naught101
@naught101@lemmy.world
- Comment on I dont want to enter a contract when consuming your product.. 3 days ago:
Thus is the kind of legalistic bullshit interpretation I can get right behind
- Comment on Antisemitism envoy praises Elon Musk's X for using AI to 'root out hate' 5 days ago:
Is she high?
- Comment on Do the needs of the many outweigh the whims of the few? 1 week ago:
Basically this:
- Comment on Do the needs of the many outweigh the whims of the few? 1 week ago:
Maybe… My understanding (which is admittedly based on not much hard evidence) is that right wingism is more of a symptom than a cause, and that there are basically two or three drivers:
- insecurity, particularly financial (e.g. shows up as “they’re taking our jobs”, or "fucking dole bludgers). I think greed is sometimes an excessive response to this.
- trauma (e.g. I was treated terribly, and so I’m gonna treat the world terribly in turn).
- power-hunger. (which is probably often a reaction to the other two, a need to control your world).
The insane far-right that are in power in the US, and the people surrounding them are most of the third category… I don’t think much of the base is in that category. But that group knows the triggers for people in the first two categories, and abuses the fuck out of them…
So yeah… I guess you’re right in that “convincing them of the truth” of any single issue isn’t going to solve anything. But I think aiming to solve those underlying insecurity and trauma issues might… Not that I have any quick-fix solutions…
- Comment on Do the needs of the many outweigh the whims of the few? 1 week ago:
That example’s a good one for a anotger reason: right wingers do need to feel safe, but that doesn’t mean that anything needs to be done about trans people. RW perceptions of what needs to be done are wrong, because they are based on myths and misunderstandings about the risks transness. Or another way to say it: the need for safety is real, solutions proposed by rightwingers are not appropriate, even aside from the issue of trans rights, because they won’t solve need for safety - hiding the bogeyman under a rug or behind criminalisation won’t make it go away, and will increase misunderstanding.
- Comment on Do the needs of the many outweigh the whims of the few? 1 week ago:
I assets you mean “A greater number of people”?
- Comment on We really don't want to talk about our problems 1 week ago:
Your ethical choice to not just steal it is the only thing stopping you.
- Comment on We really don't want to talk about our problems 1 week ago:
Is this about his mental health, or just about his shit working conditions?
- Comment on The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact 2 weeks ago:
The same thing should apply to private property, especially in cities.
- Comment on The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact 2 weeks ago:
Pretty sure it was so publishers (printing press owners) could have a guaranteed income. Those two things were correlated at the time. Not so much anymore. Streaming/subscription mentality is like planned obsolescence for IP.
- Comment on Albanese's plan to 'unleash the private sector' 2 weeks ago:
Why not?
- Comment on Albanese's plan to 'unleash the private sector' 2 weeks ago:
Keating.
- Comment on Electric vehicle myths: almost half of Australians wrongly believe EVs are more likely to catch fire, survey shows 3 weeks ago:
Why wouldn’t you just provide the links yourself, if you know where it is? Search is garbage these days.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Yes, I understood the joke…
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
For the parents, I assume?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Personally I think @WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com’s take is a bit prescriptive, but I do think that if you want a good long-term relationship, then it’s about finding what’s comfortable for both of you, not just for one of you. Boundary pushing can be OK, but usually only with prior consent or better some expression of desire… If either one of you pushes the other into doing something the other doesn’t really want, that’s probably not gonna pan out well in he long run. Listening (especially to the “why” part) and working together is impotant.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Is there any situation for which a fart is not a perfect metaphor?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Like, with the parents listening, or with them reciting it with you?
- Comment on PM breaks silence to back US military strikes on Iran 4 weeks ago:
Fuck wit
- Comment on Kiwis stranded in Bali as Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki eruption cancels flights 4 weeks ago:
Weird headline - that volcano is 700km east of Bali…
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
With that username, I trust this answer completely.
- Comment on W H Y 5 weeks ago:
Well yes, that too… They are petty intertwined.
It’s been a long while though - I was fluent by the end of 2003 (except for those things, but I got by), but if let it slip a lot since then
- Comment on W H Y 5 weeks ago:
Trust me, pretty much everything about German is easier than English (I’m a native English speaker who learned German). The only difficult thing is learning all the verb cases.
- Comment on Teal independent wins ultra-tight blue-ribbon Sydney seat after recount 1 month ago:
Wild ride. My partner grew up there, so been watching it closely… The margins were so tight
- Comment on Machetes to be banned from sale in Victoria the wake of Northland Shopping Centre brawl 1 month ago:
You have no idea what you are talking about.
- Comment on what's the word for a leg elbow? 1 month ago:
The loose bit of skin on the outside of the elbow is called the weenus
- Comment on Machetes to be banned from sale in Victoria the wake of Northland Shopping Centre brawl 1 month ago:
And what happens when it breaks and you need a new one?
- Comment on Machetes to be banned from sale in Victoria the wake of Northland Shopping Centre brawl 1 month ago:
Victoria is kind of like a Canada of Australia, you’re all good 🤣
- Comment on Machetes to be banned from sale in Victoria the wake of Northland Shopping Centre brawl 1 month ago:
You can make one with an angle grinder and about half an hour. This is dumb.
Absolutely carrying them around town should be illegal, but they are super useful in rural settings.
- Comment on Is there any fundamental difference between an instance and a formal website ? 1 month ago:
Instances are websites. Federation just means that they can automatically communicate directly between multiple intakes, and share information without requiring user interaction.
All this happens via APIs. Any website that implements ActivityPub APIs properly can federate with other sites as part of the fediverse.