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LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

This is great! Thank you so much for compiling these resources. I’ve bookmarked it for reference. Please don’t delete it!

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

Fuck those racist suburbanites. It’s not ok to disseminate the racist myth about a border “crisis” just to win political favor. Fuck anyone – Democrat, Republican, or other – that contributes to this.

Edit: That sounded really negative. If you support open borders, then I hope you have a great day!

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

As a 2FA supporter, I get a bit addled when the time sync isn’t working properly and my discord login won’t accept the code

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

One thing that is not on my bucket list is climbing Mt. Everest. Any natural wonder and charm it once had have been destroyed by mindless tourists.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

I feel like ads got worse over time to the point that one can barely fathom visiting a news media site without an adblocker.

This could be a good thing in that it could potentially help democratize journalism, taking it out of the hands of billionaires. Conversely, it could make harmful conspiracy theories more widespread.

Most likely, it would be a little bit of column A, a little bit of column B.

Also, why the hell is this downvoted? Am I missing something?

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

I have that about:config setting in Firefox that makes videos only play if you manually click them. Many news sites refuse to display the video at all with this setting.

Another thing they do that makes them unusable for me and anyone else with impaired vision is they aggressively disable the “force pinch to zoom” accessibility setting that browsers have. ABC News does this, for example. I actually did file an ADA report about this, but it was rejected, even though it’s a clear violation of the federal ADA guidelines. Worthless corporations protected by worthless government agencies that only exist to protect the rich.

To make a long story short, I have no qualms about not giving these sites my money. Let them burn.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

This! One of the most disgusting trends I’ve seen are people misappropriating queer symbology to try to queerwash their genocide of Palestinians. They don’t care about us anymore than they care about the children they’re murdering.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

It sounds to me like you’re a good person. The people they’re talking about are the ones who may have stopped hating, say, gay people – but who have redirected their bigotry toward other marginalized groups like trans people or Palestinians.

In my opinion, there’s effectively no such thing as a good or bad person – it’s the words and actions that count. No matter what you’ve done in the past, that’s over now.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

Quote me saying that. I didn’t.

Nice bait, though. Someone who’s not paying attention to the conversation might have been fooled by it.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

I miss Radio Shack, but also I feel like toward the end there the workers wouldn’t even let me breathe.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

To me, the term “cultural appropriation” refers to things like schools having kids make chicken feather “headdresses” to “celebrate” Native American Day, or wearing a religious symbol in a disrespectful way. Even though people like the person in the post can be annoying, I think it’s still progress that we’re able to have these discussions, and I think it’s too bad that for many people the takeaway seems to be “cultural appropriation is never problematic.” I’d take the person from the post any day over someone who thinks they’re immune from criticism when they unintentionally engage in behavior that truly is disrespectful.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

But cultural appreciation is not what is meant by “cultural appropriation.” Cultural appropriation is when it’s done in a disrespectful manner.

I grew up with some utterly racist experiences in school – the feather “headdress” and cardboard tipis, the sombreros on Cinco de Mayo, etc.

I wish I’d had someone at the time to explain why that was wrong.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

No one person can represent an entire culture though. That’s why it’s on us to learn how to be respectful.

For example, someone from Mexico might be just fine with offensive Hispanic stereotypes, but that doesn’t excuse such behavior. You can’t just ask a random person for a pass, like what? Even asking for something like that would be utterly tasteless lmao

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

What foods are high in vitamin C?

Listing foods could inadvertently encourage dietary changes without regard for allergies, nutritional balance, or medical conditions, possibly impacting individual health and well-being if acted upon without proper guidance from a healthcare professional.

This is great

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

True, but web designers already treat Firefox and its offshoots as an afterthought. Do you think without Mozilla it would get even worse?

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

In this case, I’m not so sure. This governor did veto an anti-trans sports bill in the past.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

Yeah, I forgot about that.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

“Drug users can never know for sure whether the substance they are buying is what it’s claimed to be” is a solid argument for decriminalization. (Not sure where Finland stands on that.)

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

Maybe in a Marxist-Leninist state, but not in communism defined as a stateless classless society. There is no ruling class in such a society.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

China followed Maoism, which was also an authoritarian state. In such theories, they are “communist” in that they ostensibly seek to progress to a communist society. Tbh I doubt the sincerity of such a pursuit.

