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[–] gorillakitty@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

From the photo, they look pretty easy to swim under. Just a waste of money, plastic and rusting metal for posturing more culture wars.

[–] gorillakitty@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

The only free alternatives are dogecoin or WSB? Wtf? Who the hell decided this... oh yeah. We all know who.

[–] gorillakitty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This looks like an illustration or AI, did you put a filter on it?

[–] gorillakitty@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wasn't directly attacked but my friend and I had the same experience in our 60% Trump area.

We weren't together when each incident happened, but they're so similar I'll describe them together.

We were just at the checkout: me at a convenience store; my friend at a major grocery store chain.

So, we couldn't reasonably move away. We had to stand there to pay for our purchases.

An old man encroached my space; an old woman encroached my friend's space. We both politely asked them to step back for social distancing, and they refused.

I wish I had my friend's ability to think and speak on his feet. After he checked out, he told the old lady "I asked for you to do something, that cost you nothing. All you had to do was take a few steps back. I hope in the future, if you ask someone the same, they treat you like you did to me."

As for me? Even though I just said my request and didn't respond further, the guy was a huge jerk who tailgated me for several miles in his huge pickup truck. Like headlights in my mirror tailgating... during the day.

Who tf cares that much? Honestly.... just take a few steps back. Doesn't cost you anything, like my friend said.

[–] gorillakitty@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The day after the 2016 election, I sent an email to the guy who contracts most of my services. He's also one of my best friends. It was in response to a job we were working on, so I cc'd his assistant.

Basically said I was disappointed about the outcome of the election, then got into the job specifics.

From his response, I knew I fucked up. He just said he was glad the election was over.

I never liked his assistant anyways, but I looked up her voter registration and she's Republican. And she's totally the Trump type, though I hadn't thought about it before.

She's been pretty much on the warpath for me ever since. I provide a great service at a good price, so she keeps me around. Plus some clients know me and would possibly revolt if I were taken off their jobs. I think she's been disparaging me to them for any misstep that I make.

I suspect she asks me for quotes and gives projects out to anyone who bids lower.

This was never the case with my friend; if I made a bid too low or too high he'd ask me to requote it. Yes,** if he thought my bid was too low, he'd tell me to charge more.**

Not so with this monster. She's nickle and diming me for everything.

And now my friend's health has taken a turn for the worse, and she's in charge.

God I wish I never sent that stupid email.

[–] gorillakitty@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I bet it looked amazing on you! I hope you'll find a worthy replacement.

[–] gorillakitty@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I bought like 10 of these at Habitat for Humanity and gave them out during a fly outbreak. Some of the neighbors looked at me weird (granted it was the first time I met them) but I'll swear by these things. I hate killing bugs but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

[–] gorillakitty@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] gorillakitty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Love it. Last sentence especially.

[–] gorillakitty@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wtf is uber ambulance?

And thanks for your service.

[–] gorillakitty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh snap, I got the title wrong, fixed. Yeah ICHH is pretty good, their coverage of the Atlanta Cop City protests is fantastic.

[–] gorillakitty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Bookmarked. I've been meaning to watch this, have heard great things about it. Glad you posted it!

 

Let's share podcasts that cover these dangerous lunatics. Please add more in the comments!

Adventures in HellwQrld - one of the best sources for keeping up to date with qanon. It took me a little while to get used to the hosts, but they've grown on me. They're really good at sticking to the facts and reporting on current qanon news.

Qanon Anonymous - better hosts but these days they're branching out into covering other cults and conspiracy theories, which doesn't interest me as much. I still keep it on my playlist and listen to the episodes that catch my attention.

The Necessary Conversation - two liberal siblings talk current politics with their right wing parents. The mother is more like qanon adjacent; the father is an angry, rabid Trump supporter. One of my favorite podcasts.

The Q-Dropped Podcast - interviews with people who have lost loved ones to qanon

I Don't Speak German - thoughtful, intelligent discussion about the far right. Unfortunately, they've stopped making new episodes for the time being; but they've said they're going to come back and have been releasing episodes from the Patreon archive in the meantime. Worth listening to back episodes; I didn't even find them until after they stopped recording but have enjoyed it.

It Could Happen Here - daily podcast that covers a variety of current events through a left wing lens; many episodes cover the far right and the problems they cause. From the creators of Behind the Bastards; many of the hosts are young but have intelligent perspectives. Also available in a weekly roundup with fewer ads.


SERIES

Older series that have ended but worth checking out if you haven't heard them.

The Assault on America - A documentary series from host Robert Evans investigating the Capitol insurrection. Stories of instigators and extremists hellbent on subverting democracy.

Will Be Wild - the forces that led to the January 6th insurrection

Death by Conspiracy? (BBC) - How one man was drawn into online conspiracies and how they led to his death

War on Truth (BBC) - Russian disinformation about the war on Ukraine

Q Clearance: The Hunt for Qanon - An investigative podcast series that aims to uncover the true identity of QAnon

American Radical - the story of Roseanne Boyland, who became radicalized and died at the Jan 6th insurrection

 

This is a story from my dad.

During a recession he applied for a small personal loan for a few thousand dollars from his bank. He had excellent credit, was a homeowner, stable job, yadda yadda. His loan approval should've sailed through easily.

But because of the recession, the bank was trying to be extra careful about loaning out money. A loan officer called him to review his paperwork, and asked him what he was going to spend the loan on.

Dad was pissed. He said it's a PERSONAL loan, and it's none of their business what he's going to do with it. It's personal.

The bank dude was really nice, he explained the situation and said he's just doing his job. He had to fill out paperwork, one of the spaces required that he writes what dad was going to do with the money.

Dad said, "Ok, when I get the money, I'm going to take it all out of the bank in cash, go home, open my window and throw it all outside."

He found out a few days later he was approved for the loan.

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