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[-] git@hexbear.net 65 points 6 days ago

Wheelshare is an Israeli company too.

[-] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 60 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Making disabled people contribute to a genocide by existing is too dystopian to be in a novel and yet here we are

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

I wonder if anti genocide activists in the UK could do something about this, like provide free wheelchairs to people who need them and draw attention to this evil shit

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I was imagining more smashing of things but that's also cool

And could also supply the free wheelchairs to hand out

[-] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 17 points 6 days ago

Caricature of a country. Completely shameless and soulless parasites.

[-] supafuzz@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago

wheelshare out here doing tropes

[-] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 54 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Remember back in 2019, when left-leaning folks in the UK were like “the tories want to turn the NHS in to American-style health system”? And then us Americans tried warning them too, explaining how shit our system is because people outside of the US and aren’t familiar with it simply can’t comprehend how bad it is? How we all said Corbyn was the only hope for saving the NHS? Only to have everyone else in the UK say “nahhhh they’d never actually do that”.

How’s that working out for you, UK public?

[-] Lerios@hexbear.net 42 points 6 days ago

to be fair, everyone here loves and values the NHS, even the vast majority of conservative voters. the only question is: do we love the NHS more than we hate immigrants?

the answer is spectactularly predictable doomjak

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[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 31 points 6 days ago

It's an Israeli company too

Just holy fuck how can people be this fucking cartoonishly evil.

[-] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 35 points 6 days ago

Well in the US, you'd be given the wheelchair off the bat and then get the brutal invoice later.

[-] Posadas@hexbear.net 21 points 6 days ago

Big Hospital doesn't want you to know this, but all the equipment and supplies at a hospital is free.

All you need is a dulled safety vest and a metal clipboard.

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[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 30 points 6 days ago

$2/hr is far too cheap for US healthcare

[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 26 points 6 days ago

Nah i hear its okay, they've got a Labour government now, any second now Czar Kid Starver will rush in and take those wheelchairs away (so unsightly!)

[-] bigbrowncommie69@hexbear.net 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Am I allowed to say people should kill themselves on here or will I get banned? Because I think whoever came up with this shit should kill themselves along with whoever approved it. If I'm not allowed to say that, I apologise.

[-] Weedian@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago

We got an emoji for it and everything. I'm on mobile so I can't post it but I'm sure someone will below me

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago
[-] Weedian@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

Trevor Moore was what immediately came to mind

[-] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

I like this one

xi-reactionary-spotted

Or

qin-shi-huangdi-fireball

[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

Whoever came up with this deserves to be strapped to the floor and run over with wheelchairs until they're dead.

[-] wombat@hexbear.net 22 points 6 days ago

we may have to start making excuses for the lack of terror

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

We're running out of excuses for the lack of terror

[-] roux@hexbear.net 24 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is dystopian cyberpunk shit lol.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 6 days ago

It's neither cyber nor punk though.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

There isn't much "punk" outside of superficial aesthetics in the Cyberpunkerinos 2077, either, especially after doing story jobs for cops and the fucking president and getting a Swerve-style lecture from the main narrative that trying to improve society somewhat is actually stupid and bad because look at how too far Keanu Reeves went (and he actually did it for selfish reasons and now his digital phantasm wants to take over Original-V-Do-Not-Steal's brain!). It's a diluted concept and kind of a lost cause to try to keep within old margins.

[-] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

The main game was honestly not that bad (except for the side quest cop thing), the DLC was just pure bootlickery.

Sure, it didn't level any valuable critiques, but it wasn't like Black Panther or Bioshock Infinite where attempting to improve society somewhat is framed as sinister and harmful, the tone of Cyberpunk was more that it's impossible and anyone who tries will end up a jaded asshole like Johnny Silverhand. It's not the position of diehard centrists who think the status quo is good, but that of liberals who are aware of flaws in the system and may even agree with you that certain aspects of capitalism are unjust, but instead of imagining a better world, they shrug and go "ah well, that's just how it is, what can ya do". I found the story inoffensive in that regard, my expectations were low and it met them. I enjoyed vibes-based stuff like the bright neon vending machine in V's apartment.

The DLC was fucking unbearable. I put over 70 hours into the Cyberpunkerinos but I could not get through the embarrassing story of the DLC where you literally save the president and join the FBI. I also liked how they made the president this tough lady who can fight for herself when the 2 most recent presidents have been bumbling geriatrics.

tl;dr Johnny Silverhand is kinda like the-deserter if you play Disco Elysium at 20x speed while also playing Subway Surfers on your phone and huffing lead paint.

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[-] roux@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

The organ rental kiosk is off to the left, out of frame.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

JUST LIKE IN THE TREATS so-true

[-] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 19 points 6 days ago

porky-happy "See, the really great thing about this system is the Freedom of Choice. Either you choose to pony up the 2 pounds, or you choose to admit that you were always fully capable of crawling on your hands and knee and mangled bloody stump through the hospital and were just trying to be lazy and mooch off of our generosity. So now, nobody is oppressed. Isn't this better?"

[-] miz@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago

Boris bikes

I would rather walk than utter this phrase

[-] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

They're Livingston bikes in reality anyway. Boris had nothing to do with the scheme.

[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago

Don't worry, sir Keith and the red Tories are going to stop this I'm sure.

[-] vegeta1@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago
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