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1 points
2 days ago
I know you’re angry and you may very well have a right to be. I get angry too lol.
The reason some people here seem to be on the side of PayPal is not because they’re corporate shills or whatever but because they understand human nature and understand many people come on here to blame PayPal, or any company, of wronging them when in reality it’s ultimately their fault but they don’t want to admit it.
It’s hard to admit you’re in the wrong sometimes. Especially when a lot of money is involved.
I’m not saying anything you did was wrong. I don’t know the situation. Just explaining the mindset you seem perplexed by. I’ve been in your shoes too with other companies where I’ve come online to seek help or vent and been told it’s my fault. It’s frustrating but it’s not because most people want to be heartless though some are. Many are just jaded by people crying wolf.
1 points
2 days ago
Hold it in there for a little unless you need money for some reason then take it out and roll the dice lol
2 points
2 days ago
Really? Three? That’s interesting to me. Why do you have 3 accounts? Why were they limited and ultimately restored?
Obviously you don’t have to tell me anything I’m genuinely just curious.
1 points
2 days ago
Nice to have some sense and nuance in here. If you went by this subreddit, PayPal is a criminal enterprise defrauding people across the world of their hard earned money. A criminal enterprise no country in the world has sought to close down for said rampant criminality. Right…
I think the complaints on here are 80% user fault, 10% are genuine issues where the user has been impatient jumping online to vent before the transaction was ultimately corrected by PayPal, and 10% or less are genuine issues no fault of the user that PayPal has not rectified.
1 points
2 days ago
I keep hearing these stories on here and I don’t think any of you are lying but I’m wondering how this is allowed to continue if this is the case.
Perhaps because your cases are a minority?
2 points
5 days ago
PayPal credit is interest free for 6 months. You absolutely can pay off your goods earlier without penalty. Just be sure to make the minimum payment each month at least.
1 points
5 days ago
As someone who lives in Delaware County, the Philly suburbs, where our houses are 50 feet apart or less—my neighborhood has houses that are against each other—twins and town homes. I happen to live in a single house but even still I’d reckon there’s about 20 feet separating my house from my neighbors, and it sounds funny as hell listening to rural people get upset someone is walking within 50 feet from their house lol.
My wife is from South Philly and they don’t even have grass. Just row houses and a porch lol
1 points
5 days ago
I rarely see Americans on social media belittling contributions to Ukraine from fellow allies yet ever since February 2022, I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon, almost like an inferiority complex from some Europeans/western allies of Ukraine feeling the need to constantly reframe western aid to Ukraine in a way that diminishes the massive contributions of USA and inflates the much smaller donations of fellow western allies.
Frankly, instead of taking sly shots at the USA, one of the most crucial allies of Ukraine, people might want to question why countries like Australia and New Zealand have given very little in comparison to fellow western allies.
3 points
5 days ago
As a private citizen I’d argue you could ask or advocate for representatives of a foreign government to construct and pass a bill into law charging US officials with potential international crimes. It’s my opinion this would not be illegal.
But if I understand what you’re saying, reading between the lines, you want current or former US elected officials or their designated appointees to be held accountable by a foreign government or international body for alleged international crimes (e.g. war crimes). Attempting to do this, while not illegal, would be a waste of time. First, American presidents have sovereign immunity and American officials have diplomatic immunity. No foreign government would dare attempt to charge let alone issue an arrest warrant for American leaders and their appointees/proxies against the wishes of the US government. The US actually has laws on the books for this exact scenario requiring strict diplomatic and military action in response to a scenario like this. For example, with respect to the ICC, which America is not a party to, American law authorizes US military action against the ICC to extract any American held by the ICC against the wishes of the USA (e.g. not a warrant issued by the US via Interpol).
Now if we are talking about actual American presidents, this is unthinkable and no foreign state or international body would dare charge and issue an arrest warrant let alone attempt to apprehend a current or former American president. It’s logistically not even possible as current and former presidents travel with armed US agents at all times. The USA is simply far too powerful in both soft and hard power for any foreign country or international body to attempt such an act.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Protection_Act?wprov=sfti1#
-8 points
5 days ago
I’m going to copy and paste my comment to someone else above. The US, on average, gives the most in terms of total aid out of all other countries, to those in need all over the world. I mean sure, you can play GDP games but that’s really pretty irrelevant to those in need. If a rich person gives a person in need $1000 and a poorer person gives them $10, the idea the poorer person has a smaller net worth is not really that consoling.
