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byfatwilbur
28, 2026 @06:39PM
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Attached to: Urban Expansion in the Age of Liberalism
I believe the last point is a tongue-in-cheek shot at the well studied truth that when people are asked what they want, they'll say higher density, more walkable neighborhoods closer to city cores. But then when they actually vote with their dollars they buy a home in the suburbs that requires a car for everything.
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byfatwilbur
2026 @08:42PM
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Attached to: HHS Announces New Study of Cellphone Radiation and Health
You have to be a real piece of shit to make such a comment. Perhaps if you’ve ever seen someone you love suffer an opioid addiction you wouldn’t be so quick to judge the strength it takes to conquer one.
I get it, he has done lots of weird things, but who of us hasn’t. Which vaccines has he banned? Oh right, none. I’m a vaccine proponent and somehow you hard line hard left ideologists look like the idiots to me. He’s proposed perhaps not loading up extremely young children with multiple vaccines which seems to follow the precautionary principle in medicine. I do believe vaccines have saved many more lives than they’ve taken, but autoimmune disorders are not well understood and high stimulation of a baby’s immune system might not be the best. We’ll find out in the days over time. What we do already have data on - is that your mind is not open to any other approach and you lack empathy. Fuck off and go engage in another twitter troll war.
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byfatwilbur
14, 2026 @02:37AM
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Attached to: Scott Adams, Creator of the 'Dilbert' Comic Strip, Dies at 68
Hmmm yes, let’s throw out all the historical art of anyone who didn’t have perfect opinions especially those you personally agree with. Thanks, we now have none left. Real humans have flaws, I would say grow up and get over it but you’re beyond that now.
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byfatwilbur
14, 2026 @02:35AM
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Attached to: Scott Adams, Creator of the 'Dilbert' Comic Strip, Dies at 68
Until you and all the others with similar disgusting opinions change, republicans will continue to will elections and walk circles around you politically. Funny you’re the other choosing hate over art in this instance.
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byfatwilbur
2026 @04:39AM
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Attached to: Viral Chinese App 'Are You Dead?' Checks On Those Who Live Alone
Wait, you’re getting a cremation an a burial plot? Sounds made up. I’ve never heard of someone getting cremated and buried.
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byfatwilbur
2026 @06:58PM
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Attached to: Four More Tech Bloggers Are Switching to Linux
To be fair, he’s at least cognizant he’s the local idiot.
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byfatwilbur
15, 2025 @12:28PM
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Attached to: GM Wants Parts Makers To Pull Supply Chains From China
You main argument around stifling innovation and efficiency makes great logical sense, however it is actually bunk for the vast majority of international trade. If you’re referring to cutting edge manufactured goods (say laptops or cars) each product is unique and competition is more on capability than cost (in the sense any company so large has done all the normal MBA things to minimize costs - they want a better product). Mom and pop shops that needs efficiency and innovation rarely trade internationally. Finally, a massive amount of trade is in basic materials and components. There’s little efficiency or innovation to be gained from ones domestic aluminum industriesthe countries that import it for cheaper usually do so by paying lower wages and having no environmental controls.
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byfatwilbur
12, 2025 @03:33PM
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Attached to: Airbnb Rival Sonder Abruptly Shuts Down, Orders Guests To Leave
Ceasing operations would imply anyone who was working for the company who could do such visits was immediately fired at the same time.
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byfatwilbur
08, 2025 @04:10PM
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Attached to: Ford Considers Scrapping F-150 EV Truck
Oh hey up there - thou on your high horse. I’m white collar and own a half ton. I used it to commute, shop, and go skiing and camping maybe 8-10 times a year. Your argument is that I should buy a vehicle that doesn’t fit all my use cases, for one that’s more efficient in the majority of use cases and “either stop doing that stuff or rent a vehicle when you need it”. That’s idiotic. A full size truck is easily affordable here.
