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December 9, 2016 at 7:01 PM in reply to: Cutting The Cord– Considering Switching to Sling TV #804410
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ParticipantAN: if mass arrests and deportations start, I’d likely self deport, since that wouldn’t be the kind of country where I want to live. Either that, or I’d only buy from registered deplorables and operate a notell safe house for people at risk of deportation. At cost, no profit.
I have no desire to profit from Fascism. Trump is trash who based his campaign on attacking people whom I love. Screw him, screw his politics, and screw the results.
Participantzk: If anything, my standard of living will be better.
Why? Because there are a lot of brainwashed dumbkents who drink the “newer is better” Kool-Aid. It’s nice to be able to pick up a TV that’s a few generations old on Craigslist for $50, a non-connected coffee maker for $5, still-working appliances at the Habitat store, etc. Basically, it makes it a lot easier to be a cheap shit and recycle the leftovers of other people.
ParticipantA programmable coffee maker still needs to be prefilled with coffee and water to be ready to make coffee. Not convinced that not having to push a button on the way to the bathroom in the morning actually saves any time over pushing it.
Much of the electronic tech that has come out recently is utter gimmick-laden shit.
Participant^^^
Trump has talked big in the past about the above, but his appointments for Cabinet aren’t likely to further such policies.
Participantflu and AN: is our standard of living really increasing? Sure, people can call up the latest conspiracy theory and fake news on a little slab of glass and be on call with their boss 24/7. But do we have more free time than we had 20 years ago? Do we travel more? Spend more time with our families?
Is inflation-adjusted pay higher? Has life expectancy even increased much? You’re confusing TOYS that add very little to human existence with a standard of living.
Participantlivinincali: All environmental regulations can be seen as artificial constraints on growth. What good is economic growth if we make the Earth (or certain parts of it) inhospitable to humans?
BTW- I’d much rather live a quarter mile from a nuclear power plant than from a coal mine, coal power plant, or frack field. Why? Because I understand science and risk.
Problem with this country is lack of education and opportunities for education. People don’t understand risk. People think that solar is some sort of grand conspiracy to control them. And Trump, by hiring someone who’s anti-public education for the Department of Ed, will actually make this shituation worse.
You’ll have people allowed to opt out of a scientifically rigorous education for their kids, in favor of Jeebus-jumper Bible-thumper larnin’, and the cycle will continue.
ParticipantShoveler: yeah. Unemployed youth competing for jerbs that are being automated and priced out of existence, while having their educational opportunities and access to insurance limited by a stingy GOP admin should make for a fun show. Might lead to French type of protests with cities shut down if not more fun.
ParticipantI can predict that he will be unpredictable.
Participantflu: who says you’re wrong about being spooked long-term? He’s not even in office yet.
ParticipantThing is, if the idiot starts a nuclear war, there wouldn’t be much opportunity for anyone. Unless you’re investing in potassium iodide pills.
ParticipantLaptop is one thing, phone is another. Find me a phone with 16GB RAM, swappable battery, and 1TB storage to avoid cloudfucking my data. No? I’ll stick with my Thinkpad.
I’d consider an ARM notebook provided you can still turn the spyware in Win 10 off.
ParticipantAren’t market gains also biased heavily towards Nov-Dec vs Jan-Feb (with another historically good month in April)?
Participant“Made in Taiwan” 🙂
You mean, “Made in Republic of China”? Or “Made in Taipei, R.O.C.”?
ParticipantNot inevitable — it helps to live in places where people live off the grid. I don’t mean rural Montana. I mean places which tend to cater to the “less documented, less banked” people among us.
Not a Starbucks or chain supermarket in sight, but plenty of bodegas selling barely-protected fruit while taking up half the sidewalk. For cash, cards not welcome.
One of many reasons why I hope Trump fails at his attempts to “clean up” illegal immigration. Illegal immigrant communities foster a culture where anonymity and privacy are valued.
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