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- Comment on Why people consistently vote against their own interests to benefit the rich? 2 days ago:
Part of the issue is the system of voting is set up so that there can only ever be two parties. Dividing the country up into chunks and then having one winner in each chunk creates a situation where voting third party is a wasted vote. When there are only two options it's pretty hard to vote for your interests.
In the 90s when New Zealand changed to MMP to led to a proliferation of new parties getting into parliament and the people involved were much much less often old white males. It changed the dynamic completely.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed-member_proportional_representation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_system_of_New_Zealand
- Comment on How do you go about evaluating sources of information for truth/credibility/etc.? 3 days ago:
Media literacy crash course https://youtube.com/watch?v=sPwJ0obJya0&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtM6jSpzb5gMNsx9kdmqBfmY&index=1&pp=iAQB
- Comment on Is there any, any takeaways at all from the next 4 years that's about to happen? 2 weeks ago:
Don't forget that Trump is completely inept and this time doesn't have any help from people even trying to be "the adults in the room". He's made some huge huge promises and I just don't think he has the ability or the team to make much of it happen.
- Comment on Does hair in food carry any health risks? 4 weeks ago:
It's not so much the hair itself as it being a symptom of god knows what else.
- Comment on Simple way to get emails for new Lemmy or Mastodon posts? 1 month ago:
Lemmy communities and Mastodon profiles both produce a RSS feed of posts. I'm sure there is a RSS-to-email service that would do the trick.
- Comment on What can I do with US$10K that is a good investment? 1 month ago:
There is no universally good investment - it all depends on your priorities, risk appetite and timeframe.
- Comment on Is there a house advantage in a "double-or-nothing" coin flip game? 2 months ago:
And, in real life, the house has a much larger bankroll.
- Comment on George Santos Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Identity Theft | Santos, a former Republican congressman from New York, agreed to pay nearly $375,000 in restitution and will almost certainly face prison 2 months ago:
Love this for him
- Comment on Designing Friction (philosophical essay about technology) 3 months ago:
FYI 90.6% of all votes are upvotes.
- Comment on TikTok Stacking Algorithms in Chinese Government’s Favor with Pro-China Content Originating from State-Linked Entities, Study Claims 3 months ago:
following the first report’s publication, TikTok disabled its hashtag measurement functionality in a move that made it impossible for the researchers to replicate their findings.
- Comment on Thousands of counter-protesters take to UK streets as far-right unrest fails to materialise 3 months ago:
Hell yeah, inspiring!
- Comment on Disneyland workers say they live in cars, motels due to low pay 3 months ago:
Half of all homeless people have full time jobs https://invisiblepeople.tv/working-homeless-more-than-half-of-unhoused-people-have-jobs/
- Comment on Are there any wannabe mods or know how to be mods willing to do a community with me? 4 months ago:
That would be a full time job
- Comment on Youtube replaced unicode emojis with fucking images 4 months ago:
When they look different people interpret them differently.
- Comment on So is Israel just going to finish Palestine off? 4 months ago:
Yes your frustration is totally understandable. It is a very heated topic and a lot of bad faith arguments are thrown around.
Sometimes I remind myself not to hope that the person I'm replying to will understand my reply or acknowledge that I'm right - instead I post my reply for the lurkers to read, who are far more numerous. The lurker has not publicly said anything so their ego is not fixed on defending their position and they are more likely to receive what I contribute with an open mind.
With this wider context, the goal changes. When the target audience shifts to the readers then there is no longer a need to continue a long back and forth discussion (the person replying to me will never change their mind anyway!) once I have made I point clearly. It's ok if the other person has the last word if by having it they discredit themselves by demonstrating a closed mind - the lurkers will see it.
I hope this helps.
- Comment on Farage urges Zelenskiy to seek Ukraine peace deal with Russia 4 months ago:
He's a Kremlin asset, no doubt about it.
- Comment on So is Israel just going to finish Palestine off? 4 months ago:
I've been reading your posts. You make excellent points very often, clearly drawing from a deep knowledge of the region.
However continually calling people names and insulting their intelligence will tend to stop them from really hearing your message and just inflame the situation. You could just not type that stuff and then everything else you type would have more impact. It'd be a pity to waste all that effort.
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- Comment on Britain’s richest family sentenced to 4 years in jail 4 months ago:
Maybe they like to exercise power over others. Sociopaths like to hurt people.
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- Comment on Trending Communities for Saturday 15th June 2024 5 months ago:
No commits to that repo for 6 months. Oof 😔
- Comment on Pros / cons of riding a bike? 5 months ago:
Electric bicycles are much less tiring to use and go faster / further. Quite a game changer.
With pannier bags and a backpack you can carry quite a lot of groceries.
- Comment on Don't you all get tired of the constant negativity? 5 months ago:
- You're using an app that has filtering
- You know how to use the filtering feature
- You have not installed an elon, trump, israel and a gaza filter
- You see lots of elon, trump, israel and a gaza content
- You wonder what to do next
I think I see a way out of this.
You can figure it out, I believe in you.
- Comment on star gazin 5 months ago:
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- Comment on Will I ever be seen as truly British? 6 months ago:
You might feel more comfortable in a larger city. In London every person you meet has a different accent.
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- Comment on Men Use Fake Livestream Apps With AI Audiences to Hit on Women 6 months ago:
FYI the german word for "emotion triggered by a combination of sad, funny and stupid dystopia" is "Traludystopieunglücklichkomik".
ChatGPT told me.
- Comment on ‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living 6 months ago:
There is a book "From Mondragon to America" which goes into excruciating detail about how it all works. It's not just a few factories there are credit unions, food coops and more all doing business together.
- ‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a livingwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 6 months ago to workreform@lemmy.world | 10 comments