MonkeyBusiness

joined 8 months ago
[–] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's not the homeless people that are victims of a cruel society that has not only abandoned but also ostracized them. It's the wealthy that have to share an imperceptible amount of their wealth so that they have somewhere to sleep.

[–] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That reads like a sophisticated version of something a primetime Fox News anchor would say to control how their viewers understand an event. The author picked one specific line to quote and twisted the meaning to assassinate Mangione's character and obfuscate the rest of the letter. It's straight propaganda.

[–] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Wow. All he was missing at the end was, "I keep it real!"

[–] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

1,500 cases is a lot of reading. I don't think Biden read all of those. He has someone do it for him. While I am not saying this it what happened because I have absolutely no evidence, it's possible that someone in his administration that setup these commutations slipped the judge in as a favor.

[–] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

peanut butter if no dogs around

[–] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

I still don't believe you

[–] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

already in my nightly routine ✊

[–] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago
  • build a childhood museum early on
  • change all industry buildings from sweat shop to easy does it
  • enact the Bribe Faction Leaders, Food for the People, Free Housing, National Day, Social Security, Hola Presidente, Sensitivity Training, Papal Visit, and Pollution Standards edicts
  • make sure average pay is above Caribbean pay
  • use the cathedral to claim any Tropicans that are peacefully protesting me are heretics
  • have a nuclear weapons program to protect against invasion from the US and USSR
  • ensure diverse food and entertainment
  • hold all scheduled elections and give a speech every each one acknowledging the lowest happiness variable and promising to do something about it, while also praising the least happiest faction
[–] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Our entire economy has become this sociopathic.

I don't think that it has recently become sociopathic. It was certainly much worse in the past with the genocide of the Americas and slavery of Africans. I would argue that the ethics of the economy have improved, but the general public has become increasingly aware of how unjust it is.

 

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Prosecutors highlighted “about $10,000 — $8,000 in U.S. dollars and then $2,000 in foreign currency that was found on his person,” CNN correspondent Danny Freeman said following the court hearing.

“Also they said that he had a Faraday bag,” which blocks cell signals, a move that prosecutors alleged marked “an indication of criminal sophistication and reason they should hold him on bail,” Freeman continued.

After prosecutors made the claims, Mangione said he would like to “correct two things.”

“I don’t know where any of that money came from — I’m not sure if it was planted. And also, that bag was waterproof, so I don’t know about criminal sophistication,” the suspect said in a statement that suggested police framed him.

[–] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It seems to me that social media, through the implementation of posts, likes, up- & down- votes, boosts, re-tweets, and etc., has created an unconscious universal belief that everyone gets a say on what and who is right or wrong through public idolizing or shaming. Masses of people that hold much worse opinions on a daily basis criticize others for saying or doing something that is divergent and exposed. People in the public are held to an undefined standard of perfection. In practice, people assess if they like someone or not, then surgically find anything to support that conviction. Without a bond to the figure or personal consequences to the castigator, understanding and compassion are prevailed over by resentment and hypocritical airs of moral superiority. Public figures become the target of everyone's unresolved unconscious personal social gripes.

[–] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago

They asked him to pull his blue medical mask down and “recognized him immediately” Frye said. “We didn’t even think twice about it, we knew that was our guy.”

How? That guy could have come up to and knocked on my door, told me he was the guy while showing me the picture of him at Starbucks, and insisted he was the dude, and I still would have serious doubts. How the hell did someone at McDonald's recognize him, call the police, and the police knew it was the suspect instantly with complete confidence?

 

What are the benefits of using those sites?

I've heard Yahoo! is good for stock market trading and financial news, but haven't heard anything else about any of them.

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