daychilde

@daychilde@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Retard is used to describe the slowing

  That word, the verb, is pronounced “ree-TARD”. The “R” word is “REE-tard”.

  In the same way that “negro” (NEH-gro) in some languages means black and is perfectly fine, and the same way that Niger (american “NIE-jur” or original “nee-ZHER” is also fine.

  I already made my argument and explicitely said I would not debate, but I will simply reiterate: I don’t care about words that USED to be offensive or words that MIGHT ONE DAY be offensive, the “R” word is offensive NOW.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Doubling-down like that is your right, but you are stupidly divorced from reality. I don’t tolerate ablelist bigotry. Goodbye.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What impact is the whole vegetarian/vegan diet having on the price of meat?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d imagine this would be neigh on impossible to measure, but one can generalize some basics. COVID caused massive drops in transportation, so gas prices went down due to less demand.

  A truly drastic drop in demand for meat would cause prices to drop. Eventually, some producers would probably stop producing. So eventually, less would be produced. However, a drop in price will increase usage among those who were sensitive to the price, which would limit the reduction in production.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just a scratch⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What war? I thought this was a four day special operation er I mean two week special operation I mean we won er I mean uh they shut down the Strait so we shut down the Strait even though it’s already shut down er I mean uh, I don’t know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As long as you do realize you’re replying to a silly joke…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think its grey enough to let slide.

  I censor when I quote from Blazing Saddles, but I’m not attempting to say you’re making an incorrect decision - we all decide what we’re okay with, and… dammit, I can’t write this to sufficiently indicate I’m not judging (while disagreeing mildly), but I’m not. lol.

  fascism

  That’s my theory. The bigots have come back out of their closet and are taking pride and joy in being bigots. “I can say what I like and you little snowflakes can deal with it!” (until we say something they find offensive)

  I suppose it’s the least of our worries considering all the other harm that’s been done and is being done, but it^[The racism/bigotry in general] certainly contributes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Executive function is the bane of my existence. I’m doing the worst possible work right now - contract work that exists at any time I want to work on it. There’s no deadline, I just pick up a piece of the work and do it. Should take 30-60 minutes per piece. And the pay is decent.

  But getting myself to log in and sit down and work on that is absolute torture.

  But with my health and circumstances, it’s not a bad opportunity. heh.

  I feel ya completely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  By defintion they are NOT idiots!

  ;-)

  (sorry, couldn’t resist)

  (also, not sorry) :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No apology required - at least not to me. But thank you <3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you require scores to be integers, this is true. If you allow for decimals, probably nobody is exactly average. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I humbly request that you see one of my other comments in this thread and reconsider the use of the “R” word. I won’t repeat it here so I don’t “spam up” the thread.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Please, can we move away from the “R” word.

  I went on a semi-rant about IQ in another top level post, but now it’s time to go on a rant about the R word.

  I’ve worked with adults with developmental and cognitive disabilities. I was a supported living coach for a while, and also volunteered some at an adult day training school where my wife taught.

  The school in particular taught daily living skills, but also art. The students were encouraged to paint, sing, write. They had a theatre program - which is where I mostly volunteered, running sound for some shows and helping backstage at others.

  Before I started working with them, I was a bit intimidated and scared by them. I personally have a high IQ^[Which is worth extremely little, q.v. my other rant in this thread], so the concept of people living with a low IQ kinda scared me a little. What do they live for? How do they live? How do they survive with, like, limited thoughts or whatever? I had no clue.

  Then I got to meet the community at the day school and I quickly realized… they’re human, like you and me. Of course they are. But I didn’t know. I learned that they have needs and wants, like all humans; friendships and gossip and enjoying some days and not enjoying other days. You know, seriously, like the rest of us.

  One of the classes my wife taught was theatre, and she taught her class Shakespeare (among other things). When I say that her students understood Shakespeare, I mean they could explain what happened in the plays they covered. What I began to realize was that the main problem these folks faced was that they learned more slowly. Not that they couldn’t learn.

  Also, as an aside: While it was mostly amazing getting to hang out and work with these folks that tended to be much happier than other groups of people I’ve dealt with, that is also a negative stereotype, expressed specifically in the stereotype that many people with Down’s syndrome are always happy. Well, like many steretypes, there is some truth there, but everybody has shitty days, and not only that, but everyone has their own personality. Just because you see happy people with Down’s in media… it ain’t all like that. But overall, there is some truth there.

