clara

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[–] clara@feddit.uk 60 points 2 years ago (5 children)

california is the largest "sub-national" economy in the world. if california was a country, it would have the fifth largest economy. bigger than the uk, or bigger than india.

if i had to guess, the answer is "success breeds jealousy"

[–] clara@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

i think you linked the wrong paywall bypass, that's a different article. still an interesting read though

[–] clara@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago
[–] clara@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

oh is it that bad there? fair enough :)

[–] clara@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

if you ever go to a place that has strange rules and laws, it's because of people like this

like, yes, okay, there's no rule that said you couldn't attend a public event in a gimp suit. it doesn't mean that he had to, did he? 🙄

i think it's obvious he's exploiting the freedom provided to dress in a gimp suit, which freedom you would use to attend a fetish/like-minded event or convention, to then attend something vanilla, where people are definitely not consenting or opting-in to the behaviour.

sure, it's legal. but it's fuckin weird, in the same way that attending in a furry costume would be weird. buying a yard ticket too? he knew what he was doing. if you can afford a fetish suit, you can afford a seat.

i will say that the moral "think of the children" arguments don't have any weight in this scenario, because you're taking those kids to a shakespeare play, lol. i could understand being morally outraged if this loser turned up to wacky warehouse 😄

[–] clara@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

thank you so much for this 🙂 i shall make sure to have soda with food from now on. and also, i can give fanta zero and coke cherry zero a go again (with full stomach) and see what happens lol. appreciate the work 💪

[–] clara@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

i guess... for the level of cash paid, it makes sense. the only counter-indication to this, is i have seen a screenshot of a tweet from only a few hours ago from bbc wales, about a program huw is presenting. i can't find the original tweet because i dont have a twitter account (and refuse to make one for this). it's possible that the tweet was auto-scheduled?

[–] clara@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

i dont get why the bbc doesn't come out and say who it is, because by...

  1. announcing that the accused has been taken off air, and
  2. not announcing who it is immediately,

...means that the internet detectives can play a big game of guess who, by taking note of who does appear on tv in the next few days, combined with who confirms on twitter that "it's not them", and then using deduction to figure out who is remaining. it will surely be worse for optics if the top minds of the internet figure it out first

[–] clara@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

ah okay, i'm way out of my depth then. thanks for the advice

my specific problems are with fanta zero and coke cherry zero. if not the aspartame, then is there a possible cause that isn't confirmation bias, or caffeine? i don't have problems with other drinks with caffeine, and i should stress that i drink 2L of water a day regardless of whether i have a can of soda (in addition). i.e, it's not headaches from dehydration either.

i'm willing to accept the possibility that i am an idiot and it's just confirmation bias, but if anyone knows any other possible causes, i'd be happy to learn 🙂

another question i have regarding point #2, how much sugar is too much to cause the effects you mention (i.e in one can?). for context, i live in the UK, and most cans of soda are restricted to 16.5g of sugar for the whole can, because of a sugar tax. is 16.5g in one go enough to cause liver damage?

thank you for reading

[–] clara@feddit.uk 19 points 2 years ago

the issue put bluntly, is that in federation, your data cannot be 100% safe. even if this instance is secure and perfectly private, if this instance is then federated, that federated data can then be copied and have anything done with it, or to it.

or, to phrase it in a way that opened my eyes to this, quoting from someone else a month ago, "what makes you think you're in control of your data on any instance?"

[–] clara@feddit.uk -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

oh that's why some soda drinks give me headache 😐 i just realised all the ones that used to make my head hurt, were all zero/diet versions. i switched back to full sugar ones a while back, now i see why i did.

i guess it's a choice between teeth rot or cancer. i'll take the teeth rot lol

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