BoxedFenders

joined 4 years ago
[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it's technically illegal to sell blood and plasma but they get around this by paying you for your time instead. Gee, I wonder why this loophole doesn't work for prostitution.

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

If capitalism itself has been identified as the root of the problem, what other solution is there except overthrowing it completely? Do you prefer applying temporary bandaids indefinitely?

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It's also not a closed, finite system because it relies on the extraction of resources and labor from outside of the imperial core.

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Because the Anglosphere was so xenophobic that even the Irish and Italians were too culturally exotic to them and thus demonized their entire belief system.

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What's funny is that ferrets have been domesticated for thousands of years for a similar purpose as cats but they're still viewed as wild or exotic by many. California and Hawaii still prohibit ownership of ferrets out of fear that they will harm native wildlife populations. Yet cats are completely legal and are much more capable hunters in every situation other than underground burrows. And anyone who has owned or interacted with a pet ferret knows how completely useless they would be surviving in the wild on their own. They have zero self preservation instinct.

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago

It's quite possibly the WASPiest food in existence. A dish devised to showcase the wonders of lmayo in all its grandeur.

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 10 points 7 months ago

The lib compulsion to deny the power of protest while championing the vote as the only appropriate instrument for change...

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago (11 children)

The thing is, SUV prices depreciate, and people who would never be able to afford a new one can easily obtain them used. Gas prices are obviously not enough of a deterrent even to those living paycheck to paycheck. Some additional barriers to disincentivize the choice of driving the largest car they can afford is very welcome.

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The SUVs in Europe are also smaller on average than the behemoths on American roads. The largest ones you will come across in France will be BMW X5 sized. And while they are large, they are utterly dwarfed by SUVs like the Suburban, Sequoia and Escalade. An Escalade vs X5 comparison here.

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 28 points 9 months ago (42 children)

Keep "Voting Blue No Matter Who" and watch as every promise they ran on vanish without a fight because YOU have taken away any incentive to.

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't think this position qualifies for that meme because there are legions of people who agree.

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago

Yes, but it still reeks of colonial insensitivity when a white person says it. Non-indigenous Americans should have replaced that word with Native by now.

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