Kirp123

joined 9 months ago
[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

The US should start by defending LGBTQ rights in its own country first. They're not doing too great on that front lately.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Someone should tell the Americans.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Also critical thinking is not equivalent with overthinking.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

One of Orban's party members, which was an EU MP, was caught by police in Brussels while escaping from a 20 man gay orgy. The police was called because the "party" was during covid and breaking lockdown. When the police arrived he was going down a drainage pipe trying to escape and he was naked.

Like all conservatives Orban and his party are just a bunch of hypocrites.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago (4 children)

A case like this was exactly what turned public opinion in Ireland and led to them legalizing abortion.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

But the remote is all the way over there and he's already so comfy.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Because after 9/11 Congress passed legislation that allowed the President to do so. In a way Osama bin Laden has the last laugh.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 78 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Bro literally closed the government and refused to swear in an elected representative just to prevent the vote on it. Then he says this.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Or if you guys had an actual popular election instead of the whole Electoral College shit. A woman won the popular vote in 2016.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The talent is there but it's not cheap. Why would a company hire 1 US engineer for 100k per year when they can hire 5 Indian ones for 20k per year each(made up salary numbers but the point stands)

Companies will always look for the cheaper option. If you ban H1B1 visas then they will just outsource the whole thing if it's cheaper than hiring local talent.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The FFXIV free trial let's you play like the first 3 expansions (heavensward, stormblood, shadowbringers) without paying a dime and with no time limit (there are some limitations like how much in game currency you can amass and who you can private message). The downside is that if you buy the game you don't qualify for the free trial anymore.

Sadly the Steam version can't be disassociated from your account so you're screwed there. But if you really wanna try out the game then just make a new trial account, you just need an email address for it and that's it. Just make sure you don't buy the game on that account as that will void the free trial and ask you for a sub.

The free trial is worth it for the content it provides with such little commitment.

Edit: I forgot to say that the free trial gets updated so they add in a new expansion to it whenever they release the newest one. So for example when they release the expansion after Dawntrail the free trial will be updated to contain the first 4 expansions (heavensward, stormblood, shadowbringers and endwalker).

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Since when does the US give a shit about International law. If they did, all their presidents after 9/11would be held up for war crimes.

After the 9/11 attacks, the US brutally pursued those they considered their "enemies." From early 2002, the CIA and the US military – with approval at the highest levels – kidnapped, unlawfully detained and tortured hundreds of people. The US torture program violated international as well as human rights law (including the UN Convention against Torture) – under the pretext of the fight against terrorism.

The US use of armed unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, as part of counter-terrorism operations began under President George W. Bush and was greatly expanded under President Barack Obama. The US uses armed drones to kill suspected terrorists overseas, including outside areas of armed conflict. In many cases the drones kill innocent civilians. The practice of using lethal force against individuals outside of any armed conflict, or – in the case of attacks conducted during an armed conflict – without properly determining their status (whether they are military targets or civilians) results in egregious violations of human rights and international (humanitarian) law.

People acting like the US hasn't been killing innocent people in countries they're not at war with for the past 20+ years.

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