PhilMcGraw

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[–] PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oh right, I was not aware of JKRs comments on funding anti-trans organisations. I guess my point still stands, I.e. that people often don't have deep insight into the creators of the art they are enjoying, so considering liking Harry Potter as a statement about their feelings on the author doesn't resonate with me but I understand why you'd have issues with it with the funding comment in mind.

Entirely agree on liking Andrew Tate being a red flag in the same way liking JKR directly would be a red flag. It's more liking the books that JKR put out years before anyone heard her potentially rotting brain driven opinions on trans people that I don't think should be seen as a red flag without at least some questioning about their thoughts on the author.

[–] PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I thought it was funny.

As far as supporting JKR goes: JKR is a horrible person who no-one should listen to but Harry Potter is pop culture. I'm pretty comfortable personally with disconnecting the two in my head. I don't think people enjoying Harry Potter should be seen as "supporting JKR", hell a lot of them wouldn't even be aware of JKRs noise.

Obviously I haven't read the comments here a ton but are people really supporting JKR or are you just treating people enjoying Harry Potter as support for JKR? I think there should be a distinction. It's not really people's job to deep dive into the personal lives of the creators or people involved in every piece of art they enjoy.

[–] PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh shit, rambling is an ADHD thing?

[–] PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What is your source for this? Sounds like something my religious grandma drops to justify all of the bad in that book.

[–] PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Good for her, but arguably it's not supposed to be a high paying job. A living wage, sure, but higher than a job that you presumably studied for and required relatively uncommon knowledge seems wrong.

So I guess the answer is no, we wouldn't expect restaurants to work out how much people get paid in tips and match it, it would be a liveable wage and if the current workers don't like it they would leave.

I don't know that your girlfriend getting bankrolled is common across the industry either, tips rely on high traffic and customers with big pockets. Most wait staff don't brag about how rich they are.

[–] PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago (11 children)

Are these people living in real dangerous areas or are they just convinced any unexpected car entering their driveway is out to murder them?

Second similar article in a short period, the other was a pizza delivery that went to the wrong address and got shot at.

[–] PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Wait, what? Ubuntu spams you in the terminal?

[–] PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Seems like it's for old gaming consoles that used the antenna connection to work. I had an Atari 2600 but I do not recall needing to set a specific channel, probably says more about my memory than anything. Pushing 40.

[–] PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are steam workers particularly happy or something?

[–] PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Why not just have a VR fridge app that connects remotely to cameras in your fridge? Or even better some ML shit that would identify what is in your fridge.

[–] PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm liking the "going back to when I was 6 with all the knowledge I have now" option, but in reality 6 year old me would probably be too immature to know I need to remember it and by the time I needed to use that information in any sane way it would have been long forgotten.

I mean some people are saying get bitcoin early days, but 6 year old me was at least 10 years off Bitcoin existing.

It would also really suck knowing how easy it was to obtain information in the future only to be stuck in the past and barely have access to the internet at all.

[–] PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Do the content creators still make money off of your views if you do not see an ad?

I use YouTube Premium with a family membership and have used all of the slots with family members. $33 a month isn't bad for 5 people to have ad free YouTube, still fund the content creators and also have YouTube Music.

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