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[–] percent 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

πŸ€” I'm not sure that lawmakers really understand what they're up against. If most VPN locations all eventually require government ID for porn, then some people will likely seek porn from places/networks that are... Less legitimate.

[–] percent 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Maybe we'll consider electing someone who isn't a senior citizen, next time. Three terms of the two oldest presidents in US history seems like enough.

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

Why would it be implemented for those places, but not implemented in any of the other conflicts in the last 50 years?

[–] percent 1 points 1 month ago

That raises more questions than it answers πŸ˜… I appreciate the effort though.

I run NixOS on a few servers. I remember there being some controversy around them accepting contributions (either money or code β€” my memory of it is a little fuzzy) from some company that's part of the military industrial complex. Is Framework worse than that?

[–] percent 2 points 1 month ago

Is it ethically unsafe to use? Do they make money when people use it? Sorry if these seem like dumb questions, I'm surely missing a lot of context

[–] percent -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

What difference would that make? (I'm not familiar with the precedent, so probably missing some context)

Edit: Downvotes? Was my question (or my ignorance) somehow offensive?

[–] percent 2 points 1 month ago

American tech companies created algorithms that happen to boost videos and news articles of fringe/extreme occurrences that take place here. The mainstream news networks also prioritize content like that, for the same reason: It's very profitable. Boring news/content just doesn't make much money.

People who have never visited the US seem to have a very distorted understanding of what everyday life is like here. We display a pretty embarrassing caricature of our country for the world to see.

And to make things even more embarrassing, we made our government ridiculous, and made our politics become pop culture (yet also very tribal) over the last ~15 years.

[–] percent 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

πŸ€” I'm not sure that answers the question. So... You don't know of any imminent plans to use the Selective Service to force people to invade those countries, correct?

[–] percent 3 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Are there plans to force people to join the military and participate in those invasions? AFAIK, the US hasn't drafted people since the Vietnam war (>50 years ago), so that seems like a pretty extreme move

[–] percent 3 points 2 months ago

πŸ€” I think I'd try to avoid staying in a hotel with no bathroom doors. Sounds like a prison cell

[–] percent 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's interesting how often I see memes here that require knowing so much non-obvious context to understand.

Anyway, that sounds like a really cool art installation. Anyone know the name of it?

[–] percent 13 points 2 months ago

This text doesn't make sense, right?

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