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  1. Comment on Looking for some advice on a cat food dispenser in ~life.pets

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    Have you used a dog food dispenser? Like just a bigger one? One of my cats just learned to headbutt the feeder so I don't have much other advice

    Have you used a dog food dispenser? Like just a bigger one?
    One of my cats just learned to headbutt the feeder so I don't have much other advice

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Amazon One Medical telehealth provider sued for US patient death in ~health

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    I don't know how sarcastic you're being, but he may have worked for them, meaning that they were fully covered or that he was strongly encouraged to go to their medical services first. Walmart...

    I don't know how sarcastic you're being, but he may have worked for them, meaning that they were fully covered or that he was strongly encouraged to go to their medical services first. Walmart does/did something similar.

    7 votes

  3. Comment on While a potential US acquisition of Greenland looks unlikely there are compelling reasons why this would be of benefit to the West's security in ~society

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    I think the read is correct, "Greenland is socialist and is willing to make independent decisions, maybe some we don't like so make it the US instead."

    I think the read is correct, "Greenland is socialist and is willing to make independent decisions, maybe some we don't like so make it the US instead."

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Is it just me or has advertising lost the plot entirely? in ~life

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    I cannot get my family off of Facebook messenger for similar android/iOS reasons, and it's annoying. I'm going to try a push to Signal again. I'm closer to your family member about ads than I'd...

    I cannot get my family off of Facebook messenger for similar android/iOS reasons, and it's annoying. I'm going to try a push to Signal again.

    I'm closer to your family member about ads than I'd like to be. There are times the targeted advertising is really useful, I've genuinely found small businesses that do in fact sell random niche things that I could use or make good gifts for my friends with similar tastes.

    It's more of a "if Google and Meta are going to know my entire life I might as well get ads for my cats instead of for wedding things or supplements" thing for me. I don't love them, but like, untargeted advertising is somehow worse as an experience.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Jet Lag: Hide + Seek Japan | Trailer in ~hobbies

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    My partner is home all day every day and while dropout is my only real subscription service, he watches a lot of media. We might drop some to save money, but we probably wouldn't add one, unless...

    My partner is home all day every day and while dropout is my only real subscription service, he watches a lot of media. We might drop some to save money, but we probably wouldn't add one, unless we added YouTube as part of dropping Spotify (because he listens to music like that and I don't)

    It is what it is.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Jet Lag: Hide + Seek Japan | Trailer in ~hobbies

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    I just clicked the spoilers. I can't afford another streaming service this year

    I just clicked the spoilers. I can't afford another streaming service this year

  7. Comment on While a potential US acquisition of Greenland looks unlikely there are compelling reasons why this would be of benefit to the West's security in ~society

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    It'd be an even greater benefit if you just took all of northern Russia. It'd really allow us to keep the Russian interests out.

    It'd be an even greater benefit if you just took all of northern Russia. It'd really allow us to keep the Russian interests out.

    8 votes

  8. Comment on Why democracy? in ~society

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    Wasn't he explicitly not a billionaire prior to Truth Social? He lied about it, but the common perspective was he was full of shit, and owed oligarchs money iirc

    Wasn't he explicitly not a billionaire prior to Truth Social? He lied about it, but the common perspective was he was full of shit, and owed oligarchs money iirc

    3 votes

  9. Comment on What are your favourite comfort re-reads? in ~books

  10. Comment on While a potential US acquisition of Greenland looks unlikely there are compelling reasons why this would be of benefit to the West's security in ~society

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    Doubling the population would have major ecological and sociological effects, and little guarantee that prices would reduce after major housing crises. That's not even getting into the cultural...

    Doubling the population would have major ecological and sociological effects, and little guarantee that prices would reduce after major housing crises.

    That's not even getting into the cultural impact on the people who live there. Looking at this as a financial win of any sort is a weird drowning in capitalism angle afaict. If the people there thought it would really help them, they could probably vote for it. I don't see them wanting to join our backward selves.

    9 votes

  11. Comment on Record-breaking heat likely to continue in 2025, accelerating climate change in ~enviro

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    And will be discussed by the Tildes bookclub at the end of January

    And will be discussed by the Tildes bookclub at the end of January

    4 votes

  12. Comment on While a potential US acquisition of Greenland looks unlikely there are compelling reasons why this would be of benefit to the West's security in ~society

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    If we controlled everything there'd be no more external national security issues. Clearly that's the logical outcome

    If we controlled everything there'd be no more external national security issues.

