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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 8 points 3 weeks ago

They discreetly tell you about your bad breath. Or something like that.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago

Before people start talking about sugar cane ethanol, or how considerably better it is for the environment than maize ethanol, let me mention a single word:

DESERTIFICATION.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago

If it's due to the chemical composition of beetroots, this means barszcz/borscht has the same effect, right?

Fuck yeah. I love barszcz.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 18 points 3 weeks ago

That's why you need truck-kun. Being isekai'd gives you automatic comprehension of all languages spoken in the world.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Undertale taught me how to be evil in RPGs. Without giving you spoilers: it puts that tendency of players of "gotta to see it all!" against their morality.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

I noticed it's easier to shift back to the "pink döner" first perception if you hide the top half of the pic.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's an anime trope where characters A and B show clear interest on each other. A keeps chasing B, but B runs away from A's advances. A never gives up, B never returns or rejects the advances.

Typically A is a woman and B is a man, but I remember at least one case where this was inverted. The two yuri series I've watched (I'm in Love with the Villainess and Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou) avoid this, but I think you'll find examples of that if you dig into other yuri series. And in yaoi too.

I don't mind a slow romance. I don't mind lack of romance if the anime series focuses on something else. But all this trope does is to waste screen time with a romance that'll never lead anywhere.

And, like, it's a pet hate. I know it's supposed to be funny. But it makes me cringe every bloody time.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think this is a good starting point. If Collective Shout can pressure MC/Visa to do it, a bigger group can pressure MC/Visa to not do it.

However, we (people in general) should not fool ourselves that this war is over, or that this is the only thing we should be aiming for. Ultimately, the end goal should be to curtail all this pseudo-legislative power payment processors have; laws, competition, change in the economic system, etc.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

To add to that: my ship-of-Theseus computer is probably older than quite a few adult Lemmy users.

All current pieces are relatively new, as last year I felt like splurging and had money to do so. Except the hard disk - it's a few years old, I think.

I remember when I installed the predecessor of my current GPU. I put the computer on the floor, and my nephew was crawling in the way, curious. Nowadays my nephew has a stubby beard, and he's taller than me.

My old case was even older. It had a hole, where I glued cardboard. That hole used to hold a 3½ floppy disk drive. It saw the predecessor of that GPU I mentioned above, that I bought in 2004.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm diabetic, you insensitive clod!!one!!!eleven

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
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