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[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Especially bad when you consider the elevator shouldn't have fallen in the first place.

Elisha Otis invented his automatic elevator brakes in 1853 -- designed to instantly stop cars from falling if the cables snap ... and the Empire State Building used Otis safety elevators.

Given how dead simple and reliable the safety mechanism is something must have gone horrible wrong.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Hands you a random laptop.

"The thing doesn't work."

Refuses to elaborate and leaves.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I bought an LG microwave a few months ago to replace a dead 10 year old Sharp. My favorite "features":

  • The sticker on the door stating that by using the microwave I agree to LG's TOS, including binding arbitration.
  • The single 4 minutes and 30 seconds of use I got out of it before the magnetron broke.

When I returned it they customer service person asked if I wanted it serviced under warranty -- hilarious. Bought a Panasonic instead.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

I passed a 911 in an Opel Corsa at around 190kph (admittedly going downhill).

It was the highlight of my trip.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That's the joke.

This is a parody of twitter posts made by actual "anti DEI/woke" dipshits. The format is identical to their posts "fixing" modern female video game characters that don't look like sex dolls.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 2 points 4 weeks ago

"Huh, interesting. Why aren't you supposed to look at the moon?"

Most people aren't psychopaths and actually enjoy sharing their beliefs if you ask in a respectful manner.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Option 3. Get a job as part of the 5% of the population still employed in serving the various security apparatuses protecting the rich fucks -- you could be a soldier, cop, or government official.

Better to be part of the boot than be the poor fuckers getting stepped on, right? You can sleep easily knowing you have it slightly better than the other 95% of the underclass.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You're not wrong, but the idea that "plant based" is "safe" isn't right either. Plants can create all kinds of horribly toxic, carcinogenic compounds -- especially when burned or heated.

Wood smoke of all things is mildly carcinogenic and we cook our food with it.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I remember reading FEMA conspiracies on the internet 20 years ago. The bit I remember is that FEMA is going to use a diaster to round up anyone not a milquetoast "sheeple" and put them in concentration camps as part of ushering in the New World Order. Wikipedia has an article on it that covers the basics -- it dates back to 1982.

The website I saw had pictures of the backs of street signs, claiming the stickers and blemishes from the factory were "semaphores" that FEMA could use as route markers to said concentration camps. It was wild.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Don't forget that starship launch last year. The dumbass blew up a rocket and launched giant chunks of concrete onto people's property because he's a impatient child.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Which is hilarious, as the eponymous Culture is the epitome of luxury gay space anarchism. Pan-sexual, non-monogamous space hippies that can (and do) change their biological sex just by thinking about it. People so past the idea of "gender" that they consider giving any serious weight to the concept barbaric.

I know it's a rhetorical question: but is Elon stupid or something?

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