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AstridWipenaugh , 7 months ago to technology in Firefox lost users during “failed” Yahoo search deal, says Mozilla CEO

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AstridWipenaugh , 8 months ago to world in Open hatred of Jews surges globally, inflamed by Gaza war

If people could stop being xenophobic assholes, the world would be a better place. We’ve been unable to accomplish that at scale since humans have existed though, so I’ve got nothing. All I can do is to try and be a good person myself.

AstridWipenaugh , 8 months ago to world in Open hatred of Jews surges globally, inflamed by Gaza war

Because Judaism is simultaneously an ethnicity, a race, and a culture, and a religion, they have avoided assimilation into the larger cultures in the places they have lived. This causes resentment between the cultures. Look at how so many people view immigrants today. Now stretch that attitude out over 2000 years. With Jews always being in the minority, they become an easy target for hatred and scapegoating. They’re very obviously culturally different from other people where they live, by choice, so they’re an easy target for that kind of xenophobic propaganda.

Some of the negative associations were earned, like the “Jews and money” stereotypes. That comes from a long time ago when all abrahamic religions followed the moral code that charging interest on loaned money was immoral. The Jews believed this too, but because they are God’s chosen people and everyone else is not, they decided there was no moral problem with charging non-Jews interest. They would give out loans a lot more aggressively because there was a profit motive and risky loans could still be profitable. They became associated with money because they proliferated as bankers due to what was considered at the time to be unscrupulous banking.

None of that background justifies any modern antisemitism; hate is always wrong. Just answering where some of it came from historically.

AstridWipenaugh , 8 months ago to news in Hamas blocks foreign nationals from leaving Gaza

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AstridWipenaugh , 8 months ago to news in Hamas blocks foreign nationals from leaving Gaza

Hamas doesn’t need to do anything. All they have to do is say nobody’s getting out, which means the IDF can assume anyone running towards the exit is a terrorist making an attack. I think any foreign nationals that would ever travel to Gaza know better than to approach Israeli forces for help.

If there’s anyone that doesn’t want the outside world to know what’s up, ask the folks who recently cut off internet access to Gaza. Who was it? It wasn’t Hamas.

AstridWipenaugh , 8 months ago to news in Panera now displaying warning about its caffeinated lemonade in all stores after lawsuit over customer's death

Their labeling clearly stated the amount of caffeine per 20 and 30 oz cups. Image: www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2023/…/amp/

AstridWipenaugh , 8 months ago to news in Panera now displaying warning about its caffeinated lemonade in all stores after lawsuit over customer's death

Yes, prior reporting covered that she had a heart condition and she was extremely aware that too much caffeine would kill her. The lemonade was clearly labeled with its caffeine content. It didn’t say it was extreme, but it was clearly labeled with how much is in it. The story that “she didn’t know” doesn’t add up unless she was just being wildly negligent.

Article with image of the labeling: www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2023/…/amp/

As someone with a food allergy, I check everything I eat for my allergens. If I’m not sure what’s in it, I don’t eat it. And all that will happen to me is I’ll feel ill for a while. Anyone with a lethal condition damn well knows better.

AstridWipenaugh , 8 months ago to world in Matthew Perry dead at 54 in apparent drowning

Just above his lip only. Full beard otherwise. “It’s literally the opposite of the hitler stash!”

AstridWipenaugh , 8 months ago to nostupidquestions in How should I handle an ex friend who feels like he needs to bully me to raise his own self esteem? (We're adults)

Just walk away. Block him any place he contacts you and don’t give him another thought. Why does he get to live rent free in your head? Evict him.

AstridWipenaugh , 8 months ago to lemmyshitpost in Redditor when women

That last part happened to my cousin. He dated a guy for a few years and everyone liked him a lot. After they got married, he let all the crazy out and became mentally and physically abusive. It apparently started pretty much immediately after marriage, but it took several years before anyone found out what was happening.

AstridWipenaugh , 8 months ago to news in Florida man sentenced to 1 year in federal prison for trying to run over 6 Black men

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AstridWipenaugh , 8 months ago to programmerhumor in Just One Last Thing

Your sarcasm is brutal! That’s sarcasm, right? RIGHT?!

AstridWipenaugh , 8 months ago to technology in Microsoft CEO Nadella's compensation drops... to $48M — CEO to employee pay ratio hits 250 to 1

All you have to do is have a subsidiary corporation that the executives work for. They get paid whatever insane amount and the parent company hires the executive company so it’s not direct payroll. I’ve seen this exact arrangement done for other tax reasons.

AstridWipenaugh , 8 months ago to world in Israel war: Israeli foreign minister says Gaza territory will shrink after war

That’s not how stopping terrorism works. Look at Afghanistan. The US spent 20 years trying to kill them off. For every one killed, 2 more got radicalized. It’s almost like slaughtering them makes them hate the occupiers more, not less. The Taliban took back the whole country in a couple days after being occupied for 20 years. Stopping terrorism with violence doesn’t work.

AstridWipenaugh , 8 months ago to world in US vetoes UN Security Council action on Israel, Gaza

The US would veto via military action if we couldn’t veto by voting. It’s a bad system, but better than going to war (more than we already do).