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Comment on Patterns of worldwide religious affiliation, participation, and belief in ~humanities
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Comment on SpaceX is acquiring xAI in ~space
DefinitelyNotAFae LinkXAI owns Twitter and now Space X buys xAI.... This feels like a shell game.XAI owns Twitter and now Space X buys xAI....
This feels like a shell game.
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Comment on A 24-year-old Frenchman shows up at hospital with a World War I shell lodged in his rectum in ~news
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentI do not, thankfully have to deal with this at my day job, BUT, I have been around enough medical folks and read enough to know what happens. It's not just the backdoor either, I literally just...I do not, thankfully have to deal with this at my day job, BUT, I have been around enough medical folks and read enough to know what happens. It's not just the backdoor either, I literally just read about a man that post-surgery for removing an object from the rectum disassembled his IV pole and inserted a piece into his urethra.
That is definitely more a psychological thing though. Lots of folks are just far too embarrassed to acquire and use a sex toy, especially with the implication of homosexuality.
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Comment on A 24-year-old Frenchman shows up at hospital with a World War I shell lodged in his rectum in ~news
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentUnfortunately this is quite common, lots of people falling on things without flared bases. And some folks who engage in basically self harm levels and can't be left alone with cylindrical objects...Unfortunately this is quite common, lots of people falling on things without flared bases. And some folks who engage in basically self harm levels and can't be left alone with cylindrical objects in the hospital.
Of any kind.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 26 in ~society
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentYeah idk about David, like I said he's still around. Haven't seen Webb though on the circuit and I watch a decent amount of British panel shows ( but not all by any means)Yeah idk about David, like I said he's still around. Haven't seen Webb though on the circuit and I watch a decent amount of British panel shows ( but not all by any means)
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Comment on Patterns of worldwide religious affiliation, participation, and belief in ~humanities
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentThe fly out on religious affiliation It's explicitly defined and explained. If I say I'm Catholic but don't believe in God I'd get marked as religious. Emphasis mine.The fly out on religious affiliation
One way to understand how religious a society is, and what religions people identify with, is to simply ask people directly.
At the bottom of this article, we discuss some of the limitations of relying on self-reported survey data.Globally, most people say they belong to a religion, with Christianity and Islam accounting for the largest shares, but patterns vary widely across countries and regions.
Thatβs what the data on religious affiliation in this section captures. It relies on survey and census responses. Someone is described as being religious or non-religious based on their self-identification. If they report in a survey that they are Christian, Muslim, or Hindu, this is what is recorded, regardless of their actual practices or specific beliefs.
In this section, we look at this same affiliation data from several angles: how many people identify with a religion, which religions they identify with, and how these patterns vary across countries and regions.
Most of this data comes from the Pew Research Center. Its large global analyses are based on more than 2,700 sources of data, including national censuses, large-scale demographic surveys, general population surveys, and population registers.2
It's explicitly defined and explained. If I say I'm Catholic but don't believe in God I'd get marked as religious.
Emphasis mine.
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Comment on Patterns of worldwide religious affiliation, participation, and belief in ~humanities
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentIn this poll all "religious" means is affiliated with a religion or identifying as a religion. Not anything about beliefs or practices. I don't agree that it's misleading. The data is really...In this poll all "religious" means is affiliated with a religion or identifying as a religion. Not anything about beliefs or practices.
I don't agree that it's misleading. The data is really specific and they defined their terms.
The fact that folks gain church membership at birth absolutely skews that of course but it's not making any claims about the beliefs and is real data.
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Comment on Why do RSS readers look like email clients? in ~tech
DefinitelyNotAFae (edited )LinkTbh I hate a unified feed scroll and prefer the "email client" style. I miss Google reader quite a bit still. I wanted to read most if not all of articles of all the feeds I was following so for...Tbh I hate a unified feed scroll and prefer the "email client" style. I miss Google reader quite a bit still. I wanted to read most if not all of articles of all the feeds I was following so for me it was very distinct from the social media style feed where you miss things easily.
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Comment on List animals until failure in ~games
DefinitelyNotAFae Link Parentand neanderthal, homo sapiens sapiens (for human), homo erectus, etc.and
neanderthal, homo sapiens sapiens (for human), homo erectus, etc.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 26 in ~society
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentGiven the British comedy circuit I wouldn't be shocked if it was both but David Mitchell still shows up on panel shows and it looks like Robert Webb joined the "I'm not transphobic I'm gender...Given the British comedy circuit I wouldn't be shocked if it was both but David Mitchell still shows up on panel shows and it looks like Robert Webb joined the "I'm not transphobic I'm gender critical" team. They both advocated for Scotland to stay in the UK.
