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Cake day: March 14th, 2023
  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.nettoClimate@slrpnk.net•US voters want action on global heating. So why are midterm candidates ‘climate hushing’?English
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    5 days ago

    because if they advocate for actual action and not performative theatre they’d not be elected, nor reelected. ehg who’s going to vote for politcans banning cars (the IPCC has said multiple times that cars are the problem, not just the engine), banning flying, starting with private jets, a large tax on meat, banning advertising and on and on)

    Can’t remember who it was, Michel Barnier perhaps ? “We’re all well aware of what needs to be done, we just haven’t figured out how to be re-elected after we do it”

    So, why aren’t they advocating for performative climate theatre ? because they are aware there’s less votes in it, regardless of what the polls say, the only important poll is an election. An example with socialized heath care, which is widely supported in polls, yet voters who often need it most still vote Republican anyway.

  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.nettoGames@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*English
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    5 days ago

    maybe it’s just me because im old but the photo itself shows why I have zero interest in owning a game, or any physical media (a someone who had vinyl originally, then tapes, seeing the back of both those was a joy. I’m also seeing “kids” return to analog cameras but that will pass, like bell bottoms.

    a physical game that needs online authentication, or a server for collaborative play are all only here for a “short time” anyway, physical media aside.

    I’m a reader more than a gamer, my books are all digital with no DRM, most of my games are digital from GOG and no DRM and are all single player, my music is all MP3 or flacc , zero streaming. It’s why I get pissy when phones don’t have an SD card, I can throw a TB of movies, books etc on a card and have another with me if I want but you streamers have killed it :)