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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • Anything which drives nails into the xitter coffin is a good thing as far as I’m concerned. Bluesky may not tick many people’s boxes here on lemmy, but this migration shows that lots of people wanted to leave xitter but didn’t see an option. Threads clearly didn’t attract them, likely due to the owner. I hope it nothing else, Bluesky is a less toxic place and xitter and musk become less relevant. In the long run Bluesky may end up being another head of the hydra , but for now, it’s not, and it may get people used to the idea of federation.



  • I know what the point was, but Biden is included as if he is part of some political dynasty. He was VP. A very normal situation, 19 out of 49 have run for president. It’s like being promoted through the ranks until you get to the top. Isn’t that kinda normal in most careers?

    So why is it “insanely improbable” for Biden, someone who qualified for the job over decades, to be “chosen” as opposed to anyone else.

    We aren’t talking here about how much cash it requires to become president which raises the bar above most people’s head.we are taking about political dynasties.

    So I say again, including Biden as if it is some statistical anomaly or stranglehold on politics is disingenuous, especially if you exclude Harris.

    Her situation of running for president after serving as vice president is EXACTLY the same as Biden unless you want to split hairs and say he served 2 terms and her only 1. So if you want to say Biden was given a silver spoon, so was she.

    Biden is not a dynasty. But if you insist he is, so is Harris, and that makes the original premise flawed.




  • You think the only reason people could find destructive, violent behaviour to be unusual or difficult to understand is because they have no passion in their own lives?

    I’m just a little sad that there are people in the world who have grown up in such violent, loveless homes that they can’t conceive of finding violent behaviour over a sports game disgusting.

    I wonder how many of wives and partners who get the shit kicked out of them when their passionate “alpha” male’s favourite team loses would agree with you. Oh it’s OK, he had just lived such a full, passionate life that he sometimes loses his self control for a moment.



  • I guess it’s “I don’t want to use fossil fuels but I don’t have an alternative. Give me an alternative! Don’t have one? Then I’ll keep using fossil fuels”

    In fairness though not using fossil fuels it’s something of a luxury at present. EVs are more expensive that non EVs. Maybe this will change but slowly. Home solar is very expensive and still doesn’t get you self sufficient in most cases. Power companies need to make the grid renewable to make it accessible to the average person for home power.










  • 1: “… and then we’ll be able to stop terrorist attacks. Simple”.

    2: “ok but if you put a back door into encryption, won’t others be able to find it?"

    1: "no we’ll be the only ones with the key. Great huh?“

    2: “and you don’t think the key will be leaked or be hacked?”

    1: “I said we’ll be the only ones with the key.”

    2: “so what’s your plan to make sure the key stays secure”

    1: “…”

    2: “what’s your contingency plan if the key *is * hacked or leaked?”

    1:“…”

    1: "I SAID WE’LL BE THE ONLY ONES WITH THE KEY. "

    2: “…”

    1: “don’t you want to protect our children ??”