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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it was very telling that the managers didn't seem to care at all

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I have couple friends who's wives complain that they play to many video games. I've never understood this because my spouse and I both play games, mostly single-player games in the same room and we love it. And if they don't feel like playing games, they have other hobbies, or read, or anything else. If your partner needs be be giving you attention, there is something wrong with the relationship

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/institute-for-family-studies/

Bias Rating: RIGHT (6.0) Factual Reporting: MIXED (4.7) Country: USA MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE Media Type: Organization/Foundation Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY History

The Institute for Family Studies (IFS) is a conservative think tank that states its mission as “to strengthen marriage and family life, and advance the well-being of children through research and public education.” IFS was founded by William Bradford Wilcox, who is the Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, and a Visiting Scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. Michael Toscano is the current Executive Director.

Funded By / Ownership: The Institute for Family Studies does not openly state ownership on the website, nor do they list funding sources. According to Sourcewatch, they have received funding from the conservative Bradley Foundation. They accept donations on the website as well.

(In other words, not trustworthy, data is probably cherry-picked)

I'm missing the cookout!

I've been in the nerdy tech space for decades now and I will never understand how these people expect things like Linux to take charge while they're also being the most gatekeepy and arrogant people. Sure, I'd love folks to try it out, but I'm not going to demonize them either for not. I also have done tech support and there are the people where I just say "Nope, get a mac" because otherwise I will be the person that they go and demand free support from every week.

There's passion, but then there's a line that is too often crossed that goes into ego and selfishness, and I think Lemmy just breeds that.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I think it matters community to community - but I don't disagree with you. Personally, I suggest curating a list of communities that you like and subscribing to them. It's been much more pleasant having that than the barrage of All.

People who are slaves to trends will happily be giving away more of their money because 3 trends are merging for a limited time thing

No this is called a real protest. Protests that are quiet and don't bother anyone happen every day - and are ignored every day.

Here we are, talking about this one, like the rest of the nation.

I think he's one of those "protesting is great as long as it doesn't affect anyone", aka out of sight out of mind protesting.

I used to be like that until I realized that it would accomplish nothing. Their reasoning is that "you aren't winning any friends" which you aren't, but you are on every news channel with your message up there vs just being people in a park

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 20 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I immediately assumed anyone who said it was no big deal that they were doing it have never worked a service job in their life.

I mean having basic human empathy would also work, but if you don't have that then service jobs show you first hand being on the bottom rung of society, having every Karen scream at you over arbitrary bullshit or having grown ass men throw hamburgers at you because someone else put too many pickles on it.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

That's already been a thing. It's well documented that super hero movies' villains all usually start as people who just want to change the status quo, but then do one ultra violent thing to make destroying them justified.

Even Thanos had a very real point, they just made him a monster by acting on it violently. But they never went back to "uh, but he did have a point, his world did literally die because they exhausted the resources". But how could you ever side with him when he violently acted on it, so his point must be invalid.

Repeat ad nauseum for most other superhero movies.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think I have...

 

Maybe an ivory backscratcher?

 

A simple reminder today, if you're trying Experimental (and maybe even if not because why not), to go in and BACKUP YOUR SAVES. Especially if you're new to experimental, this is real beta testing, saves do get corrupted and you cannot go back once your save is upgraded

 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/58875792

Holy shit, talk about everything people hate about Americans wrapped into a single person. Zero empathy for other people around her, so selfish that she twists herself into thinking she's right, and worse tries to gaslight the reader into thinking they're wrong for ever thinking about other people or respect.

It reminds me of the first time I was in DC. I visited the WW2 memorial and it was one of the first times it hit me, I had multiple family members in the war, and I was walking around to the states. Serene. Peaceful, reflecting. Then a family came by and two kids got in the pool. And worse the family laughed and started taking pictures. One of the most disrespectful things I've ever seen, just spitting in the face of the people who had died.

 

How many things can you see that are coming? I've counted quite a few new things!

1.1 SpoilerHypertube splitters!

 

Title essentially. Youtube's algorithm is hot garbage, so I can't search for anything anymore without a ton of AI slop and rage bait. So, who do you go to for actual good long form videos? Exposes, scandals, behind the scenes, documentaries, film, travel, transit, who do you recommend I follow?

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