nickwitha_k
@nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on 3's grip looks the most comfy 4 days ago:
Platinum Preppy. Cheap and cheerful with the capability of taking a converter, different nips, and being converted into a refillable marker. Amazingly versatile pen.
- Comment on Sounds logical to me 1 week ago:
An ex (casual) once told me about her ex that “He needed to suck enough dicks to realize that it wasn’t for him.” A little on the crass side, maybe, but she wasn’t judging him for it and it’s perfectly valid. We’ve only got one life to live and not experimenting with one’s sexuality, if so inclined, is kinda silly.
- Comment on What happened to FlyingSquid? 1 week ago:
Oh, I’m referring to a claim that someone saw a reflection of a middle-aged man in a buttplug that was is a nicole photo (before it being deleted). I’ve not seen the image myself so, don’t know if it is a substantiated claim.
- Comment on What happened to FlyingSquid? 1 week ago:
Nicole? Or the Buttplug Man?
- Comment on Fucking hell 1 week ago:
Sorry to ping you a bunch with replies. I’m curious now, do you have unique numeral symbols for the numbers after 9?
- Comment on Fucking hell 1 week ago:
This is making my brain hurt. I need to try reading a few more times but, if I am understanding it correctly, the old Danish way of saying it is mathematically incorrect?
Half-to-five == 2.5
2.5*20 == 50
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Did I read that correctly?
- Comment on All things have a right to grow. The blossom is brother to the weed. 1 week ago:
Unless the spider in question is a likely danger/hazard, leaving them be is generally my policy. They don’t usually bother me. That said, the time a calisoga spider got in the house, it caused a visceral fear reaction. I didn’t kill it though, just got safety glasses and trapped it before releasing it outside (I didn’t know that it was not a tarantula at the time).
- Comment on Gen Z incels when women don't swoon over bargain bin pickup artistry [Day 99] 1 week ago:
🥄🥄🥄🥄🥄
- Comment on fuck this asshole 3 weeks ago:
Prove that they are irrelevant.
- Comment on fuck this asshole 3 weeks ago:
It is vitally important, not just in elections but also in life overall, to recognize that not all possibilities are equally likely and to use available data to evaluate them.
For example, it is possible that a white rhinoceros might come down the hall and join me for a spot of tea and biscuits. I can, however, safely say that that is almost definitely not going to happen, based upon these data points:
- I do not keep any white rhinoceros in my home.
- White rhinoceros are not native to this continent and are classified as near-threatened (a major improvement from their previous near-extinction).
- White rhinoceros average between 1700kg and 2300kg. My home was not designed and built to support that kind of moving mass. Any white rhinoceros walking down my hall would likely fall through the floor.
- White rhinoceros, while generally docile and gregarious, are not known for enjoying tea and biscuits.
Yes, this is a exaggerated caricature. However, data with even more clarity is available surrounding election outcomes. Betting on a possible outcome without any evidence to suggest that it is likely is foolish and betting on an outcome that one knows is unlikely, while increasing the likelihood of an outcome known to be harmful to vulnerable people is detestable.
- Comment on fuck this asshole 3 weeks ago:
Going to have to disagree there.
- Comment on fuck this asshole 3 weeks ago:
Simplified: 3 > (1+1) but 3 < (1+1+1+1)
Questions?
- Comment on fuck this asshole 3 weeks ago:
That is literally how the mathematics of elections work, whether you wish to believe in reality or not.
- Comment on fuck this asshole 3 weeks ago:
Have you done anything to fix it? Yes. I’ve supported efforts for electrical reform both locally and nationality.
Are the democrats doing anything to fix it? The leadership of a primarily neo-liberal party that likes the status quo and sees little opposition from the left in primaries? No, I don’t think they currently are.
Nows the time. Not during the election.
Here, we have some agreement and common ground. Now is indeed a much better time to try for change than a general election. However, with fascists in power, free elections are likely to no longer occur for the foreseeable future. So, demanding resistance from elected officials and building community is vital to weathering this storm that was avoidable.
Now. I see that you have not responded to my request for what you have done, after my response to your accusatory question. Care to do so? Or are you just JAQing it?
- Comment on fuck this asshole 3 weeks ago:
And the Log Cabin Republicans exist. And the Association of German National Jews existed. Thinking that one is special enough to not be subjected to the oppression that others will face just shows that they are ignorant of history in addition to the betrayal.
- Comment on fuck this asshole 3 weeks ago:
Suppose there are 10 people eligible to vote.
3 of them are known to support a fascist and will vote, no matter what. They have religious figures reminding them and pressuring them to vote for the fascist and watch propaganda daily that maintains their outrage and support.
1 of them is a big supporter of the neolibs and will vote for them no matter what.
1 of them is a pragmatic leftist who grudgingly will vote for the neolibs because there is no other viable choice.
1 of them is undecided either because they don’t think fascism is that bad, or think it won’t impact them, or don’t consider how it could impact people who are not as privileged as them, etc.
