Iced Raktajino
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Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteOPto Coffee@lemmy.world•Coffee prices haven’t surged this much in decades | CNN Business2·2 days agoI do both, but mostly the tea is just to stretch out the coffee supply. e.g. Instead of making a second up of coffee, I’ll make tea instead.
Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•So how do you feel about the whole Charlie Kirk divide?563·2 days agoI’m happy he’s not spewing hate anymore. However, I abhor (and denounce) how that came to pass and remain genuinely disgusted at the sick, bloodthirsty mob social media turns into when shit like this happens (or attempted happens).
I am very much not an “ends justify the means” kind of person and firmly believe that kind of logic is extremely dangerous.
How does this make me feel? Well, disgusted. Disgusted that there’s more gun violence in the world, disgusted that people are cheering it on, and disgusted with pretty much everyone’s knee-jerk takes on the matter. I can forgive celebrating his passing as dark humor / gallows humor. I can even understand laughing at the schadenfreude due to the guy’s stance on exactly this kind of thing. But for people to be praising the suspect or calling for more is firmly crossing the line into psychopath territory.
Again, the ends do not justify the means.
I can feel in my bones that the other shoe is about to drop, and all these people salivating over the bloodshed are not going to be happy when it does. Violence only begets more violence, and people need to understand that and not be cheering it on.
These are the shitposts I live for. Not the shit that should be in the political memes community. Thank you!
Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•Ex-FBI official says agency is 'back to square one' in manhunt for Charlie Kirk's killer187·4 days agoCharlie Kirk. Kirk, 31, was the CEO…
He was only 31?
Geezus. Hate really does age you. I’m over 10 years his senior, and he looks 5 years older than me. And for once, this isn’t a humble-brag.
Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Posting for the "Now guys he was MURDERED! Don't celebrate!" Crowd2612·4 days agoI mean, I wouldn’t say “don’t celebrate it” but just because someone else is a piece of shit isn’t a blank check for you* to be a piece of shit.
*Collective “you”
Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•Megathread: Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Valley University Event72·4 days agoBut I’m not going to spare him any empathy either
Me either. I’m not even sad he’s (apparently) no longer among us. I just get disgusted with everyone who’s calling for violence left and right (metaphorically and politically).
Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•Megathread: Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Valley University EventEnglish3671·5 days agoBut if someone’s gonna make some wisecrack comment celebrating/endorsing acts of violence, they should definitely watch it to see the sick reality of what they’re celebrating.
Kirk is (was?) a piece of shit, but the armchair judges, juries, and wannabe executioners around here need a reality check.
Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•No, Chicago salt trucks are not being used to interfere with ICE10·6 days agoHow’s this?
“No, Chicago salt trucks are not being used to interfere with ICE 😉”
Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteOPto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are some trends/fads that you are glad the world has moved on from?31·6 days agoBut then…you sound like…William…Shatner…and I’m not…sure…if that is any…better.
That’s like asking if every racist joke should be applied to everyone of that race. That’s kind of how stereotype-based “humor” works.
Norf F.C or “Goalposting” is the nickname given to a series of drawings and illustrations originating from 4chan’s /pol/ board satirizing Northern English
Yes, 4chan’s /pol/ board is certainly a mighty fine moral compass you’re referencing there. /s
Not saying any of it isn’t accurate for a portion of the population. But it doesn’t apply to everyone (we’re not a monoculture / planet of hats), and to paint 347,628,682 people with a mural of ugly stereotypes is, well, kinda racist / xenophobic.
Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•One transaction only at the ATMEnglish4·7 days agoFor regular debit/POS transactions, yeah, I think that’s universal. For ATMs, though, I think it depends on the ATM software, right?
Is it only your bank’s branded ATMs that do that?My credit union doesn’t operate ATMs and just reimburses the fees, so I use any random ATM when I need to do something other than a deposit. Some let me do multiple transactions, some don’t. Some don’t even let me transfer funds, but those are usually the dinky little machines you find in “convenience” locations.
I really don’t that that gives it a pass, TBH.
Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteOPto memes@lemmy.world•We had Twitter in the 90s and didn't even know it.7·7 days agoI loved the simplicity of it. It did one thing, and did it well enough.
They had an early mobile app (BREW I think), but it was pretty awful.
I think SMS gaining popularity killed it, and they were too early for the “What’s App” era that ultimately killed SMS in a lot of places.
How is this not racist/xenophobic? (yeah, I know “American” isn’t a race). You make this kind of comic for any other country, and a rational person would be like “yeah, that’s…pretty racist.”
Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteOPto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are some trends/fads that you are glad the world has moved on from?14·7 days agoI didn’t notice it at the time, but AIM away messages were basically like proto-Twitter long before actual Twitter became a thing. Some people would always be “away” so their inspirational crap would show since AIM still let you chat like normal while “away”.
Iced Raktajino@startrek.websiteOPto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are some trends/fads that you are glad the world has moved on from?11·7 days agovaguebooking that would involve lame-ass “motivation quotes” or worse song lyrics that were obviously about some dramatic thing happening in their life
You’ve just described like 90% of the AIM away messages in high school lol.
Exactly.
If people are so willing to cross those lines, what are we even doing or trying to uphold?