    Clearly that's the logical outcome

    13 votes

  13. Comment on What were your favorite books that you read this year, and why? in ~books

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    I agree that the Guards series probably would hit me different now than it did when I first read them. Night Watch is a classic though to watch him go back through the past traumas. Small Gods...

    I agree that the Guards series probably would hit me different now than it did when I first read them. Night Watch is a classic though to watch him go back through the past traumas. Small Gods never hit me quite so hard, perhaps because my religious experiences were different or at least different when I read them.

    I do love the Witches though, Equal Rites is more about dealing with Wizards and the later Witch books show them off better.

    Glad you found your way through them!

    2 votes

  14. Comment on $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot won in California in ~finance

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    Winning the lottery doesn't have quite the correlation to bankruptcy and sadness as often reported. And I can't find any info on suicide rates

    Winning the lottery doesn't have quite the correlation to bankruptcy and sadness as often reported.

    And I can't find any info on suicide rates

    4 votes

  15. Comment on Making sense of South Korea’s senseless martial law declaration in ~society

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    There is obviously and clearly a lot of regional and local history playing into this, but that summary sounded so familiar. One more proof America is not not exceptional, we're common as dirt.

    There is obviously and clearly a lot of regional and local history playing into this, but that summary sounded so familiar. One more proof America is not not exceptional, we're common as dirt.

    7 votes

  16. Comment on Pornhub to block access in thirteen states as age-verification laws expand across US in ~tech

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    "Think of the children" and " these substances are particularly unsafe for people whose brains are not fully developed and due to the physical and/or addictive risks we have an age minimum." are...

    "Think of the children" and " these substances are particularly unsafe for people whose brains are not fully developed and due to the physical and/or addictive risks we have an age minimum." are two different things.

    The language these laws are using is intentionally brosd. The Kansas law doesn't "prevent access to pornography" or even "obscene materials" it's "harmful to minors."

    The options here are not enact these laws or give 4 year olds a Jack and Coke with their heroin and personalized Pornhub login.

    30 votes

  17. Comment on HIV/AIDs-centered camp in northern Minnesota is closing, and that's wonderful! in ~lgbt

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    (LGBTQ due to the history of HIV and AIDS in the community and the shared stigma from the 90s, but it wasn't quite health either so move if you need to) Transmission from parent to child through...

    (LGBTQ due to the history of HIV and AIDS in the community and the shared stigma from the 90s, but it wasn't quite health either so move if you need to)

    The 80-acre site is home to a camp that has served kids living with or affected by HIV/AIDS for more than 30 years. But the number of babies contracting the virus through their mothers has declined to the point where such a camp no longer needs to exist. (Emphasis mine)

    As a Wisconsin college student, founder Neil Willenson read about a 5-year-old boy in the Milwaukee area living with HIV who faced isolationism and discrimination at his school. Willenson reached out to the family and got to know them, learning the virus’s deep effects on each member.

    He founded One Heartland in 1993 when he was 22, intending it to be a short project. Now 53, he often marvels at how quickly his college-age dreams of working in Hollywood as an actor and producer diverged to running a nonprofit.

    Transmission from parent to child through pregnancy/birth is down to less than 1%. There are just very few kids now born in the US needing this support. And they're not facing the imminent deaths of their family, camp friends and themselves the way it seemed 30 years ago. And while they're sad to see the camp go, they can't be mad about why it's not needed.

    For anyone that needs a win today, I hope this helped 💜🌈

    15 votes

  19. Comment on The Walmart effect in ~finance

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    Cool. I'm being more explicit this time that I'm done running in circles with you. I don't care.

    Cool. I'm being more explicit this time that I'm done running in circles with you. I don't care.

  20. Comment on The Walmart effect in ~finance

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    I've explained myself thoroughly multiple times and you're insisting on disagreeing with what I haven't said. Some small business are in fact worse by some metrics than large businesses because...

    I've explained myself thoroughly multiple times and you're insisting on disagreeing with what I haven't said.

    Some small business are in fact worse by some metrics than large businesses because they're outright directly and actively abusive and harmful to employees or exploit the vulnerable (but that wasn't my point. But it's all in how you're measuring bad. In the timeline of the sun none of this matters.

    My point was that small businesses don't all deserve to survive because they're small. Those are different. Please don't bother to repeat yourself.