The other 4 are:
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2 who are too filled with apathy to care about voting
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1 who the fascists keep setting up artificial barriers for in order to prevent political engagement
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1 who is thoroughly indoctrinated in the cult of anti-electoralism
That’s 6/10 eligible voting (in line with the proportion of eligible voters that voted in 2024).
Further, historical data shows that when fewer people vote, the fascists win because of their dedication to their cause and authority figures coaxing them to do so. This data is readily available in terms that are easy to comprehend, even for those without technical or scientific education.
So, the breakdown is:
Fascism - 3 Neolibs - 2 or 3
Coin toss on whether the fascists win, because, of those deigning to engage in the electoral system, one of them is not convinced that opposing fascism is really that big of a deal.
What about third parties? They don’t matter in this but because it is first-past-the-post and only a majority of participating voters is required.
But, the majority of polled people support left-of-center policies! Why are we forced to vote for neolibs?! Doesn’t matter. 4 out of 10 eligible voters are going to vote in support of right-of-center ideologies. If more eligible voters voted, that wouldn’t be an issue and the voice of the majority would be heard. But, between apathy, voter suppression, and the anti-electoralist/accelerationist cult, 40% are not voting. And that’s still “good” compared to the last half-century.
So, there you go. Barely even scratching statistics and simple to digest as to why voters who refused to do their duty to oppose fascism share the responsibility with the neolibs.
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- Comment on fuck this asshole 3 weeks ago:
Knowingly putting others lives at risk by refusing to do what is literally the least one can do, that is, voting in a strategic manner to prevent literal fascists who have repeatedly taken action against LGBTQ+ and made statements in support of committing genocide against them, POC, and people who are neurodivergent and/or impacted by mental illness is not what an ally does. It is an action that demonstrates that the non-voter/protest voter does not find vulnerable peoples’ lives important enough to warrant the effort needed to climb down off of their pedestal of egotistical moral superiority to do meaningfully lend support to their fellow human beings’ right to exist.
- Comment on fuck this asshole 3 weeks ago:
Yet refusing to accept the reality of mathematics that showed that, in a FPTP system, not voting for a viable candidate opposing a fascist only helps the fascist is acceptable? Nah. The blood is on the hands of both dems and non-voters. Non-voters/protest voters don’t give a fuck about trans people, as shown by their actions.
- Comment on Ads are a plague 4 weeks ago:
True. I don’t either. I want the bullshit to stop.
- Comment on Steam Deck Gaming News 4 weeks ago:
As a preface, I used to do this a lot on Reddit. My hobby (sounds odd) was to make a little old-school-blog-style post, detailing what I found interesting in gaming in the last week or so. I got a name for it, for a time, but having long-since abandoned reddit I thought I might try the same thing here, if you’ll indulge me!
Happy to have you posting!
- Comment on Not real... *for now* 4 weeks ago:
That’s a good way to make some of us dedicate the energy to building and flashing custom firmware.
- Comment on Not real... *for now* 4 weeks ago:
Is this an ASD thing? That would make a lot of sense for my own behavior, if so.
- Comment on Ads are a plague 4 weeks ago:
No. Demand a cut of the ad revenue as they are using your property as a billboard.
- Comment on Indie devs have begun adding a no generative AI stamp to their store pages 4 weeks ago:
There remains a significant enclave that rejects it, but yeah, it’s definitely smaller than equivalent groups in other mentioned professions.
Reporting in.
I think the tech is amazing, but it’s an immense shame that so many of my/our peers don’t give a flying fuck about ethics.
Yup. Very much agreed here. There are some uses that are acceptable but it’s a but hard to say that any are ethical due to the ethically bankrupt foundations of its training data.
- Comment on Hardcore gaming 4 weeks ago:
I’m betting that it can drive 250Ω headphones. Verifying.
- Comment on Anon worries about Kojima 4 weeks ago:
Is karma even a thing on Lemmy? Anyone? No? Yes? Ok, it doesn’t matter, I’ll take the hit if I have to
No, it is not. Upvotes and downvotes mainly just impact post and comment sorting. Karma on platforms like Reddit was good in theory but, was heavily gamed by bad actors to fake perceived authenticity.
- Comment on Anon worries about Kojima 4 weeks ago:
By design. Karma on Reddit, while good in theory, did not hold up against bad actors.
- Comment on Basic courtesy 5 weeks ago:
Now there’s more than one and they’re running mental gymnastics to claim that pro-social behavior is simping for corpos. Special kind of entitled faux-leftism there.
- Comment on Basic courtesy 5 weeks ago:
Maybe I’m just high and should go stare out a window.
You’ve unironically provided verbal support for a guy wanting to use lethal force against someone causing no property damage while attempting to bring attention to anti-social behavior.
Yes, you should probably reflect some on why you believe that murdering someone over a magnet is appropriate (brandishing a firearm is assault with a deadly weapon, and in some places attempted murder for a reason).
- Comment on Republicans getting upset at women for dumping their fascist boyfriends after the election [Day 76] 1 month ago:
I’m amazed at your persistence. 🥄