Comma splices are good!

IQ is absolute nonsense that tells you literally nothing about intelligence or anything of the like.

I just thought that not only would people be used to not being worthless, but that the rules would train them to be baseline. Stepping up moderation is clearly a major requirement and I’m sad that’s the case.

Banning bottom of the barrel lowbar zero effort trash like images of text, non funny showerthoughts posts that say “this water is hot”, stuff like that.

So because Israel propped up Hamas’s military wing, are we saying that Israel is responsible for both genocides?

Lemmy is full of the worst reddit bullshit. I was genuinely surprised at first, primarily because I thought it was going to be a bit of a refuge from bottom of the barrel idiocy. Instead, it’s the worst of it.

The unbelievably pathetic trash is why I am still looking for a good reddit alternative. Seeing all of the problems we solved on reddit years ago is honestly kind of sad.

Everything you’re describing here is pretty much the exact opposite of reality. There’s no question that we deserve better candidates; that’s not even remotely the point. The point is that once you get to the binary choice of Trump vs Harris, there isn’t even a doubt which one to choose. Only a traitor who belongs in prison would refuse to vote for Harris in a swing state. Everything is else is irrelevant.

I know it may be difficult to imagine, but if people call a screwdriver a hammer, that’s what it becomes. Language evolves and it’s biological. It’s really bizarre that y’all struggle with this so much.

I’m sorry you don’t understand language but I can’t both explain it to you and make you think correctly. You have to do the second part on your own. I do believe you can get there though.

It’s not a defense. It’s an observation.

That’s the literal opposite of what I believe.

This is exactly right. I frequently call these extremists right wingers because that’s basically what their attitudes amount to. They are right: liberalism leads to fascism. Capitalism is obviously a problem that needs abolishing. These are all things socialists believe because we’re socialists.

The problem is that harm reduction is no small thing. It’s not avoiding a scrape on the knee or having a pool instead of a hose. We’re talking about real human beings who are suffering, to paraphrase Chomsky. How privileged do you need to be to think it’s hardcore communists or nothing?

I can’t stand this faux leftist bullshit. There’s a reason why I call this right wing nonsense: it impedes the improvement of people’s material lives. We don’t have to like the Democrats in order to reject this absolute nonsense.

As I said, that is not correct. Language is how people use it, and people use the term acronym to describe all of these things. This is not a technical discussion.

Exactly. We need to fix the entrenchment, and we can fix this stupid two party system.

Bernie created capitalism, he can destroy it. He chooses not to!

I’ve only ever seen a few episodes but I don’t know how accurate this is at all.

My view is that if we can’t have the things we want without ads, then we need a new business model. I’m not super into the whole kindness and donations model. If we need it to be state funded, so be it.

Why would anyone use a desktop? That’s like a baby’s toy!

Only for the parts that don’t help rich people.