Comment on .ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this

• betanumerus@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Impress me: create a context where you want your own rights taken away. 3, 2, 1, Go!: ___________________________.

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  • jwt@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Linus Torvalds is a BDFL. dictator can have many meanings: www.dictionary.com/browse/dictator

    Not all different meanings have to do with ‘me having my rights taken away’

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    • betanumerus@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Dictator means you get dictated without a say. You become a puppet. Move to North Korea.

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      • jwt@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s your context, I brought mine. That’s what happens when context is missing (and that was OP’s point).

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