temptest

joined 2 years ago
[–] temptest@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

[pig incoming]

I DO NOT CONSENT!

lolberts confirmed liberalism

[–] temptest@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I don't know how much bloat Mint adds

Not enough to make me think about it, it's not like I'm running a server or fighting for storage space. But if the thought of Flatpaks is enough to frighten, then it could be a problem.

[–] temptest@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

I wouldn't put it like that, it's more that they don't see doing nothing as political, and consider being aware of the problem or even minor donations as a sufficiently positive action.

[–] temptest@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

The thing about social issues is that they change by society. In certain cultures where I live, it's normal for cis women to be addressed as 'dude'. The term is considered gender neutral by default in those circles, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was increasingly recuperated in more youth spaces.

It's obviously different if someone uses it in a gendered context (e.g. 'a dude', 'i fuck dudes'), that's offensive and horrible to misgender with, and obviously it's a dumbass gamble to assume it will be received as neutral when talking with new people. And, of course, this doesn't excuse the moron who plays the "I have a friend who is fine with me saying this" routine. But what that user said isn't as absurd as it may sound, because there are legitimate societies, some which are my day-to-day life even, where it already is neutral.

[–] temptest@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] temptest@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Maybe so. For me it was that even Sid was too outdated for me (e.g. with native Linux games and some software development), and to try and Frankenstein it into what I wanted was effort and instability I didn't want, especially when some Ubuntu-derivatives were much better suited for my personal-use situation.

[–] temptest@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

As if half the images on their site aren't copyright violations.

[–] temptest@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Media DESTROY Former President

[–] temptest@hexbear.net 100 points 2 years ago (4 children)

What makes it spam? We're invited to lemmy.ml, it shows up on our homepage the same as it does yours (probably even higher because instances more likely to downvote or ignore political posts don't link with us atm).

If you meant flooding, it's not that either. We're a big instance (1k users weekly) with a general interest in politics and a historical anti-lurking culture, so we'll be disproportionately active in political threads compared to a general instance like lemmy.ml, just like programming.dev is in tech threads. Are we meant to just not share an opinion because too many other people in the same instance already posted their (different) opinion?

[–] temptest@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago

A politician... blaming themself?

It's so crazy it just might work!

[–] temptest@hexbear.net 41 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait until you see how much the typical Westerner cares about Africa.

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