good thing they got these dangerous menaces behind bars! Who knows how many poor widdle defenseless mega corps got hurt :,(

Ironically, defending arguments using scientific studies and experiments, but not being able to think critically about the methodology used or what the results mean. Too often people will cite scientific literature based off the title and MAYBE skim it. Trying to have a discussion with them will usually result in them calling you anti-science.

A good example is the pseudo-scientific belief common within incel circles that women can store and absorb dna from past sexual partners and that their children can then have more than one genetic father (an excuse to shame sexually active women while fear mongering about cuckoldry). If you track down the source the study actually explicitly explains exactly why this isn't the case.

Your probably seeing more anti-protest sentiment there because pro-protesters are not on the site now to defend themselves, were all on lemmy/kbin or taking a break from social media.

I made it a lemming. (lets hope this uploads right 🤞)

A good example of an amazing tech hampered by the capitalist system, and very good argument for open source and right to repair.

I don't know why you're insisting people who don't like lemmygrad are anti-communists. Not all communists are pro-stalin tankies.

I think that's the difference between pirates that believe in free exchange of media and information, who take a moral stance against the corporations... vs guys who just want the easiest way to see the newest marvel movie without paying, they are already going out of there comfort zone to learn to pirate at all and they don't want any further inconvenience.

Learning to make, repair and upcycle my own clothes instead of relying of badly made polyester fast fashion that doesn't fit well. Also getting my fitness up so I can bike instead of drive which is difficult because I live in an absurdly hilly area.

I'm getting frustrated with people who are saying they don't want only fans girls here advertising but still want free porn. So much of reddit nsfw was stolen content, some people are so entitled. If you want free porn the least you can do is let sex workers plug their socials.

Its so frustrating when I see other minorities use that argument because their suicide statistics are also typically higher! That's the nature of oppression.

A huge annoyance was that there was already subs for asking sex questions but people found it easier to karma farm in the main ones so they were barely used. Hopefully without karma here that will be avoided.

joking about fucking a bear in a dnd game is just as bad as jacking off to pictures of children. I'm learning so much.

not a 90s kid but it feels similar to the early 2000s internet to me

The breed bans are so misguided and wont fix anything. We know now, with scientific evidence, that breed is NOT the cause of aggression. Also while some dogs like pitbulls have stronger bite forces that may contribute to worse injuries, that bite force is roughly matched by german shepherds (which are suspiciously absent from the proposed banned breed list despite this, I'm sure it has nothing to do with their use by the police surely). In fact there are dogs with higher bite forces than both these breeds that don't even make the list.

Also without DNA testing you cannot know what is an isn't a pitbull. You may think you know a pit when you see one but this just isn't the case. If you have ANY rescue mutt regardless of appearance it may have a higher content than many dogs that are labelled pits on sight alone.

The issue of breeds being over-represented in attacks is not one of biology, it's one of culture. The more fear mongering about these animals there is the more attractive they are to dipshits who want a dangerous dog, the same dipshits that generally know nothing about canine behaviour or training and think beating an animal will make it behave. Laws like this may actually make the issue WORSE by making the breed more tantalizing to edge-lords.

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7F4OfDSvPU

I was going to just link the articles and studies individually but I think this video is more accessible. If anyone wants to do a deep dive you can check out the literature mentioned in your own time.

Do not get me wrong, the dog attacks are a serious issue and owners need to be better held to accountable. However banning breeds is a distraction and makes the issue needlessly divisive. They risk losing support from owners of banned breeds for the actually good legislation proposed.

INB4 someone doesn't read any of this unhinged screed I've written and calls me a salty pit owner, I have never owned a pit I'm just passionate about animals and the associated science.

if I see one of these things I'm throwing it into the nearest river

I've been meaning to start a music collection for a bunch of old goth music from small bands that risks being lost to time. Thanks for this post I'm gonna get my ass moving on it.

Wasn't entirely sure where best to post this, but I assume people in here could make the most use of this info.

fuck yes!

I know its not the main point of the article but I really want to bring attention to

"A lot of people don't realise that you don't need a fancy coffin, you don't need to have embalming, you don't really need a service," she said.

The funeral industry itself, insurance aside is SO predatory and will try to guilt grieving people into paying more. It's a total rip, please talk to your loved ones about death and how they would want to be remembered so some dipshit funeral director can't con you into an extravagant affair by claiming it's what your loved ones would have wanted.

I've played it, it's very fun. I wanna also recommend the game "webbed". It was made in QLD by an indie team and I love it so much, it's a platformer where you play as a jumping spider swinging spider-man style around the bush.