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[–] percent 1 points 1 month ago

If you leave a spoon in the jar the same way, is the opening too small for ants to get in?

In my area of the world, we have ants that are small enough to get in with either tool propping the lid open

[–] percent 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How dare you think critically of anything that is dogmatically accepted as truth on the internet

[–] percent 5 points 1 month ago

I just realized something: When I search for something in Lemmy and get zero results, I sometimes go to Reddit and search there.

It would probably be better to make a new post in Lemmy about the thing I'm searching for. It would add content to Lemmy, and the content would be newer and fresher than the Reddit results that are sometimes 10+ years old.

[–] percent 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Sure, I understand the moral arguments, but it's very common to have legal consequences when taking something that doesn't belong to you — regardless of morals.

Of course it would be morally better to give everyone permission to take the bananas. It sounds like that hasn't happened though, so it seems very simple to understand that there would be legal consequences for taking them.

How is this not obvious? Did I miss some critical detail?

[–] percent -5 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I never thought I'd ever defend UK laws, but if you take something that doesn't belong to you, isn't it generally frowned upon in most parts of the world? This seems pretty normal to me

[–] percent 3 points 1 month ago

Whoa, I didn't know Visual Basic is still around. I remember using VB6, many years ago

[–] percent 50 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I assumed it's probably due to some creators becoming, or later being discovered as, "problematic" and/or some sort of brand risk. It would look more strange to unlist a few of them, so better to unlist all of them.

To be clear: This is speculation based on zero information 🙃. Just a total guess based on how things tend to go between internet culture and corporations. I'm probably wrong. It would be cool if YouTube would communicate things like this.

It's unfortunate to see such cultural history hidden away. Though, tbh, this is probably the most that I've ever thought about YouTube Rewind, and I haven't thought about it in many years.

[–] percent 1 points 1 month ago

How would that be easier?

[–] percent 5 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Unless I missed something, it seems like the crows are doing it voluntarily. Is that not the case?

[–] percent 2 points 1 month ago

Have you considered immunotherapy ("allergy shots")? That was life-changing for me

[–] percent 1 points 1 month ago

Yep, it's "Estadounidenses" in Portuguese as well. The distinction (and occasional confusion/debate across languages/cultures) makes sense, considering how those cultures learn about continents.

In contrast, English-speaking countries teach the seven-continent model, in which there's not really any place called "America." So when we omit "The United States of" for brevity, native English speakers still understand where it's referring to.

"USians" is an interesting shortcut. It may not be proper English, but it still seems understandable enough in text. Hopefully everyone who vocalizes it, pronounces it your way. If I ever hear "Oosian", I'll probably assume they meant "Asian".

[–] percent 6 points 1 month ago

I can read some of it. The text on the front of his jacket says "tsingtao". Hope this helps!

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