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byfatwilbur
08, 2025 @04:06PM
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Attached to: Ford Considers Scrapping F-150 EV Truck
lol, so you think a company has the ability to simply choose what they was to sell based on what they get the most margin from? Good god, they sell what people want to buy. There are still plenty of options for passenger cars out there, if people literally didn’t show up with dollars in hand and demand to buy their trucks and SUVs they would go out of business. Insanity how you think the world works.
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byfatwilbur
08, 2025 @04:02PM
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Attached to: Ford Considers Scrapping F-150 EV Truck
You ask a good questionif their availability and affordability were actually available world wide, you’re confident in the fact they’d be rejected? I can tell that comes from a lack of experience driving larger vehicles. If you can afford it (very much more so in NA) and have the skill to drive it, it’s better in every way.
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byfatwilbur
08, 2025 @03:58PM
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Attached to: Ford Considers Scrapping F-150 EV Truck
No. The profit motive is what drives (no pun intended) a business such as this, in the sense they sell a product directly to consumers based on what they want and will pay for. If this is the wrong decision, they will fail and others who offer the right market product will step in. If it is a good decision, both their shareholders and customers will benefit greatly from offering what people choose to pay for from their wallets. If you didn’t even have an idea about fixed costs and management accounting, why do you feel you are a judge of what a good or bad long term decision this is? Compared to the large teams of professionals educated and laid the make such forecasts? Jeebus when you don’t know anything, recognize that and sit back and let the pros play things out.
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byfatwilbur
08, 2025 @03:52PM
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Attached to: Ford Considers Scrapping F-150 EV Truck
No, this is the beauty of a capitalist system. Private companies get to make these calls and they will thrive or fail based on that. You seek to believe business choices should be dictated to the masses and wellfor fucks sakes go read a book.
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byfatwilbur
08, 2025 @03:48PM
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Attached to: Ford Considers Scrapping F-150 EV Truck
No this is just rational capitulation to what their customer still want (F150s) versus a whole lot of media, management, government, and even slashdot posters trying and hoping to change their behaviour for ideological reasons.
EVs are great, and make sense in a lot of situations. The sad fact thought is the places adopting them have no exposure to a luxury item like a half ton truck. Americans aren’t different human beings than others, they’ve simply been able to explore more paths that other countries and cultures (largely due to wealth and “teh freedom”).
I own and drive a half ton. I am convinced if the larger world knew of the experience, wider use cases, and had the same affordability as one in North America, the F150 would be the world top seller and no one would choose those range limited small EVs, save for a second vehicle, which I would as well. Well, no doubt a lot would turn their noses up because of parking or driving difficulties, but that’s a fault of their own driving ability. It does take time to learn how to drive a truck safely. But as sales and capabilities show, I don’t see how you can make a rational argument they’re not better vehicles.
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byfatwilbur
08, 2025 @03:31PM
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Attached to: Ford Considers Scrapping F-150 EV Truck
I know your goal is simply to defend some side of a massive internet flame war you are incapable of escaping, but this is one of your dumbest takes ever. I’ve seen you generalize entire groups of people as “lost causes” who simply can’t be reasoned with, so try to follow along with the rational crowd here eh?
I’m no fan is musk and have no investment in Tesla. But this package simply indentures very high growth goals and offers ownership of the company in return. What that is actually worth is up to the market and what someone will pay. How is this the wrong way to go about doing things? Musk has basically grown that business from nothing to a major enterprise- if you suggest not setting further performance goals for someone who has performed, you clearly don’t know how to run a popsicle stand.
Let me put it this way - I can go file articles of incorporation for a new business tomorrow, and name myself chief executive. Now, this business has no assets and no income. I will also write myself an agreement stating that if the company hits $5 trillion in market cap in 5 years, I will be given 20% of ownership shares. Now would you call me a trillionaire simply because of such an agreement? But further to the point of highlighting your idiotic opinion - let’s say I actually do grow the company to $5T in 5 years. You’re basically arguing such amazing performance can’t possible be worth a 20% ownership of said company. Pure abject stupidity. But I get it - you’re invested in a flame war and “oMg teh mUsK and billionaires bad”. Grow up, read a book or two.
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