AmidFuror

@AmidFuror@fedia.io

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am so scared of nuclear war, how do I cope with it?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If it really is paralyzing you and affecting your day-to-day decisions, you should see a therapist to help you put things in context and develop good coping mechanisms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are hierarchies inherently bad in all aspects? or are there domains where heirarchies are good to have?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The twin nested hierarchies of genetic and morphological relatedness are neither good nor bad. They just are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People like this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I was thinking about making a "People like this" post about sloppy redaction and using the same screenshot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a "buy nothing" community on Lemmy? Or an anti-consumerism comm?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  c/Kleptomania

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If libertarian socialists are on the left and anarcho-capitalists are on the right what ideology is in the middle?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You don't walk or ride a bike everywhere? Literal Nazi.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If libertarian socialists are on the left and anarcho-capitalists are on the right what ideology is in the middle?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, definitely. The far left never did anything wrong. They only want unicorns and rainbows. All the states that turned authoritarian to preserve their revolution of the workers are actually just far right fascists. If you want to make a dollar or increase your home's appeal and attraction, you're a stooge of Big Somebody.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If libertarian socialists are on the left and anarcho-capitalists are on the right what ideology is in the middle?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I've read enough political posts on Lemmy to know that the correct term for the people in the middle is "Nazi sympathizers."

  Does that tell you where the strongest voices on Lemmy fall?

  The other answer is "the left / right spectrum is false." The actual spectrum is "right / wrong," and the writer's beliefs are always on the former side.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My kitten loves his hammock in the bathroom window, but my neighbor's trash pile ruins pictures⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not allowing investment properties is different than not allowing eyesores. I don't think you want to keep prices down by letting the place go to shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My kitten loves his hammock in the bathroom window, but my neighbor's trash pile ruins pictures⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So, in your country, the government acts like an HOA.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My kitten loves his hammock in the bathroom window, but my neighbor's trash pile ruins pictures⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, they would say NIYBY to your garbage pile. And that could make their homes more desirable to buy and live in ("keep housing prices up"). Definitely don't want that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My kitten loves his hammock in the bathroom window, but my neighbor's trash pile ruins pictures⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Good thing you don't live under an HOA. They are authoritarian pricks who go around telling people they can't pile up trash in their yards where it is visible to others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How much money should one person realistically make or have?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don't understand what No Stupid Questions is for if not to ask something that you don't know the answer to and might be embarrassed to ask somewhere else.

  But, to be honest, I'm with you. I think OP wasn't asking because he didn't know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How much money should one person realistically make or have?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It was very brave of you to post your question here. It's OK to be ignorant on some things, and asking questions is how we learn!

  I hope you got some good information and that no one tried to use your question to go on some kind of weird political tirade. It can be very controversial on Lemmy to ponder if rich people maybe have too much money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s up with Myrrh being more prevalent?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you're dropping by again, do pop in. But don't worry too much about the myrrh next time. All right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Drova is surprisenly reactive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  *surprisingly

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this not just a rule 5 violation? Seems like you already have a bunch of ideas and just want to whip up political comments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a name for the vocal technique used for characters like Sméagol?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don't know what it's called, but it's precious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can reduce bot noise on the Fediverse through a mix of server settings, moderation tools, and user-side filtering. Since it is decentralized, no one can stop bots everywhere, but individual servers and clients can limit how much spam actually reaches people.

  Server admins can require email verification or CAPTCHAs at signup, use manual account approval for new users, limit posting speed for new accounts, and block or silence servers that are known sources of spam. Many Fediverse servers already share blocklists and coordinate moderation so that problem servers get isolated quickly.

  Fediverse software is also adding better tools for detecting automated accounts, labeling bots, filtering low-quality AI images, and helping moderators review suspicious posting patterns. Some servers use anti-spam plugins or machine-learning filters to automatically flag or quarantine obvious bot posts.
  Individual users can mute keywords, block accounts, report spam to their server admins, or switch to a Following-only timeline to avoid noise from the wider network.

  Bot spam will never be fully eliminated, but stronger moderation tools, shared blocklists, and user controls make it possible to keep timelines clean without centralizing the network.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why is fossil fuel still used?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The mix of actual reasonable answers and "everyone here despises capitalism, so I'll just blame it on conspiracies involving the rich" answers is quite interesting.

  The simplest answer is that almost everyone is motivated by what they can get out of a thing, and petroleum is cheaper than the alternatives. The infrastructure is already in place, and the downsides (including climate change) are paid for by everyone, not just the producers and biggest consumers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I heard many studios also use IDEs, which make programming more efficient, thus cutting jobs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to answer someone who accuses you of being a bot because they don't like what you have to say?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here are a few effective, low-drama ways to respond when someone dismisses you as a “bot” just because they don’t like your point:

  1. Stay calm and don’t take the bait

  Accusations like that are often meant to derail the conversation. You can respond simply:
  “I’m not a bot. If there’s something specific you disagree with, I’m happy to clarify.”

  2. Refocus on the actual argument

  Bring the discussion back to substance:
  “Whether I’m a bot or not doesn’t change the argument. Which part would you like to address?”

  3. Use humor if the situation allows

  Sometimes a light touch reduces tension:
  “If I were a bot, I’d hope for better hardware. Anyway—back to the topic…”

  4. Set a boundary

  If the person refuses to engage:
  “If you’re not interested in discussing the topic, that’s fine. I’m here to talk about the issue, not labels.”

  5. Don’t over-explain

  You don’t need to prove your humanity. Over-defending yourself often encourages more trolling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which countries combine high quality of life and strong equality?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sir Thomas Moore's Utopia fits this bill if we assume for the moment that slaves don't count toward the equality aspect, beings slaves and all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You know things are good in New Zealand when it's a story that people were mean to a public figure online.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a word for when someone is not capable of, or doesn't try to understand verbal communication in a language, they are fluent in similar to functionally illiterate but for speech?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What's the word for when you can't think of a word? I used to know it....

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Now I'm curious if you do anything with your partner that she really likes to do but you don't.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why are fitness weights filled with sand?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Exploiting natural resources.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we have a healthy life only with fruits or fruits and plants combined alone, and if not why?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Right? At a minimum, it might help mentally health to allow some things to ferment a but and then consume the toxic byproducts in moderation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dude read the rules of woman only community and decided to post anyway⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It's not about the grammar. It's the underlying mindset that might lead to specific word choices. If someone exclusively refers to women as bitches, that may be because they don't hold much respect for women.

  More subtly, if someone always refers to women as girls but rarely to men as boys, it could be telling us that they think of women as immature and less like fully formed adults.

  For the word females, it's more subtle again. It would be normal to refer to animals as male and female. For people we have the gender-specific terms man and woman. If you refer to women as females but not men as males, you may be revealing an underlying dehumanizing attitude. This is corroborated by what seems to be a common trope of incels calling women females.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dude read the rules of woman only community and decided to post anyway⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. I'm not saying the poster is an incel. I'm just saying the objection to misuse of "female" has been primed by incels (and Ferengi). Without incels, there wouldn't be such a knee jerk revulsion to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dude read the rules of woman only community and decided to post anyway⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have no idea what you're trying to communicate, but I do understand the logical expression you used.