papertowels @ papertowels @lemmy.one

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The one thing I know about tik Tok is "the algorithm" zeroes in on your tastes real fast, so just because you don't see it doesn't mean it isn't there, it just means you probably don't consume political Tok toks (which sound miserable...)

Maybe it says something that China limits access to their kids

In 2019, Douyin limited users in teenager mode to 40 minutes per day, accessible only between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. Then, in 2021, it made the use of teenager mode mandatory for users under 14.

Seems like a bit of a digital smallpox blanket.

No worries they bumped up everyone that had a grandfathered in price after a year or two

Idk about your system, but mine is currently facing a massive budget cut

I never said this was narcissistic, I meant that, similar to the moving goalposts of the narcissists prayer being used by a narcissist for justification, some look for more and more reasons to discount good things that others have done.

Yeah, an argument could be made that 2022 was a Senate election year, and this was fueled by that, but at that point we're invalidating 2/4 years a president has to make changes.

On top of this, I wouldn't be surprised by the first year being slow as they get situated, meaning year 3 is the only year that "sincere" change can be expected to be made, which is kind of....harsh. I'd hate for my accomplishments to only count 25% of the time.

I also really appreciate the discourse - I hope you have a great day.

Fuck if I know, do you know how long the process typically takes? I certainly don't. I was googling this while walking the dog, I'm no expert.

I work as a government contractor and from my experience things can be held up by the silliest little things, and processes take a lot of time.

When the recent XZ security exploit, everyone was all worried about it nearly making it's way into Debian, a popular flavor of Linux, and at work we just laughed and said that means we'd have to worry about it it in 10 years because we're that slow.

Oh you can criticize all you want.

Does the fact that the article states the administrations intended to work on this in 2021, and has been working on that since then earn them any grace?

Yup, until a manufacturer assumes legal liability like how Mercedes does, it is entirely misleading.

There needs to be something like the narcissists prayer for people who say stuff like this.

Let's call it the haters prayer.

"He didn't help."

"And if he did, it wasn't even that great."

"And if it was, it's not even really due to him"

"And if it was, it still doesn't matter due to $INSERT_WHATABOUTISM_HERE"

"And if it still matters, he only did it to help himself (get elected)."

Amen.

Clearly false - Google is banned in China.

Wait, so what's the role of an armorer on set?

I definitely haven't, lol. My assumption is this guy wouldn't need to aim to hit folks in a shopping center, but that's just a guess. Given that automatics are illegal where I'm from they're kind of a mythical concept haha.

I personally think I'm grateful this guy didn't have a firearm of any sort. There's a picture of a guy armed with a bollard having a standoff with him to protect his family. This would be a very different article if the slasher was armed even with a pistol.

Probably because in a shopping mall you don't need to be accurate in the slightest to kill others.

Okay, so now that we've cleared that up, we're still selling Ukraine arms, as of 4 days ago...

Genocide Joe does abuse his presidential powers. He does it for israel /when Republicans are blocking their weapons. He does not do it for Ukraine. /

Can we talk about the conditional you put on your statement here?

Are you just going to pretend that doesn't exist?

Random peons being the ones elected to pass policy and control the budget, right?

And the president only being able to help if he blatantly abused a loophole, right?

If that's the case, yeah you've got it right. I do think that the contingent of folks who are acting against providing aid are more responsible than the person who isn't abusing a loophole to help.

So let me get this straight, instead of blaming people who are actively acting against something, you are focusing instead on someone who isn't abusing a loophole?

That doesn't set the stage up for a very reasonable conversation, and suggests that you're wanting to discuss Israel/Gaza moreso than Ukraine, so I don't see a need to engage in conversation.

Hold on, for the record Republicans most certainly are holding up aid to Ukraine.

Your first link errors out

Re: the second link, do you know if we're selling arms to Ukraine, or giving it to them?

The conservatives are voting for Ukraine to be outgunned and unequipped, put blame where it belongs.