Blue states

[–] fishy 7 points 1 month ago

Let's just give them the capitalism they say they want. We're sending Red states a far larger amount of federal funds than they send in (I believe the stat is red states average $2 received for every dollar sent and it's like 70¢ for every dollar sent is returned to blue states.

Red states are literally welfare states. What happened to bootstraps there?

[–] fishy 3 points 1 month ago

My area introduced tiers for medical forgiveness based on household income, even if I made twice as much there'd still be some degree of assistance. May be worth looking into for your family.

[–] fishy 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's not. If you can't afford a dentist you're not middle class. IDK where dude lives, but I make $100k in a major metro area in the USA and consider myself middle class. My family still qualifies for partial forgiveness from medical bills.

[–] fishy 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

You're talking toxic masculinity, he's talking about these children being inundated with propaganda via social media. Very few middle and high school students watched Fox news in the 00's whereas now it's being algorithmically jammed down their throats.

Social media is going to cause the fall of the USA and it's so fucking sad to watch. Social media needs to be scheduled as/like a drug.

[–] fishy 3 points 1 month ago

For 99% of owners a panel van would be the better option, but their masculinity is tied to other people's perception of them, so they pay the small dick tax.

I rent a truck for the afternoon on the rare occasion I need one

[–] fishy 6 points 1 month ago

It was really sad reading a post on Reddit yesterday where they were applauding the Republicans for moving $2 billion in benefits for veteran housing... How did they forget about the $22 billion that just got cut for veteran medical benefits?

I'm constantly reminded that Socrates was correct and that democracy has too many unqualified and uninformed voters and will give rise to demagogues.

[–] fishy 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well how the fuck do we get this ball rolling? I'm ready and it feels like a load of others are ready to fix this too.

[–] fishy 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yup, like almost every modern amenity is from socialism. All capitalism has done for me lately is... Umm... What the fuck has capitalism done for me lately?

[–] fishy 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yup, that golden age when we came back from the depression was because of socialist policies FDR put in place and the rich immediately began to vilify (note these rich clowns caused the depression).

Socialism isn't a boogyman, it's the reason anything is working at all.

[–] fishy 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's just more and more of this lately. We give money to the govt, they fork it over to some company, they use money to make a product I have to pay for, again.

Sorry that's just fucking dumb. Don't bail companies out or give huge grants, make them compete for contracts and have the people own a portion to reduce cost to the US consumer. It's socialism, sure. But at least we'd come out ahead instead of getting hosed again.

[–] fishy 1 points 1 month ago

I installed PPSSPP on my phone and paired a switch joycon. Played through a few really good games that way when my kid required being held to sleep. I'd imagine you could pair one to your computer and find some games that you'd like.

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