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  • Fuck Banksy he’s a sellout and not a graffiti artist. There is no deeper meaning behind his wannabe deep, wannabe social critic shit, just pretentious bullshit for instagram aesthetics. The only things he’s good at are marketing and selling himself to rich twats with questionable taste. Even my 80 yr old grandma, who is as much a part of the establishment as it gets, is a big fan.

    He also could be considered a plagiarist. Check out black le rat, he did his style and a lot of his images before banksy was even a thing.

    R.I.P King Robbo, he knew all along.






  • Augustiner@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldEssential movies to watch
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    2 months ago

    No particular order. Also, it’s movies that I watched, can’t speak on essentials that I might be missing.

    It’s kinda hard to make a list on essentials tho. Because your personal taste obviously plays a big role. I can’t see my girlfriend liking more than 10 percent of those…

    Schindlers List

    Gladiator

    No country for old men

    The grand Budapest hotel

    The big Lebowski

    The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers

    Star Wars (the original one)

    Requiem for a dream

    Pulp fiction

    The good, the bad, the ugly

    The lives of others

    La vita é Bella

    All quiet on the western front (1930 version)

    The dark knight

    The Truman Show

    2001: Space odyssey

    Alien

    7 Samurai

    Princess Mononoke

    Trainspotting

    Boyz N the Hood

    Scarface

    The Godfather 1, 2

    The Matrix

    Clockwork Orange

    Shutter Island

    Kingdom of Heaven

    Wolf of Wall Street

    Honorable mentions because they are popular and everybody always talks about them (I like a lot of them, too. Don’t consider them essentials tho):

    Inception

    Interstellar

    Fight Club

    Harry Potter

    Return of the King

    Rest of Star Wars (whatever people consider the good ones at last)

    Saving Private Ryan

    Django Unchained

    Toy Story

    The Lion King



  • Yeah, that thing about red states sending their homeless to you guys is absolutely fucked. Makes policies that would actually help seem like they don’t, because more desolate people keep showing up, even though you guys are doing your best.

    Also agree about the billionaires obviously, and I think the whole silicon valley tech culture also doesn’t help. FAANG employees with their big salaries can just afford way higher rents and costs of living than the average american, driving up the prices. But I’m sure as a resident you know all of those issues better than I do.

    I hope it gets better for you guys, it’s an incredibly sad situation, especially in such a beautiful city like SF.


  • Sounds absolutely horrible, and I definitely understand that residents don’t wanna live or work in these environments.
    I don’t think there is an easy fix for this problem tbh. Or at least not on a local level. From what I see SF is doing a lot of social stuff right, or at least better than the rest of the country. On the other hand you have crazy inequality pushing people into desperation and addiction. This somehow needs to be solved, but it might get worse before it gets better. Idk man, it’s tough.

    Where I think people can make a difference is on a personal level. A little kindness goes a long way, and those people are yearning for empathy. You said they are like 4 year olds, and I think they are probably just as vulnerable. Addicts don’t have the luxury of thinking about consequences, they just survive until the next fix. So the right thing to do is be as kind and understanding as possible, even though they might make it difficult.

    If you don’t have it already, might I suggest you get some Narcan for your workplace? Sounds like you could literally save a life with it someday.


  • First, no they don’t give out free drugs. Even tho having clean drugs would help a lot in reducing the harms of addiction, I don’t know any government that would pass that.

    Obviously fentanyl is fucking dangerous and toxic, no matter how you take it. Overdoses at those sites happen. That’s why they are equipped with Narcan, and also have a line to medical services. So users that would OD somewhere in private and not make it to the ER have a chance.

    The second important part is all the stuff that goes with taking the drugs themselves. Usually addicts don’t have a ready supply of syringes and other paraphernalia to use their drugs. This leads to them sharing needles, using dirty gear and other behaviors that spread diseases like hepatitis c. By handing out clean needles and other things, a lot of those diseases can be avoided. They also hand out other medical supplies to treat the damage from the drugs and living in the streets.

    Finally, they always offer addicts that want to quit support and help them find treatment. This is the most important part. Addicts trust the people at those sites, because they treat them like people, not junkies. So there is a higher chance that they feel safe enough to ask for help when it’s time for them.

    I hope that answers some of your questions. If you want to learn more, Channel 5 with Andrew Callahan has a great series on drugs and homelessness on YouTube. There’s one Episode where they go to a safe injection site, but the other episodes in Philadelphia and SF are definitely also worth a watch. You will see some absolutely harrowing and terrible shit tho. If you have the stomach I highly recommend them.

    https://youtu.be/Ym7qS27oiHU?si=UpV19WFJL7MU9Zqq

    Edit: Reading some of your other questions in this thread I definitely recommend you watch those Andrew Callahan documentaries. They will answer a lot of your questions and hopefully clear up some misconceptions. Start with San Francisco Streets, then watch harm reduction facility and finally Philly streets.






  • Augustiner@lemmy.worldOPtoApple@lemmy.worldM3 MacBook Advice
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    7 months ago

    Thanks for the feedback! Tbh, I’d also prefer the max, but I’m not sure if I can justify spending the extra money. The ones I picked are already stretching the budget.

    Is the better GPU really worth spending 1K more? Or do you think the ones I selected will do fine with the jobs I need it to do?