AquaTofana

joined 2 years ago
[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I hope he fucking sues the FUCK out of the county for wrongful imprisonment.

PLEASE let this man get a pay out!

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Holy shit! Like right after I saw this I saw the picture wirh Van Hollen and him that was posted like an hour ago! I'm so grateful that I'm wrong!!! Now fucking bring him home!

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Jesus, can we at least get some proof of life for this guy?!?! Like at least?!

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I told this story on here way back when I first moved to Lemmy, but I went through a period of eating some sea salted beet chips (fucking delicious btw) for lunch every day. I didnt grow up eating beets, no idea why I tried them, but I didnt realize what was happening when I started pissing red.

Got in with my PCM and was panicking like "I have blood in my urine and I'm not on my cycle, and it looks different anyway!"

So he was like "Aight, what did you eat yesterday?"

I felt like such a fucking idiot wasting his time. But a bunch of kind Lemmings on here assured me that it happens a LOT, and its always better to get checked.

That being said, there should definitely be a warning on those chip bags for those of us who lack critical thinking skills lmao

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Hah! Your random internet comment still proved me right, and I adore you for it!

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Aight, I said I got a zero, and my husband says we both have one. So help me settle this riveting dinner discussion we're having:

  1. Paid with a paper check - I say I have because we've made earnest money deposits via check, or down payments on loans via check. And he says "no" because the intent is using a check to pay for things like groceries. He says weve never balanced a checkbook so it doesn't count.
[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I mean, tbf, joining the military IS what made me start looking into the concept of Socialism and what it means.

Is the military socialism? No, us Enlisted have no power and the Officer corps is the "owning class", but we have good, tax payer funded social benefits that I believe everyone should have access to.

It's like a gateway drug into anti-capitalism idealogies. If the US is never going to go full socialist (or at least not in our lifetimes), then I think raising taxes and giving everyone TRICARE, VA Loan benefits, tuition assistance, and a pension will go a long way in solving most people's biggest fears/relieving a metric fuckton of oppression caused by capitalism.

Also, having been to the Middle East and seen firsthand the stark difference of people driving around Ducatis and Lambos, parking in front malls inlaid with real gold, while 10 minutes up the road whole communities had built their shack homes in the desert with random odds and ends and thrown blankets over their windows was...I cant really describe the feeling I got. Dread, anger, immense sadness, just a whole myriad of negative emotions. Couple that with the intense religious fervor that is rampant in the region, and yeah, I have no idea how a military member can look at all that and be like "This. This is what America needs."

Granted, yes, unfortunately a lot of our service men and women are still unfortunately extremely pro-Capitalism/Trump and Elon Musk fanboys...I just don't know how.

Either way, my comment got long, but when people start in on the "The Army is Socialist!" Dont be mad. Educate! They're at the very least coming from a place of "Fuck, we really could make everyones lives better if we give everyone these benefits that we enjoy so much!" And that shows compassion for others, which is something so fucking desperately needed right now.