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Comment on A brief history of men's underwear in ~life.style
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentI think regular boxers just don't work because there's no gusset. But yeah idk I may try boxer briefs myself because I'm very tired of the underwear rolling down while the pants stay up or vice...I think regular boxers just don't work because there's no gusset.
But yeah idk I may try boxer briefs myself because I'm very tired of the underwear rolling down while the pants stay up or vice versa. I have zero hips.
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Comment on List animals until failure in ~games
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentFor sure, I don't think dog got overwritten for me but maybe it did. I was trying to follow the directions about ignoring the visual stuff happening. Like the title changing color if you named an...For sure, I don't think dog got overwritten for me but maybe it did. I was trying to follow the directions about ignoring the visual stuff happening. Like the title changing color if you named an animal with a color in its name
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Comment on List animals until failure in ~games
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentI listed a bunch of Aussie animals and it asked if I was Australian when I submitted Dingo then gave me that at the end. Idk if that impacted it or if it was because I had listed several other...I listed a bunch of Aussie animals and it asked if I was Australian when I submitted Dingo then gave me that at the end. Idk if that impacted it or if it was because I had listed several other canines first
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Comment on List animals until failure in ~games
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentI got 169 and a note about how they gave me the benefit of the doubt about dingos and dogs being separate as there's a debate. my results https://rose.systems/animalist 169 animals listed...I got 169 and a note
about how they gave me the benefit of the doubt about dingos and dogs being separate as there's a debate.my results
https://rose.systems/animalist
169 animals listed
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Comment on A brief history of men's underwear in ~life.style
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentBoyshorts can have the same elastic rolling and falling down issues (ignoring something more like TomboyX) but do have enough gusset for a pad. They also tend to have a shorter leg - though I've...Boyshorts can have the same elastic rolling and falling down issues (ignoring something more like TomboyX) but do have enough gusset for a pad. They also tend to have a shorter leg - though I've seen men's underwear of a similar shorts length, often in queer spaces.
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Comment on No bull: This Austrian cow has learned to use tools in ~science
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentOne explicitly mentions it (and the author has dealt with similar symptoms) but some characters also aren't doing so well after 10k years in my opinion. It's really hard to explain but I do...One explicitly mentions it (and the author has dealt with similar symptoms) but some characters also aren't doing so well after 10k years in my opinion.
It's really hard to explain but I do recommend it if you go in knowing that it really does all make sense together even if it doesn't seem like it
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Comment on What new poems have you come across this year? in ~books
DefinitelyNotAFae LinkI did not intend to read poems and then I did. For Renee Nicole Good Killed by I.C.E. January 7, 2026 by Amanda Gorman They say she is no more, That there her absence roars, Blood-blown like a...I did not intend to read poems and then I did.
For Renee Nicole Good Killed by I.C.E. January 7, 2026
by Amanda Gorman
They say she is no more,
That there her absence roars,
Blood-blown like a rose.
Iced wheels flinched & froze.
Now, bare riot of candles,
Dark fury of flowers,
Pure howling of hymns.If for us she arose,
Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief,
Crouches our power,
The howl where we begin,
Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater
Of the worst of what weβve been.Change is only possible,
& all the greater,
When the labour
& bitter anger of our neighbors
Is moved by the love
& better angels of our nature.What they call death & void,
We know is breath & voice;
In the end, gorgeously,
Endures our enormity.You could believe departed to be the dawn
When the blank night has so long stood.
But our bright-fled angels will never be fully gone,
When they forever are so fiercely Good.And on Instagram (because I cannot do justice by copying the text without her formatting.
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Comment on No bull: This Austrian cow has learned to use tools in ~science
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentAlas, it's hard to explain. Shortest version is that a character is complaining about people fixating on the death of cows and is sarcastically recounting being told repeatedly about how rich...Alas, it's hard to explain. Shortest version is that a character is complaining about people fixating on the death of cows and is sarcastically recounting being told repeatedly about how rich cows' interior lives are.
It's quite a good series but if I tried to explain it from this particular point it would sound more insane than one of the MCs
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Comment on No bull: This Austrian cow has learned to use tools in ~science
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentCows watch sunsetsCows watch sunsets
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Comment on You are being misled about renewable energy technology in ~enviro
DefinitelyNotAFae Link ParentBasically me except that we have a heat pump with auxiliary furnace (which has been getting a workout lately)Basically me except that we have a heat pump with auxiliary furnace (which has been getting a workout lately)
Except that isn't what "religious" means. It's referring to identification with a religion not belief or practice. In part, that's so that they can separate folks who identify with a religion and folks who say that they have belief in God, for example, or attend church with some frequency. But all of those things vary a lot depending on what religion somebody identifies with.