obinice

@obinice@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose a number, 1-5!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hard to say. It’s 1 or 3.

  2 has an annoying bulbous handle that upsets the balance, 5 is an utter nightmare of awful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the next stop on the authoritarianism express?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  To answer your question:

  www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9qwez9zz7jo

  The Insurrection Act of 1807 allows the president to use active-duty military personnel to perform law-enforcement duties inside the US.

  Once invoked, troops could be tasked with a range of duties, from quelling civil unrest and enforcing court orders to arresting and detaining migrants.

  Because the Insurrection Act was written in broad terms, with little specific guidance on how and when the powers can be used, it gives presidents wide latitude in deciding when to mobilise military personnel for domestic operations.

  Time to bring in the army to oppress the citizenry. Hoo rah!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ben Shapiro's sister⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this fake, or does this guy fuck his sister?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Gifts Everybody in the Skyblivion Mod Team a Copy of Oblivion Remastered⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They specifically mention this in the announcement stream and say that stuff is important for the same reason you do, so it’s all still in there, though they say they’ve also recorded new lines too. Will be interesting to hear!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  When they bury Starmer, do you think they’ll put him next to his beloved Thatcher?

  That way we could piss on two graves for the price of one! (all admission fees go to LGBTQ+ charities)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keir Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer does not believe transgender women are women, his official spokesman has said.

  Oh damn, this is huge. He’s officially admitting to being a Transphobic Bigot. Literally.

  What else in this ballpark would he like to admit to while he’s at it? Maybe he’s a Homophobe too? …What’s his stance on black people?

  Also, are transgender men, men? And if so, why is it one rule for women and another for men? Is he sexist too?

  On the basis of his admission of being a Bigot I would argue he is unfit to be leader of the Labour Party. I recall a Labour Prime Minister not too long ago getting angry at someone for being a Bigot… how times have changed…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Believe It Or Not, Black Licorice⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  God I wish, liquorice is fantastic!

  Get yourself a mix bag of Dutch liquorice, with some of the sweet, salty, and bees wax coated stuff. Soooo good, and a proper chew feel too, none of the soft rubbish stuff <3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clearly, this group has no respect for my lab⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I never could have predicted this outcome

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  before marriage? heathen!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you use your blinker in a car?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Indicators?

  Yes, only pillocks don’t use their indicators. They’re an essential method of communication between vehicles and for pedestrians, and an essential safety feature.

  I cannot stress this enough, people who don’t use their indicators are massive twats and shouldn’t be on the road.

  They’re a danger to themselves and everybody around them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why is the YouTube info under the thumbnail written in Cyrillic?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  By throwing your rubbish in a bin whilst in the USA, you are causing the city to not need to pay a litter picker to collect and throw your rubbish into a bin.

  I know I’m just being silly, and I know you’re not wrong, I’m just sayin. There’s a thousand ways one could look at almost any action and suggest ways in which it is “work” if we define it as causing someone else to not have to do a job or get paid for something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have an announcement.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can we live in precedented times please?

  Oh, there’s precedent for everything that’s happening right now…

  You’re just not going to like it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking space⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tiny peepee Murika-mobiles…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The world is only about me⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love how Americans need a literal road blocking bump to hit with their tyres to figure out when to stop (and yet because their cars are gigantic that’s overshooting anyway).

  I remember being so confused by the weird concrete stumps for ages when I lived there at first. It’s just not a thing here…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minecraft is getting a visual overhaul you probably don't need because of all of those mods you've got installed⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So long as there’s an option to retain the normal experience, especially for those on older hardware that can’t run fancier stuff. Then it’s all good!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Physicists vs Normal People⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Brake*

  Sorry, just bugged me ><

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[USpol] J.D. Vance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s one of those American politics blokes right? Someone into Trump and all them lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll stop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The fuck is going on with that bloke in the bottom

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fuck this asshole⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but they’re gonna rewrite the constitution, it’s gonna be the best constitution the founding fathers will be jealous they didn’t come up with this thing it’s gonna be airtight and on the blockchain

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨modern psychiatry be like⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Are Smelloscopes ok?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop using anti-evil language⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think it’s used as a verb, a Goon would perhaps hench? Even that feels like a stretch though.

