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  • Your friends are still acting like everything is normal in America. What do you do? All Americans live in a “dual state.” Here’s what that means — and how to help others see it.

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  • Nah she’s playing with fire. Maybe she “don’t talk gud “, but this is a favorite talking point of deniers. This is exactly the scenario of dismissing BLM concerns with “all lives matter”. Technically true but offensively misleading

    Is she right? Sure, anyone can be racist, no demographic has a monopoly only on that. All lives should matter

    But she’s absolutely wrong to bring it up in this scenario, it’s another case of “both sides the same”, or a what aboutism. She’s effectively dismissing their concerns

  • Your friends are still acting like everything is normal in America. What do you do? All Americans live in a “dual state.” Here’s what that means — and how to help others see it.

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  • What protests are you going to? The overwhelming majority of people I know who goto protests are white and no one has had such a complaint (yes I don’t have a diverse acquaintance group). Yes I’m white Middle Aged Christian male, ticking all the boxes except “sociopath”, and I’ve always felt welcome

    I especially note the BLM protests from a few years ago, as predominantly darker skin people, but I still never felt anything but welcome

  • Your friends are still acting like everything is normal in America. What do you do? All Americans live in a “dual state.” Here’s what that means — and how to help others see it.

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  • That’s not a typical occurrence.

    The reality is that most people have insurance coverage, even if the cost is excessive, paperwork is excessive and there are too many coverage exceptions. And most people never encounter corporate death panels.

    This is yet another “us vs them” scenario. Enough voters can say “at least I have better coverage than ….” That there is less pressure to fix it and too many people afraid of losing what they have.

    Personally I have decent enough insurance (while I’m employed) that I would likely lose on universal coverage. However I’m aware of the total cost to myself and my employer, which is entirely obscene, and I realize it’s contingent on being employed, in an industry known for regular layoffs. I’m part of the problem since I’m “good enough” to not push for better, but also the solution since I would vote for universal coverage because I’m not a sociopath nor an idiot

  • This Trump claim is so absurd it deserves only absurdity in reply

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  • Is it common courtesy to stack your shopping cart back with the other carts?

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  • I kind of like it. There’s something satisfying about giving my cart a shove and having a bunch of carts line up together with loud crashing noises

  • What to expect in the 2030s?

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  • President jd Vance tries to start an oil war for profit, but there are no takers. US is the only country still relying on oil for transportation, with legacy manufacturers building ever larger pickups that can’t be sold anywhere else, protected by 200% tariffs on all foreign vehicles

  • The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K

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  • Realistically, not only do I not want an 8k tv, but I might not get a tv at all, if I had to do it today. We rarely watch tv anymore. The brainrot is the same but we’re much more likely to use individual screens

  • What's one lifestyle or hobby you wish you got in to but never did?

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  • Both great fun.

    • Flying can be expensive and highly technical depending on where you are and what you fly. I had a blast while flying, got some good trips in, was able to give most of my family the experience. I gave it up when I had kids because of the priority change
    • I suppose sailing too depending. I did some sailing out of Boston harbor and had a blast but they were bigger boats, more expensive. Actually the place I rented from organized extended trips down the coast and my regret was not taking any

  • The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K

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  • I want a dumb tv with the price and and specs of a smart tv. Less is more

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    India's wealthy embrace a new luxury symbol: water

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  • There’s also plenty of poverty, lack of investment in infrastructure, lack of protection of resources, and climate change to go around

  • DHS keeps making false claims about people. It's part of a broader pattern

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  • If any of them are actual lawyers, the bar association also needs to take action, or be complicit. Lying in public statements , defamation, and abusing the legal system for personal gain should not be actions they condone

  • Should longer hair be handled by salons or male barbers?

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  • What do you want from it? How long?

    • I always went with a barber for anything that looked like a traditional men’s cut, and that includes a variety of lengths.
    • any special requests, non-traditional or significantly longer, a stylist
    • I’ve had bad cuts from both barbers and stylists, all you can do is vote with your feet
    • realistically all the old barbers are gone and new barbers feature very short modern styles that I’m not interested in, so I go with one of the cheap salon chains

  • They can't answer this

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  • US is still growing, still benefiting from growth and our economy needs immigration to offset declining birthrate

    And no, the resources argument has been debunked many times

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  • Seeing a problem here?

    Not really. This is not a new problem. This is not a surprise. This is the result of putting off change until it becomes a more serious issue.

    Given the nature of politics, of people, problems will always be ignored until they become critical

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  • Seems like a good reason for unions and worker protection. Let’s have a good highly visible corp prosecution as a lesson

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  • can be. People do choose and do benefit but

    • artificially lowers wages. Supposed to be skills you can’t find but usually just cheaper pay
    • employee has to leave the country if they lose their job.
    • some employers will leverage that to exploit their situation with the employee

    Clearly it’s not like undocumented aliens but it can still be exploitive and it’s something I think more people here are familiar with.

    There may be millions of exploited undocumented aliens in jobs like construction and farm work that I’ll never meet. I know they exist but may never have direct experience. While work visas are less of an issue they are still an issue and throughout fields like technology where I’m assuming more lemmings are likely to meet them

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  • That’s not an immigration issue, it’s worker exploitation. We allow companies to hire unprotected workers and exploit their situation without consequences.

    And yes, same is true of h1-b. As written, it theoretically would not reduce wages, but in reality it does because employers exploit their situation without system and the “trapped worker.

    In both cases, wjilynarenwenletting corps get away with this?

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  • Yeah but there are lots of other reasons to support immigration as well. The US is one of the countries that historically has significant benefits from immigrants. It’s one of our founding ethos and has always helped drive our economy, our innovation, our culture.

    While i while-heartedly agree that declining birth rates are another reason to encourage more immigration, we need to keep in mind that it’s temporary. In a world of decline my birth rates, we’ll see dwindling numbers and more competition for them.

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  • Is it ok to be against immigration that lets people be exploited, such as h1-b without sufficient enforcement, or undocumented aliens where the person is at risk but the employer is not. We can fix it by better support of employee rights regardless of immigration status

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Looking for garage heater, US, 240v, 5000w

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Euro-Lemmings: do you see common charger rules beyond computer devices?

  • Apple @lemmy.world
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    Delayed

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    The 8 U.S States With the Highest Car Accident Fatality Rates in 2025

    nchstats.com /highest-car-accident-fatality-rates/
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Two Texas moms were forced to wait for urgent care after pregnancy loss. They died — The Dallas Morning News

    apple.news /Ar4R4ruBOT8KVK3Xi9bBeAw
  • Cooking @lemmy.world
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    RECIPE

    Crispy salmon in Avocado sauce

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Do dams pregame?

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    How is it going with “Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition”?

  • aww @lemmy.world
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    Someone got some new sweatshirts

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Thread for Inovelli Blue?

  • AssholeDesign @lemmy.world
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    Unfortunate ad placement

  • Cooking @lemmy.world
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    QUESTION

    What to look for in an Olive Oil?

  • iPhone @lemmy.world
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    Is it worthwhile capturing personal photos as spatial?