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  • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldHome Depot
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    24 hours ago

    I loaded a deck joist into my Scion tC when I realized one of mine was rotten (while replacing the boards). I put it through the sunroof into the “trunk” (it’s a hatchback) and drove home like a majestic blue unicorn. It was beautiful.

    Got home and my neighbor said, “You could’ve asked!” while gesturing to his pickup truck.

    I said, “I wanted to see if it would work!”




  • The poster I replied to wasn’t ‘criticizing Israel’s tactics’ - they were questioning why ‘the West’ allowed Israel to attack Hezbollah.

    No they weren’t. They asked why the West was letting Israel get away with so much. Then listed various examples of things that are causing widespread harm to civilians.

    Then YOU asked if they think it’s bad that the West is letting Hezbollah get away with attacking civilians in Israel.

    But your question begins from a false premise. Basically no government in the West provides aid or weapons to Hezbollah. They are considered a terrorist organization by the West. So the West is not letting Hezbollah get away with it.

    Meanwhile the West continues to provide weapons to Israel, who is using those weapons to cause significant harm to civilian populations.

    That’s the question. Why is the West letting Israel attack civilians without repercussion? There’s no reason in good faith to ask someone who asks this question about how they feel about Hezbollah attacking civilians. Because, ostensibly, they are opposed to violence against civilians. As, clearly, is the West when it’s not Israel (or, indeed, the West) perpetrating the violence.

    (I think the obvious answer to the question is “because Israel is allied with the West and in realpolitik we let our allies do horrible things that we would not tolerate in our enemies.” That’s not an ethical answer, many of Israel’s actions lately have been horrific, but it’s the realistic one.)

    Edit: grammatical fix



  • It’s wild to me that Trump doesn’t understand being given a chance to answer hard questions is what makes most politicians WANT to talk to reporters. Because they’ve been briefed on what tough questions will likely come up and thus have a chance to give a rehearsed answer to the attacks their opponents make against their campaign. It’s a free platform to respond to criticism.

    But he’s too stupid to prepare answers and so he hears a tough question and gets mad.

    Edit: “WANT to talk to reporters” in the strategic sense. It’s probably pretty frustrating or exasperating, but it’s important.







  • Yeah me too. Each time they gave me the price for a repair I was very impressed. It was always more than I expected. :D

    Bahahaha

    I’ve had the opposite experience, but I have AppleCare. I’ve seen the prices without it and you’re not wrong! I had cracked the back glass on my phone a year or so ago and it cost me like, $30 to fix. Without AppleCare it would’ve been almost $700. And that’s because—due to the ridiculous design—replacing the back glass involves replacing the entire phone other than the screen and camera module. New battery, new SoC, new storage, new everything.

    I later confirmed with an acquaintance who works at the Apple Store that, as long as your battery is still in decent-ish shape, this is a cheaper way to replace the battery. Break the back glass and get that replaced with AppleCare, and you get a new battery. But if you wait for the battery to drop below whatever threshold it is for them to replace the battery (I believe 80% life), it’s more expensive. This acquaintance told me this kind of thing is why he genuinely thinks AppleCare is the best deal they offer. It’s basically a way to inexpensively swap your phone with an identical replacement under certain circumstances.