Thank you! Like i said, i figured there’s something I’m missing–that would appear to be it.

It honestly just never occurred to me that such a transformation was allowed/possible. A nonprofit seems to imply something charitable, though obviously that’s not the true meaning of it. Still, it would almost seem like the company benefits from the goodwill that comes with being a nonprofit but then gets to transform that goodwill into real gains when they drop the act and cease being a nonprofit.

I don’t really understand most of this shit though, so I’m probably missing some key component that makes it make a lot more sense.

Here’s my proposal:

I’ve heard the claim numerous times that people leave a tremendous carbon footprint. Each person would be assigned a certain amount of “carbon credits” that their life is worth, and the value slowly declines as they get older. If they choose to, one can hop in the expiration bin and donate those remaining credits to a cause of their choice: they can give them to their children, family, or friends, donate them to a charity or research group, etc.

I can just imagine the ads where companies try to compel you to take the early-expiration route while relinquishing your credits to them “for the greater good” or some other such nonsense

Children mass-produced for the glorious stream of carbon credits it would award

Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla et al provide “expiration tanks” in convenient places that send the credits directly to them after each “donation”

Wtf i need to go back to sleep, lol

Night night lemmy ✨

down 30% in a year.

Thrice decimated 🧐

Well, yeah! It was settled in court that they’re strictly an entertainment company. It’s the most-watched cable entertainment station that just likes to riff on the news ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This song is fuckin hilarious! Reminds me to be thankful that in modern times we have more choices for our entertainment…fuckers like Jerry Lewis can’t fuck up my labor day bc I’ve got plenty of other options.

That said, i can totally relate to this song from back when he could single-handedly fuck up your holiday

I’m especially bothered with the realization of how little regard many of our fellow citizens actually have for others health and well-being. I don’t know how eager i am to return to a society that can’t even agree on diseases being a bad thing.

Totally agree about the empty gestures too, which really stood as a reminder of how little respect healthcare workers (and don’t forget funeral directors and morticians!) actually get especially considering how much they risk for everyone else’s sake

Paper Linux, computing done olde world style 📜 🤖

I just have a garbage disposal at the bottom of my toilet. I turn it on before flushing for the “bigger deposits” 🌀

This guy gets it! 🥂

Mouse usage 🤝 paying for distance used

Why pay for something you won’t be using all the time? Why not just pay for it only when you’re using it? Oh–well yeah, you’ll have to buy it first–but then you’ll only have to pay to use it when you want to use it, and only when you want to use it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

What a fucking breakthrough

Exactly–and someone had to make the unpopular decision to announce it and weather the first round of criticisms. They also will be the first to profit from said stupid idea when they roll it out and the dumbs line up to buy it for fomo reasons or whatever

Rupert Murdoch – now there’s a weird fuckin guy

They probably are already ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And they say no one wants to work these days ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Plus all them decks for solitaire!!!

While i figured the cost would be a factor, i just figured they were sticking with a system that works. If it serves their needs effectively and reliably, why change it?

Edit: answered my own question–it doesn’t work anymore, and that’s why it needs to be changed

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/southwest-cancels-thousands-more-us-flights-weather-stays-bitter-2022-12-27/

Boy is it easy for him to do stupid shit

Porque no los dos? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