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The social convention to not discuss politics or religion has been a disaster for the human race.

There seems to be a weirdly-great amount of people who think that because one is being paid hourly that they deserve pay for every moment they're doing something for their employer

@sabbatical every time you post things like this it makes me want to buy a monitor arm

Not perfect by any means but this is the most complete and realistic discussion of an alternative for copyright that I've seen youtube.com/watch?v=PJSTFzhs1O

One of my favourite things is when Americans who have very little exposure to English culture complain about the one English person they have experience with as if that person is deficient, when it’s actually just classic English mannerisms

Don't know about you but I always assume a story is fiction until shown otherwise.

@sabbatical Neat! I had a school-run opportunity to learn the basics of trap shooting in grade 8… seems like a good idea to at least have a basic knowledge of how guns work and how to stay safe around them. Just in case at least!

Have you shot a gun?

Calling something "common sense" as an argument for why it should be done that way is grossly insulting.

Could we please stop with the trope that whenever someone moves or starts using a microphone, there’s a bit of feedback? Soundies are better than that; one’d think the person directing foley could make note.

My dad called his brother to wish him a happy 6𝔁th.

He asked if he remembered the name of @adam Curry.

Without a pause, he said, "Ja, de man die met Patricia Paay trouwde?"

Might be hard to hit him in the mouth since avoids the internet at all costs but we'll get there. He's in the right dimension so that's a start.

how much of feeling "in love" is just misdirected sexual self-fulfilment ideals

AI is going to spark a new dawn of human understanding and the valuation of knowledge. It will do this by making everything you read online almost certainly complete bullshit, leading to a renaissance of people engaging verified experts on a commercial basis.

TIL that some people think layered vocal harmonies sung by the same person are "autotune"

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