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ericbomb

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  • Moderators Across Social Media Struggle to Contain Celebrations of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Assassination

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  • I mean that's a fair thought.

    But even by USA capitalist standards, this specific man was a monster who in a just world wouldn't be allowed to be in charge of anything. The world is slightly better off without such a greedy and heartless man in it.

  • Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted?

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  • I am a pacifist, and I recognize the danger of encouraging/pardoning vigilantism. There are people I feel are heroes, who others view as villains. People should argue, debate, and put pressure as much as possible with non violence... but that is clearly not working for the ultra wealthy who are so insulated from 99.9% of what we can do.

    The murdered man was, even by US capitalist standards, excessively evil. In a functioning and just system he would have had life in prison with no chance of parole for 1000+ counts of at the very least man slaughter for the millions of people whose health care was delayed or prevented. The world is a slightly better place without that level of extreme greed and heartlessness in it.

    I also feel like the main point of prison "SHOULD" be Prevention and Rehabilitation. Which if the Attacker was personally harmed by a CEO and lashed out, I don't think prison can accomplish either for him. I guess the US gov probably disagrees and thinks he should be rehabilitated as someone who is okay with being exploited by CEOs.

    But I do want all evidence laid out, I want a jury to determine if he's unhinged and a danger to others, or someone who was hurt on a fundamental level and lashed out. We of course assume it's the second one, but we don't know yet.

    Juries and judges will sometimes use the kid gloves when dealing with people who kill their abusers, and I think a light sentence with the message of "murder is wrong... but so is allowing thousands to die to increase profits. So maybe don't be so evil people wouldn't mind giving up 10 years of their lives to see you removed from this world" would be fine.

    ... but also if this becomes another one of a million unsolved cases, I won't lose a wink of sleep about it.

  • Just adding to the pile...

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  • Why do you hate capitalism and the free market 😭

    I'm just doing what's best for the share holders!

  • Just adding to the pile...

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  • Hear me out.

    I'm gonna work to make health care more expensive, so you have to buy my service: "Make health care affordable"

    Then, here's the best part.

    To save money, even after you've purchased my service, I won't do that 😀

    ... Why are you mad, it's just good business😭 !

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    Live footage from New York City (meme)

  • Withdrawal is going to make people go mad

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  • Guyyyyssss, the vote was yesterday!

    Also how was that mess over 10 years ago and they still are in the "Finding out" portion of FAFO?

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    Just adding to the pile...

  • Mastery of HTML

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  • UGH you're just like my sister then! See I played runescape after taking a typing class in elementary school, so in class I got like 5 wpm, then over a summer of doing nothing but playing rune scape whenever I was able (usually by staying up late after everyone went to sleep) I got up to 25, and it just kept getting faster over the years as I kept playing other online game.

    My older sisters didn't have typing classes before they started doing IM chat rooms and stuff though. So my sister somehow types at 90 WPM by doing this cursed 2 finger chicken peck thing. She types way faster than me by just using 2 fingers on each hand and it always confuses the heck outta me.

  • Mastery of HTML

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  • Super good point!

    Now you can't even read a blog's html to understand what it is doing, as it's being hosted by a website builder doing 2 billion weird things most likely.

  • Give us your best infodump.

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  • Shout out to the scientists who study the reproductive pattern of certain insects for the sole purpose of wiping them out.

    We see you scientists that are sterilizing trillions of bugs then releasing them into the wild. Your work is wild, weird, but very effective.

  • Mastery of HTML

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  • Okay but that is adorable and true XD

    The old internet taught us so many random skills. I couldn't type on a keyboard for jack until I got into MMO's back in the day, because it was pre voice comms. So I learned to type faster so I would struggle less XD

  • Bluesky breaching rules around disclosure of information, says EU

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  • Haha, they have been trying to tell Twitter to do things, with some law suits out.

    Which is why members of the US government are now threatening to leave NATO if they continue to bully twitter, since Elon is in charge of a quarter of our government.

  • Bluesky breaching rules around disclosure of information, says EU

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  • I mean, how would you like them to monetize?

    What they are planning sounds similar to discord nitro, which I think is fine.

  • Bluesky breaching rules around disclosure of information, says EU

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  • Also in the article: " Regnier said the commission, the EU’s executive arm, had written to the 27 national governments to see “if they can find any trace of Bluesky” such as identifying a EU-based office. It has not yet contacted the company directly, he added. "

    Like this is so nonsensical. Talking to press about a company having broken a rule even though they are not under your jurisdiction, but you haven't bothered to contact yet, is just wild.

