Wilzax

@Wilzax@lemmy.world
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Op should have used "I'm finna rawdog this jawn no backup style"

For no reason other than mixed US slang from different regions sounds funnier to my ear

Wholesome and distressing at the same time

But also also GQP: Just coz I said gimmie duznt mean I'm takin handouts from the LIBS!

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Most of the people who vote for him will never be informed about the most appalling and repulsive things he says, because all their news comes filtered through media streams that are designed to prop up the conservative candidate, no matter who, and to discredit the facts that makes that candidate look bad.

But even if everyone who voted for him knew he said these things, they would still be the minority of Americans, because he lost the popular vote in 2016.

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Almost like one party runs a government and the other party runs a mob

They're not wrong though

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Balderdash, the specificity employed in this context was superfluous in comparison to the minimum required for conveying his emotional response to the situation.

Time to set my VPN to California

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There are 6 genders, Your can be up, down, strange, charmed, a top or a bottom.

Though if you're really anti-establishment you can also be the exact opposite to any of those.

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It's open standard, not open source

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Medical device manufacturers also threatened iFixit because it posted ventilator repair manuals on its website.

What the fuck is wrong with people. Anyone who opposes the right to repair for MEDICAL DEVICES is irredeemable.

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Dated June 2022, folks. This is a repost for relevancy, not news.

The one time Esperanto isn't the most wacky language on the list

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bdbd is not a palindrome but bddb is

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Let this be a lesson: if you try to forcibly pry open the gates of DRM hell and let software be free, you best let it be truly free and only money off it from the donations of your supporters. Don't be like yuzu and monetize the living hell out of your emulator. Don't stuff it with telemetry, don't hide releases behind a patreon paywall.

That all being said, fuck Nintendo.

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IMO, whether or not Gwen is canonically transgender is irrelevant, because thematically the two are equivalent. Being spider-woman is allegorical for being transgender.

  • She knew she was different before anyone else did
  • The way that she's different would affect how others see her once they find out, very possibly putting her in danger, depending on who finds out and how hateful/vengeful they are.
  • She could theoretically quash that part of herself and live the way everyone expects her to, but to do so would be to kill a piece of who she is
  • She had to "Come out" to her dad (and not by choice, really. She only did so because she was caught with her new clothes.)
  • She wasn't accepted for who she was in that coming out, but knew it would be easier to live without her closest family member's support than to live without being herself.
  • She found a community of others like her, who all have unique but similar experiences and who are eager to support one another.

The colors may be an indication that Gwen specifically is trans, or a hint to the audience that to be a Spider-person is an allegory for being trans. Her character was designed with the white, pink, and blue color scheme in 2014, so it's not all that unlikely that the color scheme was an allusion to the trans pride flag on purpose. Maybe a writer or character designer clarified somewhere exactly how intentional or coincidental this Spider-Gwen/Transgender connection is, would be cool to see if so.

At the end of the day, the story serves to make people more empathetic to others who have to weigh their identity against their safety, especially in cases where the facet of their identity in question could be intentionally kept hidden.

Failure of larger companies to make a competitive alternative to steam is not anticompetitive behavior on the part of Valve

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If you answered "yes" to "Are you good at spotting Loss memes" before realizing this meme was Loss, you are not good at spotting Loss memes

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Bold of you to assume the hardware wasn't also stolen

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Note that anti-racist doesn't mean "Racist against the race that isn't currently the victim", and it doesn't mean "giving the targeted population special privileges in unrelated fields, to make up for it". It means "Calling out all prejudice/hate when it happens, and addressing and reversing systemic biases that keep the underprivileged people underprivileged"

If one can't agree with this description of being anti-racist, they're either not helping bring about the equality they may claim to want, or they're actually just a racist themselves and lack either empathy, perspective, or both

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"Biden Blasts Supreme Court" could have a whole new meaning after their latest ruling

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Both eyes open can be better for your aim if you can resolve both images of the sights and place the target exactly between the images. Takes practice but seems to have a higher skill ceiling

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Gay women are called lesbians because the woman credited with being the first historically confirmed homosexual woman, the Greek poet Sappho, was from Lesbos.

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The title text in papyrus was pretty impactful

None of the rest of the film was though

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I see no downside to living forever because if the heat death of the universe is truly the eternity I'm doomed to, then I'll eventually become so deprived of sensory input that there would be no difference between life and death.

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Food pantry time

No but by refusing to retire when Obama was still able to appoint her replacement (because she believed Hillary would win) she inadvertently allowed Trump to pick her replacement

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Orders a

Orders a beer"; DROP TABLE beverages; --

Orders a beer%s%s%s%s

I'm so down for this for items that I don't need indefinitely. It reduces waste.

I know Aperture Labs is portrayed as horribly corrupt and unethical when compared to real-life science, but I feel like this is better than real companies because it's doing exactly the same thing but with full transparency.

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I can't do my creative project because executive dysfunction stops me from getting things moving when I try to start

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That field could be used to grow a different crop than grass, which would use less water per calorie of human food produced

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Fragile ego. Become truly indifferent to pronouns to destroy all gender roles and eliminate the ability for anyone to be transphobic by normalizing any self expression for any person.

Dude will evolve to become a personality archetype moreso than a gender-associated noun.

If this is torment, how would you describe what those children went through?

It is harm reduction to vote for the less fascist of the two fascist candidates with a chance of winning.

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I hate to engage in stereotype, but I really hope Kamala Harris plays up the black woman trope of being vocal and adamant about calling out the bullshit they know everyone can see. We've had too many white male presidents who embody the white male trope of failing upwards.

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Let them try to make games with only AI and see how they sell. This strike is to force producers to go "all or nothing" with AI, and choosing "all" is a terrible idea

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Temu uses illegal marketing tactics. The illegal marketing tactic they used on you was the Bait and Switch. These tactics are illegal because they are effective. Many people with weaker wills would just say "fuck it" and check out anyway, rather than deleting the app. These people prop up Temu and give them the funds to continue running their illegal business the way they do.

I'm just wondering why the FTC hasn't fined the app out of operating in the US yet

Me in 2024 when a robotic voice says "Around the world" any even number of times

Aggressively cropped is my favorite google review screenshot subgenre