I think the current economic and political system is failing a vast majority of Americans and like other authoritarian demagogues in the past, Trump misattributes that problem in ways that resonate with the bigotry and racism that exists in American culture.

You just explained in one sentence what I bumbled my way through in four paragraphs. Well written, my friend.

A lot of old-fashioned “good old homegrown” folks who feel that the world is changing and the economy is leaving them behind. Think of coal towns, mid-west mining towns, etc…

Insert a republican who tells them enough times that it’s not the fault of big business screwing literally everyone over, it’s actually the fault of the immigrants/LGBTQ+/Mulsims/Blacks (insert marginalised group of choice here) coming and taking what should rightfully go to Good Honest Working Folk/Christian Evangelicals (Insert the group you’re trying to court here) and then promise to change that.

The low-key greatest quote came from LBJ in an off-hand remark to an aide. Not even from a speech.

“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

True then. True now. And true internationally. There is no country where the Conservative Right Wing doesn’t play by that exact rulebook.

Good god, why not just use Gnome?

I wonder what kind of lens they use to make the horizon curve like that…

/s obviously

I used Crucial brand in both my desktop and my laptop upgrades a few years ago (I don’t remember the exact model…mx500 maybe?) And I haven’t had a single issue.

Absolutely rock-solid.

If this “model” example wasn’t glued together for photo purposes, gravity would make these toppings an absolute shit-show before it’s ever actually served.

I’ll usually tell him that the sound isn’t working when I open it in the browser and I’m not downloading the app. But he keeps… on… trying…

I’ve believed for a long time that a viable way to do this consistently is the game changing technology that will change the world.

A system where every home has a 3D printer, and beside it, an economical, easy to use recycler that turns your plastic bottles, etc… into working filament.

Dishes, cutlery, cooking utensils, you name it, could just be recycled in an environmental loop, or used as raw material for a coat hanger or a curtain hook or any other thing made of plastic in our homes.

It would change the world more than 3D printing already has.

wallpaper link please.

im not sure the term would exist if the racist term hadn’t already.

It definitely wouldn’t. That’s not really a term that occurs “organically” in computer language. “Rice” has nothing to do with computers, so it would have had to come from somewhere else.

Think of the movie Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift. It’s used to describe unnecessary modifications to a street racer (led lights, decals, etc…) that was mockingly called “ricing” because it was prevalent in the asian street racing communities. (rice eaters…har har har…)

I thought I was the only one who cringed whenever I heard that word. But this thread is making me realize I’m not crazy.

You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.

I would love to use Lemmur, but I’ve been unable to add the lemmy.ca instance to it. It just says “Instance not found”