  But the main point of my post, after hopefully helping to humanize them to you and anyone reading, is to end with this: They know the “R” word. They hear it. They hear it used against and about them. And even when it’s not, they know the word and that they are its origin. When that word is used, you’re not just calling something “stupid”, you are referencing a whole group of people that absolutely do not deserve it.

  As a final note, to anyone who wants to argue about how language changes and how words get retired and if we retire this word another will come along: First of all, I don’t believe you in this case. In the past 10-15 years, the word has fallen off in use, and the words that replaced it weren’t offensive in the same way. But I’ve had to start speaking out about it again because it’s starting to come back in the past 2-3 years or so, and I’d rather see it permanently quashed. Also, even if another word did come along that was offensive, THAT DOESN’T EXCUSE USING THIS WORD RIGHT NOW WHICH IS OFFENSIVE RIGHT NOW.

  I’m not telling anyone what to do. You and everyone have the right to use the language you wish to. I and others have the right to judge people for the language they use, though. So I hope you and others that use the word will consider removing it from your vocabulary.

  I did. Took me a while, but it was worth it.

  I’m no saint. I lose my temper and rant against those I feel are supporting fascism, for example, far more than I should. So I’m not trying to say I’m better than anyone. I’m just humbly requesting that people who use that word reconsider doing so, as it makes the world a slightly better place. <3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I wanted to post this so I’ll reply to you to do it. hehe: Triple digits includes “100” which is strictly average, so it can absolutely just mean average. :) Which doesn’t go against your point, like I said, I just wanted to throw that into the mix and you were the convenient target :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  IQ is, for the most part, a stupid measure. Or at least, it measures one specific thing, which is basically how quickly you can learn. That is to say, in theory, if you put someone with a 120 IQ and someone with an 80 IQ into a class, the first one should theoretically outperform the second if they put equal effort in.

  I will say this frankly: I have a very high IQ - I was tested first when I was 6 and have been tested a couple of times since. I do have a learning disability - ADHD - and mine is severe, at that. So while I do generally pick up on things faster than some others on average, I certainly don’t pick up on everything quickly. There are subjects I absolutely do not get. And furthermore, thanks to circumstances and the stupid ADHD, here I am at 50, neve having had steady jobs (I did work 5 years one place), in shitty health (six heart attacks, below-knee amputation, congestive heart failure, on dialysis because my kidneys failed), with my wife and I surviving because while we both had ADHD and struggled, she’s been more consistent about keeping work, and definitely contributes more to the household budget.

  So a high IQ basically means extremely little. You don’t have to have IQ to find success in life, or even to be highly degreed and an intellectual. It just means that you probably have to work a bit more at it. That one specific aspect of life. And there are many many aspects of life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone actually have a plan after Trump and clean up? Try as he might he's not in there forever. Can we be allies again with old ones while trying to stregthen ties with new one?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume you’re not serious, but in case you are: President doesn’t have that much power. Especially not if Congress and SCOTUS and the oligarchs aren’t all behind him.

  What we need is many progressives running for smaller offices and getting experience to run for larger offices. We need 10,000 AOCs and the like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone actually have a plan after Trump and clean up? Try as he might he's not in there forever. Can we be allies again with old ones while trying to stregthen ties with new one?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, considering that Trump is a small part of the problem, which includes:

  • Oligarchs heavily funding politics, corrupting the entire system and most (but not all) politicians
  • Decades now of propaganda supporting extremist right-wing propaganda and pushing centre-right propaganda
  • Control of SCOTUS
  • Republican party is essentially fascist
  • Large support base thanks to the propaganda

  When Trump goes, all of those problems remain. And the people who “woke up” to the problem of Trump will go to sleep again, and the number of people caring to resist fascist will drop again.

  So we’re basically fucked.

  The peaceful solution:

  • Continue to talk online and convince people of the problems, which should help encourage:
  • Protests, which by themsevles accomplish little - except to show how many of us are willing to stand up, and how many realize the problems exist, and also the online talk helps encourage:
  • People need to run for office who are progressives - little offices, so they can build up to larger offices. We need more AOC and other similar types.
  • We need to increase the protests and demand change. We need to shut down the nation and force change. Which means we need a plan / demands, and people to run for office.

