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I dunno, the biggest viral sensations I've seen in the past few years all feature very identifiable people. I think we're starting to move past the 4chan era of anonymous memelord content.

Rehabilitation doesn't mean the perpetrator won't spend years separated from society, just that the perp's sequestration happens in a setting meant to enable him/her to return to society in the distant future, assuming the perp becomes a changed person.

All capitalism is, at its core, is the system of owning and investing capital for greater returns later. You can have that while regulating things--at least in theory.

The rawest

Eh, I learned it primarily by word of mouth from gardening enthusiasts who are buying homes. But here's one article about the phenomenon: https://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/gardens/planting-and-maintenance/when-to-test-garden-soil-for-lead-contamination-and-how-to-garde

I don't have a lot of statistics to back it up except that it seems worse on the East Coast and Rust Belt

I went into a startup job. It's not a con because everyone knows that your job is less secure, and employers have to figure out how to incentivize their employees to be willing to stick around. Absolutely zero people were under the impression a startup job would be secure in the long run.

If you're in a good startup, it can be a great way to take some of that venture capital funding as your wages. If you're in a bad one, at least job hopping isn't that rare so you can just move on to your next job and it's a normal thing.

Our world is shaped by those capitalists, but that doesn't mean these jobs are a con.

Electricity costs money unfortunately

As far as lawns go, thanks to lead paint and leaded gasoline from the mid-20th century, that land isn't even one you'd consider suitable for growing food unless your house was built after the 1980s. At least, as long as you're trying to avoid getting lead in your produce.

Really feels like our grandparents' generation did a lot to fuck over our current generation. So many of these issues trace back to when even the Boomers were children.

Comparable? Not really. The i3, Leaf, and Bolt didn't have the same fast charging capability or range as the Model 3, and luxury brands are out of reach for the average consumer.

The vehicles that are actually putting out comparable specs had their first model years in 2021 (Ford, VW) or 2022 (Hyundai and Kia).

Android was never the only player in the cell phone OS market. Tesla was the only player in the EV market until last year more or less

That headline is doing the murderer's work by literally propagating his anti-LGBT terrorism. Shame on that periodical.

"Nobody uses Whatsapp here in the states"

Man I wish I had your friends. The only non-iMessage app I can get everyone to use is WhatsApp. And I don't have an iPhone.

I simply haven't found as many good engaging posts in Mastodon, though, despite all that. It could be simply the challenge of building an interesting feed when you start from zero, but that's a challenge nonetheless.

Algorithmic identification of novel content is in my mind neither intrinsically sinister nor beneficial; like all things, it's a tool and the morality comes out of how it is used.

Things like (optional) recommendation tools could be a useful addition to Mastodon to help users find interesting threads. Could be run on a per instance basis.

I agree... it feels like the Fediverse doesn't quite have the same algorithms that the single-corporation services have, and I feel it most in the search to broaden the content I see. Hopefully the exploratory element picks up as time goes on!

It's never the young kids that get offended by this stuff. That sort of bigotry is taught.

Are tourists being offered refunds on their flights and lodging?

An individual right that you yourself seem to agree requires proper training in tactics and doctrine.

There's a huge gap between a well-trained, disciplined gun owner and these "guns as my personality" chucklefucks that have absolutely no discipline in their behavior.

Licensure is one tool to separate the wheat from the chaff, and it doesn't violate the above percepts as long as it doesn't impose a substantial financial burden.

That doesn't completely ring true. The Second was written to ensure the well-regulated militia (which has slowly morphed into a standing military) that would be needed to protect the free society.

So when are you getting your land mines and napalm?