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- Comment on tech never works for long 1 day ago:
I have some smart home stuff, but if it needs the Internet to function, it’s not going into my house. And if any of it fails, the house reverts to its old, dumb self.
- Comment on Enshittiflation 4 days ago:
I don’t think we’re contradicting each other. Sometimes the manufacturer themselves (or other Chinese entities) will be the ones creating the spec.
It also makes sense that the trash products, which compete exclusively on price, will mostly be coming from the area able to manufacture products for the lowest price. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t also able to manufacture higher quality things when requested to.
- Comment on Enshittiflation 5 days ago:
It doesn’t matter where it’s produced, what matters is who designed it and for what market. Things tailored for the mass US market are usually designed to minimize the cost of manufacturing above all else. Things tailored for Europe are a little earlier in the enshittification process.
There are tons of high quality products manufactured in China, the only difference is that the specs for those asked for high quality, while the things you associate with Chinese manufacturing are when they were asked to make trash.
- Comment on I guarantee this is a waste of time 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, at least explain the physics of some advanced fucking.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Yes, these are social norms, and those are taught.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
I don’t think we’re using the same definition of stigma.
Stigma is a profound, unfair negative belief or stereotype attached to a person or group, causing shame, social rejection, and discrimination.
I’m having a hard time making any of the stuff you’re saying make sense with that definition, and the whole word is inherently social.
The fact is that a lot of people think it’s nasty to fuck your brother, and that you should stop fucking him when you realize you’re related to him. I see the nuance in this situation, but a lot of people don’t, and if they maintain the relationship they will have to deal with those people. It’s already hard enough to deal with homophobia without this on top.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
I’m not sure what biological stigma is supposed to mean. Sexual relations between siblings gives most people the ick regardless of technicalities, and that is a social stigma, the only kind of stigma I’m aware of.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
While the medical concerns with incest don’t apply here, the stigma of having sexual relations with a relative usually doesn’t take such technicalities into account.
- Comment on I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in? 4 weeks ago:
If you’re a birthright citizen, why would you be proud over something you did nothing to achieve? It’s also not your fault, so there’s nothing to be ashamed of either.
It shakes out a little differently if you’re naturalized, but only marginally. That naturalization test isn’t much of a barrier.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Maybe I didn’t scroll far enough, but it looks a lot like all the top lemmy posts are about Lemmy or about how Reddit sucks.
- Comment on Capitalism indoctrination in progress. 4 weeks ago:
Just don’t promise a pizza party and fail to deliver! That happened at my job once, and people did not like it.
- Comment on Capitalism indoctrination in progress. 4 weeks ago:
Either of those within earshot from my desk and I’m not taking the job.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
All PR is good PR I guess. He did successfully promote Subnautica 2, judging by the reactions in this thread. Without this scandal I would have never known a sequel was on the way.
- Comment on Convicted Paedophile Was Chosen as a Parliamentary Candidate by Reform UK 1 month ago:
The thumbnail reminded me of Grand Moff Tarkin, the full image not so much.
- Comment on It was always my favorite spot to play golf and then I see this new sign that they put up 1 month ago:
I’m guessing this is next to a golf course, and people try to keep playing the ball after it lands in the cemetery.
- Comment on The script is mysterious and important. 1 month ago:
This article says the director was a friend of a friend, and "the first animated film made in Scotland played on his national pride.
It also says I got the order wrong, and that he declined all those roles after The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
- Comment on 2022 was a bleak year 😢 1 month ago:
I agree. If it looks like that on the inside, why show the cross section?
- Comment on The script is mysterious and important. 1 month ago:
Holy shit, I never even heard of that, and the poster gives me an idea why. Was this by request from his grandkids or something?
- Comment on No you don't sit on it. In the olden days people used this to make orange juice 1 month ago:
Most functional War of the Worlds merch.
- Comment on The script is mysterious and important. 1 month ago:
Sean Connery turned down both Gandalf in Lord of the Rings and Morpheus in The Matrix because he didn’t understand the scripts. He turned down Dumbledore in Harry Potter because it was too fantastical. Then he tried a reverse approach where he accepted the next role he didn’t understand, because clearly that was where the money was at. So he accepted Allan Quartermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a movie which flopped hard. Then he ragequit the industry and retired.
- Comment on Anon enjoys the little things 1 month ago:
Grocery store apples in Seattle are actually pretty good, and the above statement still holds true.
- Comment on ```curl -u "lab_tech:olympic_medalist" https://usa-curling.org/podium``` 1 month ago:
Is it common for curling athletes to be doing it full time? I don’t know many curlers, but all the ones I’m familiar with have a day job, including the ones in Norway, where there’s a pretty strong focus on winter sports.
- Comment on Just a few 2 months ago:
Also somehow the King James version is authoritative, after who knows how many links if translation phone games?
- Comment on Thank the lord it's over 2 months ago:
We’re going to be saying that a lot.
- Comment on how could this happen😔 2 months ago:
Usually, yes. But in some movies they drive the plot. The sex scenes in A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010) are hilarious, help establish the character, and are a pretty challenging wank.
- Comment on FCC to crack down on liberal late-night shows, 'The View' for not giving equal airtime to GOP guests 2 months ago:
I’m sure all of the GOP would love to go on The Daily Show to get roasted by the host and booed by the audience.
- Comment on I hate when this happens 2 months ago:
Remember to only mark the worms that are fucking.
- Comment on Lemmy: Beans 3 months ago:
Please don’t post that without a trigger warning. Some of us are IE6 survivors.
- Comment on (TW) Phishing mail in 2026 3 months ago:
Also infuriating, so you’re going to be pissed off and more likely to click the link without thinking.
- Comment on (TW) Phishing mail in 2026 3 months ago:
Also triggering to anyone upset by ICE murdering people in the streets. I’ve never been scammed, but the idea of my emails automatically announcing support for the gestapo stirred up some feelings in me.
… which is why it’s an excellent phishing email, hats off to them. I’d be way more likely to rush to the link in this case than if I received a standard “your account is being locked” phish.