I feel like "mansplaining" has lost all meaning. It used to be about men going out of their way to correct someone that didn't need correcting, particularly if they were wrong themselves, and most often with women. Now people use it on men just...saying things to anyone.

I get that people are touchy on the subject, and I respect anyone's right to not want or need help. I think how Mr. Solomon handled it was correct - ask if they want your input and respect their answer. It'd just be nice if people didn't use cultural memes to dismiss others out of hand.

I've been constantly amazed at how normalized it's gotten for not only other companies, but for governments, to rely so much on sites like Twitter, Facebook, etc, for essential information like Amber Alerts. Shit like this hopefully makes people more aware of how treacherous it is to rely on corporate services for public services. Maybe the gov will finally institute their own web services for public information (unlikely) or at least enact boundaries on services that have been widely adopted (slight more likely).

You're linking your own post about assuming what the admins in .world have done as if it's definitive proof. After a definitive statement is made one way or the other, then you can start freaking out. Until then, just stop it with the conspiratorial garbage.

That's still a benefit to Reddit, though. I'm torn, because Reddit's archive of threads is a great trove of information, but to hit them where it hurts, the flow of users needs to be restricted as much as possible.

Let’s all unite around pride in America instead of falling into the trap of dividing along lines of identity politics.

They say, totally not engaging in "identity politics" 🙄

Go into the viewing history and wipe it. Then maybe view some more normal stuff to set it on a good track. That should give a good reset for her, though it wouldn't stop her from just looking it up again, of course.

Could be worth looking into Misophonia. Basically it's an irrational anger response to specific noises that vary person to person. I don't know enough about it to say how it can be dealt with, but it may be something you could find a specialist for.

What's wrong with a nose? :^(

Lemmings jumping off a cliff is a myth set up for a "documentary" by Disney. They literally chased them off the cliff to get the footage.

So it's actually pretty apropos, as most people are going to be confused/ill-informed about what Lemmy is for a while.

This is not a comment on you, but I do the same thing and have come to realize it's at least in part a response to being judged in some way (or feeling judged at least) over things I shared with my family, so now I just don't share.

If it's important to you, it might be worth having a conversation about why they are withholding and, if it's for similar reasons, addressing why they feel that way and assuring them you'll do your best to keep them from feeling bad about sharing.

They're banning it for third-parties specifically. They know it drives traffic and are ensuring they get all of it.

Dude's just handing a lady some spaghetti, y'all. Does he really need to be "on" for that?

Isn't this why a lot of companies have essentially mandatory vacation for their accountants? Gives a baked in reason to have another set of eyes on the practices of the department.

have been pleasantly surprised to see very little “le narwhal bacons when?” shit so far

You've been away from there for a while huh? That's ancient Reddit stuff at this point.

Why would we subsidize this small group? Why would we effectively pay them to use Reddit but not everybody else who also contributes to Reddit?”

Wait? Is he talking about mods here? What an absolutely brain dead, mask-off take. Any mod that doesn't see this statement as a slap in the face is either too bought in to think objectively, or simply likes being taken advantage of. Wow.

Not about the mods. Still dumb af.

Bobert is a dumbass, but this is so dumb. The crassness mixed with the refusal to utter a curse word makes it even worse.

$40 billion for outdated and outclassed infrastructure. Brilliant.

Would be better spent ripping the current fiber infrastructure that exists from the hands of isps holding it hostage and expanding it.

Reddit's actual daily users only equates to about half that number. While an interesting metric, Google search rates don't equate to users. Heck, my searching for that information contributed to that and I didn't click through to Reddit once.

It's not a suggestion. It's what they're doing right now.

Gonna be another spike in the next week, so probably not soon, but it will die down.