[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago

There's no reason that guilt would be absent from helpinghelp a specific person in need (like your struggling mother example). Plenty of people feel guilty taking handouts and will outright refuse help when they might need it.

As for the drive thru thing, I think you might be talking about something different than what I've seen/done, which is just paying for your own meal and the people behind you. There isn't any expectation for them to continue some chain, and in many ways it's a bit of an empty gesture (they are just taking that first person's goodwill and passing it to the next in line).

My interpretation of paying it forward is the premise of receiving something when you're in need, then, when you're able, to give something back. Not to the one who helped you, as that would be repaying a debt.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

not a typo

puplic

This amuses me

[-] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago

Not gonna lie, that's some crazy decent editing for a joke

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

I did always wonder the logistics behind that. Did those businesses get reimbursed from the contest runners? I like the idea of them trading in their piles of caps for cash

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

In the same way that watching porn on public transit is a social no-no

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think you're taking it the wrong way. I understand it as "anything negative about Biden, is also true about Trump"

  • Biden is old, so is Trump
  • Biden struggles speaking cohesively, so does Trump
  • etc.
[-] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago

There are a ton of things you can do with a keyboard natively on Android. I would imagine these use that plus a bit of software to emulate "real" movements, like the flicking down to scroll

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

While it's amusing that it feeds these Onion articles, it's also a bit worrying when the search queries are worded in such a way that allows for such stark confirmation biases.

It's very similar to asking ChatGPT the same question phrased differently and getting entirely different answers.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

So I missed it the first time. But the title is "A The Lord of the Rings Game". Assumedly to maintain copyright, they did not drop the "The" from "The Lord of the Rings" even though they started with "A"

[-] [email protected] 92 points 4 months ago

Interesting how insurance companies demand restrictions to "special enrollment" periods or specified times to begin coverage. It's a tactic to prevent people from beginning coverage before taking on significant healthcare costs and then cancelling after their treatment is finished.

But yet, an insurance company is able to change coverage without following similar practices? Is just about as close to a bait and switch as you can get.

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