Getting new glasses. Mine have been fucked for a while, but soon I should be able to actually see again!

Yes, because I didn’t have kids. Also, I’m in a happy partnership.

However the world was in a better place then, so I feel like I’m mentally in a worse place probably.

But think of the ads we can’t play! THE ADS!

I needed to fill the medicine boxes for me and my partner, and I had a few bottles of medicines I just got that I needed to put in, so I’m carrying them down the stairs, one of the bottles falls out of my hand, lands like a wheel on a stair, I step on it, and I fall down 3 stairs. My butt and elbow hurt and I was so mad. 😡

This was yesterday, btw.

What was he trying to say?

I noticed Animix Player doesn’t have “no ads” servers anymore and even when it opens the ads it doesn’t play. 😭

I love it. It’s my substitute for soda. I like lemon and cherry lime. My family got some for me when I came over for the holidays and they didn’t care for it. Lol

Sounds like you got banned for doing what is banned here.

Oops, I didn’t realize that! Sorry!

Midwest.social is located in the US and is also a leftist instance. However, we don’t host many large comms ourselves.

Surprised cowbee didn’t post this but I think you need this: Leftist Reading List

I was reading a Facebook post about how UHC denied a kid their anti-rejection meds for a liver transplant because there was a cheaper one the kid had already had a bad reaction to, and they thought he should give that one a try again first… 🤦

Thanks for the explanation!

You can see my confusion since the article’s title is different. My mistake, I’ve just never seen lemmy grab an alternate title before.

I think the reason the title is called “EV obsession is placing an entire population at risk of genocide” is

That, as I stated before, is not the title. It is the title YOU gave the post. I read the article, I know what the article said, all I ever took issue with was the title that you picked, which is why I made the “snarky” comment. And yes, it does blame the consumers, because they are the ones with the “EV obsession”, are they not? Maybe you should stick to posting the titles of the articles as-is and you wouldn’t get so much push back.

if the “little people” in great numbers did not want to buy EVs the companies would not be rapidly expanding mineral extraction into places where they haven’t historically done so.

And here you are again putting the emphasis on people who are trying to do something to combat climate change. Be like the article you quoted and talk about the companies sourcing ethically, making their sources known publicly, and government bodies making sure they are. People stopping buying EVs takes care of one problem while ignoring another. If the “little people” in great numbers demanded the EV manufacturers prove their nickel is ethically sourced, maybe the manufacturers would comply. It looks like much of Indonesia’s nickel is going to China, and a French mining company is involved I this one, so those governments and the governments of any manufacturer that buys from these mining companies, should be holding them accountable.

Yes, I was being snarky about a title implicating the EV consumers and not the companies are truly responsible, when the article itself tells the real culprits. In fact, I liked the original title “The Global North’s rush for EVs are threatening an entire people with genocide (emphasis:mine)”, which more accurately puts responsibility on both the consumers and the companies.

I trust you that my country probably made the dominos fall, but you mentioned the taxes of my grandparents- do you think they knew where that money was going? I mean, did you see who “we” elected? Many of “us” are controlled by a deceptive media system and secretive government that is actively trying to divide us. But the little people buying the EV (the ones having the “obsession”) are the wrong ones to be pointing the finger at.

The thing is, you’re blaming the consumer when most EV consumers are just trying to do their part to reduce emissions. I don’t understand why you’re so mad that some people are trying to point out that the cooperations are doing the bad thing. I think it’s wrong, I am sure, as you cite, that the buck doesn’t stop with the Indonesian government (I’m aware of many of the atrocities my government has perpetrated), but acting like the consumer is the one at fault is counterproductive.

Also, your hostility and assumptions don’t make for a very productive conversation. I could have said more before, so that’s on me, but assuming that I have “wiped my hands clean from caring about anything” is a huge leap from my original statement.

French mining company Eramet and the Indonesian government is placing an entire population at risk of genocide

Fify

No, they just believe in the honesty of people. Well, that and they probably also figured that having an aggregate of answers and the upvote/downvote system, they can ferret out a response.

And how does one do that while meming “the man, the myth, the legend”?