It’s really dependent on your instance as well. Lemmy is not homogenous.

It's hard to tell. I've worked at places that would definitely fire me for using a week of vacation, and legally in my state vacation isn't a tangible guaranteed thing; it's completely legal to just fire the employee instead if they try to use it without compensation. Practically some jobs don't have time off. You just get fired.

Maybe it’s a good thing if the Internet eats itself.

The problem is voters who imagine they’ll be the wealthy landowners and not working in the fields.

Where there are humans, there is porn. This is stupid, virtue-signaling ass bullshit. You cannot stem the flow of the porn unless you take away every form of independent creative expression, stand between every single two humans communicating, and...

Ah, yes. Republicans. Authoritarianism at its dumbest. My guess is it's for leverage to further justify the need for a police state.

It’s the risk you take. I’ve met some of the most interesting people this way. If you go into it with an open mind and understand that usually it’s not going to work out, you’ll be better for it.

How dare you demand I perform my public duties!

Bike lanes might have lead to cheaper parking due to fewer cars.

We must construct additional pylons.

I'm glad this is posted in blahaj. Easily could become bait for offensive comments.

More on point -- she isn't merely controversial. That would imply that the reasonableness of her position is debatable, but it's simply wrong. She's been unacceptable for a long time because of her extremely inappropriate statements and actions, which from her high-visibility position causes real harm. To me, this isn't new information.

I hope these reports are taken very seriously.

As an engineer, with all of these blueprints, no one in the company knows how it works. I guarantee it.