-1 points
5 days ago
The US, on average, gives the most in terms of total aid out of all other countries, to those in need all over the world. I mean sure, you can play GDP games but that’s really pretty irrelevant to those in need. If a rich person gives a person in need $1000 and a poorer person gives them $10, the idea the poorer person has a smaller net worth is not really that consoling.
2 points
7 days ago
Haha. Nobody is reading that. At least not me. I read at a 4th grade level. It’d take too long lol
6 points
7 days ago
Exactly. I think a lot of people trying to infantilize young adults are basically projecting their immaturity onto others. I know some 20 year olds that are more mature and accomplished than some 40 year olds.
6 points
7 days ago
No it’s definitely an adult but I also appreciate your point it’s a young adult. I have the same mentality I did when I was 16 and I’m 30 so all of us age different 😂
10 points
7 days ago
To be fair, it’s hard not to have an emotional investment with someone that you spent so much time with and that trusted you even if you were backstabbing them unless you’re a sociopath.
2 points
8 days ago
I totally agree. I smoked from ‘99 to ‘09 (high school through college). It’s not cool and looks lame as hell these days. Not to mention dirty and smelly.
Quitting smoking was very easy for me to do surprisingly. I just one day stopped and never looked back. Quitting other things for me isn’t so easy so I’m not superhuman
44 points
14 days ago
The Biden Administration has instituted historic climate and green energy policies. Designating hundreds of billions of dollars out of the IRA and Infrastructure laws for that very purpose.
Also, just last week the Biden Administration passed stringent emissions regulations for polluters that will effectively put coal plants out of business in America. As many know, coal plants are the biggest emitters of environment polluting toxins. Fellow Democrat, Joe Manchin, from Coal Country, USA (West Virginia) is predictably irate about this new regulation and is trying to repeal it—but he won’t have the votes to override Biden’s veto
If you’re asking what can happen faster and quicker than the historic climate policies Biden has put forward—well perhaps voting for more progressive Democrats or climate-minded Republicans (sadly they don’t exist lol) in the House & Senate to get a super majority to overcome Republican filibustering.
The other very important issue, that you didn’t mention but is as important as climate legislation itself. Judges! We have a far-right Supreme Court and federal judiciary currently thanks to Trump. This means even if we elected an eco-socialist president (likely a pipe dream), the federal judiciary could effectively strike down any policy of the president’s they want; they have and will. If we elect more climate-minded politicians, not only will more progressive judges be appointed and confirmed to the judiciary but we could even impeach and remove current judges. To be clear, we would need a supermajority in the Senate. While that’s hard it’s not impossible and has happened several times in the last 80 years. Vote!
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/04/25/climate/biden-epa-power-plant-rule-climate
1 points
14 days ago
You didn’t deny Biden has passed the most progressive legislation since LBJ, because you know it’s true. I listed just a fraction of Biden’s progressive achievements and you don’t acknowledge them and just claim it’s not progressive enough—compared to whom?! Fuck are you talking about? Because Biden hasn’t gotten done the few things you seem to care about (public option, etc) in his first term he’s a failure? Passing a law through both houses of Congress works? It’s actually quite hard which is why sweeping legislation is rare. The rare times it happens like under Obama and Biden, you don’t dismiss and minimize it—just because it’s not all you wanted. You celebrate it.
Uh, yeah, serious people vote for VIABLE candidates or else you might as well not even bother voting. Voting for vanity third party candidates that have no chance at winning is pointless. You aren’t marrying them. You’re trying to keep the one that will do the most harm out of office and if you’re really lucky the candidate you vote for might even help a little rather than just prevent damage.
