Swordgeek @ swordgeek @lemmy.ca

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This post is exactly why Israel is getting a free past right now.

Oy! Too much for me, early in the morning.

This IS in fact satire.

On behalf of Rogers (not really), I believe I can answer this as follows:

Fuck you, give us more money!

I think part of it at least is reaching a critical mass.

Lemmy was definitely a collection of relatively like-minded geeks at the start. Even when we disagreed on issues, we all agreed that we needed to work together to make the community grow.

Now that it's grown to a respectable size, there are more dissenting opinions as well as less tolerance for dissent; and more to the point, there is space for absolutely vile content that used to get choked out. Now to stop this sort of thing, the 'old-timers' are more likely to say "shut the fuck up, sit the fuck down, and behave!!!' before they can get a solid foot hold.

Meanwhile, the worst of those people are feeling both entitled and persecuted, and shouting their garbage louder than ever.

This happens everywhere that gets to a certain size. I remember when reddit stopped feeling like a secret community and more like a warehouse.

Of course, there are other reasons that people have mentioned below: The world is tired, worn out, and PISSED OFF at the half that disagree with them. The president of the United States has broken every rule of diplomacy, grace, and civility that people tended to follow in social life. Social Media has made it far easier (too easy) to dehumanize people and turn them into a one-dimensional pastiche of their posted opinions.

And we're facing the destruction of the planet, genocide, and the global resurrection of fascism.

The world is getting worse, I'm afraid. I really wish it wasn't true and I spent a lot of time emphasizing the good to my mom before she died; but honestly, it's getting worse.

Sounds like you're close to me, which means that the snow is coming in a few weeks.

I like to pretend I have a ton of hobbies, but mostly I drink and play video games.

Yeah, that sounds about right. I'm from Alberta, and it's the same here.

And yet, any person you run into might be perfectly normal and lovely - especially in the cities. There are just enough racist shitheads around to continue electing fascists in a gerrymandered state/province.

Have you BEEN to Montana?

I seriously thought I was having a stroke for a moment.

You can make an immutable USB.

Alternatively, they just need an automated 'wipe/format/re-image' processnas part of the check-in.

In fact, that would make it easier for them to maintain a current image.

Long past time to block this Rebel Media stooge.

They're not going to say.

But consider that his repeated unsportsmanlike conduct finally got him a black card, and left the US épée team unqualified for the 2024 Olympics, AND he was made to stay in a separste building from his teammates because they (especially the women) didn't feel safe around him.

I think it's a fair guess that he assaulted somene, in one way or another.

Music.

I'm a shitty musician, but I love it. Guitar, keyboard, clarinet, I love playing.

Yes they are, and that's an entirely different situation.

People who are deaf have learned to work with their disability, and reduce the inherently increased risk of not having auditory cues -screeching tires, honking, emergency sirens, etc. That is a life skill for them.

OP, on the other hand, was asking about whether it was dangerous to voluntarily block out those cues in a situation which is already moderately risky (driving), and implicitly is someone who hasn't developed the compensating skills.

The question was 'is it dangerous?' It absolutely is, as well as stupid and in some cases, illegal.

Yes!

Don't do it, please.

Google 2.0: as evil as we wanna be.

He's lying.

I don't come across a lot of evangelical Hindus.

Seems they're just as crazy as any other evangelical.

Money, control, and power.