obvs

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[–] obvs@lemmy.world 23 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Seems like the benefits of federal money are drastically outweighed by the strings attached to that money.

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago (30 children)

What international alternatives exist for YouTube? And I understand RedNote as an alternative for TikTok, but YouTube fills a little bit of a different niche.

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (6 children)

The people in the blue states are afraid for their lives.

This isn't a situation where the people in the blue states need to be aware of the danger Trump poses to Canadians and the problems he poses for Canada and need to be made aware of it.

The people in the blue states are unable to afford much of anything now, not food, not healthcare, not housing, not transportation, nothing. And on top of that, they're afraid of being disappeared because the Trump regime is disappearing people for no cause, because of things like having an autism awareness tattoo or like publishing a letter.

It's not to say that what Canada is facing from Trump isn't bad, but no, people in the blue states are MORE aware of the dangers of Trump than you are. Canadians are justified in reacting, absolutely, but people in the U.S. in blue states are not unaware of what's going on, and don't need Canadians to make them aware of these things.

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No they came for the trans people first, too.

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

The more money you have, the more daily annoyances you can pay to get rid of, and the smaller they are. By the time you have billions of dollars, the things that annoy you daily can be EXTREMELY small and petty. You become disconnected from what other people are dealing with.

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It looks like a lot of US states are about to declare backsies.

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Oh no! It looks like they have their 51st state!

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Do you prioritize not having illegal status in another country over your own ability to stay alive and stay safe?

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Bring more people to the protests. Don't stop now.

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

If that's going to happen anyway, might as well happen the first day.

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Parrots can mimic humans too, but they don’t understand what we’re saying the way we do.

It's interesting how humanity thinks that humans are smarter than animals, but that the benchmark it uses for animals' intelligence is how well they do an imitation of an animal with a different type of brain.

As if humanity succeeds in imitating other animals and communicating in their languages or about the subjects that they find important.

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

The United States would be better with a lot more toasters.

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