Rant

It may be too early to call, but to me it's looking like democrats are going to be losing for a long long time if leftists are stuck moronically fighting each other over invented strawmen. Honestly the interaction was so bizarre and nonsensical and polarized I have to wonder if the comm is an organized effort to disrupt leftists.

I think reasonably, the destruction of Palestine and its people has been weighing so heavily on me. Every time I have to buy something or get a paycheck I think about where that tax money is going and what a coward I am for not doing more than joining protests when they are nearby. I used to think the Vietnam protesters or the germans that hid their neighbors or the volunteers of the underground railroad network were such brave rebels but I’m starting to think they felt this same deep hopelessness at how small their power was in the face of state sanctioned genocide. I’m so upset at the lack of basic humanity in our lawmakers worldwide, the complacency of the US population in the face of an ethnic cleansing, and the continued dishonesty and corruption of the media. It seems so ridiculous and tragic to enjoy a basketball game or window shopping in the midst of this.

I understand that effective journalism costs money to produce, proficient journalists should get and will go where they are paid, and sites need funds to maintain their operations. All that makes sense. However, I don't read one website I use Lemmy and internet searches to find news I'm interested in reading. I maybe go to the same paywalled news site twice a week at most, but rarely if ever quarce a month. It would make no sense for me to have a subscription to any paywalled news site even if I wanted to spend money. I have no option other than to use proxies, assume the article from others' comments, or just read the title.

The internet news media system sucks, but I don't see a solution.

Hey fast food workers who work the fries, I don't give a fuck if you hate salt, put the correct damn amount of salt on my fries, I don't want to taste the concept of having salt on my fries! No, I want my fries to remove all liquid from my mouth so I can guzzle down my flavoured sugar water!

You're not making me healthier by lowering my salt intake, it's fast food! I took all the veg off my burger and doubled the cheese! Now give me my salty chips god damn you!

if you want to share a shitty app for the top mobile platform (71%+ market share) instead of the second, even worse platform (28%+ market share) without making it a huge pain in the ass for any recipient, or who knows, even discoverable by random people, you have to pay $20 for the fucking privilege, only to be hounded every few months by google threatening to close your account without takesie backsies because you had three months to scan all your official government papers and send it to them and you fucking failed to deliver. oh you wanted to make a single fucking penny developing apps? they are gonna need a hefty chunk of that coin, oh and, sorry, policy update just came in, we'll fucking fully doxx you under every app you make if you dare monetize. protecting the consumers!!!! very importe!