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  1. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 15 in ~society

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    Probably illegal by itself Also there's no mechanism for collecting this Also if the companies pay it's definitely illegal to make the employees pay it back, because that's basically how you get...

    Probably illegal by itself
    Also there's no mechanism for collecting this
    Also if the companies pay it's definitely illegal to make the employees pay it back, because that's basically how you get passport confiscation style slavery

    Weren't we making a stupid fucking "Gold card visa"? Fuck.
    Who is actually happy about this?

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Samsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start showing you ads in ~tech

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    I have turned off the sounds on one machine but not the other. I don't remember which one. I don't know how to turn the other one off. I think it switches on some days which one plays the full song

    I have turned off the sounds on one machine but not the other. I don't remember which one. I don't know how to turn the other one off. I think it switches on some days which one plays the full song

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Is anyone else having trouble focusing? What strategies do you use to help with focus? in ~society

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    Ah I see what you're saying. Those "back in their day" thoughts aren't the thoughts I usually see - though some level of "people are being kidnapped and put in cages and brutalized my problems...

    Ah I see what you're saying. Those "back in their day" thoughts aren't the thoughts I usually see - though some level of "people are being kidnapped and put in cages and brutalized my problems aren't valid" is more common - but lots of people invalidate their own anxiety.

    I can usually catch myself and talk myself down these days but that wasn't always the case. It's taken a lot of practice and therapy to get here.

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  4. Comment on Is anyone else having trouble focusing? What strategies do you use to help with focus? in ~society

  5. Comment on Draft bill would, if passed, allow US President Donald Trump to wage war against drug traffickers and countries in ~society

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    Right but right now it's illegal. . He's gonna do it either way. Actually, IMO, (Republican) Congress wants to make it legal so they don't have to hear about it being illegal

    Right but right now it's illegal. So he wants to make it legal. He's gonna do it either way.

    Actually, IMO, (Republican) Congress wants to make it legal so they don't have to hear about it being illegal

    9 votes

  6. Comment on Is anyone else having trouble focusing? What strategies do you use to help with focus? in ~society

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    This is why I have a pumpkin full of ground meat chucked into my supervisees offices every now and then.

    This is why I have a pumpkin full of ground meat chucked into my supervisees offices every now and then.

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  7. Comment on Is anyone else having trouble focusing? What strategies do you use to help with focus? in ~society

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    I don't think this is only a pre-Gen Z belief. Anxiety is often coming from a place of unrealistic and unwarranted worry. That isn't a comparison thing, but a "my brain has decided I'm being fired...

    I don't think this is only a pre-Gen Z belief. Anxiety is often coming from a place of unrealistic and unwarranted worry. That isn't a comparison thing, but a "my brain has decided I'm being fired today because my boss sent a short reply instead of a smiley face" thing. (Fun fact, I'm not being fired. )

    But when anxieties revolve around plausible but exaggerated or even an accurate description of the situation just without the immediate doom anxiety tells you is coming, it can be harder to talk yourself out of that reaction. Because things are bad. You just also have to keep up your daily self-care, watering your plants and your cats too, partially because it grounds you and partially because it's important you survive the bad stuff.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Fat Bear Week is here early, and the bears are fat and playful in ~enviro

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    Happy to support you during the week if you're going on a salmon binge

    Happy to support you during the week if you're going on a salmon binge

    7 votes

  9. Comment on Is anyone else having trouble focusing? What strategies do you use to help with focus? in ~society

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    Adderall, mostly. But more seriously therapy, cutting off following the news during the day, and reminding myself of a post I keep sharing to students: Because you still need to live and eat and...

    Adderall, mostly.

    But more seriously therapy, cutting off following the news during the day, and reminding myself of a post I keep sharing to students:

    It's very hard to maintain mental health because so many coping strategies are based on the idea that your anxiety is unwarranted, and right now needs more of an "okay, extremely warranted but you still gotta water the plants or you'll have fascism AND dead plants" approach

    Because you still need to live and eat and pay your bills so that you can be there for your family and friends and neighbors, and we need you and your plants to not be dead, because that's not better.

    But I do highly recommend finding a good therapist who can help you with individual coping strategies.

    16 votes

  10. Comment on Fat Bear Week is here early, and the bears are fat and playful in ~enviro

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    chants Fat. Bear. Week. Fat. Bear. Week. Fat! Bear! Week! Gotta go pick my favorite to win now. As always RIP Otis, who's still Fat Bearing it in the Great Beyond.

    chants Fat. Bear. Week. Fat. Bear. Week. Fat! Bear! Week!

    Gotta go pick my favorite to win now.

    As always RIP Otis, who's still Fat Bearing it in the Great Beyond.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on What are some “sore thumb” lyrics for you? in ~music

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    I disagree with your dissection, because IMO it fully ignores the literal script of the movie's opening. The premise is blatantly eugenicist. IMO the clear messaging at the beginning of the movie...

    I disagree with your dissection, because IMO it fully ignores the literal script of the movie's opening. The premise is blatantly eugenicist. IMO the clear messaging at the beginning of the movie means it's operating on a premise of eugenics. The world only gets better when a genetically superior (to them) person shows up. Then that growth happens. Evolutionary theory has been used in racist and genocidal ways - removing "bad blood" from the gene pool, social Darwinism, scientific racism - so it's use here doesn't preempt eugenics, it's one of the strongest reasons I argue my point. Belief that if the wrong people - poor, dumb, whatever - reproduce then we de-evolve as a species is literally based on that they have worse genes than the other people.

