Oascany

Assigning ranks based of job role, setting hard limits to work hours, income based on academic performance, pre-set food, bike, car, even cutlery and bedding - all of these things seem to reduce individuality and personal autonomy. It’s reminiscent of armies. I understand that there is a whole economy and this is only the starting point, but I would suggest a UBI on top of the UBR so the individual can choose how much to spend on bedding, what kind of cutlery they want, etc. I think it would be too wasteful, time-consuming, and impractical for a government to micromanage its citizens’ lives to such extents.

Edit: Forgot to mention but this system would also create a lot of waste. For example, what am I supposed to do with the cutlery I was given as a starter once I want to buy my own? Same with bedding, bike, and I think worst offender being the kei car. Not only would granting everyone a kei car increase car centrism and traffic density, it would be very wasteful because of how many resources go into making a car.

I can see that a lot of thought went into this and while I agree with many points, I also have to point out that this much control over people’s lives feels restrictive and authoritarian. Universal Basic Resources vs Universal Basic Income, I do lean towards UBR more, but not the rest of the government restriction. Housing, water, food, healthcare, and public transport are all we need to implement imo.

My suggestions, which I believe are much simpler, are co-op housing, potable tap water, ration cards, and free public transport at the level of the Netherlands. Healthcare, a lot of countries have sorted out so I don’t think I’ll comment much on - except to mention that I don’t believe weight reduction surgery needs to be free.

I was trying so hard to buy one but Sony did not make them available at all in my country. The only way to buy an Xperia or a Zenfone 10 is through shady importer websites and you get no warranty.

This would’ve been my new phone if it had a headphone jack.

I have no skin in the game. I’m not religious, I grew up in a much smaller religion than either Jewish people or Muslims, and I decided early on that I do not believe in any gods. Culturally, my environment was very Islamophobic growing up, my mom still can’t stop badmouthing Muslims. I have no hatred towards Jewish people or Muslim people. When Muslim people commit atrocities towards any group, I call them atrocities, when Jewish people commit atrocities, I call them atrocities.

You seem to take issue with Palestinian nationalism, but what do you call Israel’s genocide? Is that not a form of nationalism? Refugee crises are a topic of debate, and no country is obligated to take on refugees. Who’s cutting whose heads off in Gaza? Israel has bombed it to rubble indiscriminately, they’ve not only killed innocent men, but also women and children. They’ve intentionally targetted marked and lit humanitarian aid vehicles and killed impartial aid workers and paramedics. To call their actions barbaric is an insult to barbarians. Nobody’s enslaving Jewish people in Palestine, but there’s thousands and thousands of Palestinians being rampantly murdered by Jewish people. If you could stop being the victim for five seconds, you could see why so many people have a problem with what’s happening in Palestine.

P.S. You’re more likely to get disappeared by ICE nowadays if you’re in the States as a POC, especially a refugee.

Right, none of which is ethno-nationalism. British rule colonised a ton of countries around the world, a lot of which revolted against them. Why is Palestine any different in this case? Because they fought against Jewish immigration who openly declared that they wanted to take over the land? That’s not immigration, that’s invasion.

You’re just wrong on this one. Palestine existed way before the Zionist movement. If a group of people move into your ancestral home and tell you, “hey my fairy tale book here says this place is mine” will you leave quietly? Palestinian protests stem from this problem. Saying a keffiyeh is equivalent to a klan hood is fucking bizarre, because keffiyehs are a cultural symbol that come from people living in arid climates. It has become a political symbol to support Palestine in this genocide taking place against them.

I implore you to go search “Ozturk” on YouTube. A video from the NY Post comes up. Read the comments. I cannot believe the reaction of such an un-empathetic population.

You will vote for the annexation of your and my country over a fucking gun hobby? Do you understand how ridiculous that is?

Hi yes I like to draw but art supplies are an issue with this government. I will vote for the loss of millions of people’s rights and lives so it’s more convenient for me to draw. Who raises you morons?

I would love this if they made a slide-out version. Phones are gigantic already, adding another chin to them just makes them entirely unpocketable. The weird one here is the one for the Razr+. I daily a Razr+ and the whole reason is that it folds into a compact size, why would I add this thing to the bottom??

Surely you mean the slider style of the Xperia X1 and not the more common folding style of the LG

Thanks for the inline image! I agree, AI upscalers are iffy at best and really should not be used for this kind of reporting.

After doing a little search, I found this https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/slain-transgender-man-sam-nordquist-was-tortured-for-weeks-police-say-5-people-arrested/ar-AA1z8gCb

It’s the same image but pretty blurry. It looks like AP News used some AI upscaling or deblurring to filter it into something resembling a higher res picture.

I could stand to lose the relationships this would ruin

Love FUNKe

Seeing as the last comment was 3 months ago, if you need an invite add me on Steam. Name is Oascany, friend code 194667126

Well that was designed by one of the GOATs - Ferdinand Porsche

The Google Translate camera things puts big obvious rectangles of text over the replaced text, not this AI slopfest

This looks incredibly ai generated

You would have to recalibrate your interactions, or you’d be breaking things and people constantly.