mlc894

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Two weeks! What do you do, such that you’re meeting new people so frequently? I don’t think I’ve met anyone new in years!

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Who wrote this? I’m supposed to be upset that a bunch of big websites are lower on Google results? Why should anyone besides their shareholders care?

Edit: Oh, he co-founded the website hosting this article. So he does indeed have a vested personal interest.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago

I’m not sure ksp is popular/broad-based enough to generate much of an uproar. I’m unhappy about it, but most people just see another headline.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

So… why are the guards not being arrested for child endangerment? Why is this a lawsuit and not a criminal matter?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This example was provided as an estimated upper limit - you could drive to basically the furthest-away big city within 60 hours. Other cities would be substantially less than that, because that’s an upper limit.

Driving from a small town on the western tip of NC… let’s say Franklin, NC, to Washington DC takes only 8 hours... but driving to Knoxville, TN or Atlanta, GA would only take you 2 hours.

If that drive takes you “days” by car, you might have an issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Why would the West participate in peace talks? They’re not at war. Any peace talks have to be between the warring parties, namely Ukraine and Russia.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I’m honest, I don’t really understand what you’re saying. It sounds like he’s embarrassed/upset after trying to be helpful and do a good job and having it thrown back in his face. And your response seems to be “well, you’re a man so I see her point”? That’s so far out of left field that I honestly don’t know how to respond.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I think there’s a disconnect here. You’re saying that every state uses violence to maintain their rule/internal stability, which is true. But you’re responding in a thread that’s pointing out how weird it is to support LGBT rights on the one hand and support Russia and China on the other, where same-sex couples are not treated equally under the law. So I’m not asking “why are you ok with state-monopolized force”. I’m asking “why are you ok with these particular states”.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The fact that it’s a “political extremist forum” is actually a pretty compelling argument for defederation.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Forgive me if I’m over-simplifying your position, but did you just say “Who cares if they’re authoritarian, as long as they’re my kind of authoritarian”?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

That’s nonsense - bad ideologies take hold in “normal” people all the time! I’m sure we all have that one uncle who was taken in by all the Q-anon talk, or that one friend who ended up joining a cult.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem with that approach depends on the issue we’re talking about. To continue picking on the Nazis: allowing them to “just ask questions” for example is a great way to allow them to spread their ideology in a way that thoughtful moderation could prevent.

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