Binzy_Boi

@ Binzy_Boi @feddit.online

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8mo ago

It used to be fun
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Binzy_Boi @feddit.online 8mo ago
It took me a week and a half of absolute nonsense in order to pick it up.
They kept claiming to have attempted a delivery when I'd receive no calls from the buzzer, to which I then requested to pick it up at the nearest UPS store, which they told me they didn't do package pick up at (they do, I walk by it all the time and have seen people leave with packages and have picked one up there since), to which I then started waiting a quarter of my day waiting outside my building waiting for the truck, which wouldn't show up and still claim delivery attempts, and on the last day before they were to return it to sender, I requested pick up at the "only" place to do so at the airport (which is an added cost???), and spent two hours on transit only for them to tell me they don't take cash.
It was a miracle I got the phone at all because person behind me offered to pay the fees for me on her card if I gave her the cash. Even putting aside the added pickup fee, I think the cost to pick up the phone at all was around a hundred because of UPS' "luxury goods" fee, which Murena at no point informed me of upon purchase, so if I didn't have the spare funds from my tax return, it would've been sent back regardless. I'd also have to pay that fee again getting the new phone.

8mo ago

Carney deepfake ads on YouTube

Right, cause it's perfectly acceptable to stretch my eyes at an Asian-American if they vote against their own interests.

At least that's what I gather if I apply this same logic towards other minority groups, right?

8mo ago

Carney deepfake ads on YouTube

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Binzy_Boi @feddit.online 8mo ago

This is such a cheap cop-out, and says more than you think it does about how much you tolerate bigotry.

I'll make my way.

8mo ago

Carney deepfake ads on YouTube

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Binzy_Boi @feddit.online 8mo ago

Okay, so let's take that same logic and apply it elsewhere.

Kanye West is an out and proud nazi. Do I have the right then to call him the hard r because I disagree with him?

8mo ago

Alberta set to replace flimsy paper health cards with new 'Alberta Wallet' app

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Binzy_Boi @feddit.online 8mo ago

It's an accessibility thing as well. Homeless? Need ID? Buy a phone first with the money you don't have.

My grandma can present a health card from her wallet just fine, anybody can do that. Have fun getting her to remember her passwords though.

8mo ago

Carney deepfake ads on YouTube

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Binzy_Boi @feddit.online 8mo ago

Deadnaming a trans person is equivalent to telling them they are not who they say they are. If you deadname a trans woman as some sorta "gotcha" because they disagree with you, even if their rhetoric and actions harm the very community they're a part of, that's not far off from being the type to say "YWNBAW".

Their name is inherently connected to their identity. It's one thing to call Caitlyn some smarmy Trump-esque name like "kookie Caitlyn", or some other feminine name that isn't hers to mock her like "Candace" or "Karen", but in using her birth name/deadname, you are basically telling a trans person that their identity as their gender is invalid, and that they are only seen as the gender they identify with when they agree with you.

Instead of saying "you will never be a woman", it says "you are only a woman when I feel like you deserve to be one".

8mo ago

Alberta set to replace flimsy paper health cards with new 'Alberta Wallet' app

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Binzy_Boi @feddit.online 8mo ago

Is this a joke? It can't be that hard to have either a plastic card or an equivalent on some other sturdy material.

I love having to rely on having a smartphone in order to use a piece of ID to access basic services. Can't wait for the inevitable data breach. All this from the party supported by the "no digital ID" crowd.

8mo ago

Carney deepfake ads on YouTube

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Binzy_Boi @feddit.online 8mo ago

So what you're saying is that basic human rights are conditional?

I can disagree with Caitlyn Jenner for taking the side of people actively campaigning against the trans community while also acknowledging that she deserves to be called the name she identifies with.

What message does this send to trans people? It says that their bare basics rights are conditional based on what they believe. A trans man can watch and follow the values of Andrew Tate, and with that fact I can call his values gross while also affording him basic human rights in addressing him by his name and using his correct pronouns. These are non-negotiable, and acting like they are plays into right-wing narratives both about trans people, and those who are left-wing.

8mo ago

Monthly Recommendations Thread: What Canadian products do you recommend?

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Binzy_Boi @feddit.online 8mo ago

I stopped using peanut butter and instead buy the Nuts to You brand sunflower seed butter. Started getting it since it's a Canadian company, and they source the sunflower seeds from Saskatchewan. It was a small adjustment at first, but I've been loving it the last few months and it's become a regular purchase.

There is an increase in cost swapping from regular peanut butter to this, but it's been a change I've thankfully been able to afford.

8mo ago

Read the room, Crown Royal

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Binzy_Boi @feddit.online 8mo ago

This is exactly the issue of foreign ownership of domestic brands. The moment they find it more profitable to produce things elsewhere rather than build up the local economy, they will.

Diageo makes a number of things aside from Crown Royal that are seen as domestic products. Please read the label.

The pain is that while we make tonnes of alcohol here in Canada, it's often hard to find Canadian owned alcohol at the liquor store. Take Alberta Premium Whisky for example, owned by a Japanese company despite being made here. Want to find stuff owned by Canadians? Good luck finding it.

This is my experience here in Alberta though where liquor stores are privatised rather than owned by the crown corp. Hope it's different in the other provinces.

8mo ago

Carney deepfake ads on YouTube

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Binzy_Boi @feddit.online 8mo ago

Used to watch every video of his, but I watch him more sporadically now since his awkward tweet where he said it was alright to deadname Caitlyn Jenner because of her politics.

Him leaving the tweet up doesn't bother me considering that he's stated he leaves all of them up for transparency even if he no longer agrees with them, but what does annoy me is how he's never gone back to correct himself. I know he's not an outright transphobe, but that still doesn't sit right with me.

8mo ago

It used to be fun

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Binzy_Boi @feddit.online 8mo ago

I bought the Murena One since it was the cheapest model that was close to the specs of my phone at the time. Figured $500 was already overpaying considering how much lower cost my previous phone was, but also, who the hell thinks about a $500 phone bricking in a month? I just find it inexcusable regardless.

I remember wanting to get the removable battery, but they didn't offer that with the One, and I'd be losing specs if I got a model in my budget that did have one. I also wasn't going to spend over a grand for a phone with the Fairphone models available through them at the time.

8mo ago

It used to be fun

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Binzy_Boi @feddit.online 8mo ago

I spent $500 on a Murena only for the thing to brick a month later because the cord or whatever connecting the rechargable battery to the rest of the phone somehow split off. Would've been open to shipping the thing back to them for a repair/replacement since a local shop was unable to do so, but they use UPS for shipping and there was no way in hell I was going to deal with the absolute mess it was to receive the phone to begin with a second time.

8mo ago

Looking for help in sorting music library (Album Artist Issues)

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Binzy_Boi @feddit.online 8mo ago

Been on top of it today. Used to adding releases to MusicBrainz, so thankfully the releases that didn't have entries there for me to refer to with Picard, I just added them myself to their database with the proper metadata and had Picard refer to those.

8mo ago

Looking for help in sorting music library (Album Artist Issues)

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Binzy_Boi @feddit.online 8mo ago

Thanks a million. I had it installed before doing this, but got rid of it disliking the default look. Just reinstalled it and dabbled a bit and found out how to arrange it in a way that's pleasing to me.

While I still need to sort out the album artist issue, it's not nearly as much of a pain in Quod Libet as it was in MusicBee. Looks appealing and organised, which is what I was mostly worried about.

Here's screenshot I took of how things look currently.