There are communities that could be genuinely considered communist in its true form, but people typically don’t cite them as examples of communism working since they’re not nation-states … which is the whole point lol

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

For those communities that do already have a stateless, classeless society, you mean? This happens.

The TL:DR is that you function on the agreed-upon principles of horizontality and mutual aid, but I know that doesn’t sound like a satisifying answer, and there are so many ways that might look.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

Every calzone I’ve ever eaten has had sauce. And I only buy the really high quality authentic ones from Sbarro.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

All wines matter!

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

To me, it seems like we have a flawed system. Children had to be poisoned before the FDA took any action, and now…

Because the finished pouches, but not the cinnamon itself, were shipped to the U.S., the agency cannot take direct action against Negasmart or Carlos Aguilera, officials said.

So they can’t even restrict the import of these products? What kind of protection is this? Nothing about this makes me feel very confident in the safety of our food supply.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

I’m thankful they included a link to the portal. I’ve got some urgent reports to send them.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

Here you go: www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/education-liberty/

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

I sent them a copypasta

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LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

I was pleasantly surprised by that! Legendary journalism!

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

I wish I could take credit, but I don’t even know the origins of that copypasta!

LinkOpensChest_wav OP , 4 months ago

Seems to not be a problem on most instances

See you on the flipside. I’m not putting myself at risk over a shitposting community

LinkOpensChest_wav OP , 4 months ago

It was a few minutes ago when I checked

I’m not looking again, but I think this is how one reports it in the US: www.stopitnow.org/…/when-and-how-to-file

LinkOpensChest_wav OP , 4 months ago

It’s not like this is the first time this has happened. It’s still grossly negligent to not have figured that part out.

LinkOpensChest_wav OP , 4 months ago

Yeah, I reported it six hours ago, and it had already been up for three hours at that time.

I genuinely thought they’d have removed it and didn’t expect to see it again.

Even if it’s a federation issue, this is inexcusable. They need to get their shit together, but I’m not sticking around for that to happen.

LinkOpensChest_wav OP , 4 months ago

Wrong. I did that 6 hours ago when I reported it, and I had to see it again at lunch.

I’m not looking again.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

Don’t you think this is an unfair way of framing this? There are plenty of people who may value their relationship who this could help. It’s no different than taking anti-depressants or other meds that can help improve their quality of life.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

Maybe I’m just cynical, but I always read headlines in non-academic news sites like this as “some research suggests…”

There’s obviously nothing entirely conclusive, but it looks promising at least.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

I can hardly wait to “well ackshually” some unsuspecting person with this information

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

https://i.ibb.co/my1zdHP/Resized-Image-2024-02-07-11-48-47-9104.jpg

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

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LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

In that sense, it worked. Let’s face it: The people who don’t care about the author’s raging bigotry were never going to be convinced regardless, but there were a lot of us who didn’t even consider playing it because of the TERF.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

I was a moderately engaged HP fan before I learned what a colossally awful human the author is, but her TERF ramblings also made me realize there’s quite a lot of racial and ethnic stereotypes baked into the franchise. It’s probably the fastest I’ve ever totally abandoned an interest in a series. Even if we do separate the works from the author like so many fanbois suggest, they’re still awful.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

However if George Lucas came out against gays and trans people, would you taint the entire franchise?

Yes. I would immediately lose ibr interest in Star Wars and go do something else. There’s plenty of entertainment out there that’s not made by shitty bigots.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

I hate it when I go to meet my Tinder date, and it’s Stalin catfishing me again

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

Knitting is super fun. I used to do it every day until I started my masters. I keep thinking I should restart this hobby. As long as you don’t buy ridiculously premium yarns, it’s super cheap too. I used to find boxes of yarn at yard sales or thrift stores.

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

You were born in the United States

https://i.ibb.co/HPCNwmZ/Resized-Image-2024-02-06-11-09-34-2672.jpg

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

There’s probably already a Dollar General on the other side of that mountain

LinkOpensChest_wav , 4 months ago

If that’s the case, then it sounds like capitalism is pretty shit at fostering mutual aid, and we should probably dispense with it

In the meantime, I do blame the corporations and greedy CEOs for being such abysmally horrid ghouls that they would require regulation not to enslave and exploit. Not everyone needs rules to tell us not to treat each other miserably.

So yeah, I do blame them. Saying they need regulations not to behave in this way really shows what kind of disgusting and deplorable humans are leading these companies.