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  1. Comment on Tildos, let's be unserious for a while; show us your dankest memes and god-tier shitposts! in ~talk

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    One and a half fortnightly has a ring to it As does trinundinum

    One and a half fortnightly has a ring to it

    As does trinundinum

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  2. Comment on Babylon 5 S01E20: "Babylon Squared" - Episode Discussion in ~tv

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    I may have lied just a bit in my last post. ʘ‿ʘ (in the previous thread) For dramatic irony, I swear

    I may have lied just a bit in my last post. ʘ⁠‿⁠ʘ (in the previous thread)

    For dramatic irony, I swear

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Ukrainian drones hit more sites of Russian online retailer Wildberries in ~society

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    I hope most people feel empathy, but as someone who experiences rather an excess of it, my care and compassion for innocents harmed does not blind me to the realities of the situation. And even...

    I hope most people feel empathy, but as someone who experiences rather an excess of it, my care and compassion for innocents harmed does not blind me to the realities of the situation. And even though I do wish for an end to the war, I know the only immediate solution would be total capitulation. And that would not stop the harm either.

    Maybe if I had magic powers I'd come to a different conclusion.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on Daniel Ortega says Nicaragua will no longer hold elections in ~society

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    I didn't say I agreed with it and while I cannot tell which "you" you mean, either assumption is equally indicative of my point. Hence "I'm not going to convince you" and I don't particularly care...

    I didn't say I agreed with it and while I cannot tell which "you" you mean, either assumption is equally indicative of my point. Hence "I'm not going to convince you" and I don't particularly care to.

    But again, maybe I'm wrong and they literally want that. Doesn't seem like it, personally. Either way, still think this was the least charitable interpretation/assumption.

    5 votes

  5. Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (July 2026) in ~health.mental

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    I have not been this depressed for a while. Usually it's not taking my ADHD meds that leads me to feel worthless and depressed. But I'm taking them. I'm doing the thing. Some of the federal...

    I have not been this depressed for a while. Usually it's not taking my ADHD meds that leads me to feel worthless and depressed. But I'm taking them. I'm doing the thing. Some of the federal discrimination has just hit my job and I'm not thrilled about it, but even that isn't the cause. (We're going to do our best but are being forced into compliance.)

    I'm just sad and my work face has covered it up fairly well. But when I hit my car the mask falls off and I'm just crumbling. I've got caregiver burnout pretty bad but mostly, depression. (Or maybe it's the burnout pretending to be depression. )

    After the hypertensive episode I'm taking new meds, and I'm also easily worn out and overheating in a way that makes me uncertain if it's perimenopause or something else. And maybe that would explain the mood. Idk. Why is fatigue, pain, and lack of temperature regulation just basically the symptoms for everything?

    It's a closed loop and I'm worn thin. And thinner. And thinner.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on US judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over books used to train Claude in ~books

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    It'll take a while because money may be put in escrow but won't be dispersed until final appeals! (I got my info from Courtney Milan on bsky, former law clerk for O'Conner and current romance...

    It'll take a while because money may be put in escrow but won't be dispersed until final appeals! (I got my info from Courtney Milan on bsky, former law clerk for O'Conner and current romance author, who I can usually trust on such things. But glad to hear it match up)

    Best of luck getting paid. Hopefully it is dispersed directly to registered class members the way smaller settlements are.

    8 votes

  7. Comment on DNA tests are uncovering the true prevalence of incest (gifted link) in ~health

  8. Comment on Daniel Ortega says Nicaragua will no longer hold elections in ~society

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    sigh they're not. Or at the least you're jumping to a lot of conclusions to get there. But if you insist on that read, I'm not going to convince you.

    sigh they're not. Or at the least you're jumping to a lot of conclusions to get there. But if you insist on that read, I'm not going to convince you.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Daniel Ortega says Nicaragua will no longer hold elections in ~society

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    Because it's a fantasy? "Man it sure would be nice" Idk I just think it's weird to argue with someone who's basically like "I want a perfect government system (IMO) and have an unrealistic...

    Because it's a fantasy? "Man it sure would be nice"

    Idk I just think it's weird to argue with someone who's basically like "I want a perfect government system (IMO) and have an unrealistic mechanism for that" that this is an unrealistic enforcement mechanism.

