DokPsy
@DokPsy@lemmy.world
- Comment on Not even close 6 days ago:
The dichotomy of actual law vs the subjective reality is definitely an issue that should be discussed, I agree. My only issue is that you posed it as a rebuttal and degrading my statement. I could have been less lazy in my wordage and assumed that people would understand the meaning behind it.
It wasn’t my intention to make it seem like I was trying something shifty, I was legitimately just clarifying my meaning and using more accurate terms to do so. I do see how one could interpret it like I was changing positions as words do matter
- Comment on Not even close 1 week ago:
Bruh. I don’t even know what your point is. All you’ve done is “well actually”'d through this whole back and forth while I’ve clarified my point.
It’s like I said the sky is blue and you came back with well it’s really clear but the defraction of sunlight through the atmosphere disperses the color blue more than other colors due to its shorter wavelength making it look blue. It’s a net zero contribution to the conversation other than to make you feel smarter for saying it that way
- Comment on Not even close 1 week ago:
You cannot win a defamation case if they used truthful statements or statements they had reasonable belief of it being true. Sorry I used “can’t sue” as a layman way of saying “can’t win” because it’s obvious that anyone can physically sue for any reason and it’s equally obvious that anyone who is being sued must go through the court system no matter the suits legitimacy.
The fact that I had to spell all that out explicitly is wild. They should be taken as contextually assumed so we could discuss more interesting bits instead of “but what about obvious thing? And other obvious thing?”
- Comment on Not even close 1 week ago:
I was clarifying my point, not moving goalposts. I can’t help if you assumed the goal was in a different place and argued based on that false assumption. That’s why I clarified my point since you seemed to have consistently missed it.
My point has not changed nor has the context in which I made it.
- Comment on Not even close 1 week ago:
Since it seemed to have still passed under the radar, let me rephrase: they can be ignored when discussing statistics and viable law.
Ofc any actual lawsuit must be literally dealt with through the court system.
But when you’re talking about laws and suits, they do not need to be accounted for on the same level as legitimate cases
- Comment on Not even close 1 week ago:
While you are pedantically correct, I was speaking with the understanding that frivolous lawsuits can be ignored. Like, you could sue a person you’ve never met for stealing your intellectual property that you don’t have with absolutely no evidence or for wearing a blue shirt but no one would reasonably count those as actual suits.
Defamation requires falsehoods based on precedent and case law so a suit that alleges defamation when the person spoke no lies is not a reasonable suit and doesn’t really count
- Comment on Not even close 1 week ago:
Can’t sue for defamation if the commentary is either true or had reasonable belief to be so
- Comment on IMPORTANT PSA FOR PARENTS 1 week ago:
I tell people they only get two. I’m not encouraging that behavior
- Comment on A sudden epiphany. 4 weeks ago:
Well, yes and no. A large part of the design of the system is conformity and preparing the population to be part of the workforce. No matter if that’s blue collar/unskilled labor for the poors or white/gold collar for the rich.
But, a key part of the overall educational system is supposed to also create an educated population which would increase the entire country’s economic strength.
Both of these things can be true at the same time. Things that degrade the quality of education will likewise depress the economic strength but make for a more subservient population.
The degradation I was referring to was the focus on making the numbers look good instead of making sure the students actually learned. They are made to regurgitate facts/figures instead of think about the implications or ramifications of any part of what they are being tested on. Things that incentivise school systems fudging numbers or making tests excessively easy do nothing to help the students learn. They do both the kids and the country as a whole a disservice.
My point is, that doesn’t have to be the way things are. The education system is wholly focused on the wrong metrics and reacting to them in the predictably wrong ways.
- Comment on A sudden epiphany. 5 weeks ago:
The infuriating thing is that it doesn’t have to be. It’s been gutted, filleted, and various other words of a similar effect over the decades to the detriment of the entire populous
- Comment on A sudden epiphany. 5 weeks ago:
For me, it was realizing that while I was smart, the shit level of schooling was more an impediment to me gaining the skills needed to continue excelling and I continue to be surrounded by absolute dipshits wherever I go.
In school, I didn’t have to study to pass and there was no real incentive to learn how to. This bit me when it came to university because the lectures didn’t cover everything that was to be tested on. Turns out, trying is a skill I never needed until then.
Then, in the workforce, I’m constantly exhausted dealing with people who are at best functionally literate and I have to cater to their understanding of literally everything. No desire to either understand the problem or fix the root cause, just make the thing do what they want right then.
- Comment on Is "dark humor" generally acceptable or is it just my parents/culture more sensitive towards jokes? 1 month ago:
Depends on who gets burned tbh
If the person burned has been boasting that they’re fireproof all night, that’s hilarious
- Comment on there is a special place in hell for these scientists 1 month ago:
I’d say they’re experiencing being doom guy but that’s just a guess
- Comment on Informative review 7 months ago:
You leave my tube taco topping choices alone. I’ll put cooked roots, processed milk, egg-oil, and whatever else if I like
- Comment on Why is the progress pride flag so poorly designed (especially the intersex progress pride flag)? Will it be redesigned? 9 months ago:
I was thinking more adding from outside the visible spectrum. So a flag with the entire electromagnetic spectrum from ~10^-20m to ~10^17m
- Comment on Asshole Lab Rat 1 year ago:
Diogenes then
- Comment on lab toys 1 year ago:
Either way, blood sacrifice
- Comment on lab toys 1 year ago:
It’s not just PC building. Was a known tradition when I did industrial controls.
Also: magic smoke
- Comment on Anon enjoys a quiet night at home 1 year ago:
Avalynne O’Brien is pretty close
- Comment on I found a weird IP address on my network that had transmitted an insanely small amount of data. I put the address in my browser and got this. what the heck am I looking at? 1 year ago:
Hey, I’m not normally one to judge but it seems like a bad idea to call yourself spyware. Either you’re going to blow your cover or it’s just negative self talk.
- Comment on Glad to see Lemmy users appreciating diversity 2 years ago:
I believe you’ll find that it’s Ebony and Ivory. … Side by side in perfect harmony