OptimusPhillip @ OptimusPhillip @lemmy.world

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Daryl Davis has managed to persuade several KKK members to leave the Klan by being a friend to them. So it has happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORp3q1Oaezw&ab_channel=TEDxTalks

Isn't the point of the fly swatter being mesh to minimize those air currents?

What is that neck?

Not quite. The LGBT initialism only includes lesbians, gay people, bisexuals, and trans people. It doesn't include asexuals, pansexuals, or intersex people, just off the top of my head. I don't imagine many people will correct you for just using LGBT, but it can be more inclusive.

I'm guessing it's because different parts of us mature at different rates. Brain development continues into the early twenties, so mind-altering substances are generally regulated with that in mind. Physical maturity ends in the late teens, so things like military service eligibility start there. Other activities are based on more abstract measures like responsibility, emotional stability, etc.

I think they're continuing the joke

General Kitobi!

Sometimes. It's kind of cathartic in a way, helps externalize the feelings.

Futurama has done meta jokes before. It may be lazy writing, but this isn't them cashing in on a trend, this is Futurama being Futurama.

I haven't seen the new episode, but this sounds like the same joke Futurama has made in both of its previous revivals. Bender's Big Score opened with the crew lamenting that the Box Network cancelled their delivery license. Rebirth opened with the crew noting the comedy in the random wormhole from the end of Into the Wild Green Yonder happening to be Earth's central channel for shipping. So this isn't entirely new to Futurama.

Depends on whether we go by broadcast or production numbering. Some production seasons got spread out across two broadcast seasons.

Venom (2018). I thought the action was exciting, it had a great sense of humor (I even liked some of the gross jokes), and I liked all of the character dynamics. Honestly, most of the complaints I hear about it boil down to "this movie isn't for me", or "this doesn't fit my interpretation of the character". Which are fine opinions to have, but I'm not sure it's fair to call the movie bad because of it. Then again, that's just the complaints I've heard. I'm sure there are people out there who hate it for fairer reasons, and I've just never met them.

Me too. Pretty standard way of pronouncing word-initial X in English.

I wish I was stupid and violent. Then they'd see what's what, I'd pound them—AH!

Correlation does not prove causation. The fact that the number of men seeking a relationship is declining at the same time that MGTOW rhetoric is on the rise does not mean the two are strictly related. It could be related to something else, like the radical lifestyle changes forced by the pandemic, or the economic decline making it difficult to justify investing valuable time and money into a relationship, or any number of possible factors.

Also, your suggested solutions are super problematic. For one, they would be blatant governmental intrusions on the human right to privacy. And for two, they could be seriously harmful to gay, aro/ace, and other LGBTQ+ people. With all due respect, please stop.

Is 'karma' even visible on Lemmy?

To be sure, you don't have to be anti-capitalist to want to use Lemmy. I'm just saying that it's very appealing to anti-capitalists.

At least in my experience, ads are rarely that obtrusive. They're usually either shunted off into a sidebar or, in the case of a video site, short and/or skippable. I have run across more intrusive ads in the past, but they were few and far between. I have an adblocker now, but I have more than a few sites whitelisted.

Despite appearances, the gull wing doors don't actually require that much horizontal clearance. There are videos online showing you only need a few inches