PonyOfWar @ PonyOfWar @pawb.social

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I've read some volumes of のんのんびより which I've quite enjoyed. Attempted 君たちはどう生きるか but that one's a bit tough for my level.

Importing used books from Japan is relatively cheap. I have a shelf with various novels and manga in Japanese I bought over the years.

The point is that the planning itself wouldn't be illegal if there were absolute free speech. Of course the murder still would be, but ideally you'd want to stop that before it happens, which will be tougher when just talking about murdering people is perfectly legal. Free speech isn't just about "naughty words".

Things like death threats being legal would be pretty awful. Husband saying "if you leave me I'll murder you"? Oh well, he's just exercising his free speech, so it's not an issue.

People could defame others, openly call for genocide, plan terrorist attacks etc without consequences. It would be a pretty awful society to live in.

Yeah, I believe you'll receive an automated verification call.

Yeah, it does actually require a phone number, though you can use a landline and you can also hide that number for people you chat with.

Not end-to-end encrypted by default, ad-financed, stores data and ecryption keys centrally, analyzes messages while they're being typed etc. It isn't really any more secure than even something like Whatsapp.

Signal works quite well for me. I use it with most of my family members, though for some people I still have to resort to Whatsapp.

No and no. I don't think I'd want to subject my kids to where the world is headed. Also, too much of a long-term commitment that would significantly reduce my opportunities to do what I want, travel etc.

Sure. No need to save up or plan for a future that never comes, so I'd stop saving up money and probably stop working depending on how far in the future it is. Then try to cram as many things that I always wanted to do as possible into my remaining time.

No, pretty sure it's not. Way too consistent and it has none of the artifacts that all current AI videos still have.

Cycling around it was one of my favorite experiences on my latest Japan trip. Quite a lot of ash in the air as it's still an active volcano. There's a shrine you can visit that was almost fully buried in one of the latest eruptions. It's also not overrun with tourists yet, unlike many other places in Japan.

Reparation demands are quite a useful tool for Polish politicians. Whenever there's a political scandal or an unpopular new law they can just demand some reparations from Germany as a distraction. The answer will always be "no" and the media will direct their anger at that for a couple days.

Surprised I haven't heard of this. Gotta say, it looks very... Unity AssetStore-y and generic though. Would love another good VR MMO after Zenith died, but I'm not sure this one is it.

In total downvotes, when I expressed support for a smoking ban. I can understand why some people would downvote that I guess.

Proportionally, calling out Hexbear for being authoritarian and rude on lemmy.ml.

Yeah, it's now owned by Adevinta who also owns many of the other sites listed in this post, like Le Bon Coin, Marktplaats etc.

The Souls games. I really like those games personally, but the community does seem to lose their mind a little anytime someone criticizes their difficulty or suggests something like an easy mode.

In Germany, there's "Kleinanzeigen", which was "eBay Kleinanzeigen" until it was sold in 2023.

Whether a mouse is comfortable is quite an individual thing and depends for example on what kind of grip you use. I use claw grip and a major factor for me is weight, the lighter the better, as I lift it a lot. I had a glance at those two mice and one thing I noticed is that the new one has quite a bit larger dimensions, so that might be a factor.

America is a powerful country sure (though hardly controlling the world these days), but I don't see how that would make me jealous. I wouldn't want my country in that position. It's not like the country's power improves peoples' lives, as America can clearly demonstrate. Your country's immense wealth is put into the military or hoarded by your billionaire class, while regular people are suffering or dying for not being able to afford medical treatment, something unheard of in Europe. I feel pity there, rather than jealousy.

All that power you have will now be wielded by some fascist clown who is threatening to throw the world into disarray. I am angry and worried about that, so you I guess can call me "salty" if you want. The average American might not be to blame for that, but quite a lot of Americans who voted for this shit sure are.