Spuddlesv2

joined 2 years ago
[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

American football is (semi-)frequently called gridiron in Australia. I’d say most people would know what sport you meant if you called it that.

We usually call soccer, soccer but soccer nerds and those with close English heritage will call it football to feel superior.

[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sorry champ but you’re wrong. I lived in the US for half a decade and even I struggled to place CT. My first thought was actually that it was a Canadian province. Not everyone is raised thinking America is the defacto for literally everything.

[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

Yes. What Americans need is MORE time spent thinking about America.

[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

No one would call it “American style lemonade”. It would just be home made lemonade or something similar. Also we have a massive tradition of making non carbonated drinks at home. Australian kids grow up drinking cordial, which are pre-made, very sugary, mostly fruit flavoured, and are made by mixing the cordial and water.

[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago

“If they’re men then they should prove it. Let’s see what’s between those legs. I want to see a whole lotta swingin’ sausage before I’ll eat a cookie. Mmm yes.”

[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

We are all here because we don’t want to be a part of a corporate controlled social platform. Threads theoretically making it more difficult to communicate with their users - something we can’t do at all today - is not going to suddenly change our minds.

If your friends are on Threads now and you’re on Activity Pub then that problem already exists. If they start seeing all sorts of cool content - without any ads - coming from “that Lemmy thing” then yes absolutely a good number will switch. Not all, because some people are lazy, or don’t care, or fearful of different technology, but that’s not going to change just because Threads is federated.

[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I asked how the circumstances are similar, not vague descriptions that suit your existing views. But sure.

XMPP was dogshit back in 2004. A good idea, but nowhere NEAR what it needed to be to actually get mainstream acceptance. ActivityPub is light years ahead.

There were very very few XMPP users in 2004. There are millions of ActivityPub users. If meta was to pull the plug on federation it wouldn’t kill ActivityPub, there would still be millions of us here. We joined Lemmy/Kbin/Mastodon because we don’t want to live in a centrally controlled/owned social platform. That won’t change just because we can suddenly interact with Threads users. In fact, if anything, once Threads users hear that we get the same shit they do without the ads, they might decide to join us instead.

Google killing off XMPP integration didn’t kill XMPP. It did that all on its own.

[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (9 children)

The Ploum article again. Please explain how the circumstances with XMPP and ActivityPub are remotely similar.

[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago

Size 0000 onsies with “future heart breaker” or “ladies man in the making” emblazoned on the front. Not weird AT ALL. (/s in case it was not obvious)

[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My kids watched it for the first time ever last weekend. They had no nostalgia or frame of reference for it and yet they both loved it - “the dumbest fun movie I’ve seen in ages”. We’re watching #2 tonight.

[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don’t recall the reviews of the first movie but I vividly recall LOTS of articles exclaiming about all the unnecessary violence in the second movie. One news piece had some “expert” show how many times MacLaine would have died, broken bones, etc if it were real. So much free advertising.

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