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  • SpyingEnvelope@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmyWhy do people dislike California?
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    10 months ago

    As a tourist from Canada, my wife and I drove through parts of the US for about three weeks in 2018, and we absolutely hated California. It was our least favourite part of the trip. It is clear that LA is struggling with massive homelessness. The roads were the worst ones we encountered on our road trip. The beaches were littered with garbage, to an amount that we just found disgusting. They were also incredibly overcrowded, though that is what happens in heavily populated places. We went to Disneyland, and that was nice. However, we did cut our California stay short and moved on.

    Now, I don’t have many places to compare California to, as we were only in about four states. However, we have travelled extensively in Canada, where we have been to most of the provinces. We enjoyed the states and provinces we have visited. However, California is definitely in our no-no zone for vacations.

    Again, this is a tourist perspective. I do not really know what it’s like to live there.




  • SpyingEnvelope@lemmy.worldtoSync for Lemmy@lemmy.worldPost launch day chat
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    10 months ago

    I’m pretty sure his calculations were based on the monthly price, as for me monthly shows up as 2.99 per month. I’ll also say that including income tax in your calculation is crazy. We all have to pay income tax, but the income told us when we get a job or see a job posting is gross income.

    Other than that, if you want Sync for lemmy and willing to pay for it, that’s fair. I paid 3 bucks for Nova Prime years ago and I have used it everyday. It came with me to every new phone I owned. I also redesign my layout quite often using it. It doesn’t seem reasonable to me to pay that amount monthly when Nova Prime was a one time payment.


  • SpyingEnvelope@lemmy.worldtoMemesDelete Facebook
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    11 months ago

    My Facebook is up strictly for the marketplace. I haven’t posted, liked, or looked at anything in years. I do use it to buy and sell stuff though. I find I have more success with the Facebook marketplace than with Kijiji, for both buying and selling.


  • SpyingEnvelope@lemmy.worldtoMemesIt’s all posturing
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    11 months ago

    This is what people miss. Furthermore, it’s reasonable not to want an enemy state to have access to information relating to a country’s citizens. Yes, the US has done. Yes, it was wrong. Yes, they are getting a taste of their own medicine. That’s why they’re worried about it. They know how badly that information can be used.

    Furthermore, it is clear the Chinese government has an influence over app contents. It is easy for them to use it to shape the opinions of their userbase depending on the country.