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Joined 1 years ago
As a centrist
suppressed Hunter Biden story
“antivaxxer”
lmao
For those wondering like me where the water is supposed to come from:
Authorities have said that water for the artificial river will come from recycled agricultural drainage and groundwater.
This doesn't really strike me as a long term solution though, unless Egypt has vast reserves of groundwater.
Agreed. I've no idea what u/vegantomato@lemmy.world is talking about. I'm pretty sure I've personally never seen it used as a slur. What I've seen is people not knowing what it means and assuming it's one of them there evil genders, so maybe some people think it's meant as a slur, but imo that says more about their ignorance than the word itself.
There seems to be a bit of a difference, even though both involve asking questions. To quote wiktionary:
sealioning (uncountable)
A type of trolling or harassment that consists of pursuing people with relentless requests for evidence, often tangential or previously addressed, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity ("I'm just trying to have a debate"), and feigning ignorance of the subject matter, in order to wear down an opponent and incite angry responses that will discredit them.
Apparently coined by this webcomic:
JAQ off (third-person singular simple present JAQs off, present participle JAQing off, simple past and past participle JAQed off) (slang, derogatory) To ask loaded questions inviting someone to justify their views or behaviours, in an attempt to make tangential claims of little verisimilitude appear acceptable.
So the way I understand it, "JAQing off" is when you're trying to guide your audience towards a certain conclusion without stating it outright (e.g. "Are the official numbers of holocaust victims really as solid as people claim? Are there alternative historical interpretations? I'm just asking questions here, not implying anything folks." when you think just saying "The holocaust didn't happen!" might make it too obvious you're a Nazi), while sealioning is more about annoying the other party and trying to make them look bad/unreasonable and yourself polite and reasonable in comparison (e.g. "I'm just curious, is there any actual evidence that fascists are inherently bad people, as you claim? As a person with no opinion on the matter, I would just like to have an honest and open debate on this subject." so when people reply with something like "Fuck off, fascist!" you can say "Wow, so much for the tolerant left."). Both tactics are frequently applied by online trolls, especially of the far right, but they have somewhat different goals.
https://piped.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=LTJvdGcb7Fs
https://piped.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=YRgNOyCnbqg
One of those, presumably.
According to Wikipedia, it's not even by Mel Gibson, but by some Mexican guy named Alejandro Gómez Monteverde. Apparently, Mel Gibson endorsed it and the lead actor previously played Jesus in the Passion of the Christ, but that seems to be the limit of that connection.
Or even better: install the libredirect extension to do this automatically, not just for reddit.
Yeah that’s what woke is. It’s believing what Americans have always said about our country and demanding it do that.
I'm afraid that the word has long since transcended the borders of your country. In fact it has even transcended the English language and found its way into the language of right-wing culture warriors all over the world.
Also, while I think I know what you're trying to say, "traditional American values like the idea that all people are created equal" sounds a bit funny considering that your country expressly allowed slavery upon its foundation.
The article gives another reason:
Authorities say the river will help expand agricultural land and reduce the need to import food and wheat.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February last year drove a global surge in wheat prices, leaving Egypt struggling as it is the world's biggest wheat importer.
In addition, in recent years there have been droughts in East Africa as well, which can't have been good for the amount of water the Nile carries, and the dam you mention just adds to the whole thing.
I don't disagree with your general point, but I remember that there were many people (on reddit, but also on lemmy) who said there would be lots of power-hungry redditors just waiting to take over and that the admins would thus have no trouble at all finding replacements.