phoenixz

@phoenixz@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would this list look like for your generation?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You had things banned in class?

  Why?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikipedia⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well that is a shitty argument

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would this list look like for your generation?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder what Emma did there…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah they just don’t like it if it’s them being the runner over, it’s a fairly common opinion

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikipedia⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The US still controls ICANN and with that they can pretty much do with DNS names whatever they want. Steal it from a German registrar? Well yeah, they actually can, what are you going to do to stop that? That is a known issue, actually.

  I fully agree that they can switch domains but do not underestimate the importance.of domain names.

  Also, they can force Google and Bing to censor Wikipedia completely, not having any links to it anywhere. With that, for most users it won’t exist anymore

  There is a shit load of things that they can do to really make everyone miserable, this is what you get for giving the US damn near veto powers on Internet issues

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d probably be dead in no time for a long list of reasons

  First of all, nobisy would be able to understand me, as even current English would be barely recognizable by them

  Then there is the issue that I’m probably at least a foot taller than most people and let’s just say that “being even remotely different” back then was a good reason to be killed

  Then there is the food issue. Food was scarce (hence most people being quite a bit shorter than me) so it’d be hard to keep myself fed. Clean water? Hah, good luck with that.

  Then there is the issue of diseases. I probably carry shit that their bodies won’t be able to handle, si being around me will likely make people sick, which in turn will get me labeled as a witch which would get me tortured and burned. Similarly but conversely, loads of diseases that were rampant back then are now gone, and likely my body is less equipped to handle that, I’d die from some disease

  Ignoring all of that…

  I’d probably start spreading the knowledge of democracy, and the harms of religion, and how important it is to immediately kill kings or king wannabes. I’d make a library with a vast wealth of knowledge and give access to the first country that successfully transforms itself to a representative atheist democracy with laws in place to ensure that no king, fascist, or wannabe will ever be able to rise up again.

  That country would become the dominant world power within decades, spreading democracy and science over the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  white people (like myself) carry diseases

  Congratulations, you already killed them all

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump tells Canadians to Elect the guy who'll make them the 51st State of US [Canadian elections today]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  1 year ago? How about 5 years ago?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump tells Canadians to Elect the guy who'll make them the 51st State of US [Canadian elections today]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck you and die, cheeto

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨John Lithgow Says He Was Surprised by Backlash Over Joining ‘Harry Potter’ Series⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s more a case of yet again calling everything and everyone anti semitic

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikipedia⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But it does

  It can confiscate the domain name and with that, Wikipedia will be gone. People all over the world will have backups, and clones will spawn like there is no tomorrow but there is no federation, so each will do their own independent thing, fracturing mankinds knowledge even more

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually, please do step on them, they might finally wanna leave

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Lately I’m seeing a lot of this on old accounts

  I had a few side accounts from a decade ago that I’d sometimes used to get something from that site but over the past year the all got banned for no reason because I literally didn’t even post with them.

  Im guessing that Reddit wants to get rid of those older users that still remember how great it was

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The inarguable case for banning social media for teens⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I vehemently dislike “inarguably” claims as it’s a similar strategy as “protect the children, you would want to leave a child unprotected, now would you?” and this is a double whammy as it is about protect children so, yeah.

  Having said that.

  I think there are definitely issues to be resolved.

  The way social media keeps kids reeled in is one thing. In the past I saw teenagers doing stuff together, laughing, getting themselves into trouble (as a part of growing up), endless endless chattering together… Now I continuously see groups of teenagers quietly on their phones in a group, only interrupted by every now and then one teen showing something to others.

  Just in general, I think little kids should have a bit less media to begin with. Again, I walk over the street and see mother’s with tiny kids and they’re already glued to the screen instead of looking around. I feel like that generation misses the beauty of the world outside in lieu of constant screen time. I getting, it’s nice and quiet for the parents who also want a life, but it seems a lot. It sort of feels like these kids are losing humanity and instead get this new world of only tech, and soon, only AI.

