oh good, they’re only intended to torture poor people. they just happen to also torture day laborers

a human

fascists are famous for loving foreigners so i’m thinking this might be true

even then idk. it’s not terribly disruptive so like what’s the point

i think the article was referring more to why westerners are hostile to inconvenient truths, or they rationalize it away, or refuse to internalize it like the boy in the striped pajamas (i think). i definitely had a large portion of my life where i would avoid uncomfortable information, and it made me kind of an idiot. it’s one of my favorite articles because i’ve seen the phenomenon from all sides. it isn’t that you absolutely can’t talk to these people, but it takes a lot of time and effort, for everyone involved, to even get to a point where they’re willing to hear what you say

finally, someone says it. i don’t have any issues with it besides that i’m a light sleeper, but it’s frustrating having to interrupt what i’m doing to spend 1/3 of my day or more doing nothing. maybe that’s why i keep going to bed later and later

idk if i agree about the single-thread stuff. for going through a single person’s history and downvoting all their posts, i think it’s reasonable in certain circumstances, but i don’t think votes should be something you have to think about deeply. they’re already not meant to convey a lot anyway

also because you shouldn’t have to think too much about it, i almost wonder if the mods should be making a point of looking at votes at all. maybe in exceptional circumstances like targeted harassment, but idk. it’s not like it disrupts the conversation or takes away points from your account

grad is defederated which is a shame bc what an asshole

no i get the appeal but it would be even more appealing if they got fucked over for this (since they’re clearly not gonna get got for the child-killing)

+1 for refurbished; usually they have a human personally checking that they work

it’s a shame because i hear the ancient taoists used to put it in their incense burners before they slept

blaming the south for racism was just as goofy then as it is now. gives liberals a smug sense of superiority without identifying the underlying issues and systems that they perpetuate too

hard disagree on ds9. the gabriel bell storyline was kind of idealist but i still really liked it

definitely not his acting

oi m8, you got a loicense for that dildo?

aaron sorkin and his consequences

it’s gonna be newsom/cheney vs hegseth/musk

that’s because it wasn’t a mistake

the balls to sell their own negative glassdoor review

china has no rightful claim to the republic of china! america does!