    You also don't need to murder or commit genocide to be engaged in eugenics. But the idea that "educating people with low IQ" qualifies as genocide is IMO a near offensive take on the topic.

    You're free to have your opinion, I'm not saying you can't enjoy the movie. I'm not even saying that eugenics is the overarching message of the movie or that it's a "pro eugenic" message. I'm not at all talking about real world IQ. My point is always that eugenics is bullshit racist science so I don't need to read about how nurture is a stronger argument. But they could have started the film with a "nurture" based premise and didn't. It's a eugenics based premise because the script says so.

    I've read critiques of my position, that suggest I'm missing the subtle "show don't tell" messaging of how it's the capitalism thats bad actually, and yes the capitalism is bad, though I think that's "told" too. But the set up for the movie doesn't work without the idea of eu/dysgenics.

    We don't agree and that's fine. I'm not that interested in this movie.

  12. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    I've always been a fan of dystopian fiction, so I enjoyed it from a different angle. I rewatched it maybe a year or so ago, and there are definitely some things I don't like as much but the core...

    I've always been a fan of dystopian fiction, so I enjoyed it from a different angle. I rewatched it maybe a year or so ago, and there are definitely some things I don't like as much but the core story rings true to me. I like Alan Moore's graphic novel less but I tend to like the adaptations of his work more than his work itself.

    4 votes

  13. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 15 in ~society

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    11 N.Y. Officials Arrested Trying to Access ICE Detention Cells 🎁 link

    11 N.Y. Officials Arrested Trying to Access ICE Detention Cells 🎁 link

    Federal officers arrested 11 Democratic elected officials inside a federal building in Lower Manhattan on Thursday after the officials demanded access to cells used by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to detain migrants.

    The officials, including Brad Lander, the city comptroller, and city and state lawmakers, were arrested after they showed up at 26 Federal Plaza and sought to inspect the 10th-floor holding cells, which are operated by ICE and closed to the public. The cells have drawn scrutiny following complaints of unsanitary and overcrowded conditions, leading a federal judge to order ICE to improve the conditions last month.

    Officials with the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, denied the elected officials access and arrested them shortly after 3:45 p.m., after they sat down on the floor, refused to leave and began to chant after unfurling a banner that read: “NYers against ICE.”

    At about the same time, another group of Democratic elected officials was arrested after the officials joined about 40 protesters outside 26 Federal Plaza attempting to block the garage doors typically used by ICE as it moves vans carrying detained immigrants. The arrested officials, including Jumaane D. Williams, the public advocate, sat down on the ground, chanting for the release of everyone in ICE custody and holding signs that said, “ICE out of NY.”

    12 votes

  14. Comment on A full body air dryer in ~tech

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    Depends on how hard your water is. I can only use mine once because they tend to dry... Rigid? Crunchy? Washcloths are worse (which is why I prefer the African net sponges) but towels are not...

    Depends on how hard your water is. I can only use mine once because they tend to dry... Rigid? Crunchy? Washcloths are worse (which is why I prefer the African net sponges) but towels are not comfortable on a reuse, except as a bath mat.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    I definitely thought about V for Vendetta as soon as I heard the jokes about Trump's response. Thanks for highlighting and linking it

    I definitely thought about V for Vendetta as soon as I heard the jokes about Trump's response. Thanks for highlighting and linking it

    5 votes

  16. Comment on Mastodon now has a Quote Post feature in ~tech

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    And an @ doesn't take you to the exact post, just to their profile so now you have to scroll to give your opinion or reply randomly and it takes the wind out of your sails.

    And an @ doesn't take you to the exact post, just to their profile so now you have to scroll to give your opinion or reply randomly and it takes the wind out of your sails.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    As I said above We're not defending a show or person we love, we're defending the concept of a free and independent media.

    As I said above

    It's not about the virtue of late night shows or Kimmel himself, it's the federal government restricting speech, the pressure on media companies and the rolling over and giving up by said companies.

    We're not defending a show or person we love, we're defending the concept of a free and independent media.

    17 votes

  18. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    I interpret hero as "someone willing to die for the cause" whatever the cause is. So you tell people that as long as they're pushing the ideology the government espouses, should they die they're a...

    I interpret hero as "someone willing to die for the cause" whatever the cause is.

    So you tell people that as long as they're pushing the ideology the government espouses, should they die they're a martyr and a saint, should they " stand up" and chase down immigrants or sue someone for DEI, they're one of the good guys

    7 votes

  19. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    That's essentially what I was saying, while it has to be illegal, how many months of the illegal retaliation plus the harassment at all levels are you willing to deal with

    That's essentially what I was saying, while it has to be illegal, how many months of the illegal retaliation plus the harassment at all levels are you willing to deal with

    4 votes

  20. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    It's the escalation - it's got to be illegal to pull someone's FCC license over this. It's also how long of harassment, lawsuits, death threats, etc. so instead you give in I guess. It is in fact...

    It's the escalation - it's got to be illegal to pull someone's FCC license over this. It's also how long of harassment, lawsuits, death threats, etc. so instead you give in I guess.

    It is in fact darkness now it feels

    15 votes