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@olives When she wrote that, I checked her previous post on Signal here and not only were there no rude comments (a few confronted her on her claims, but all of them in a very civil way), most actually cheered on her.

In any case, I singled her out just because I happened to see that post, but a lot of people do the same thing: complaining about being abused online while getting nothing but positive responses or some polite criticism at worst.

@olives I think that it just confirms what I've been saying for years when discussing Twitter and other similar platforms: it's not the tool; it's the people.

@kaia I never took you for one who cared about religion.

@quad A very common practice when selling used stuff (at least in Spain) is telling the buyers to come get it directly from you to save shipping costs.

I don't how much in the middle of nowhere you are, but maybe that's feasible.

@quad Don't you have apps for selling used stuff, like Wallapop or others?

Pokemon Red/Blue, Red's Room 

@ZEN_Grandmaster @repeatro Something tells me your followers don't really know how CWs work.

@david
> and Konqueror (the only other option)

There are more options: off the top of my head, Falcon, Lynx and, if you use Emacs, eww. I'm talking of course about a full install. No third party packages.

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It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institution of private property.
-- Oscar Wilde

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@bleakfuture No, it is not a good thing, and I'll tell you why. The key word was not ‘well-paid,’ as you seemed to believe, but ‘uneducated.’

When uneducated people have children, they usually don't have anything to offer to satisfy their kids' natural thirst for knowledge. They don't have books in the house, or good records they can share with them. They have nothing at all to teach them (after all, they only know about their jobs), so they will be forced to learn elsewhere.

This means that, at some point, the world view of the parents and that of the children will diverge, and that will bring communication problems that the parents will blame on puberty and teenage rebellion. If they're also dumb, they will try to control them, straining the relationship even more.

What will happen if, on top of being uneducated, they are also well-paid? Well, the parents, then, will think they are _not_ failures, and that will create an even greater divide, because now they won't have a low opinion of themselves. (On the contrary. They earn good money. They are clearly not the losers people thought they would become.)

So, when the kids inevitably find out their parents are not the role models they hoped they would be, they will try to keep their distance, but the parents, still seeing themselves as the greatest thing since sliced bread, will start feeling resentment towards their children: “Why won't they talk to me? Why won't they admire me? I've given them everything money could buy! (And whenever we argue, I'm right, because I'm the one who's well-paid and self-made.)”

In short, higher education should be the standard, with high school being just the minimum needed to survive in the woods. That doesn't devalue higher education at all. How can knowledge be devalued just by being the rule? Even in economic terms, everybody chooses their own studies, right? There should be no flood of graduates waiting for the exact same job.

Problem has always been to think of higher education as a thing for the rich to get the good jobs. It is not. It is for everyone, as human beings.

tl; dr: I was not talking about economics (of course I support a living wage for everyone), but about children's welfare and their prospects in life. (BTW, of course there are exceptions to the examples I gave, but they are just that: exceptions.)

You raised interesting points. Sorry I could not address all of them for fear of spreading too thin.

@IAmDannyBoling

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@mixxio
> han acabado en Internet a la vista de todos...

¿Y eso es malo por...?

@lichess Isn't it inclusive enough that literally anyone can play _open_ competitions?

@Piky_Nieves@mastodon.social Menudo pedazo de mierda, el calvo. ¿Quién nos iba a decir que alguien superaría en sinvergonzonerías a Villar?

@coolboymew Ah, _Kannazuki no Miko_, but that one's old. If you liked it, try this one. It's better in my opinion (and had great songs):

wikiless.tiekoetter.com/wiki/Y

@mata_aimasho@the9thcircle.club It's ok. I like reading.

@PJ_Evans You're assuming I care what other people think of me. Has anyone told you about assumptions?

@mata_aimasho@the9thcircle.club Not ideal, but ok, I guess.

Remember, kids: if it appears on TV, it is part of the system and must be fought against with all our might.

A very stupid and bourgeois quote. “Why?,” you would rightfully ask. “It seems pretty sensible to me.” Because there are many political parties that support libraries, but he will probably chastise you if you decide to vote for any of the ones that are not part of the establishment.

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Gaiman: " If you really can't figure out which political party or which politician to vote for, just ask if they're on the side of libraries. Are t...
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