SaltSong

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Agreed on all points. But rational thinking is necessary for a functioning democracy.

As you observe, that's one reason we don't have one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I think you missed the entire point of my statement, which, amusingly, proves my point.

The older generations get pissy about being called the "Democrat party" rather than "Democratic party," which, to be fair, is the proper name. But it's really a stupid thing to get worked up over.

The fact that you didn't even realize that I we talking about such a silly little thing is reasonably good evidence that it is, in fact, irrelevant to modern democrats.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Did any of the passengers on those 7,000 flights get any compensation? Or just a "so sorry, out of our control?"

Looks like delta tried to dismiss the passengers claims, but they are being sued for it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The DNC can do far better, yes. But the voters can also do better. Thinking critically is an important part of participating in democracy.

As I said before the election, there was no option that did not include US funded murder of children. If Trump had been an outspoken opponent of the war in Gaza, (and we had any reason to believe him) then I could see the argument. But that was not the case, was it?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

When your choice is keeping the status quo, or everything getting a lot worse, that doesn't seem to be a difficult choice.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Democrat Party

This "red flag" is meaningless to people broke the age of 50 or so. I am a Democrat. I vote for the candidate who is a Democrat. Obama was a Democrat.

I don't have time to get pissy over the difference between the noun and the adjective. If that's all the points they can score on us, they are welcome to them.

The review by 538 is a much more important judgement.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

My grocery store started selling Envy apples. I find them to be my new favorites.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Local board game shop.

If you aren't there, I'm never gonna find you.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This sort of thing is supposed to discourage the bots that reddit is plagued with.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

All the time.

I just can't be bothered.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

they say it's not the crime, but the cover up.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Do you think the news just appears on webpages for us to consume?

Particularly in the case of investigative journalism, there is a skill involved in writing the stories, and it consumes the time and effort of many people.

Charging money for your work is not "gatekeeping." It's how you keep eating.

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Naked Prisoners (startrek.website)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Is there an easier way to get clothing for a prisoner than drafting a pawn and having them strip in the cell before walking naked back to the cloths storage?

 

Has anyone here participated in the Fairborn Community Gardens in the past? I'm trying to get an idea of what the "normal" approach is, and what the general expectations are.

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Autoplay Videos (startrek.website)
 

New to this whole Lemmy platform, but I'm liking it.

One problem I'm having is auto-play videos when I open some discussions. Not in the comments, but the post itself starts playing.

I'll skip my usual rant about what I think should be done to whoever decided to make that a feature, and just ask how to turn it off. I have "auto expand media" unchecked in my lemmy settings.

I appreciate any advice.

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