It is extremely common for classes to require students to learn to use proprietary software. It's a tool of the trade. If they graduate you without teaching you how to use it, they'd be fucking you over and ruining their own reputation. Like, imagine an accounting student graduating not knowing excel, because they did all their assignments using MatLab because they liked it better. It would be absolutely unthinkable for any potential employer to hire such a student. Excel is the software they use in that field. If a student wants to learn a different option in their free time, that's fine and dandy.
Nah - usually stolen cars are just taken for a joyride or something, and then are left on a random street. Eventually someone will report an abandoned vehicle or a cop will pull up to give them a parking ticket, they'll run the plates, and you'll get a notification that they found your car.
I mean, the problem people have with it isn't a name change or improving inclusivity. It's the fact that they feel like they are being bullied into doing something they had no input into in the name of inclusivity. What pisses people off is how, as soon as someone says "x" isn't maximally inclusive of some marginalized group, everyone has to change or else get called a categorically bad person.
For example, suppose you have a red hat that you enjoy wearing. You got it at wafflefest a decade ago, and it says "I <3 Waffles". Then one day, your boss sends out an email that no more red hats are allowed in the office because it might create an unwelcoming environment. You will, of course, be pissed off. Not because you can't wear your waffle hat anymore, but because your boss feels entitled to control the minutiae of you life like this. You'll think to yourself "fuck that guy, and fuck whoever brought up banning red hats in some corporate board room 1000 miles away. This is bullshit!"
People like their autonomy, and don't like being controlled. Doesn't matter if it is in the name of increased corporate profits, or inclusivity, or saving the bees, or dying of lung cancer. They don't care about the name of their git branch - they care that they feel like they are being forced to change it.
I think there won't be nearly as much unwanted pregnancy still. Kids these days - first of all - just aren't fucking as much. But also they are better informed about the risks of pregnancy and how to prevent it. And abortions are quite destigmatize now, and people are motivated to get them. If necessary, they can buy an abortion pill on the internet or drive across state lines.
Looking nice and spending time reflecting on your morals and interacting with your community - ooooh nooooo!
I'm not religious, but seriously, it you remove all the "hate gay people" rhetoric, going to church is a positive thing for both the individual and the community. Hating on it just makes you look like a neckbeard.
On one hand, find different friends who talk about things other than memes.
On the other hand, yeah, privacy is a big concern, but if you get too wrapped up in it you end up being a paranoid nutjob. Just join fucking IG and look at whatever memes your friends are posting. Stop hamstringing your real social life for some stupid bullshit you read on the internet.
Lemmy is seriously not large or organized enough for anyone to consider it. An evil fascist organization has shit to do, like real oppression - not piddling about with a bunch of autists who call for revolution from their moms basements.
It is extremely common for classes to require students to learn to use proprietary software. It's a tool of the trade. If they graduate you without teaching you how to use it, they'd be fucking you over and ruining their own reputation. Like, imagine an accounting student graduating not knowing excel, because they did all their assignments using MatLab because they liked it better. It would be absolutely unthinkable for any potential employer to hire such a student. Excel is the software they use in that field. If a student wants to learn a different option in their free time, that's fine and dandy.