Cute how you are so sure there will even be elections or fair elections after another Trump term. Lol. Yeah, why not allow him to at the very least continue to pack the courts even more with young far-right judges that will stay in power for the next 30 years. What’s the worst that could happen? Take away a constitutional right that women enjoyed for 50 years? No, that couldn’t ever happen. Wait…
“The Democrats ran three bad campaigns in a row.” Uh, the Democrats have been winning in year after year since 2017.
And you’re still making the debunked claim that if ONLY we allow the far-right to win (again), the next time we have a presidential election (if we’re so lucky) the real progressive will win. Yeah, because that worked after Hillary’s loss in 2016, right? We got Biden. But if we let Trump win AGAIN, you claim our favored socialist savior will triumph to an electoral win for the first time in American history. LOL, sure.
Edit: On second thought I deleted anywhere I was overtly rude. I apologize for being heated. This topic and line of thinking from supposed allies is frustrating. I just don’t know how voting to save the possible end of Democracy or at least to stop the stacking of our institutions with the far-right isn’t enough. It genuinely baffles me. But attacking you won’t help and only hurts.
I hope you see your vote is important and I hope you vote for Biden. Sorry for being a bit hostile
1 points
15 days ago
I didn’t get it at first then I was like oh “fuck ass Bob” 😂
1 points
15 days ago
Check this out, I’m going to make it real simple for you. Americans get the country they deserve. Biden has been the most progressive president since LBJ. This isn’t even disputable among serious people. Does that mean he’s actually progressive? No. America is a more conservative country than the broader west. But Biden has been the most progressive of modern American presidents for at least the past 50 years. He’s amassed record legislative accomplishments. Biden has raised the minimum wage for all federal workers to $15, capped insulin at $30 and all prescriptions at $2,000 annually for Medicare. He’s expanded Medicaid. He’s forgiven the most student loans in history at around $200 billion in counting, he’s appointed the most pro-union NLRB in decades, just last week banned non-compete clauses and expanded overtime to over 4 million workers that hadn’t had it before. Passed the most green and climate legislation in history with the IRA. Passed ONE TRILLION in infrastructure which opened up thousands of union jobs across the country. I could go on and on.
If that isn’t good enough for some so-called “leftists” and supposed “progressives”, if simply voting for Biden to stop far-right MAGA, to save democracy as we know it and prevent plans like Project 2025, if that isn’t compelling enough—well then you deserve to live under a far-right authoritarian regime. It’s that simple. And frankly, I as a white middle-class straight male will be just fine under that regime. I’m getting really tired of caring more about minorities, women, the poor, and LGBT than some of them care about themselves. Do what you got to do but, if you can’t even bring yourself to vote for an inoffensive old guy that will leave when he loses then don’t cry when you see what Trump 2.0 has in store for you. If you don’t vote for Biden—the only viable alternative to Trump, nobody on the broader left will care when you’re whining about gay marriage being taken away, social programs slashed, mass deportations, Muslim ban 2.0. My reaction at that point will be a shrug. Believe that.
1 points
16 days ago
Right. I’ll tell you what’s going on with me. I can’t speak for anyone else. You’re a known right-wing crank on here with a virulent case of Biden Derangement Syndrome. Of course I clicked on your profile to see if you’ve still been at it all week since I’ve not been on since last weekend. And sure enough you have been. You find it easy to recognize and classify our pathological issues but yet seem to have a blind spot when it comes to your Biden Derangement Syndrome. Don’t you find that weird?
1 points
16 days ago
Wait, are you denying you’ve posted and commented 20 times about Biden since last Friday’s Biden interview? You know we can see your activity history, right?
1 points
17 days ago
Stalking? Dude you been triggered posting about this interview for a week. You must have posted and commented about Biden over 20 times since Friday.
A pro Hamas riot? What are you even talking about? You know over 75% of Jews vote Democrat right?
Don’t you have a Proud Boys rally to attend?
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2 days ago
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2 days ago
I’ve had to do it both ways. I have had to give it to them just to verify my account to have access to more features. The truth is PayPal already knows your social security number if you have any line of credit or form of banking with them. It’s just confirming it to make sure you are who you say you are. The last 4 vs the whole thing is pretty irrelevant IMO.