overview for eskimofry

Trying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be. by eskimofry in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago

Actually most people are not aware. So its better to spell it out.

apt install firefox by eskimofry in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

What about using tilde to denote home?

Climate protesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves by eskimofry in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Hey good thing is people are not as numb to the class warfare nowadays as before so your coy attempt to make this partisan isn't as effective.

Iran's water crisis leads to alarming ground collapse by eskimofry in c/[email protected]

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

How else can I conclude your reply with the context being Israel bombing and killing 30000+ people in Gaza?

Israel Accused of Running “Torture Camps” as Video Emerges of Soldiers Raping Palestinian Prisoner by eskimofry in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 81 points 1 month ago

Every time I think Israel can't do worse... it gets worse.

Also this: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/08/israel-finance-minister-bezalel-smotrich-gaza-starve-2m-people-comments

Israel went to great lengths to remind people of the Holocaust and caution against Antisemitism but looks like they forgot themselves.

Toronto developers are getting desperate as no one is buying condos anymore by eskimofry in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 86 points 4 months ago

Nobody can afford to buy condos at the prices these parasites want.

Redditor explains that reddit's moderators can't understand how rich people's wealth operates because it is too complicated for poor people by eskimofry in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 97 points 5 months ago

Its actually not complicated fundamentally. It's some level of theft. The complexity is to hide this obvious fact.

Damn linux users! by eskimofry in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 64 points 6 months ago

If you talk shit instead of genuinely having trouble with something, any hobby group will not take it lightly. There's honestly trying and coming up empty, and then there's the "I don't have to put so much effort on other platform X" kind of response that indicates you are just trying to trash talk.

Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot. by eskimofry in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 70 points 7 months ago

It's Smart as in, MLM scheme smart. Not honorable, just smart. Like a thief that is clever about not leaving fingerprints.

Fearing social media backlash, companies are using all kinds of euphemisms to avoid being straightforward about layoffs — ‘right-sized’, ‘org changes’, ‘simplified operating model’ by eskimofry in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 71 points 7 months ago

They're actually violating laws. They want to layoff but that would involve giving severance and pay for unemployment benefits. They want to freeload off of tech worker productivity while not compensating fairly.

Red Sea crisis from Houthi attacks hits world trade as cost of shipping soars by 170% by eskimofry in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 67 points 8 months ago

Another convenient excuse for the hand of the free market to limit supply and jack up prices even further...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Was 'More Than Happy' to Give $1M to Strike Fund: “Have To Give Something Back” by eskimofry in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 92 points 10 months ago

Very beautifully said by him:

"As soon as you recognize that you are not self-made, you realize that you have to give something back. And when you recognize how good it feels to actually do something for someone else, it gets in your blood"