That was satire. A body fat figure was never reported.

I swear, it’s not long ago that people were touting that we could finally have decent microtransactions in games thanks to blockchain

Sorry that this is really what caught my attention, but when did anyone ever think this?

You didn’t come with receipts either, you know.

“tariffs”

Asperger’s likely plays a big part here.

It’s pretty well-known (as he admitted on SNL in 2021) that Elon Musk has Asperger’s Syndrome. This is evident in his inability to understand social cues and appropriate communication, his hardwired complete lack of empathy, and his strange and overpowering obsession with the letter X. He probably thinks he’s being edgy or hilarious without understanding that there are social consequences for those things that he does not have the ability to comprehend in the moment. Even scarier, actually, if you look into the history of the man the condition was named for (Hans Asperger) and some of the things he was into… you know, like generic purity and being a Nazi.

there’s no point commenting or interacting cause pretty much everything gets you banned

Holy hyperbole, Batman! If you’re not posting like an edgy teenager then reddit is decently usable.

The insane reactionary takes against reddit on Lemmy are getting really tiring. Come on, guys.

No. There’s nothing in the link you provided that suggests they came here illegally. There’s plenty to hate Trump for, so please stop wasting energy spreading bullshit that takes away from fact.

The printers in the article are using toner. The title is misleading.

a 2006 law that forces them to fund their retirement plan for 75 years in advance

Congress actually fixed this a couple years ago: https://apwu.org/postal-service-reform-act-2022

I’m in the US and I see this if I zoom out a bit.

Ah yes, the feed starting with an ad, followed by a reels module alternating between soft porn and dogs, followed by bots and more ads, maybe interspersed with a couple of posts by people whose names I recognize for good measure, are well worth my time. No need to virtue signal, I’m hooked!

It’s not even his idea, though. It’s been introduced by Marco Rubio 4 times, starting in 2018.

Try Projectivy.

Not worth my time to check who it was (I think BCBS), but they were going to deny the totality of the anesthesia line item for a surgery if the allotted time (and therefore the expected amount of anesthesia used) exceeded the original estimate.

The ACA never happened in your mind?

And guess what? If you’ve ever sold anything on TikTok, Bytedance (and the CCP) has your SSN, asking with a treasure trove of personal info! Byebye, identity!

This is a weird take. That ticker telling you about scores and schedules for a whole bunch of different sports has been on ESPN forever.

Way ahead of you. When trying to persuade, you need to know your audience. I’m going door to door canvassing, and having conversations with voters that have these concerns. Those conversations, meeting people one-on-one with empathy, has a profound effect.

In contrast, here, I was responding to someone who was obviously acting in bad faith. I’m not trying to convince that person, but making sure others observing the conversation don’t feel gaslit and second-guess the reality others are trying to distort.

I’m not as dense as I might appear. However, I do appreciate you calling me out so we can have a conversation like this. It’s important, and it helps us all learn and grow.

Thanks for making it disgustingly obvious how easy it is to cherry-pick statements, excluding the full context, to push forward an agenda.

We all know the situation. But we also have more folds in our grey matter to understand the consequences of the alternatives.