soycapitan451 @ soycapitan451 @lemmy.world

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Showing it as a back to school necklace is most likely racist, but even if it wasn't intended to be racist then it is a joke about teen suicide. Both are fucking terrible.

I completely agree that both are terrible. However one probably doesn't get you ostracised from society forever but the other does. Being labelled as a racist in your community can ruin your life in a way that having some very questionable dark humor wouldn't.

I have no idea if the woman is a racist or not, but IF she isn't, her punishment from the school and the community seems quite harsh.

BTW I'm not from the US, but nooses still make me immediately think of Jim Crow or the KKK (and spaghetti westerns, but thats besides the point).

I might get downvoted to oblivion, but I'm open to discussion.

Firstly, having read the full article... IF (big if) she's telling the truth and it wasn't even her then its hard not to feel sympathy for her.

Secondly (more controversially), is a picture of a noose racist? I mean, it certainly has racist connotations and I personally wouldn't have used it, but (bear with me) I'm not sure racist is the concrete conclusion. Lots of people have been hung throughout history, if you're not viewing it through a racial lens then are you a racist or just very insensitive.

What about if it was a picture of a mastiff? Or a police officer? Both these things could symbolise the subjugation of slaves. Are we really gonna ban pictures of dogs or police?

Symbols mean different things to different people. Sometimes people just need to be told they've been insensitive and given the chance to apologise with promise of doing better in the future.

There is a scenario where whoever put that up was not invoking the lynchings of black people specifically.

Just my 2c.

It's from an episode of Pingu. I only know this because it terrified me as a child and still haunts my nightmares as I approach my 40s.

A young girl makes a wish so powerful that it's answered by a cosmic force, a little ball of boundless energy called Star. With Star's help, the girl must save her kingdom and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.

I prefer your list aside from

#2 UBI or not, we should be honest and admit all work is not equally meaningful, we shouldn't pretend that my office job is as important as the paediatrician nursing a kid through Lukemia.

#3, it's better to start from a position of everyone is worthy and be proven wrong.

#8 "I will not let society define what success looks like to me" sounds a bit less harsh.

Organising nones is like herding cats. The evangelicals do not get their power from their number. They vote uniformly and reliably, turning out for every primary, local, and federal election.

We are a diverse bunch with diverse opinions.

It was Boris who introduced the idea of ULEZ and the Tory Party who endorsed it. It was their policy to begin with!

https://knowyourmeme.com/videos/82210-robocop-on-a-unicorn

Being able to pay for for therapy, or being financially secure to admit to yourself that you have a problem is a privilage.

Source: would like to do therapy but life/raising 3 kids is in the way.

Confirmed: Woody Allen is on Lemmy.

Perry Bible Fellowship is the best Web comic. Been reading it on/off for what must be 20 years now.

My sympathies.

Part of me wonders what a Greta Gerwig - Oppenhiemer and/or Christipher Nolan's - Barbie would look like.

Same pirated the first few seasons, but bought the box sets as Christmas presents for older family members. They made their money out of me.

Anecdotal, but I don't see the rush to downvote legit opinions because people disagree with them. Lemmy seems a lot more chill at present.

Oh I agree. My original comment was adding to the one preceeding mine, not a direct response to the article. Yes, the US needs GDPR, despite it making aspects of my job annoying I am glad it exists.

From the article: "Firms say this data is anonymized but the truth is that it can easily be de-anonymized. The data brokerage industry is pretty much totally unregulated, allowing for an assortment of unsavory customers to buy Americans’ data willy nilly."

Isn't this the real issue and not the headline? US really needs GDPR.

I can't comment on that! Just that phone data is very valuable for transportation modelling!

Unfortunately, I am the boot in this case.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662948/utilising-mobile-network-data.pdf

74 page document about mobile phone data and transportation modeling.

Origin destination data from cell phones is useful for fairly obvious reasons.