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classic trolling

I want LGBTQ+/Straight people to just shut up about it, and I want everyone to treat them equally and not discriminate against them.

We would if they did. Duh.

Oldie but goodie. As I recently told family, my primary gripe with “progress” is that it’s financed by people whose sole goal in life is to become even wealthier.

401k? I heard about those…

Kind of you thanks :) Actually my health remains solid and I enjoy my work, so it’s not so bad.

Average? I’m not sure. Expected is 65 though. I’m in US, and collecting my meager social security benefits. Recently reduced my work week to 40-45 most weeks

I hope I never reach that - can’t afford to be alive then.

Same. And I’m 69. Got a few good working years left, then…

Also, read more closely?

Will do :) I jumped to the car example because it’s been in the news recently. I hate these invisible, insidious, harmful developments in the world.

Thank you. I did see that, but was left wondering more exactly. Is it the same as cars locking features behind a subscription?

Would someone kindly eli5? The dictionary definition was not helpful.

I have a very hard time doing my own cleaning, especially once I’ve let it get bad. Some kind of mental block I guess. Although I don’t have much disposable income, I’ve found that having someone come in on a regular basis really helps me mentally. I can work at my own job for a couple extra hours to pay for it. Between the paid cleanings I can usually keep up at least for a few weeks.

Have fun with your family this weekend!

Pay someone to do it. It’s well worth the price. You don’t have to be remotely wealthy to do it.

Ahh thank you, I needed a good morning laugh!

Came here to say “but is that a bad thing?” Then I saw

But again, the low quality of reddit posts always reassures me that I miss nothing

and I realized we were thinking along the same lines.

Much more precious.

Too soon. I remember that sad day.

Federation as an ethical concept is completely foreign to Meta. Most of their users LIKE what they have: a huge monolithic social media company. If they want to use something federated, they will make the effort to switch. Might be worthwhile to educate some of those users…maybe. But not to take on Meta wholesale. I agree that eventually the whole concept of this federation would become defunct or at best an anomaly.

LOL!! Is ChoosingBeggars here yet?

where they’ll donate a SINGLE CENT per purchase

And probably charge the merchant an extra 2c or 3c per transaction.

This is actually true. But those small margins add up to a huge profit overall. Still, they probably could not afford to donate $20 per shopper.