    I get why you think it's a bad mechanism, I just don't think that's relevant to the "I wish" vibe. But just my opinion.

    5 votes

  10. Comment on Daniel Ortega says Nicaragua will no longer hold elections in ~society

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    They realize it's an unrealistic expectation. Idk why you're expecting realism?

    They realize it's an unrealistic expectation. Idk why you're expecting realism?

    5 votes

  11. Comment on US judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over books used to train Claude in ~books

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    Authors should make about 3k per qualified book which is something at least. Though they won't get paid until the appeals end. ETA: copyright holders will make that, which means publishers will...

    Authors should make about 3k per qualified book which is something at least. Though they won't get paid until the appeals end.

    ETA: copyright holders will make that, which means publishers will likely get half in many cases and some authors have been screwed over by publishers not registering the copyright as promised, removing their ability to get damages

    But it's a significant financial penalty

    And I hope they win against everyone

    13 votes

  12. Comment on Tildos, let's be unserious for a while; show us your dankest memes and god-tier shitposts! in ~talk

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    I am not good at on demand shit posting but in the tradition of stealing from funnier people and the current movie threads Why didn't the eagles just fly Odysseus straight to Ithaca?

    I am not good at on demand shit posting but in the tradition of stealing from funnier people and the current movie threads

    Why didn't the eagles just fly Odysseus straight to Ithaca?

    12 votes

  13. Comment on Tildos, let's be unserious for a while; show us your dankest memes and god-tier shitposts! in ~talk

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    I always had premonition dreams about starting my period. Probably due to anxiety and some subliminal cues I wasn't good at picking up consciously as a teen, but I was always correct. Doesn't...

    I always had premonition dreams about starting my period. Probably due to anxiety and some subliminal cues I wasn't good at picking up consciously as a teen, but I was always correct.

    Doesn't happen now that I have an implant but neither do the periods.

    5 votes

  14. Comment on Avengers: Doomsday | Official trailer in ~movies

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    I watched a vid of a mom showing her kids Infinity War and Endgame and seeing their reactions to everything (and the trauma) reminded me of the joy of it all.

    I watched a vid of a mom showing her kids Infinity War and Endgame and seeing their reactions to everything (and the trauma) reminded me of the joy of it all.

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  16. Comment on Sweden prides itself on equality, so why is its political gender gap growing – as general election looms, survey shows twice as many men as women support far-right Sverigedemokraterna in ~society

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    Yeah As I said But I'm aware that stoking racism/xenophobia for votes is easier.

    Yeah

    As I said

    I believe in the ability of Sweden's political parties to come up with humanistic immigration policies that don't play on racism and don't exclude immigrants to the extent that they cannot assimilate. (Which seems to be the pattern of what happens when second and third generation immigrants don't assimilate: because there are no or very few effective pathways for it.)

    But I'm aware that stoking racism/xenophobia for votes is easier.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Andy Burnham succeeds Keir Starmer as the UK's seventh prime minister in ten years in ~society

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    The article reads And the headline has changed (or they have done that thing where what shows on a website is different than on an article, or AB tested it, or whatever)

    The article reads

    Burnham becomes the U.K.'s seventh prime minister in a little over a decade since Britons voted in June 2016 to leave the European Union.

    And the headline has changed (or they have done that thing where what shows on a website is different than on an article, or AB tested it, or whatever)

    3 votes

  18. Comment on Sweden prides itself on equality, so why is its political gender gap growing – as general election looms, survey shows twice as many men as women support far-right Sverigedemokraterna in ~society

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    I knew what you meant, and we're referring to the same thing. Moving to the center isn't serving the left or the people, IMO, nor helping elections

    I knew what you meant, and we're referring to the same thing. Moving to the center isn't serving the left or the people, IMO, nor helping elections

    4 votes

  19. Comment on US President Donald Trump says he will impose fifty percent tariffs on Canadian goods in thirty days in ~society

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    The original question you quote was posed by a different person than the one you're replying to.

    The original question you quote was posed by a different person than the one you're replying to.

    9 votes

  20. Comment on US President Donald Trump says he will impose fifty percent tariffs on Canadian goods in thirty days in ~society

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    Your opinion of my language has been noted. As I am the "original commenter" you referred to.

    Your opinion of my language has been noted. As I am the "original commenter" you referred to.

    10 votes