  I think there are loads of other issues to be resolved as well. I’m a staunch advocate for banning mobile phones on schools (exceptions where needed) for example.

  Having said all that, I don’t think that outright banning social media for kids is a good idea either, it doesn’t have to be a nothing or everything decision.

  One thing could be that social media companies could be forced to publish their selection algorithms, and requiring said algorithms to adhere to a set of laws that ensure kids can interact healthily with their products.

  There are loads of other solutions out there. I don’t think a full ban is right but leaving it at how it currently is also is not a solution

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The inarguable case for banning social media for teens⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I disagree, as you said it yourself: companies ARE making it harmful, so it IS harmful. That, and there are various other reasons why its harmful

  Its not an empty panic if you actually have real reasons why its harmful.

  First you’d need laws in place that determine how the social media algorithms should work, then we can talk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Having driven in like 20 different countries, believe me, in NL traffic is calm and most people obeynthe limits quite nicely

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Your citation is a movie that you think got it right.

  Ok then

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Reviving U.S. Coal Industry⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fine, let’s make it two decades, then!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transitioning in STEM⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Dear God.

  No, not what i meant.

  I meant that I never saw other people behave like this in public, in group meetings, in the day to day lives.

  I’m not dismissing anyone, don’t out words into my mouth. I was literally wondering if this issue is more prevalent in the US than in other countries because I haven’t worked in the US. Every time I read about this its the US.

  In companies that I have worked or have owned I have never seen this behavior and I have never been made aware of it. My wife has never experienced.iy either. Haven’t seen this in Mexico, not in Canada either, not in Europe either. Mind you, these are personal experiences but I GOT EYES. I can see if someone behaves like an asshole and the only one single person that does come to mind in mexico, was a loud mouthed American who thought it okay to grab women’s breasts.

  Stop nit with the male privilege thing. I don’t trample on your work, don’t trample on mine either

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transitioning in STEM⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That is what I meant. I’ve never seen this behavior in meetings where someone just dismisses a woman/person of color/lgbt/etc just because.

  I think this sort of behavior is especially prevalent in the US because even in Mexico guys didn’t behave like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The pipeline⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Communists are sexy now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transitioning in STEM⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I lived in Mexico, arguably worse macho-wise, and even there men didn’t behave that shittily

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

  So honestly Ben, how many times have you jacked it thinking about your sister? Did you jerk off on her just as many times as you have jerked off on he thoughts of innocent people being deported?

  You are one fucked up boy Ben

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transitioning in STEM⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it me or is this a uniquely American experience?

  I loved in quite a few countries and I’ve never seen this kind of absurd behavior. Granted, in a man, but I’ve never seen a man cut off a woman like that just because she’s a woman, and I’ve never seen or heard comments even remotely about someone being “exotic”. I’ve heard questions like “ohh, and where are you from?” in genuine curiosity, which is fine, I’ve never noticed overt racism like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t this a symptom of a brain aneurysm?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Was Denied 2-Hour Finale Movie, Says Sonequa Martin-Green⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No.

  This wasn’t star trek. The name was slapped on, it was NOT star trek. I wanted an intelligent shoe that makes you think about and question morals. Whatever the hell discovery was, it was dumb, made by people who actively dislike trek. I’m happy it’s gone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Was Denied 2-Hour Finale Movie, Says Sonequa Martin-Green⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank God we have less of that drek.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Linux, hands down and tied behind its back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new kids' show will come with a crypto wallet when it debuts this fall⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hi kids< do you like violence? Do you wanna see me stick Nine inch Nails through each of my eye lids?

  Man, that was so tame and sweet compared to today

  Now it’ll be hi kids, wanna buy this piece of junk? Never mind, I already subscribed you to it, you’ll pay. Now tell me your deepest secrets so that I can sell those to the highest bidder, uh huh!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Opens a Huge Marine Protected Zone to Commercial Fishing | The president said the move was aimed at making the United States the world’s “dominant seafood leader.”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder how he wants to dominate seafood when soon there is no seafood left