TempleSquare

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[–] TempleSquare@lemmy.world 79 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

At this point, it's just a temper tantrum.

Democrats/scientists/experts/youth are the "annoying older brother" and anything they want is "stupid."

Lead poisoning (gasoline) really ruined a generation.

[–] TempleSquare@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Until governments ban private jet travel, we just won't see serious public support. People struggling economically will fight back against taking on the brunt of the cuts.

Nobody actually wants to cut their carbon footprint, including well-meaning wealthy who advocate for change.

We're collectively in a heartbreaking devastating mess.

[–] TempleSquare@lemmy.world 134 points 10 months ago (13 children)

Remember how Governor Wallace said, "Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"?

What most people don't know is that decades later, he went to a lot of work to try to undo the damage he caused and advocate for civil rights. The problem was, the damage had been done a lot of it. Very real people have had their lives injured. He egged on voters into bigotry longer than they needed to be.

I can't help but feel that the last 10 years or so, we've been watching the same thing. All of this is going to age like milk. Future (and even current) generations suffering (or who will soon suffer) the effects of the climate crisis, are going to universally find moments like tonight universally outrageous.

History won't be written by baby Boomers. It's going to be written by the gen alpha kids who will be the adults when we're old and gone.

[–] TempleSquare@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Wait until they see "Smoke Hub" in Bakersfield, CA.

It's literally the porn hub logo.

[–] TempleSquare@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Yep. Disney+ (for now).

Netflix, HBO, and Hulu gradually cancelled over the last few years.

What's stupid of them is that if they'd stayed around $8-10/mo each (ad-free), I probably would have stayed subscribed forever. Now they each get nothing.

[–] TempleSquare@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I don't mind Spotify increasing.

Inflation is real. And nobody wants to see the service turn into a Little Caesars "$5 Hot N Ready" pizza that erodes in quality, rather than gradually price increase with inflation.

The advantage we have with music streamers is that nearly ALL the content is on ALL the services. So, if one service goes bananas with pricing, we can jump ship to a cheaper one.

But TV is siloed into mini monopolies. The only source of capitalism competition they face is use choosing to do without. And frankly, if I'm gonna be forced-fed ads, I choose to do it on YouTube which costs me $0 and not $7.99 a month.

Netflix is gone. And as someone who leaves The Simpsons running 24/7 on Disney+, I'm frankly getting thiiiiiiiiiis close to dumping their asses, too!

[–] TempleSquare@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I dream that one day there is a RiF for Lemmy. But alas, he's building an app for tildes.

[–] TempleSquare@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Connect for Lemmy has been really good so far, too.

[–] TempleSquare@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Or, as a market-based solution: TurboTax raised the price for small business returns to about the same as hiring and accountant. So, now I just hire an accountant.

[–] TempleSquare@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Exactly. How are exactly actors support to "share in failure" as their nonsense quote suggests?

[–] TempleSquare@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I'd complain, except it hasn't gone up in a decade.

Prices needs to go up a little bit every year to reflect CPI and inflation.

[–] TempleSquare@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I agree. There should be some sort of a la carte service where you can pay a couple of bucks and use it for like a day.

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