I dunno. I think there’s a prevailing attitude that you should only use moderation tools as punishment for bad behavior, but it’s also fine to use them as a curation tool. But you have to understand that it cuts both ways — if you block someone, you can’t influence their opinions anymore because they will never hear from you either.
You can block amerigocentric instances and users (like me!) if you want, but people will still use vpns to say “soccer” on your America-free instances and I don’t think there’s anything to be done to prevent that.
For me, the scariest part is that they have used the defense that a human has a body and that body is inherently a weapon. By saying that ownership of a body is reasonable grounds for an ICE officer to fear for their lives, it clears the way for them to legally claim that any shooting of any human at any time is justified because that person had a body and so they had reason to fear for their lives.
The Portland Timbers
Fresno? More like Fresyes!
It’s a good shout, especially given how large the current speaker base is. Obvi, the alphabet thing cuts both ways — we’re still pushing our alphabet onto hindi, mandarin speakers &c — but that’s unavoidable.
Idk. I find the French verb tense system to be pretty difficult to navigate without a lot of gain in expressivity — I think simpler verb tense systems, like Danish, get the trade off better.
English is definitely not at all coherent or simple by any stretch of the imagination.
My number one language feature I miss in English is a case system. I know not all case languages are non-word order languages (I know Arabic requires both), but I think word order languages are constrictive and cases are the only alternative I’m aware of.
That is a lower bar than I expected tbh
I agree that superiority is a loaded term, and I don’t think I’d try to make the case that English is the best language, but I am curious to know more about which languages you think are better and why.
That green line is labeled “independent,” but I can tell you for a fact there’s no 45% of Americans voting independent. I’m guessing a more accurate label for that line would be “doesn’t vote.”
“Well, you see, the first amendment prevents congress from passing laws, but under the unitary executive principle, the president doesn’t need authority via congress to suppress free speech” — Stephen Miller, probably.
Only in the United States (derogatory): “Paramedics said that two people were treated at the scene but denied transport to the hospital.”
I’m sure both those people wish they could’ve gone to the hospital but couldn’t afford the ambulance.
You can almost see the monkey’s paw closing around the people who joked that politicians should wear their sponsorships like nascar drivers or liga mx jerseys.
I love a rodizio
I think this analysis is correct, but that the majority of social media is directional, rather than well-formulated. What the poster here is arguing is subtle, and requires a lot of words and a deep, reasoned understanding. But this is fuck ai, and we say fuck ai here because sometimes you just wanna cut loose and vent and joke and complain. And I think we need both kinds of spaces — some people respond to this style of argument, but some people respond to an image macro with six words on it, and both are reasonable ways to engage with the ongoing public debate.
Meat Mexico’s gonna be pissed when they find out their arch-rivals got Soccer Mexico
The old dude driving slow in the morning probably doesn’t want himself to be driving at rush hour, either. Maybe if we had some kind of system where professionals planned and implemented a ride sharing systems, perhaps with planned routes and really big cars that lots of people could sit in? Maybe we even put it on rails so it uses less energy while moving?
You should take your bicycle down for a smog check sometime. I think you’ll find it’s less useful than you expect.
Ну ка друг мой, ты никогда не знаешь говорят ли американцы по-инновациям языкам