hypna

hypna , 2 days ago to news in Analysis: The fertility crisis is here and it will permanently alter the economy | CNN Business

Lmao what is this edge-lord shit?

hypna , 14 days ago to memes in sigh...

That’s not my experience, and I’m an elder millennial. The only time tiering up has encouraged me to quit a game was when the higher ranked players were just more toxic. Being challenged can be part of the fun.

That’s not to say I think matchmaking is simply better than persistent servers. Having a group of regulars and developing a bit of a server culture is good fun. I guess I like both options depending on the mood.

hypna , 28 days ago to linuxmemes in Switched to linux before it became mainstream

Linux is a great server OS. It’s an okay desktop OS.

hypna , 29 days ago (edited 29 days ago) to news in Men with 'toxic masculinity' are more likely to make sexual advances without consent, study finds

“Big” is not a negative adjective. “Truck” is not (mostly) an identity or demographic group. You’d have to make up some term like maybe “murder trucks” to get close to an analogy. Would you not suppose that someone who advocated against “murder trucks” thought trucks were bad?

“Crowded” - maybe mildly negative. “Places” - not an identity or demographic.

“Toxic” - Ok. “People” - This hardly seems like an identity or demographic. Maybe if martians start talking about “toxic humans” we’d have an analogy.

And that whole last paragraph is just a straw man.

Let’s consider some real analogies.

“Poisonous Hinduism” “Virulent Femininity” “Malignant Jewishness” “Destructive Liberalism” “Pestilent Blackness” “Dangerous Queerness”

I literally just looked up synonyms for toxic and picked random identity groups. Could you imagine trying to make any of these phrases academic terms?

hypna , 30 days ago to news in Majority of US voters support climate litigation against big oil, poll shows

Seems like this has been in the works for a while stateline.org/…/after-a-long-slog-climate-change-…

hypna , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to aboringdystopia in USA: The Minimum Wage Should Be $24 per Hour Not $7.25

It’s not clear whether you’re suggesting that tipped workers aren’t guaranteed the normal minimum wage.

www.dol.gov/general/topic/wages/wagestips

EDIT: The above comment was completely different at the time I wrote this.

hypna , 6 months ago to news in Colorado Supreme Court kicks Donald Trump off the state's 2024 ballot for violating the U.S. Constitution

It’s a constitutional amendment that was ruled on. The Constitution applies the same in all states. If it were just Colorado law I think it would be much harder to appeal the ruling to the US Supreme Court.

hypna , 7 months ago to games in Court rules Gabe Newell must appear in person to testify in Steam anti-trust lawsuit

People don’t hate on Epic because their store has content. They hate on Epic because they tried to buy market share with exclusivity deals. Nobody wants PC gaming to turn into the streaming services.

hypna , 9 months ago to technology in The Internet Is About to Get Much Worse

A truly poor analogy. LLMs don’t remove anything from anywhere. They consume no shared resource.

It’s been wild watching people flail about searching for arguments for why LLMs should be stopped. I’m not even saying they shouldn’t, just that I haven’t seen a solid argument for it.

hypna , 9 months ago to news in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs legislation to ban child marriage in Michigan

I was curious how often this actually happened and found this other article with some figures.

iosconews.com/…/article_3280a3fa-bc08-54ae-80e1-a…

“More than 5,400 minors were married in Michigan between 2000 and 2021, according to the nonprofit Unchained at Last. More than nine in 10 of the minors were girls, with 12 under the age of 16.”

So I guess it was mostly 16 and 17 year olds who now have to wait to 18.

hypna , 9 months ago to news in Ashton Kutcher Resigns From His Anti-Child Sex Abuse Organization Amid Danny Masterson Support Backlash

I’m sure that’s not what was in his letter.

If your question is merely about public relations, sure it’s a terrible move. But I think there’s actually a more meaningful question underlying all this furor; what are the limits of friendship or love? What is one supposed to do when someone close does something horrible? Cast them aside? Pretend you never knew them?

Kutcher must have had some idea of the risk he was taking, but he did it anyway. I find that striking. For some people friendships can be like family. I feel like this is an older sentiment that doesn’t find expression often today. Would you find it appalling if Masterson’s mother spoke on behalf of his character, or should she likewise keep her distance?

I don’t know. It all just seems more complicated and tragic than the typical social media mob can process.

hypna , 9 months ago to worldnews in The US should not normalize Modi’s autocratic and illiberal India at the G20

It’s hilarious how many different definitions of fascism I see on Lemmy on a given day

hypna , 9 months ago to technology in Mozilla review of 25 car brands finds they're "a privacy nightmare"

Oh good, a petition.

hypna , 10 months ago to news in Carlos Santana apologizes for anti-trans comments he made during a recent concert

No one is obligated to patronize any business or artist (generally speaking). Obligation isn’t the issue. But it sounds like, yes, you choose not support/patronize artists who have certain opinions you disapprove of.

I’ve seen this sentiment floating around the Internet sometimes, and it always strikes me as very limiting.

hypna , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to news in Carlos Santana apologizes for anti-trans comments he made during a recent concert

You really apply some kind of ideology test when choosing which artist’s work to enjoy?

EDIT: Perhaps this hinges on what you mean by “support”