They are unfortunately the poster boy for so many political forces all around the world. "Those who cannot correctly identify stupidity are doomed to derp away". Something like that. Maybe also with a mix of good ol' malice, and "I got mine! Which proves that I deserved it! Suuuuck iiiit".
Humans are impressively dumb. So much so that we managed to fuck up a whole planet... which we live in.
The idea of "well, you became obscenely rich at the expense of natural resources and climate... Maybe we should counteract some of the damage with slightly less obscene wealth?" is "political".
It was my comfort food while studying in the US. At Panda Express it was cheap, convenient, and delicious.
Then I tried making it. And... although I could make delicious-er, it was too much work. Then I forgot how much work it was, and made it again, and I swore, never again. I don't have a proper kitchen or a fryer, and it took me about two hours of active work (if you're serving 8 people). Most other food I make is max 20 minutes, and the rest is just time passing and heat doing its thing. Even dishes that take 8 hours to prepare, is usually still only 20-30 minutes of labour.
If you're actually vetting PKGBUILD, I don't think there is a single one I've installed that doesn't download some blob. There is no way of knowing if it's OK, unless you also sift through that. I don't think anyone does. I certainly don't.
Been using pixel phones for that reason, since... Pixel XL, and six pixel phones since then. Used several different AOSP based OS-es, most recently CalyxOS on Pixel 4a, and then GrapheneOS on Pixel 6a and now the 8 Pro.
Everything works, and you can choose how much of Google you invite back in. The best part is that the Google stuff doesn't get any special treatment. Which means that the Pixel Camera app and Google Photos isn't allowed access to Internet, because why should it?
The only thing that is still fundamentally flawed, are remote push notifications. And I don't mean that it's flawed for GeapheneOS, they work fine. It's flawed in the sense that information goes through Google or Apple. The privacy concerns there are significant. It's not end-to-end encrypted. You cannot avoid the problem either by disabling them on your phone. Each application, be that a Ring Camera, or backend messaging system, etc, that sends the stuff to Google through notification apis, will do so regardless of how much you sandbox or disable those services on the phone-receiving end. Conveniently, there is no effort by Apple or Google to make this core functionality any less tied to Apple or Google. The "asynchronous" nature makes it a problem that needs to be solved for each and every backend service system, for remote notifications. Some privacy conscious apps/services might let you limit what is sent to Google so you only get "New message from Hubbie" instead of also "Hubbie: remember to buy the paint for the baby-room! I'm so excited".
Anyways... Not sure why I went on such a long tangent. I was done pooping a while ago.
CalyxOS on a Pixel is as great as it currently gets. But stuff can get better.
Are you trolling? Or just finding it very difficult to understand what you are replying to? I'm genuinely asking here.
"Nah mate", to someone saying it has to be a medical necessity... Following it up with "it was a medical necessity in my case", and then arguing the same point of it needing to be a medical necessity... It's just a bit too on-the-nose, that it seems more likely to be intentional, than just... Well, what it looks like
Ability to hide posts you've seen and aren't interesting. I usually either block the user or the community, depending on how uninteresting it is.
Not really possible, but... Have an ability to filter content by region. Removing all US content related to politics and "boring dystopia" would be a happy trade for 80%? less user activity.
Is this "General", or "General in the US"? I'm not saying it cannot be the latter, but if it is. I'm out. Best mentalt health choice I've done is reduce exposure to American "problems".
There is no good answer to that question. Too many don't understand the importance of context/intention, and unfortunately they are also the same ones that get easily offended on behalf of everyone else. Part of the "but, the discussion should be more about meeee, and my feelings, and how offended I am"-mindset.
Which is why "kid cosplaying as early days MJ" manages to offend anyone. Why you cannot watch the Community episode on D&D. Why they likely wouldn't dare make Tropic Thunder today. Why many git-branches are renamed to main, etc, ad nauseum.
Even though unicode group could (and IMO should) define all things useful, I don't see why "male-genitals-flaccid", and variations, couldn't be specified. Doesn't require any application level visual implementation. But those that do, and have good reason to, can use a specification, rather than make up their own. Not really a big deal, of course.
If you can have
"1F646 🙆 face with "ok" gesture, described as a person with arms raised above the head forming a "circle", interpreted as "OK sign" (derived from the Japanese gesture for "OK"). Intended as gender-neutral but represented as a woman on most platforms
The concerns are likely just the observed disconnect between their perception of reality and that of others (though more precisely their perception of others' perception). It can be a rough realization, and given that this disconnect is pervasive in the US regarding Israel/Palestine, it stand to reason to be a little bit concerned of how, even Jon Stewart, might seem to perceive that reality.
I'm also only writing this in an attempt at clarifying what the underlying concern might be. With good intentions. I have not seen the clip, so it's not related to anything specific there. Also, I hope it explains why this doesn't have anything to do with being offended or having an inflexible mindset.
Some minds are simply critical of everything. Even their own thought processes, and impose the same requirements as they would on others. This leads to a much higher certainty in that they perceive correctly. If it wasn't, challenging it would be welcomed. Views tend to be highly correlated with the views of others who are similarly critical. It might look like a bubble reaffirming each other's ignorance, because those very much exist. This mindset is antithetical to that. There is no desire to reaffirm anything, only present arguments to re-evaluate. Yet, it often happens that someone you thought had the same critical mindset, reveal small, but exceedingly deep, holes in that understanding. It comes of as hypocritical to that mentality. This is the rough realization I'm referring to. It doesn't offend. It isn't because of a inflexible mindset. It simply disappoints.
Hope that helps. Hope it doesn't offend ;)
Ps: this mindset is also self aware of how arrogant it seems. Ignorance truly is bliss.
They are unfortunately the poster boy for so many political forces all around the world. "Those who cannot correctly identify stupidity are doomed to derp away". Something like that. Maybe also with a mix of good ol' malice, and "I got mine! Which proves that I deserved it! Suuuuck iiiit".
Humans are impressively dumb. So much so that we managed to fuck up a whole planet... which we live in.
The idea of "well, you became obscenely rich at the expense of natural resources and climate... Maybe we should counteract some of the damage with slightly less obscene wealth?" is "political".