    If they reached out and said "Hey, before you reach these metrics you need to fulfill these requirements" and bluesky told them to pound sand, that'd be good to know.

    But "Company who doesn't have to follow a rule is not following the rule, and we'd like them to, but haven't told them we'd like them to" is not news.

  • Bluesky breaching rules around disclosure of information, says EU

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  • From the article (different paragrpahs) " “All platforms in the EU . . . have to have a dedicated page on their website where it says how many users they have in the EU and where they are legally established,” said commission spokesman Thomas Regnier. “This is not the case for Bluesky as of today. This is not followed.”

    Regnier said the commission, the EU’s executive arm, had written to the 27 national governments to see “if they can find any trace of Bluesky” such as identifying a EU-based office. It has not yet contacted the company directly, he added.

    "The commission cannot regulate Bluesky directly as it does not yet reach the threshold of more than 45mn monthly users in the EU to be designated a very large online platform. But Regnier said that if member states could identify a EU-based representative for the company, Brussels would “reach out to Bluesky”." "

    The head line is nonsense. They are not in the EU and they don't have over 45 million users in the EU. So the rules in no way apply to them.

  • The Prisoner's Trolley Problemma

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  • It says loved ones I'm afraid, can't sacrifice one in prison I'm afraid.

  • Person put up signs tell people not to kill people with cars. Police say that's criminal tampering.

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  • Ugh that probably kills night vision of drivers.

    It's so annoying that even with obvious safety changes we can't get people on board. Like just getting people to not have overly bright lights that blind folks some how is so hard, when that seems so simple.

  • Person put up signs tell people not to kill people with cars. Police say that's criminal tampering.

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  • That's just sad for a lot of reasons.

  • Person put up signs tell people not to kill people with cars. Police say that's criminal tampering.

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  • Ugh we could probably talk all day about all the things the government intervened on for perceived dangers, and just ban something random to make it look like they addressed the thing.

    If I go up to a politician and say "I need your help to ban a product that has killed 20,000 people this year! Will you take my cause?"

    They'd act super enthusiastic until I say it's private pick up trucks.

  • Person put up signs tell people not to kill people with cars. Police say that's criminal tampering.

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  • Hah, your 10% is terrifying realistic.

    Over 40,000 people die per year from motor accidents in the US.

    9/11 was 3k.

    But for some reason trying to convince people that we need to treat our car culture like an emergency of the utmost importance and priority the same way we would react to another country murdering random people like 9/11 and I'm being crazy.

  • Person put up signs tell people not to kill people with cars. Police say that's criminal tampering.

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  • Or that none of their neighbors are narcs!

    This is funny and they are just right.

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.ml
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    Person put up signs tell people not to kill people with cars. Police say that's criminal tampering.

    www.vice.com /en/article/cops-searching-for-vigilante-who-installed-nsfw-traffic-signs-in-colorado/
  • ADHD @lemmy.world
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    Just learned about RSD... sooo did anyone else have a reputation as a cry baby in elementary school?

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    What side hustles have you personally seen work pretty well?

  • Gaming @lemmy.ml
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    4th annual Game Jam about making blind accessible games has been announced for Feb! Join or help spread the word to help make gaming more accessible!

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    Drop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows.

  • ADHD @lemmy.world
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    Does limiting things you actually enjoy help?

  • You Should Know @lemmy.world
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    YSK about Darkpatterns.games, a website that rates mobile games on their "Dark patterns"

    www.darkpattern.games
  • ADHD @lemmy.world
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    My new counselor told me to go to my doctor and ask about starting the tests to see if I have ADHD

  • cats @lemmy.world
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    Meet Freyja! Who fell asleep while playing.

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    I'm the trainer, and just realized I might be a monster.

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
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    2 life pro tips in one meme!

  • You Should Know @lemmy.world
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    YSK: About The Sad bastard Cookbook, when time, energy, money, or skill is preventing someone from cooking their own meals!

    traumbooks.itch.io /the-sad-bastard-cookbook
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What hobby was easier to get into than you thought?

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    FREE God Tier Steam Games

  • micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility @lemmy.world
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    eBikes would be best vehicle during apocalypse, right?

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    What's a piece of technology you LOVE the progress of?

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    Youtuber creators with under 1000 subs that are your favorite?