DirkMcCallahan @ DirkMcCallahan @lemmy.world

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Well, on the bright side, at least he does leave.

Don't blame it on COVID. Blame it on people being massive idiots.

Good. Fuck Twitter.

I mean, I'd watch it. It couldn't be worse than the ST.

Absolutely disgusting. And conservatives are itching to cut taxes on the wealthy even further.

Perhaps they shouldn't have driven away a significant number of their most engaged content creators.

Yes, but it's more like, "Oof, that was a candidate for my worst work."

I've always thought that Harrison should be ranked much higher in these lists. If you equate his presidency with "doing absolutely nothing," then logically he should rank above all of the presidents who actively harmed the country/world. And there are quite a few of 'em.

Privacy isn't dead, but it will be soon because those of us who seriously care about it are the 0.001%.

Hates People

Why do they need 60 votes in order for the bill to advance to the floor (as opposed to a simple majority)? Is this related to the filibuster, or is it a different set of rules?

It's because the first time doesn't always work. I swear, sometimes it doesn't!

This is basically "dog bites man" territory at this point.

The "Blocked since install" stat on uBlockOrigin is always an eye-opener.

I remember reading Stuart Little as a kid and being SO pissed off at the ending. It felt like a massive troll job.

Yes, this exactly! I still cannot fathom how Discord took off. It offers literally no advantages over forums, and introduces some massive disadvantages.

The best explanation I've heard is that it's similar to the stats for left-handed people. Way back in the day, almost no one "identified" as being left-handed. But once the stigma against left-handedness was eliminated, the numbers went up.

So in other words, yes, it's a reflection of LGBTQ+ becoming more acceptable, particularly among Gen Z. There could be other factors, but that's probably the main one.

I used to have one WAY back in the day. It was fun to play around with the HTML stylings, though things like frames did NOT age well, lol.

I miss the old Internet where you could easily find information, fan sites, etc. Now it's all crappy social media and shit blogs where you have to scroll through a bunch of garbage before you find out that the person doesn't really know what they're talking about anyway.

It's working as intended for the forced-birth party. Not only are women in red states relegated to second-class citizens, but those states are going to have a population boom. Which means that they'll have even MORE representation in the House come the next census.

Human suffering is considered to be mere collateral damage as the GOP continues its pursuit of unchecked power.

A lot of it is familiarity. I begged my parents to cancel Netflix, especially since they complain about the programming (or lack thereof); I pointed out that they could try another streaming service for a month, and then if they really hated it, then they could just go back to Netflix. But they wouldn't even entertain the possibility. They're afraid of change.

And Netflix is making bank on that.