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Nintendo continues to demonstrate why my personal boycott continues. What a shitty company.

How dare you think Google would listen to its users and not the advertisers. Fr though I'm not sure, manifest v3 does use a sandboxing feature but it's unclear at first glance if they are directly related

For large groups I suppose airbnbs are more reasonable, though it's honestly not that big of a difference in pricing for vacation rentals.

Housekeeping is easy, just put the little do not disturb sign up, they won't bug you.

I don't have an opinion on the other stuff though.

Yeah pretty the vast majority of the world's population holds this opinion

Because he didn't say "thank you" clearly

5 years too late, hotels have been cheaper and better for a while now. All of these companies that touted revolutionizing industries have just become worse versions.

Netflix, airbnb, uber, etc all of them are worse for people than the things they replaced

Easter 2, papal boogaloo

Earth baybe, I love a whole lot of people.

Sometimes people do things they know are wrong. Beating one's child is pretty goddamn obviously wrong.

The irony of your post is that it would apply well to the child who indeed should be taught instead of physically abused (punished).

But why should society let abusers decide what the abused learn when the lessons being imparted are almost always self-serving.

We all make mistakes, we are all human, but sometimes the mistakes we make should have consequences that prevent future errors. Drive drunk? You shouldn't have a license or a car. Shoot up a school? You shouldn't have a gun, be near schools, or really even be in general society. Beat your child? You shouldn't be around children

Reddit started out very similar to the current lemmy/fediverse audience. The nerds go first and eventually everyone else follows.

The "When does the narwhal bacon" crowd was not diverse at all

This is honestly the only way to predict what the man will do. Identify even the slightest personal advantage to his move.

Why run for president in 2024? To avoid jail. Why put tariffs on and off? To buy and sell stocks as the market bends to your tweets. Why act like a religious right wing weirdo? To have no personal accountability. Why pull out of nato? Because someone personally offended you. Why host political events at maralago? To make a quick buck renting out rooms. He's so transparent it's pitiful.

Nice try FBI

I don't think the judicial system has been very judicious since it's become so politicized. With so many right leaning justices and straight up corruption in the courts I don't respect their opinions anymore.

Perhaps it would be different for someone right leaning, but it's my understanding that average people on the right distrust most government by default. The Republican mind and the libertarian mind are often similar.

All that to say I don't think this is a valid trigger for introspection, and in fact I don't think there is a single thing besides brown jesus christ himself coming down and rapturing their opposition that would cause even a second of pause.

Don't threaten me with a good time

Many women would prefer a relationship without penetration, for some women penetration can be painful without proper warmup and many men are frankly terrible about it.

This is likely less of an issue than you fear.

I love a good neckbeard nest for some reason, something about the complexity of the scene really captures my interest

If interest rates go down prices will come up, there's no world where house prices go down without massive economic pain for everyone.

A depression would bring house prices down, but then nobody could afford them, especially not those who don't have the capital already.

I think that's fair, superstition is directly opposed to evidence based reasoning. Not every superstitious person is a lost cause though. Most belief comes from indoctrination, and with time and critical thinking a lot of people can and do escape.

I think it's similar to racism, people who do racist things can sometimes change when introduced to people of color, or to the subject of their bigotry. In the same way the victims of racism aren't morally obligated to "fix" nor trust the people who perform racist acts, victims of the superstitious are not obliged to trust them.

The optimist in me hopes we can just help these people heal from their mental issues, but the realist realizes that in many cases it's hopeless.

I completely agree prayer is utterly meaningless at best and actually harmful at worst. When somebody prays for an outcome they are getting the benefits of doing something without affecting any change, it's like asking your imaginary older brother to take care of the bullies at school. "Who wee that job is done, I did my part by asking big bro for help"

That said, I think we ought to tone down the anti-prayer rhetoric because it can push some people who are actually waking up to the issues caused by recent political events away. While centrism in general is a bad political play for politicians, less derisive language among us common people could be good. Let some of the mindless religious fanatics do their praying that trump won't hurt them, but when he does we should at least try to be sympathetic and let them change their mind.

We often get caught up in the schadenfreude of the self inflicted political wounds and forget these are people who will suffer needlessly.

What other things, specifically?

Imo fascism is a natural consequence of hate and apathy. Introspection by individuals and willingness to change are how you overcome those issues. Governments can't force people to empathize but perhaps better education and less superstition can help.