Gold medal for your performance in mental gymnastics.
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TJDetweiler@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•My best friend might be a Nazi sympathizer.English33·4 months agoJust my 2 cents, and echoing some of the sentiment in this thread.
IMO, if he’s buying Telsa stock, it doesn’t make your buddy a Nazi, or even a Nazi sympathizer. He’s just a guy making money in a capitalist system. It is what it is, and I’m not going to blame anyone for trying to make money where they can. I have friends in the same situation, making money off Telsa, and also despising Elon as a person. I don’t hold it against them, everyone needs to find a way to support themselves. You aren’t going to sewer your own financials just to be morally superior, because that’s going to be a net loss, and it’s pissing into the wind in terms of fighting the system.
If he’s overtly supporting Elon himself, that’s a different story, but it sounds like he just is making bank off the stock, will ride it out as it’s in his best interest, and there isn’t much cause for concern.
Again, like other commenters have said, just talk to him. Make him aware you understand he likes Tesla, but ask him if he supports Elon politically/ethically. Make your decisions based off of that. A lot can be accomplished with just a casual conversation. I wouldn’t recommend talking to him with an accusatory or defensive standpoint. I would be pretty casual about it to see where he sits.
Good luck friend. It’s nasty out there.
TJDetweiler@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a haltEnglish61·5 months agoThis guy sucks Elon’s toes
TJDetweiler@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What successful or popular movie that many loved you just HATE?English712·6 months agoNot one comment in here about Lord of the Rings.
Which I agree with. Amazing movies. Glad everyone’s on the same page.
For me, it’s James Cameron’s Avatar. Visually stunning, especially for its time, but the story has to be the most cliche, predictable, boring, lazy piece of writing to ever have existed. It’s like they held an environmentally conscious 11 year old at gun point and made them write a story. The cigar chomping military guy working for corpos wants to pilfer a beautiful planet for its resources with disregard for the native populations that live there. Where have I seen that before? Oh yeah, ALL AROUND ME, EVERY FUCKING GOD DAMN DAY. Get an original idea.
Fuck this stupid piece of shit dumbass movie. It’s intellectually insulting. It’s a disgrace.
/endrant
Had my eye on Children of the Sun a while back. Thanks for the reminder it’s on sale, I think I’ll pick it up too.
TJDetweiler@lemmy.catointerestingasfuck@lemmy.world•Review Written by UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Suspect about Ted Kaczynski's "Industrial Society and it's future"English21·7 months agoJesus Christ man, do you even have a point or are you just spinning your own tires here? Lol that entire above exchange was painful to read
TJDetweiler@lemmy.cato Games@lemmy.world•I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games storeEnglish11·7 months agoIt’s less money in their pockets and more money in ours. That’s not going to be a double win in their books.
TJDetweiler@lemmy.cato Games@lemmy.world•I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games storeEnglish28·7 months agoGetting Epic’s money isn’t a slam dunk for profit. You’re hedging your bets taking guaranteed Epic money for lower potential sales vs non-guaranteed Steam money for higher potential sales. Having a bad exclusivity deal on Epic and then selling your game at a loss (90% discount) on steam isn’t profiting both ways, and sometimes isn’t profiting either way.
I also disagree with the sentiment that you’re reinforcing bad behavior. If anything, you’re signalling to them that you won’t support exclusivity deals, and are happy to wait for a deep discount on Steam. Ultimately, that’s a win for consumers.
That said, fuck exclusivity deals, and I’m much in the same boat where I’m hard pressed to support developers that take them.
TJDetweiler@lemmy.cato Comic Strips@lemmy.world•AI just steals other people's laborEnglish10·9 months agoHe sure acted right on his follow up though.
TJDetweiler@lemmy.cato PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Steam now tells gamers up front that they're buying a license, not a game7·9 months agoIt was always in the EULA. You signed the contract when you made the account.
TJDetweiler@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.zip•Starlink dishes found on Russian military drones after being shot downEnglish31·9 months agoWhat mental gymnastics did you have to perform to believe Russia entering Ukraine is somehow Ukraine starting the war?
That’s like saying you started a fight when I’m the one who just sucker punched you first.
TJDetweiler@lemmy.cato Games@lemmy.world•PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn OffEnglish8·9 months agoYou can play Nintendo games on PC, with the added bonus of not giving money to that ghoulish company.
I played BotW and TotK on my PC, and let me tell you friend, with the increased frame rate, and the ability to run reshade, it looks and feels better than ever.
I realize in hindsight I should have worded my comment more specifically. I’m NOT talking about the dude. I’m talking about all the comments at the girl.
I will never not condone clowning on rich assholes. Nobody gets that kind of money without some form of exploitation, and those kinds of people are fair game.
My comment was regarding all the other cringe comments in the thread that are saying shit like she’s not that hot anyway, or she looks fake, etc.
I can generally agree with that if it’s something someone can’t change. However: fuck billionaires
I don’t think a group of FOSS Linux bros are having supermodel girlfriends lol, but anyway…
I’m not even puzzled as to why people think she looks bad. I’m puzzled as to why people think anything about her looks at all.
Seems some people here are projecting their insecurities.
I don’t even care, either. I just hate hypocrites. Don’t throw stones from glass houses.
So are we only standing up against body shaming for ugly people? We’re okay shitting on attractive people that might have had cosmetic work done? Are we a bunch of hypocrites that stand for nothing and only react when our own feelings are hurt?
Boo Lemmy. Y’all can do better.
TJDetweiler@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Snapchat is going to put ads next to messages from your friendsEnglish4·10 months agoHey it’s me, your therapist. It’s for the nudes.
Drill, impact, etc are pretty much necessary to have cordless. I agree with the corded stuff though. Need an angle grinder or sawzall? Get corded. Way more powerful too.
Haha agreed. You don’t have to go back and forth over several hours or days to sort an issue out when you call. You can just hash it all out over the phone in a fraction of the time, and be on your way.
Oh well, to each their own.
Does YouTube vanced/revanced not work on Graphene?