  The less peaceful solution:

  • Well, I won’t go into details. I don’t like it because it means even more people die, and as someone who believes this life is all we have and is therefore precious, I’d prefer not to see this happen.

  (Then again, how many are dying from fascist policies already? Healthcare, poverty, violence… thanks to Republican making things worse)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They Can Fly 200 Miles with No Fuel. Here's How | Tom Scott: England E2 (Paragliding)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They do use a winch that gets them up a couple hundred feet or so - it’s technically not energy-free, but it’s pretty darn close to it. It basically shortens the initial climb and makes it easier since they basically have to find a thermal to gain altitude. So having a couple hundred feet to play with means they can fly around to find a thermal.

  So they could take off without the winch, but it helps. But it’s such a minimal amount of energy that while it technically means not quite energy-free, it’s pretty darn close.

  And once they find that first thermal, it’s certainly energy free for as long/far as they can go, which can be hundreds of miles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So. Willfully ignorant it is.

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  If you’re ignorant, it’s trivial to research this issue. Google “pagan origins of easter” and find a source you like. There will be shit tons of options.

  If you’re being willfully ignorant, you deserve nothing but ridicule.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I grew up a fundamentalist Southern Baptist. In my late teens I started to question. One of the things that helped me drop Christianity was the thought process trying to answer: Who was the first Jew who died and went to hell because they didn’t accept Jesus as their saviour?

  Because biblically, the Jews were the Chosen People, right? So if you were Jewish, you went to heaven. But according to Christians, you have to accept Jesus now.

  So when did that happen, exactly? When was it that the last Jew died and went to heaven, and the next Jew died and went to hell?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How will you celebrate?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Right there with ya. Or at least 95%+ from the sound of it. When Trump is gone, the problems are not - fascists are still there. And then the people who “woke up” because of Trumpe will go back to sleep and fuck us over by no longer voting again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How will you celebrate?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I won’t celebrate. Not because I’m not pleased, but because the fight is not over, and unfortunately, many who “woke up” to fascism thanks to Trump will happily go right back to sleep and stop voting and stop caring, which helps the fascist Republicans continue to attack our democracy.

  Trump is evil, but it’s not like he’s the only evil man in a sea of reason; Republicans are fascists and in many ways (i.e. sans dementia) as bad or worse.

  Also, depending on how he dies, his cult will absolutely go bug-fucking bonkers, making him into a martyr, or maybe it’ll spark violence. It is unlikely to end well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How will you celebrate?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You might not be wrong, but you can still choose to be a prick about it, I guess.

  Which I guess is good for me to see and remind myself that when I feel the same frustration with people for believing things I think are stupid to believe, raging at them doesn’t help much. Doesn’t relieve my anger and frustration, and certainly doesn’t change any minds.

  It sucks, though, because it’s not fair to read all the things idiots write that are achingly stupid, and have to try to keep replies not making oneself look like an asshat. I constantly fail at that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can someone break down the real differences between kbin, mbin, Lemmy, and PieFed? I know they're all in the Threadiverse, but I'm not sure what the draw is to use one over another.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that like ligma?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pet Talk.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, forgot about gas issues, was just thinking fur issues. I had a sick cat recently and that’s one reason I knew she was sick because she wasn’t grooming properly.

  Yours is hilarious and… very cat. <3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pet Talk.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Generally speaking, if your cat is stinky, your cat probably needs medical attention.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It hurts.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Straight roads have little to do with driver speed. It’s how you design the roads. Wide lanes with buildings set back from the road? Higher speeds. That’s why some initiatives put curbs that jut out into the road (not into the lanes of travel) with trees and plants and such, and remove road striping. Combine pedestrians and road traffic on a road that looks more like a parking lot and you get drivers driving slowly. Sounds counter-intuitive, but it works.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It hurts.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Better than Atlanta that names every road Peachtree :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would an anarchist society work?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  people tend to be remarkable cooperative when faced with an external existential threat.

  Counterpoint in the US at least: Covid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do movie theaters work? Which seats in theaters are the best? (never done this before) Also is the IMAX thing actually any different?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a wheelchair user, what a shitty theatre setup. The first few rows are always too close and you have to lean back to see the center of the screen. Although that is a small theatre, so… I’d say 4th row is probably good as a guess.

  I’d never go all the way back to the wall in a larger theatre, but that one I might. And I highly prefer center.