At the height of the Colin Kaepernick nonsense, my cousin got married to a cop.

So the reception is going normally when everyone is asked to stand and they started playing the National fucking Anthem. Literally everyone was surprised and taken aback by this, but most complied and faced the flag.

My Very Conservative Uncle, however, was busy having a conversation with me. Next to my chair. On one knee. During the anthem.

To his credit, nobody laughed harder about it than he did. "Of course I'm the guy taking a knee during the anthem!" He also was blocking me in and gave me the perfect excuse to do what I'd planned to anyway and remain seated because what the fuck? Are we in North Korea and need to tribute Glorious Leader at every event?

That was probably one of the last family functions I've been to, come to think of it.

Its the best conclusion for every wrong reason possible.

Broken clocks, man, I'm telling you.

Yes.

I upvote because I strongly disagree.

The better educated and informed the populace, the better and more informed their decisions will be as well as their ability to articulate the how and why of those decisions.

If you can't even agree on objective reality, then there's no way a coherent discourse can ever be achieved.

For people complaining this is internal news, I should think the leader of any "democratic" nation offering to openly bribe the populace to stay in power - amidst an illegal war - would be something to pay attention to. Just like German internal politics getting weird and making world news.

I understand the overall anti-American sentiment and can't say I'm upset with anyone for feeling that way given how my government has handled itself internationally. However, this one is a big deal. Change the names to a British or German or French PM and party and suddenly it's appropriate again?

My point being some things will have external repercussions despite being internal debates - Brexit being an example of an internal debate with global consequences. Or, y'know, Trump being elected. Again.

What's the issue with systemd?

I was shy about Linux for far too long, but have jumped in with both feet recently.

Yeah, CachyOS has been working just fine for me. And while both of those points raise an eyebrow for me, I have also heard things about the Cachy team that do the same. Perfect can't be the enemy of good enough. Though to that second point you raised, I just watched a [Veritasium?] video recently on how just such a system-level package was very nearly compromised by what has all the hallmarks of a malicious state actor precisely because it was so seemingly innocuous and open.

I appreciate the clear and concise explanation. Cheers, friend.

Don't confuse me with that thing that was ostensibly a government once. Please.

Sjin for touching kids.

The rest of the Yogscast for just generally being shitty people once they hit the six figure earning mark doing things like promising a game and then running away with the crowdfunding.

TotalBiscuit died.

TheSpiffingBrit went from faux elitism to actual elitism and I just don't find him funny anymore.

To be perfectly clear, the only AI I am subscribed to is the one Proton gives with their family plan VPN bundle, and I didn't choose it. I used it to edit a letter I wrote once and otherwise trust it as far as I can throw its server.

This knee-jerk reaction to anything with the letters AI attached being bad is just so silly. Y'all are acting the way Republicans act when it comes to the word "queer." Just because it's in the vicinity of you doesn't mean you're contaminated, you've caught it, you're now one of them.

This is a highly intelligent individual - controversial hot takes notwithstanding - utilizing a tool in a way that has proven itself to be very effective when used properly. Nobody is saying you have to get ready to be a switch in the bedroom any more than they're saying you have to use AI.

Distro maintenance is a difficult and thankless task, and having a tool that can scan and analyze code orders of magnitude faster than you as well as make suggestions on how to fix it isn't an inherently bad thing. Setting that tool loose with unlimited agency would be a bad thing, but where oh where is Linus saying he's gonna give Claude full read/write access to the entire kernel and walk away forevermore?

Hate on AI bros all you want. I'm with you there, most of them are idiots that don't know their mouth from their anus and speak from both equally. I don't think Linus fits that particular picture [hot takes notwithstanding!] when it comes to using the new tool on the market in a reasonable and measured way.

Sure, let's dump on the only guy demonstrably working to improve the lives of his constituents in whatever way he can in a system designed to concentrate wealth and power away from the people.

Perfect cannot be the enemy of good when the rest of the political landscape is clearly significantly worse.

Also, while COL in NYC is definitely not low, the pay at least allows one to actually survive because of the already-somewhat-progressive nature of NYC politics. Compare that to Florida where the pay for licensed and experienced Nurses for example is literally half that offered in New York and there are zero unions and/or worker protections besides, then maybe we can agree that forcing the predatory companies to at least be slightly less shady and let people show monetary appreciation for a job well done when clearly nobody else will is absolutely a lesser evil on the road to becoming something worthwhile one day.

For super-lefty Lemmy, shitting on the most openly and demonstrably active socialist politician in the country is kinda funny.

You and I might not have the mental and emotional bandwidth for "yet another crisis," but there are real people living harsh realities everywhere. Minimizing any of them makes you little better than any Zionist crying about the rocks Palestinian kids throw over the walls of the West Bank.

Classic case of if you've nothing nice to say, nicer to say nothing.

There truly is no bottom.

Do you honestly think the person sleeping outside gives a fuck how people describe it? The only thing they actually care about is the next thing to eat and a place safe from the weather.

Source: slept rough.

He was the punkest motherfucker I ever did see

Aw, hell, he's even more punk than me!

Edit: kerning

The Post is only fulfilling its original purpose since it was founded by Alexander Hamilton; it is a political mouthpiece for the moneyed interests in New York City.

One of their earliest political hit pieces absolutely decimated John Adams' already tenuous political career in the public eye and ultimately paved the way for Jeffersonian politics to calcify around the heart of our nation's politics.

Joined just in time for the discovery of the safe.

Witnessed the "Don't ask me how I took this picture" in real time.

Exhaled heartily through my nose at many a meme.

Left because the experience turned to absolute dogshit over the past four or five years. Like, it was already declining in quality by 2018, but man oh man has it really throttled up on the nosedive.

As a questionably-sighted individual myself, I can fully appreciate an expert not wanting to feel perpetually half useless in a time of extended stress and crisis. Seriously, when all the world becomes a Monet painting it is a very different experience than when you can make things out with definition and clarity at reasonable distances.

He doesn't live in the same reality the rest of us do. Like it or not, there are hordes of people who want to be just like him and believe their day is coming tomorrow, so they will gladly support him while he runs their pockets telling you with a straight face all the while that you're wrong, he's not a thief and a liar.

The further to the right side of the bell curve you end up on, the more people are going to end up missing your point - and the greater realities of things - with seeming determination. And then some people, like Zuck, are just plain psychopathic; there is zero concern or care for any other human being unless it somehow directly affects them.

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