ComradePenguin

@ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Should I...⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Something is better than nothing. “I could never be a vegetarian/vegan because of bacon” “Ok, then eat vegetarian AND also eat bacon then?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Downvoted!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, I see. That makes sense. Thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Downvoted!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I am ignorant, please help me understand. Is violence not worse?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It do be like that⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  N64: Snowboard Kids

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meme check point.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America needs a moratorium on AI data centers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, which is why we should prioritize educating peoole about politics, not needlessly “complex” words.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America needs a moratorium on AI data centers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a socialist I think it is a bad idea to use “advanced” words. Do we only want intellectuals, academics etc? Or should we appeal to the masses?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanent⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably, but atleast it will be available for humanity forever

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy users having a bit of fun dancing!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This looks fun, more fun than most dancefloors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's about logic and not "feelings"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I kinda disagree. I trust my best friend completely. I would still want to know the reason. My fear would be that he needs more help than just the money, and that he was afraid to ask for too much help, or enough money. He would get it anyways though

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some things I can do as an apartment dweller to fight climate change/deal with the coming effects?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  First off, you are already doing a lot by just living in an apartment, more than most.

  I am lazy, and I try to prioritize the most effective solutions. People might disagree, but if it is not very effective I don’t do it. I do not agree with the “everything little thing helps”. It’s not a sustainable way of living in a world that does not make it easy to do the right things. It’s better to focus on high impact areas and stop there.

  I do

  • I live in an apartment
  • I do not own a car, and just use the rare taxi
  • I try to buy and sell used items as much as is reasonable
  • I rarely travel by plane
  • Eat more vegetarian than before

  I do not

  • I do not recycle plastics, it is too bothersome and I doubt that it even helps much. Sometimes already clean plastics are recycle. It’s already being used to heat apartments by burning it at the optimal temperature for low emissions anyways.

  • I do not grow plants for other reasons than aesthetics and herbs. As long as it does not actively harm insects or similar.

  • I do not avoid using the cloud. It’s to bothersome running things at home. I just want to set and forget

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let’s see them⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC gamers 😭⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you try San Andreas? That is one of the best in the series

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC gamers 😭⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They are story driven as well. So the games since at least GTA 3 have had an overarching story. Spoilers are still not a big deal, at least in the old games. Since thet missions themselves is whst is interesting and fun, not the main overarching story. Would suck a little bit getting it spoiled, but nothing like other games, movies or shows

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC gamers 😭⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t 😁

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC gamers 😭⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am looking forward to it, and want to not have too much of a temptation to get a console just to play it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC gamers 😭⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha, I can see it in this thread for some reason

• PC gamers 😭lemmy.ml ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get your copy today!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just need to do it 32 times then!

  Spoiler

  Yes, I know most PCs just have 4x slots

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's gay to brush your teeth⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Theres nothing more masculine and heterosexual than two bros having sex. Having sex with women is feminine and thus gay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It is not supposed to be painful. If it is, then talk to a health professional.

  Do not force yourself to have sex if it is painful! That might give you an aversion to it

  If you are not old enough to do that without parents, then see if there is a school nurse, or other services for young people.

  FYI: I am a man, but I know that women are supposed to enjoy sex.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's just defending her country⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought the claim of a growing population sounded implausible, so I wanted to dig a bit into it.

  The growth argument seems to originally stem from future estimates from CIA World Factbook. Now no longer available. The claim of 2,02% was the basis of a social media post that went viral, and has been debunked a couple of places I found

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  It seems hard to find actual numbers or current estimates made by reliable sources for any given year, which is not surprising when:

  • 1.47 million of about 2.17 million Gazans are registered as refugees (2024).

  • West Bank is 3.19 million with 0.91 million registered refugees (2024)

  • 70% of Gaza is under Israeli occupation

  • Vast areas, hospitals, schools, infrastructure etc. are destroyed

  I find it hard to believe that the population has grown. 1% of the Palestinian population is about 55 000. The usual growth is 2-3% IIRC. So about 110 000 yearly. Which can very roughly translate to 220-300 000 over 2 or 330-400 000 over 3 years.

  The direct death toll is at least 81 000. Directly wounded more than 170 000. Indirect deaths is something else entirely. Estimated to many times the direct death toll. Under rubble, famine, disease etc.

  If death toll is higher than normal population increase for the period. That means one of the following:

  1. Palestinians got more or the same amount of offspring. Is that likely when half the population is living as refugees?
  2. The population declined.

  I want to add something at the end, famines are a lot more destructive than one might assume. It does generational harm due to epigenetics.

  I don’t have more time to spend on this unfortunately, it is mentally taxing, and I don’t have the energy to do this justice and research it properly. So please excuse any inaccuracies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's just defending her country⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Define genocide

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's just defending her country⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Their demographics show an insane amount of children. 44% is between 0-14 years. This “war” is basically a mass murdering of children.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's just defending her country⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I 100% agree with how nobody should be hated for their country of origin.

  However, actions does matter. Any participation in the IDF can by some be considered bad. If him playing trombone means someone else had to be the soldier instead of him, then it’s still contribution. Anyways these things are not black and white. My opinion is not made up entirely here, but I am leaning towards it being a contribution to their war efforts, but people aren’t exactly very mature the two years they are in IDF.

  However Gal Gadot is not just a “trombone player”. She is a “trombone player” that has the attention of tens of millions of people. So far, not the biggest problem. The issue is using her huge platform to give full support to Israel for years, again and again. Even if criticized and presented with new information she keeps her full support.

  If you do not consider it a genocide, then how many Palestinian deaths per Israeli is ok? 10x, 50x or 100x? Currently it is about 50x and at least 100x indirectly. That in itself can in someones eyes be justified, the problem is that it is almost just civilians, and an insane amount of children. That makes it very hard to justify. Denial of food and basic supplies is the same. The amount of journalists being killed is at a level never seen before, also. All these things that are not even remotely normal warfare, it’s almost as if it is something else entirely.

  Gal Gadot acts as if your ex held speeches and wrote articles for newspaper giving unyielding support of Israel. Then not weakening his position slightly when seeing what the atrocities are doing to Palestine and its people. Then continuing giving speeches and writing articles in full support.

  The difference between the two is the effect. So the difference between the two is huge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's just defending her country⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

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  This demographic is not normal. The amount of children is staggering.

  Also, genocide does not mean complete eradication. I assume you agree that the nazis committed a genocide when they killed millions of jews? They did not eradicate them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's just defending her country⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Gal Gadot is the reason I understood how people can fall in love with terrible people

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Interesting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It is important to note that they were going to a very strong welfare state, not so different than the most developed welfare states in Europe today.

  So when I hear Americans saying this, I feel that it is important to note that they were not escaping to a American-like society/state, but a well developed liberal social democracy. Universal healthcare being one of many welfare services Americans do not have.

  I would probably have done the same thing.

  Btw: Not claiming you are American, this is just a pet peeve of mine

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Train Surrounded by Flames in Armstrong, Ontario⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I am humbled by their complete lack of panic

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨💥⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And also “Login with Google” which for many is a huge undertaking to migrate