TheHarpyEagle @ Theharpyeagle @lemmy.world

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This is true for any social platform. They're all advertisement platforms. Where is the line between censorship and moderation? The solution here isn't to draw arbitrary lines in the sand of free speech, it's to promote data transparency laws. Let everyone know what data is kept and how it's used and let them decide where to go and how to put pressure on the platforms they care about for change.

Any advice for a person who doesn't really like the mushy texture of beans or chickpeas? I love hummus but I can't do whole chickpeas.

I mean cats can be a lot harder to handle after you poke them. What if you need to give multiple vaccines? What if you need to draw blood? What if you need to touch other parts of their body to look for issues? What if you need to examine their mouth? Some cats will put up with it, some (a lot) will not. It's a lot safer and less stressful for everyone if you just use a sedative when needed.

I mean, sometimes cats need care and the vet doesn't really have time to gain their affection before poking them with a needle or prodding them all over. Not every cat is a fan of that, so sometimes you gotta deal with a cat who is trying very hard to claw your eyes out.

I like vacations where I just go exist somewhere else. Plan a few outings, sure, go to some nice restaurants, but otherwise I just want to relax with no itinerary. The best vacations are ones where I don't have to look at the clock.

Yeah, plus it's not like you couldn't just share stuff when you get home.

I allow it only as it pertains to plants, anyone using it for an event deserves prison.

I agree to a point, but users also do some weird stuff that you just can't predict sometimes.

I'm guilty of this, and for some reason "the dishes need doing" in particular tickles my brain. That one doesn't even make sense with an infinitive!

I hate the confusion that "do you mind" questions cause.

"Do you mind if I turn off the light?"

What is meant in response: "No (I don't mind)"

What's said instead: "Yes"

I feel like two people never really know how the other will interpret it, so you almost always have to say something like "yes, go ahead" or "no, I don't mind" (or "no, go ahead"). If they do respond just "yes" or "no", I feel like I have to ask for clarification.

Also can we get the meaning of "semi-" and "bi-" figured out? I generally love the oddities of evolving language so long as we can all still be understood, but these two always require clarification.

Bi-annual: Every two years.
Semi-annual: Twice a year

Make it a law!

You mean you wish you were a lesbian

I mean, to me it doesn't really make that much sense one way or the other. Genuine question, how is "by" being used here? What are other examples of it being used this way?

That's a curious one, can you explain why it bothers you? Or is it just one of those things?

Huh, how do you pronounce it? I would say "a university" because in my head it's "yoo-ni-ver-si-tee"

Have people been unsafe in unisex bathrooms?

1984 is honestly the most terrifying book I've read. I read to it see if people were invoking it in good faith (they weren't) and left with a very real fear that there will always be a more pressing issue to distract us from any real political change, even in cases where most Americans agree with each other.

For a lot of people, elections (particularly national elections) don't impact their day to day life. For some, though, the outcome of those national elections are very important. If you are, for example, trans, national elections around this time could alter the course of the trans civil rights movement. The president with their power to veto may be the only one capable of halting anti-trans bills if conservatives have a slim majority in the Senate and House. That's why many trans people must concern themselves with politics and current events, must know what platforms candidates are running on and how the public is responding, must know what to expect and plan for the worst. Likewise with state and local elections, which may radically alter the life plans of a trans person. Thus, a trans person must know what's happening now, what will happen next, and what they can expect for the future

The same applies to the right to abortion, or access to Healthcare for those dealing with long-term illness, or those attempting to unionize for better working conditions. When these things affect you directly, and when candidates are running on taking away the protections you need, you can't afford to live in blissful ignorance.

So please, if you care about any of these groups, do spend a little time getting up to speed and drawing your own conclusions so you can vote in a way that you believe will improve the lives of your fellow citizens

Whoa the crossed eyes thing is wild. The human body is weird.

Jesus, it's way more dehumanizing to be thought of only in relation to checks notes Large Gametes than it is to simply accept that people of the same gender can be born with different bits.

Not really quite as bad as the others here, but I read the first two books of the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind as a young teen before getting squicked out by it. The female lead almost gets sexually assaulted four times (one of them being when she rides into the middle of a battlefield completely naked for incredibly contrived reasons). The entire first half of the second book is the author's BDSM fantasy forced into plot relevancy. But perhaps the worst I read was some evil ritual that involved the villain cutting off and eating the genitals of a young boy.

So yeah, I stopped reading it.