I currently have to stare at what is presumably @RichardvanDaalen being anally penetrated on the main page, no matter that I have blocked him, and no matter that I have hit refresh several times....
Loads of people have habitual attraction to unhealthy relationship patterns.
Being drawn to the same kind of asshole over and over can feel like a chemical green flag, wisdom and experience show it’s a red flag and things always end the same unhappy way
Disclaimer, not an American. I’m answering with my perspective for what it’s worth and because no one else has.
From what I’m able to see here, there’s a lot of Americans who are doing absolutely fine. Many of them. Seems there’s enough who are that the ones who complain about their unreasonable treatment don’t have enough voice to change things.
It’s true that every human society has rich and poor, the ones with abundance and those who struggle. The weird part from where I’m standing is that not every Human society declares itself the Greatest country in the world.
I wonder how much that kind of propaganda impacts on people’s ability to see the flaws and make the changes. Seems many Americans don’t even see the systemic problems there as problems. They see the people struggling as the problem.
When I hear stories of things like children who refuse to swear an oath of loyalty every morning being shamed and ostracised I really do fear for their ability to be honest with each other.
Coz I get to carry on doing what I’m doing while the food turns up. It a suitable temperature, takes no time at all for me to walk to the door to thank the driver and it’s totally worth the extra 20% it costs me compared to picking it up. Especially if I’ve been drinking
I’d like to believe I’d still have that reaction to this “joke” even if my hearing was fine, still I do agree with you that it’s really extra infuriating when explaining a genuine hearing issue
Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, who said their study was the largest of its kind, said they found no evidence to support “popular ideas that certain groups are more at risk” from the technology....
The reason is because of the bias in the studies themselves.
For example, there’s more studies showing that internet addiction is bad for teenagers because more studies have been run on teenagers.
Addiction of any kind of harmful to all age groups. The ways in which it impacts people depends on their life circumstances. For example, older people are more likely to lose a job or a marriage due to addiction than a teenager is, that’s not because of the nature of their addiction.
The simplest explanation is that some teenagers are depressed or otherwise struggling and turn to social media and internet because that’s what they have to help them cope. It’s a natural correlation, this study is saying that we don’t have the evidence to imply causation.
It’s easy for some people, especially those unfamiliar with online activities and particularly those who don’t value online activity, to see the correlation and blame. This is really helpful as it means they can avoid addressing the cause of the initial depression.
Yeah, totally. I lived rural with a poor connection at the time.
Company had a remote server in a data centre for our CRM, website and such as we had people in three locations. total overkill really for what we needed in my opinion and it was 99% idle in the evenings.
So I used it to host half life deathmatch and team fortress back in the day when these were cutting edge. Four to six players each night having fun we couldn’t have had otherwise.
Not a remake or remaster or rerelease of something old, but something inspired or influenced by something either popular or a cult classic. Also this could extend to hardware/tech too, not only media.
I don’t know whether this is an unpopular opinion or not but I actually think that the way Tasha Yar died gave the show much higher stakes throughout it’s entire run. Here is the chief security officer, main bridge crew, tragic back story, potential love interest for the robot character just slapped down by the monster of...
Name a famous elephant. Babar, perhaps? Or Dumbo? Memorable though these monikers may be to humans, they sound nothing like the names elephants give each other. If you’re an elephant, your name is something more like a low, rumbling sound, scientists say....
UK cops are so careful about it, according to my two friends who do or did that work. They know their work can be undone in an instant if they’re caught in a lie and it’ll impact on them personally.
Funny how accountability in the police makes a difference to abuse!
The rebels were the original good guys of the Star Wars franchise who saved the galaxy from the evil Empire, but there are still things about the Rebellion that make no sense. Some flaws with the Rebel Alliance were always apparent from the start of the original trilogy, while other problems arose through subsequent sequels and...
10 You offer abundant examples though this piece that shows they’re not that organised, they have groups and factions that disagree, their battles are improvised and frantic. We get snippets of organised pieces in the films. It’s clear that strong individual leaders command loyalty and respect to hold their pieces of the rebellion together. Those pieces are “scattered throughout the galaxy” rather than working as a single organisation.