  Hmm, I’m not sure what singular verb you’d use to describe a hired henchman/goon’s job…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And he doesn't even chip in for tolls.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda ruined by having website branding slapped in the middle of it, especially as the majority of the poster is, if we want to talk creative property and such, ripped off from an old WWII poster.

  But yeah, regardless of the why, it is very poorly placed and draws the eye far too much. There’s a reason such copyright statements are in small text in a corner, not plastered in the literal middle of an image.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nazis don't rule⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What an unusual place to see news about my city! What are the odds haha.

  Fascist tossers can go back where they came from that’s for sure 👍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As Labour touts more brutal cuts to benefits, how is this different from life under the Tories? | Frances Ryan⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Decent wages don’t cure sicknesses that require a functioning healthcare system, alas, and that’s our biggest problem at the moment, with regards to large numbers out of work.

  I know people who can’t work because of an illness that the NHS can treat, but the waiting list and hoops to jump through to obtain treatment can be literally years long.

  They want to get back to being healthy and working, but the national services they need to get there basically just don’t exist any longer…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As Labour touts more brutal cuts to benefits, how is this different from life under the Tories? | Frances Ryan⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Um they’re red not blue, duh.

  I wonder how many of us didn’t vote for either of the main parties? Hmm. Pity it wasn’t more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Europeans watching US/CA relations implode⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  could we ask the UK and rest of Commonwealth to help us out if things get too bad?

  The UK need not have entered the last conflict against aggressive fascists when and how she did, but did so as much out of a sense of obligation to one’s friends and the moral right as anything. When conflict loomed, the UK made a defensive pact with Poland, when she could have easily just sat back and watched.

  The same is true of Canada. We are no longer an empire, no longer a large and powerful nation, but if and when the US eventually takes direct aggressive military action, the UK, backed by the Allies of the new Millennium in Europe and beyond, will come to Canada’s aid.

  To do any less would be to side with the fascists.

  Thinking of the USA’s current lying, deceitful leader, and their increasingly aggressive moves, I’m once again reminded of Chamberlain’s address to the nation…

  We have a clear conscience. We have done all that any country could do to establish peace, but a situation in which no word given by Germany’s ruler could be trusted and no people or country could feel themselves safe had become intolerable. And now that we have resolved to finish it, I know that you will all play your part with calmness and courage.

  As such a moment as this the assurances of support that we have received from the Empire are a source of profound encouragement to us.

  …Now may God bless you all and may He defend the right. For it is evil things that we shall be fighting against, brute force, bad faith, injustice, oppression and persecution. And against them I am certain that the right will prevail.

  And if you’ll forgive me a little more quoting of particularly famous speeches, this line about the new world comes to mind also…

  we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.

  Even if one of us falls, the others will step forth to their rescue and liberation. Freedom from fascism is a universal right, and we will enforce it until we no longer can ♥️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The one drawback to walking at night⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t live in a very dangerous area, then.

  I keep an eye on everyone, even a woman with a kid in a pram (assuming the pram isn’t just an empty decoy) could try to mug you, people get desperate and chavs get violent. Always keep your head on a swivel, don’t trust anyone at face value just because of their gender or what they look like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solidarity amongst the instances!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “The fediverse is for everyone”

  Everyone? Are you sure? I can think of a lot of truly, deeply evil people we wouldn’t want anywhere near anything we’re involved in.

  There’s inclusivity and freedom of expression, and then there’s groups of people that do things that are so evil and illegal and so on that I might get told off just for mentioning what those things are by name, so I won’t.

  But yeah, in principle I completely agree with you of course, that there shouldn’t be barriers and limitations to who can interact with who and such, but in practical application we have to realise there are groups that absolutely should be ostracised for our own safety and to limit their growth and power over our society, sadly :-(

  I don’t know what feudposting is though, but I can take a guess. I’ve never taken part in any sort of beef between instances, I don’t really notice what instance stuff comes from much at all, I just join communities that I think look cool and trust the mods and admins to handle what’s appropriate and what’s not. It’s worked very well so far, touch wood! :-)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There was a time when everyone had common sense⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this the terrible facebook memes community now?