[-] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

Depressingly, that would be a relative improvement.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

Well damn then.
That's extra depressing.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I'm pretty sure the cost of living numbers are for a household, not an individual.

So unless we're looking to get back to single income households, the min wage should be divided by two.

[-] [email protected] 86 points 15 hours ago

Unless you're actively being targeted for some specific reason (NSA kind of reason) in practical terms it's unheard of.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The United Federation of Planets

[-] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago

He's a bowler I think.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

That just reinforces my point

[-] [email protected] 44 points 1 day ago

Personally, I’ve written off America. It\s now officially a fascist hellhole.

That's how the fascists win.

"All that's needed for evil to prevail, is for good men to do nothing."
- Someone I don't remember

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

I like to simply call him Rump

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

The key difference between religions and cults, is the level of restrictions on outside information.

On that scale cults are at one end, religion in the middle, and science at the other end.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

How would you?
Date men and women? Anyone can do that.
Go further? You could be still be pretending.

You can't really externally "prove" an internal subjective feeling.

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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

To my mind, Ban has always meant permanent.
"You're banned from this place! You'll never be allowed in again!"

While I've always thought of Suspend as being temporary.
"You're being suspended from school for 1 week, over fighting."

Ban:

  1. to prohibit especially by legal means
  2. bar entry

Suspend:

  1. to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function
  2. a: to cause to stop temporarily
    b: to set aside or make temporarily inoperative
  3. to defer to a later time on specified conditions
  4. to hold in an undetermined or undecided state awaiting further information

When I hear someone mention they were banned my reaction is: "Holy shit! WTF did you do to earn that!" Then I find out it was only for a day or three: "Oh... That's not a Ban! That's minor. Go touch grass. You'll be fine."

I've been banned from subreddits and communities a few times. At least once I never even noticed because it was so short.

How is it a Ban if I didn't even notice?

Why did Ban in online forums and games, come to mean temporary?

Is it simply an example of the intensification of language? To make something mundane, seem more severe than it is?

Does it bother anyone else? Or am I alone here?

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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I'm genuinely curious about peoples thoughts on this.

It made sense for a while. But the branding change was 16 months ago. The URI change was 3 months ago. Everybody knows now what X is. Yet for some reason, I still see in news stories today:
"... on X — formerly known as Twitter — and said ..."
I really don't think that's needed anymore. But I'm always one to want changes as fast and painless as possible.

So what do you think would be an appropriate amount of time to keep reminding everyone that Twitter is now X?
Months?
Years?
How many?

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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Kagi AI summery:
Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is suing SpaceX for allegedly taking over a plot of land on the US/Mexico border that CAH purchased in 2017 to prevent the construction of Trump's border wall. CAH claims it maintained the land but SpaceX later moved construction equipment and materials onto the property without permission. The lawsuit seeks up to $15 million in damages to restore the land and cover losses, and also requests punitive damages. CAH says SpaceX never asked for permission to use the property and never apologized for the damage. The lawsuit includes before and after photos purporting to show SpaceX's use of the land.

And CAH's website all about it

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