9 They didn’t, their fleet came to them already built. Many worlds and leaders joined after the destruction of the deathstar which brought them a fleet. You’re right that many worlds were terrified however that’s not important to this point since they don’t subtract from the number of ships the rebellion gained. Worth noting that despite all these gains, the rebel fleet was still a fraction of the imperial fleet.
8 You’ve answered your own question, if the tracker was still operating years later it was well hidden in the guts of the ship. Leia said the ship was being tracked, checking for it may not have been enough if it was discrete.
7 We don’t know that they did, we do know the new republic was subject to power struggles and disputes so it would be accurate to say they didn’t rally behind it, groups simply sought to define it.
6 It was built using slave labour of prisoners in a remote location. The empire had no trouble keeping even the scientists there as prisoners and using force on everyone. Given the number of people involved in this work, it does raise an eyebrow. But then only a tiny fraction of those people would be in a position to leak information, a small fraction of them would want to and a small fraction of those would be able to get the information to the rebellion. What fraction of that small number would the empire be able to stop, capture or kill?
5 This all happened in a panic, as you cite, the rebellion is not that organised. The ship Leia was captured on with the plan was the backup strategy afterall. Should they have had a better plan? Totally. Could they? I’m not sure how. Hard to switch ships with a stardestroyer chasing you.
4 This is just a semantic question of what counts as a victory. Add the word “major” or “meaningful” into the sentence if it helps.
3 They did evacuate, they also knew they had some time. The galaxy didn’t know the deathstar was blown up immediately. Given the arrogance displayed by Tarkin I wonder if anyone knew where he’d gone. If anyone did know, the reason Yavin 4 was their base is because it’s very remote, they likely knew how long they had especially given it would take time for the shocked empire to react once they realised the deathstar was out of contact.
2 Vader ordered the fleet deployed so that nothing got out of the system specifically to prevent this from happening.
1 Idealistic politician not upto the real world implication of the role? Not a plot hole, a feature not a bug.
Was just thinking about this while taking a boring regular shower with water. A sonic shower just vibrates at high intensity to pulverize dirt and knock it from your body; but what about oils and lipids and all that other stuff that makes you stinky?...
I’ve not actually tried a modern sonic shower so I’ll take your word for the limitations of them as things stand and guess they’ve figured out how to make them work effectively in the next few hundred years.
I think the Ferengi we see have excellent teeth, by Ferengi standards. you can see they’ve working hard to look after them, rather than trying to look like hoomans.
Even though Netanyahu is Jewish, he knows using (and in this case abusing) the Christian bible is a good way to keep support going among US evangelicals and the new Speaker of the House.
The Democracy of the founding fathers was Greek Democracy, predicated upon a slave society, and restricted to only the elite. This is the society we live in today, even with our reforms towards direct representation. The system is inherently biased towards the election of elites and against the representation of the masses....
You previously suggested I’ve not read enough economics, so should I assume you have? Do they all use that word with that meaning?
Also, I’m wondering if you have an answer to the other question. How is everyone going to afford this food that’s being sold even if it doesn’t have a markup?
Why is kbin so full of empty stuff? (kbin.social)
I'm not asking to be snarky or anything... I'm subbed to plenty of magazines that I enjoy reading....
Heroic USA (beehaw.org)
Did I see a note that blocked users would no longer show up in the random threads sidebar? (kbin.social)
I currently have to stare at what is presumably @RichardvanDaalen being anally penetrated on the main page, no matter that I have blocked him, and no matter that I have hit refresh several times....
What's the biggest "Green Flag" that could be misinterpreted as a "Red Flag"?
If you could permanently change ONE thing about the world right now what would it be and why? (kbin.social)
As asked
How poor is the average American?
I’ve been watching a few American TV shows and it blows my mind that they put up with such atrocious working terms and conditions....
