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[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago

Great. Then you shouldn't have any problem coming up with three examples for us all.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Cold War II: Lunar Nuclear Boogaloo

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

The main problem is that some, sometimes most, of immigrants don’t want to assimilate. They are creating ghettos, don’t respect local laws.

Generalisations like this are the very reason it's a polarising issue. Opinions like yours generally derive from "observation" and "gut feeling". Which by definition is completely anecdotal and harmful when it begins to be applied to millions of people all at once.

Betsy from insert town here sees an immigrant couple down the street in her home-town keeping to themselves and not really wanting to take part in the community. She's talking on the phone to nosy-nessie the town busybody who says "oh...you know...my aunt said the same thing about her insert culture neighbours." And then all of a sudden, that's just "how those people are"...all of them...everywhere.

Maybe this couple is just a little embarrassed about their english skills and want to strengthen them more before going into public everywhere, which comes across as shy. Maybe they're just private...who knows. But suddenly...."it's just how (those people) are", becomes the anecdotal "truth".

It's wrong, it's dangerous, and the fact that you don't even grasp the irony of your own comment is telling in a lot of ways.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

Great. How can I stop it from coming?

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 30 points 3 days ago

...halting aircraft production

That's probably for the best...

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

slick dark hair

50s greaser gang?

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

If I have a choice between buying a table and chairs from IKEA, or buying a table and chairs from my neighbour who loves making them bespoke in his woodshop, I'll take the second option every time. As a society we need more of this....supporting our own labour efforts over mass corporate manufacturing.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

I think Lord of War and Anon were his best post Gattaca. In Time was pretty "meh" in my opinion, but watchable, and the rest were forgettable.

I misspoke a bit. I don't mean that his other works are garbage by any means. In fact I quite liked Lord of War and Anon. Just meant that they never really hit the same depth of messaging that Gattaca seemed to hit.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 26 points 5 days ago

My father was right. It didn't matter how much I lied on my resume. My real C.V. was in my cells. Why should anyone invest all that money to train me when there are a thousand other applicants with far cleaner profiles.

Of course it's illegal to discriminate; "Genoism" they call it. But no one takes the laws seriously. If you refuse to disclose, they can always take a sample from a doorhandle, or a handshake. Even the saliva off your application form. And if all else fails, a perfectly legal drug test can just as easily become an illegal peek at your future in the company.

This movie stands as one of the most prescient I've ever watched. It's a shame that Nicols later works never matched it, and that this movie itself is somewhat forgotten.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Please don't lump us all together.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yep. Welcome to the hell that is corporate capitalism.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 weeks ago

In a word. Lobbyists.

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I can't even imagine writing long form on a touch keyboard. But with a lot of people eschewing laptops/desktops for their mobile devices, it's really just a matter of time.

edited: Missed a "T" in the title.

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