• CannonFodder
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    36
    arrow-down
    6
    ·
    1 day ago

    Hell yes. Power to the people … so long as my Amazon delivery doesn’t get delayed (/s)

    • flandish
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      49
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 day ago

      so i know you added /s but as a firefighter I am totally fine if folks want to torch these buildings but do not want ffs, emts, and working class people to get hurt. as for cops, i don’t fucking care, they’re not going in anyway as they are pussies.

      • fartographer
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        16
        ·
        1 day ago

        Why would cops go in? I don’t like to repeat old stereotypes, but black people hardly ever hang out in roaring fires; so to whom would they deliver their bullets?

        • flandish
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          10
          ·
          1 day ago

          plus buildings have doors so cops in texas are extra safe.

          • fartographer
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            5
            ·
            1 day ago

            Are you calling me out because I’m from Texas, or calling out Texas cops because they’re cowards who watched children get slaughtered and then cried to the courts for the right to not do their job?

            • flandish
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              5
              ·
              1 day ago

              a little from column A and a lot from column B. :p ❤️

        • Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          7
          ·
          1 day ago

          Some police try to save people and run into burning buildings. Especially if fire fighters are delayed or they think that it’s not so bad.

          Rare, but possible

          • flandish
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            12
            ·
            1 day ago

            i once went to rescue a woman who had admitted to me she set her bldg on fire. a three apartment 2 story house. she was on the porch. an old lady. she said she wouldnt leave, rambled a bit, reached back and punched me in the jaw. then ran into the burning house upstairs.

            i donned my mask. grabbed my hook. went in to get her. found her atop the stairs. in a defensive manner, ready to fight me but also could tell she was scared. i put my hand on the small of her back and yeeted her down the stairs. the cop who was waiting at the door, had one foot in, grabbed her by the hands and dragged her out.

            i finished my search. she got arrested for arson and got mental help services she needed.

            the cop got a fucking life saving medal.

            • fartographer
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              7
              ·
              1 day ago

              Of course! That cop was a freaking hero! They just saved some poor old woman, in a transient housing situation, from some hook-wielding maniac who pushed her down a flight of stairs after she tried fighting them off! Without that officer, who bravely jumped off your shoulders and across the finish line, who knows what could have happened!!!

              You know what? I heard that the lady was mentally unstable, but that her assailant was wearing a mask and possibly even had an axe!

              ~Oh hey! What’s this little package? I think there’s something for you inside!~

              📦

              /s

            • Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              arrow-down
              6
              ·
              1 day ago

              I’m sorry that happened to you. You probably have more experience in this than I do, but your experience is anecdotal.

              While ACAB, somewhere I am certain a cop has actually saved someone from a fire. Like I said, very rare, but not impossible

              • moonshadow@slrpnk.net
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                5
                ·
                1 day ago

                What exactly is your point here? You’re telling a firefighter how sure you are that at some point in history a cop has helped someone in a fire because… ?

                Conversely, I’ve had cops actively prevent me from helping stop a very small house fire, literally on scene just to prevent friends and neighbors from doing anything about it. Got to argue with four gun-toting meatheads while a home burned out from an everyday kitchen accident, place was uninhabitable before the fire dept showed up. Of all the dumbass places to wave your “thin blue line” flag, why here?

              • flandish
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                2
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                1 day ago

                oh i have also totally seen them save people before we get there too. not at all denying that.

    • [object Object]@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      25
      ·
      edit-2
      1 day ago

      It pisses me off that my in-laws have been all “elbows up” anti USA and order fucking everything on Amazon.

      Yeah, elbows up, wait, hold on, gotta send our money to the country threatening us, okay done, elbows back up! Fuck our local businesses!

      Fuck man, how god damn hard is it to not buy on Amazon?

      • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        22
        ·
        1 day ago

        90% of the shit on Amazon is just Aliexpress dropshippers at 20% markup, whom are mostly taobao resellers at 300% markup.

        • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          9 hours ago

          And about half of ebay is dropshippers from amazon.

          I haven’t ordered anything from amazon in years. But recently I got into a new hobby, read about it, found out what kind of tools and materials I need, and ordered a few things from ebay. About half of it showed up in amazon packages…

        • DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          6
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 day ago

          And most of Jeff Bozos wealth isn’t even from Amazon, but from AWS. So if you wonna hurt his pockets, stop using the internet :/

      • Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        11
        ·
        1 day ago

        The very second I saw 51st state merch I deleted my account and have been ordering straight from China, happy enough to cut out the American middle man fat.