I know a time-traveler when I see one. (startrek.website)
Spread the love (startrek.website)
James Sloyan
How do you justify continually using take out delivery services?
For those that continually use services like Uber Eats, Grubhub, DoorDash, etc., how does justify using the cost?...
What game company from your childhood do you remember with fondness?
I was thinking about how I remember Maxis fondly, and I got to wondering what other people’s experiences were like!...
What is the least amusing joke you're aware of?
Relatable (beehaw.org)
Inspired by a conversation with a friend of mine who has this in common.
Study finds no “smoking gun” for mental health issues due to Internet usage (arstechnica.com)
Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, who said their study was the largest of its kind, said they found no evidence to support “popular ideas that certain groups are more at risk” from the technology....
Have you ever done something for yourself on your (job) company's infrastructure?
Like hosted a website or a server for your personal needs, or taken a smartphone given to you for work or something like that.
What are some things you would like to see a sort of spiritual successor to?
Not a remake or remaster or rerelease of something old, but something inspired or influenced by something either popular or a cult classic. Also this could extend to hardware/tech too, not only media.
In a way, Tasha Yar's fate actually worked out really well for the series
I don’t know whether this is an unpopular opinion or not but I actually think that the way Tasha Yar died gave the show much higher stakes throughout it’s entire run. Here is the chief security officer, main bridge crew, tragic back story, potential love interest for the robot character just slapped down by the monster of...
Is gmail the easiest Google service to replace or what?
Gmail is an email service. Like the fediverse, email is federated....
How do I link directly to a post inside a Lemmy instance?
Hoping to spread the joy to people who haven’t learned…
If your entire family died and you'd get the inheritance, what would you do?
This isn’t about grieving, just assuming the complete absence of your family and all the inheritance....
No excuses (startrek.website)
' Overgrowth' felt installation, by Jennifer Moss (lemmy.ml)
Her website
Elephants give each other names — the 1st non-human animals to do so, study claims (www.livescience.com)
Name a famous elephant. Babar, perhaps? Or Dumbo? Memorable though these monikers may be to humans, they sound nothing like the names elephants give each other. If you’re an elephant, your name is something more like a low, rumbling sound, scientists say....
Canadian bank notes polymer composite
Here’s an interesting question. What is the polymer compound used to make our bank notes and why does it smell like maple syrup?
Communist Filth/Capitalist Filth (lemmy.ml)
A Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 bug is spawning every player in the same spot, triggering a nonstop bloodbath (www.pcgamer.com)
This is not the Quarry I remember.
How often do you compliment people?
Both strangers or people you know?
It's made of girders (doomscroll.n8e.dev)
Rule The Police (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Military Rule (lemmy.one)
It's traditional to me now I've just decided (startrek.website)
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10 Things That Make No Sense About The Rebellion In Star Wars (screenrant.com)
The rebels were the original good guys of the Star Wars franchise who saved the galaxy from the evil Empire, but there are still things about the Rebellion that make no sense. Some flaws with the Rebel Alliance were always apparent from the start of the original trilogy, while other problems arose through subsequent sequels and...
Sonic showers would clean dirt from you, but you'd still stink.
Was just thinking about this while taking a boring regular shower with water. A sonic shower just vibrates at high intensity to pulverize dirt and knock it from your body; but what about oils and lipids and all that other stuff that makes you stinky?...
Are Romulans just Vulcans with emotions?
Is there a way to automatically and inteligently manage session token cookies in firefox ?
Hi, So, I wipe all cookies on every restart of firefox by default....
Netanyahu declares holy war against Gaza, citing the Bible (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Even though Netanyahu is Jewish, he knows using (and in this case abusing) the Christian bible is a good way to keep support going among US evangelicals and the new Speaker of the House.
The suffering is inherent, and intentional to RULE system (lemmy.tf)
The Democracy of the founding fathers was Greek Democracy, predicated upon a slave society, and restricted to only the elite. This is the society we live in today, even with our reforms towards direct representation. The system is inherently biased towards the election of elites and against the representation of the masses....