Pat @Pat@qoto.org

@JonKramer

Send them a postcard with your number on it and ask them to call you.

@peterdrake

>"This is perhaps about the American corporate aesthetic rather than a left/right distinction."

I think people who have money, whether they're on the left or the right, generally want to show it off.

>"...affirming each other..."

This is cultural, I think. It depends a lot on how people are raised and educated. People who are well educated are more likely to be derisive in a subtle manner, whereas poor people are more direct with their insults. In some groups, insulting each other is a form of bonding within the group. But others may take great offense at that. Comedians are notorious for insulting each other along with insulting everyone else too, which is why they get into trouble sometimes.

I've noticed a trend recently among the left to vilify old people just for being old, which also occurred during the 1960s revolution.

Regrading life spans of left vs. right, I think the pandemic may have evened that out, since many more people from the right died from COVID-19.

I don't know much about games, so I can't comment about that.

@Renshaw01

Is this a joke? There's a group out there called "Breast Cancer Now"? That literally means that they want breast cancer. wtf!

@trinsec @tomheyes

It's a dip, a bean dip.

@peterdrake

I don't think that one's working on anything; that one's baked. 😂

@peterdrake

re Right's and Left's idea of wholesome...

>"Nobody swears or talks about sex"

This used to be, but I don't think this is the case anymore for conservatives.

>"Race, class, and gender hierarchies are unquestioned"

Racism and sexism is prevalent, but I think those in the MAGA group are actually upset about the inequality of their social standing.

>"Nothing is dirty or worn"

I don't think I understand this one. "Worn" maybe means they never change attitudes or platitudes which is kind of the definition of conservative -- not changing.

>"People are encouraged to talk about their relationship with Jesus"

I think it depends on the religious denomination
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>"Law enforcement or soldiers are present and praised"

Yep.

>"Diversity is explicitly represented and welcomed"

To a point.

>"Everyone constantly affirms each other"

I don't think this is the case at all. I hear a lot of insults and ridiculing comments from the left about people they don't like.

>"People are encouraged to talk about their feelings"

Yes, unless they feel differently about an issue, then they get cancelled.

>"Cartoon animals (or people dressed as them) are present and cooed over"

Cartoons are for kids.
The left (those who want change) as a group are generally younger because they have less to lose from changing things. Also, young brains have more plasticity, so change is easier.

@Magiciandavid

Here's an article about the controversy over who is the founder...

https://www.cnet.com/news/tesla-motors-founders-now-there-are-five/

@jillianne

One hypothesis is that business users are less likely to be distracted and follow clickbait because they're busy working and need to complete whatever project they're on. Whereas people at home are more likely to just wander through suggestions, and are more susceptible so they offer more suggestions.

I think generally corporate-owned social media is more interested in feeding you what they want, rather than what you want.

@gricka

I'm pretty sure that this is a violation of the US Constitution, Article IV, Section 4, Clause 1.

Do you agree?

@gricka

I generally don't follow links posted in toots. Could you please just briefly explain what he did?

@tripu

Fiction is useful to possibly bring to your attention some aspect of a problem or argument that you may not have considered, but of course you still need to use reason and facts to confirm any hypothesis.

I think another way of thinking about this question is how a less intelligent animal might relate to more intelligent humans. If an animal somehow had a human trapped somewhere, the human could probably figure out a way to fool the animal into allowing the human to escape.

It's not exactly analogous, but it's another approach to figuring out the problem.

@ImperfectIdea

@jentaub

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Trying one more time to get this toot posted (my toots are not showing up properly on mstdn.social)...
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>"Whose yahrtzeit is it?"

I didn't see the Star of David in candle in the photo when I posted my previous comment, it did not appear very well on the display device I was using.

It's interesting that Wikipedia's list of historical events in April does not include the first Remembrance Day.

Here's a link to Wikipedia's article about Remembrance Day for others who may be unfamiliar with it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_HaShoah

@desegal

@freemo @stux @trinsec @khird

Some of them are showing up now. I'll check more later and let you know if there are any additional issues.

Thank you.

@freemo

My toots don't seem to appear in threads on mstdn.social at all. Are they completely blocking qoto?

I follow several accounts there but even when I respond to someone I follow, my toots don't in appear in the thread and I don't even think they are seeing them.

@medigoth

By '83 I was using the Hayes modems -- no need for those goofy acoustic couplers.

@desegal @jentaub

>"Whose yahrtzeit is it?"

I didn't see the Star of David in candle in the photo when I posted my previous comment, it did not appear very well on the display device I was using.

It's interesting that Wikipedia's list of historical events in April does not include the first Remembrance Day.

Here's a link to Wikipedia's article about Remembrance Day for others who may be unfamiliar with it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_HaShoah

@iPabloSB

>"I try to be politically correct, but this headline is making it very difficult."

I don't understand this comment.

@Magiciandavid

Everyone thinks that Musk was the founder of Tesla, but he was just the first major investor. There were three CEOs of the company before he became CEO.

#tesla #musk #ev

@stux

That looks very realistic, almost like photographs or video.

@ImperfectIdea @tripu

Also, there's a recent scifi film about artificial intelligence, Ex Machina (2014).