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[–] 96er4lyf3@lemy.lol 1 points 11 hours ago

But at least I get funkopops

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

First one looks okay to me, id love to have my own quiet home

Cars, yeah no, i don't like to drive

I don't get the funky pops and the old man houses, might as well complain about action figures and schools

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Neighborhoods like that are not quiet and you'll be driving everywhere because there's nothing other than more houses for miles.

Plus it's not saying that houses are bad, it's saying that single family homes in exclusively residential zones are bad.

Action figures are toys that people buy for their children to play with. Funko pops represent worthless plastic trash that people buy because of marketing brainwashing.

And "old man house"? oh ok I can see I that I've wasted my time.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Actually, this is what you're fighting for in Capitalism: Billionaire Yacht Billionaire Mansion

Not for yourself, though, rather for a few who add up to less than 0.0000375% of Humanity.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 23 hours ago

Weren't they going to build a 5-mile wide boat that looked like a turtle. Where's that, I'm fighting for that.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

This is the kind of socialist hellscape the capitalist is protecting us from.

Socialist Hellscape

Edit: Dense mixed used urban development, biking to work, walking to your nearest weekly market, buying unprocessed food for groceries and common public area easily accessible by foot for old people where they can mix with other generations.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

All these pictures are from capitalist countries

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 day ago

Hmm but what if I want to make thousands of people work for me without giving any excess value created by their labour to anyone else?

[–] ArtemisimetrA@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago

No, honey, we have European Cities at home

[–] Aetherion@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (3 children)
[–] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

That's actually Chess, a board game that came out several years ago.

[–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

It looks like it was taken from the tower in Crest, France, but I might be wrong

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 3 points 21 hours ago

It is, it's a great place to visit or live in.

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours ago

Image search says you're right. Looks idyllic

[–] Manitobruh@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 hours ago

The photo on the top left is of Crest, France.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago

I dont have a house or a retirement to fight for.

[–] ssroxnak@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I fight for managed democracy

[–] ArtemisimetrA@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago

Truly Managed Democracy is a mellifluous clarion, ringing throughout the galaxy

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 61 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bottom right pic hits hard. I plan to die in some fashion long before that. Fuck planning or saving for retirement if it doesn't matter.

In other news, Denmark raised their retirement age to 70 recently, and our conservatives in the US have been squawking about the same. LOL.

What the fuck is the point of this shit existence for anyone who can't become rich as a celebrity or wall street psycho? 90% of us are just here so the wealthy can have yachts, Lamborghinis, and mansions.

This place sucks.

[–] Obituarykidney@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

The right wing party in Australia (a few elections ago) increased retirement age but with a "rolling date". Meaning they all get to retire on time with the earlier date but the later you were born the later your retirement age. They literally set their retirement age in stone then fucked younger generations on their way out. It's still currently rolling out, recently increased to 67 in 2023.

(In more ways than one bit this one is particularly obvious and idk how they got away with it).

[–] rodneyck@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

First that shit is not something you can pop like candy, your teeth can and will fall off if you use it as a "basic" antibiotics (which you shouldn't be using as anyways without a pressing need? These things are nuclear bombs in your system, you might experience organ failure just from one pill excessive use)

Second the Chinese quality pills usage have been leading all of us to an antibiotic resistance catastrophe

Fun times when this things will be needed and they won't even work anymore thanks to overuse

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 19 points 1 day ago

Such an old and simple antibiotic

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Don't you miss:

EDIT: Oh dang, people don't like to fight for this either :(

[–] LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There are many reasons to dislike the communist regimes in Eastern Europe, but these tenements are not it. Quite a lot of people prefer to buy these sorts of apartments over newer ones simply because they are built better. Keep in mind that those in these sorts of pictures haven't been properly maintained in years. They are 40-50 years old, it's normal for any building that has not been taken care of to look worn down - but if the owners of these apartments put in the effort to modernise their buildings, they are very comfortable. I live in one and it's great!

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

That highly depends on the country and city. Communist decay is a real thing.

[–] AccountMaker@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In Yugoslavia it was actually quite the opposite. Old commie blocks in Serbia all have big green spaces around them and playgrounds, while new buildings are all built on top of each other with no room to breathe and no greenery in sight.

[–] sus@programming.dev 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

though this pic is in winter, and there could well be a bunch of trees just to the right off-camera

(also the cars and the satellite dish give away that this is what a commieblock looks 50 years after being built)

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