clonedhuman Now • 87%
I'm not particularly for/against anything here, but holding corporations accountable is the only practical option for legitimately reducing environmental degradation.
We could all use paper straws and long-lasting lightbulbs, and it would have a negligible effect on the environment. Add to that the issue that it's unlikely we'll all ever do anything.
I like the idea of personal responsibility for consumer decisions. But, it won't really reduce the global environmental impact of corporations. In that sense, getting really into sustainability with your own behavior is more about a personal sense of righteousness than anything else. If we're going to reduce the ongoing harm to the environment, we must reduce corporate power. Of the two options above, it's the only one that will produce any measurable positive impact on the environment.
clonedhuman Now • 100%
Yeah. With power distributed the way it is now though (mostly concentrated in the hands of a small number of wealthy, connected people), every technological advance will be used against us. These technological advances could really make for a better life for everyone, but not when they're absolutely dominated by entities whose only real objective is taking as much from us as they possibly can.
clonedhuman Now • 100%
...and Spotify doesn't pay artists shit.
clonedhuman Now • 100%
I've become a strong proponent of the joys of piracy.
clonedhuman Now • 89%
Yes! I'm right there with you.
clonedhuman Now • 96%
Pirate everything. Pirate streams, torrents, whatever.
Pirate. Everything.
*unless it's an independent artist of some sort. then, just buy some merch from them or something.
clonedhuman Now • 100%
Anyone with any power or any product is going to milk every single penny they can out of every single interaction they have. There are no ethics in business. No one cares about your privacy, and they only care about laws if they think they'll lose money by breaking them. Otherwise, these laws don't exist for them because they get in the way of more money.
We're a world where the biggest fucking cunts also have the biggest market share of our culture.
clonedhuman Now • 96%
The tiny differential (look at the actual numbers) between liberal/conservatives isn't much of a story, but it makes for good clickbait and will help the researchers establish themselves in their discipline.
I think maybe the biggest takeaway from this article is that it points out that all seniors in high school have reported steadily increasing depression over the last thirteen years. I'm willing to bet this trend started earlier in the 2000s. And it's right in line with more and more and more and more and more of all the available money ending up in the hands of fewer and fewer people. Everyone is more depressed.
clonedhuman Now • 100%
Meanwhile, my grandmother had a fridge from the 1960s that still worked fine when she replaced it in 2013.
clonedhuman Now • 100%
Why is this motherfucker acting like a victim?
clonedhuman Now • 100%
It's the interface more than the technology.
I'm a new user who's not all that familiar with federated social media. But, I think if this instance looked and acted as much like Reddit as possible, most new users would be barely aware of federation.
clonedhuman Now • 90%
Lemmy should make itself as much like Reddit as it possibly can except for the small handful of money-grubbing cunts who'd rather destroy communities than allow them to exist without profiting from them.
clonedhuman Now • 50%
Thank you! Weird ... I did the search on Lemmy.world and the only link it gave me was to a different server. I appreciate your help!
clonedhuman Now • 100%
I have infrequently quoted lines from Futurama in the past and not a single one of those quotes has ever been rewarded with a delicious raisin. I feel as if I have been bilked out of my raisin.
clonedhuman Now • 100%
I'm searching with those terms and it's not connecting me.
clonedhuman Now • 100%
I'm with you there. Lemmy really doesn't seem like it's ready for primetime yet.
clonedhuman Now • 100%
I have a boner!!!
clonedhuman Now • 100%
Hello I would like to inform you that I can see your post. It has text in it.
Shoegaze from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sound like a more ramshackle Sereena Maneesh a little bit?