A_norny_mousse
@A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
- Comment on If the 2028 United States presidential election was held today, who would you vote for? 1 day ago:
Hope springs eternal!
- Comment on Seems like Trump waited for winter to escalate his ICE agenda but why did he go after Minnesota? People who are completely acclimated to frigid weather. 1 week ago:
Agreed. They follow the seasons of his Lies Social posts, and he follows the seasons of his own outrage.
- Comment on If the protests in Iran win/topple the government what will it look like immediately afterwards? Also what would be the good or bad about installing a monarchy again? 2 weeks ago:
I’m ootl. Are they protesting to reinstall monarchy?
- Comment on IF NO HEN 2 weeks ago:
The ifnohen, an ideological relative to the hypnotoad
- Comment on Capital i and lowercase L look the same in pretty much any sans-serif computer font 2 weeks ago:
One reason why they were called grotesque in their early days.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 3 weeks ago:
“Where are you from? No, I mean originally”
I can have so much fun with that question! Esp. because in German (“Wo kommst du her?”) I can logically answer “from work” first, then my home, then I ask them to specify what they mean by originally. By that point they are usually sufficiently humbled.
Some keep on stumbling not realizing that the words they choose don’t matter, it’s their attitude I resist.
And if someone asks me that question before asking my name I refuse to answer anyhow.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 3 weeks ago:
Also never forget that these gene tests are almost fraudulent. Mostly bull.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 3 weeks ago:
There’s still a time and a place for brand/manufacturer as an indicator of quality
Nowadays so many brands “known for quality” also have a low tier that is basically just as bad as the cheapo equivalent, but branded. Maybe there was a time when that would disqualify them from being a “quality brand”, but not anymore.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 3 weeks ago:
Thanks for your comment! I read all and yeah it sounds like they applied barely enough (bad) science that they cannot be accused of actively grifting.
Apart from the shitty targets, I’m extremely put off by the self-reporting. While I could get fairly accurate knowledge from my dad, I still would have trouble defining which countries my ancestors were from, and anything beyond my great-grandparents is lost in the mists anyhow.
Do these commercial gene analyses treat Central Europe as one big entity?
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 3 weeks ago:
I like the phrase “make a living” though because it doesn’t necessarily refer to economical stuff.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 3 weeks ago:
…cue the argument about what liberal, libertarian, and liberalism really mean. Hell, Americans even (re)define terms to suit their pov, like adding “social liberalism” to make it clear that their definition is correcct. Or my favorite, “Larger Middle East”.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 3 weeks ago:
Unfortunately just another global consumerist trait. Though America might have helped make it worse.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 3 weeks ago:
This is ironically another annoying behaviour.
Unable to resist a challenge. But it’s usually the doubling- and tripling down that makes it really funny.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 3 weeks ago:
Ah Cheesus that’s funny. I hope you weren’t serious. As if “having Italian genes” makes you eligible for a residence permit.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 3 weeks ago:
And I also wonder how the machines that create these results even manage to distinguish between, say, English and Welsh “genes”. I mean sure, there’s some science behind it. 0.1% to be precise.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 3 weeks ago:
TBF I myself might create a throwaway for asking a controversial question. And they’re not trolling imo.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 3 weeks ago:
“Quietly” annoying? That’s a tough one.
- Comment on People like this 3 weeks ago:
Please don’t do a witch hunt - it was censored for a reason. Sorry I didn’t do it thoroughly enough.
I’m not. But if this post should evolve into one, that’s on you. Do the sensible thing and remove it.
- Comment on People like this 3 weeks ago:
f***g@lemmy.zip
I have no idea who that is - your alt? - but in any case, this is a bit too close for comfort.
BTW, downvoting is valid. And you saying it equals hate says more about you than about the downvoters.
- Comment on Has anything from the lemmy universe ever went viral before Reddit or Tictac or Insta? 4 weeks ago:
Yes. Well, depends how you define viral. Even more yes if you look at the Fediverse as a whole.
- Comment on If libertarian socialists are on the left and anarcho-capitalists are on the right what ideology is in the middle? 4 weeks ago:
The Judean People’s Front
- Comment on What is the difference between an American liberal and a liberal outside the USA? 4 weeks ago:
My (weak) understanding is that outside the US, Liberal is a (mostly) economic position - specifically one supportive of capitalism, which both major parties in the US are. (With slight policy differences.)
As a European: this precisely. There are slight variations in terminology: liberalism, libertarian, neoliberal… but nobody reads that as “left”. The “liberty” hinted at is always that of the market.
- Comment on Can someone ELI5 RSS/Atom feeds? 4 weeks ago:
Many sites provide a “feed” page, which is a regularly changing XML file* that a program of your choice can read and thus update a list of articles/podcasts etc.
That’s literally all. No accounts or other BS.
That some apps try to make it into a business was to be expected I guess. I have no idea what the (perceived) advantages are, but there’s no need to outsource any of the above into “the cloud”. Plenty of purely local feedreader or podcast apps exist.
- Comment on 64$ the ticket, 1040$ surcharge. 4 weeks ago:
Yes, Ryanair. But even they could itemize what you had to pay extra for. OP got this instead:
What confuses me is how these things can be “volatile” and “fluctuating” before they bought the ticket?
- Comment on 64$ the ticket, 1040$ surcharge. 4 weeks ago:
That’s like renting a flat and being charged extra for doors.
- Comment on 64$ the ticket, 1040$ surcharge. 4 weeks ago:
volatile, unpredictable or fluctuating operating costs and fees
Socialize the Costs and Privatize the Profits
- Comment on Is there a point we can track down when we stopped caring about doctors, nurses, teacher, etc? And thought it was a great idea to pay atheletes millions and screw everyone else? 4 weeks ago:
Are you talking from the pov of one specific country?
- Comment on Is there a point we can track down when we stopped caring about doctors, nurses, teacher, etc? And thought it was a great idea to pay atheletes millions and screw everyone else? 4 weeks ago:
You mean the social sector being chronically underpaid with no improvement in sight? I blame less and less regulated lobbyism, a.k.a. legal corruption. Because the social sector doesn’t have one, usually. It would often amount to the government bribing itself. What, politicians making good decisions without looking out for a payday, you say?
- Comment on Shitty stores that penalise you for not having their store card 5 weeks ago:
This really sounds like it would be illegal in many countries. Where are you?
But wherever you are, imho LIDL sucks ass. Around here they were the first discounter to hit the country, and forced established chains to lower prices, and so people like LIDL and believe in their slogan. But the truth is that they just package the cheapest option nicer than other supermarkets, and apparently that is still enough to make people think it’s quality stuff.
