🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@kafkaesqueNomad @Are0h Yea I somewhat agree. It certainly is far far too common. While I wouldnt call it "culture" it is at least a pattern of behavior and that is concerning.

With that said I'd say it is a pattern of behavior that is exhibited by the whole human civilization, people of all races. It is hardly unique to whites.

@Strix@niu.moe yup, they already have fully automatic blueprints (illegal everywhere in the USA since the 70s). They arent the best quality guns but the point is the tech is there. We need to find better solutions than "lets just ban everything". Which really doesnt work too well anyway.

@TurboMoist@niu.moe It's the government. Don't expect it to make sense.

@TurboMoist@niu.moe Yea its pretty ridiculous. Its not like you had any say in what name you got the first time.

@Strix@niu.moe Pretty much any 3D printer you buy off the shelf these days can easily print a working gun (the blueprints are out there too). We are at the point where effectively eliminating guns from the planet is impossible, as much as I love a good broadsword!

@TurboMoist@niu.moe If you cant afford $200 for it then you probably have more important things to worry about anyway :)

Personally I feel it should be at-cost. Governments are way too expensive.

@TurboMoist@niu.moe "Filing the petition: The court will charge a fee to file your name change petition. These fees vary from state to state. For example, the filing fee is currently $150 in Massachusetts, $200 in New Jersey and $435 in California."

https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/how-much-money-does-it-cost-to-change-a-name

@Are0h Except that isnt what was said in that conversation. In fact I said the whole claim of black on black crime was nonsense, but because you didn't read past the first sentence or two you completely misunderstood what was said

@Are0h Wow, ok then. Did you even read the whole post. I effectively pointed out exactly why the whole "black on black violence" argument is nonsense. Did you even bother reading it to the end before responding? It certainly doesnt look like it since you drew the exact opposite assumption of what I was asserting.

@Are0h I never said whites (or any race) were innocent for the horrible things they do. I only claim there is a distinction between that and the "culture" of the society.

For a counter example we just have to look at the huge african-american violence rate, way higher than any other race including whites and other minorities.

If i were to use your logic I would say that "African Americans have a culture of violence", which i think would be a horribly racist way to view it (just as your own view appears racist to me). Instead I see it as a problem stemming from many issues (including the fact that they have a higher poverty rate) that doesnt excuse them from it, but does help clarify that it isnt culture but rather circumstances that has created that. Not to mention that it doesnt even apply to most.

I would say the same for whites; while they certainly have their issues those stem far more from circumstances that have arisen and perpetuated than being inherently part of their culture.

@Are0h Those are historical events that white people have carried out for sure. But I'm not sure that equates to being white "culture". There are plenty of atrocities that were carried out in the past from non-white societies as well but I wouldn't say those events describe those societies "culture" either.

@Are0h Can you give an example of how the "culture of whiteness" is opposed to understanding people?

@absolutus Hey dingus!

@PrimeChoice Well there is this guide, but perhaps it would help if i answer any questions directly too?

https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/7/15183128/mastodon-open-source-twitter-clone-how-to-use

Basically Mastodon is a decentralized twitter. That means anyone can run a server (like Qoto) that people can sign up to and use just like twitter. The unique part is how the servers talk to each other.

If you want to tag someone on the same server as you then you can just do @user however if you want to specify someone on a different server you can do @user@server. If someone follows you or mentions you on any server on the internet you'll get notified right here. So your full tag is @ PrimeChoice @ qoto.org (no spaces).

So now a bit about the timelines, there are three (unlike twitter there is just one): Home, Local, Federated.

The Home timeline is just like what you'd expect on twitter, that is, everyone you are following.

The local timeline is any post made by anyone on your local server.

The federated timeline is what is cool. It combines the timeline of everyone on the server into one. This way you can see the posts of everyone that is followed by anyone on the server (assuming the post is public). So this timeline is a close representation of everyone on the internet who has Mastadon (though not really). Moreover we have a bot here that goes around and follows everyone it can find, so our federated feed is rather robust (covering over 300 instances last I checked).

Only other thing that is unique is listed vs unlisted posts. You have normal privacy settings like on twitter but you also can set a post to be listed or unlisted. If it is listed it acts just as i described. If it is unlisted then it acts just as a normal tweet would but it doesnt show up on local or federated timelines anywhere.

@mono What does that translate to?

@PrimeChoice About qoto specifically or about mastodon (the software being run here)

Pretty sure this is how you know we aren't free...

https://www.ghacks.net/2018/07/03/researchers-release-deda-to-anonymize-laser-printer-tracking-dots/