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- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 1 day 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? 1 day ago:
Also never forget that these gene tests are almost fraudulent. Mostly bull.
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 1 day 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? 1 day 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? 2 days 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? 2 days ago:
- Comment on What common American habits do people find quietly annoying? 2 days 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? 2 days 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? 2 days 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? 2 days 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? 2 days 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? 2 days 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? 2 days ago:
“Quietly” annoying? That’s a tough one.
- Comment on People like this 5 days 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 5 days 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? 1 week 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? 1 week ago:
The Judean People’s Front
- Comment on What is the difference between an American liberal and a liberal outside the USA? 1 week 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? 1 week 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. 1 week 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. 1 week ago:
That’s like renting a flat and being charged extra for doors.
- Comment on 64$ the ticket, 1040$ surcharge. 1 week 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? 1 week 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? 1 week 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 2 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.
- Comment on Is there a name for the vocal technique used for characters like Sméagol? 2 weeks ago:
It comes kinda naturally once you’ve been almost choked to death.
- Comment on What are some cool infections? 2 weeks ago:
I once had something that would erupt whenever I had a small wound anywhere on my body. It was kinda living inside of me, clawing it’s way out.
- Comment on What do other languages use for "magic" words; or names and titles in fantasy and sci-fi novels or cinema? 2 weeks ago:
I prefer those that are completely made up.
Iain M Banks uses very nice names, imho. Humanoids and drones all have a complete form that is very long.
E.g. Xide Hyrlis’ full name is Stafl-Lepoortsa Xide Ozoal Hyrlis dam Pappens
Not to speak of intelligent spacecraft who name themselves, e.g. Ethics Gradient or Serious Callers Only.
I could go on for hours.
Of course he must have taken inspiration from somewhere - no idea how or where.
- Comment on Is it a bad idea to learn Russian because of everything? 3 weeks ago:
People should be able to understand the enemy, so I say go for it.
- Comment on Why do you hate AI? 3 weeks ago:
It’s not only tech people who “hate” AI.
— signed, half a tech person
