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Comment on Ploopy Classic 2 open source trackball in ~tech
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Comment on What does a newcomer moving to your town/city/state/country need to know? in ~life
paris Link ParentThis is very nail on the head. The thing is that there is a cleanliness component, so yes, if you’re covered in sand please use the service entrance, but that’s not why the service entrance...a separate problem from the cleanliness and is attempting to be fixed via legislation, but presumably it isn't nearly enough to solve the systemic issues within
This is very nail on the head.
The thing is that there is a cleanliness component, so yes, if you’re covered in sand please use the service entrance, but that’s not why the service entrance exists. The service entrance exists to segregate and occlude unsightly lower class workers from the eyes of the residents.
It makes sense to have a “dirty” entrance, but it’s complicated by the class issues. If you are a resident doing your own dirty work, or are coming back from the beach, use the service elevator. But also use it if you’re coming back with groceries. But also they don’t clean the service elevator basically at all. But also any kind of work (even visiting architects for example) is required to use the service. But maids or nurses (female, connected to the family) don’t have to use the service entrance. But also if it rains and you’re a resident you can use the social entrance. So on.
It’s extremely complicated and I have neither the words or the ability to describe the whole of the shape of it, but I will end with this: there is no “legacy” of classism in Brazil, especially not in Rio, because classism is an active set of principles and practices systemically present in every aspect of quotidian life. This with the elevators and the entrances and the silly little boat just reinforce perpetually what legislation attempts to redefine as acceptable behavior.
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Comment on What does a newcomer moving to your town/city/state/country need to know? in ~life
paris Link ParentI think the part you’re missing is not about the elevator itself, but about who is allowed to use the elevator, and why. If a man is coming to your apartment to give an estimate, let’s say, and...I think the part you’re missing is not about the elevator itself, but about who is allowed to use the elevator, and why.
If a man is coming to your apartment to give an estimate, let’s say, and he’s dressed in business casual clothes, he’s clean and the most strenuous part of his job is paperwork, he is still socially obligated (even though it’s illegal to enforce) to use the service elevator. He is a worker. In the classist fantasy that creates this distinction, he is by the nature of being a “worker” therefore of a class inferior to the people living in the building, even if in reality this isn’t even true. He is of a caste that prohibits him from sullying the clean niceness of the social elevator. While the explanation is
slightlyhyperbolic, this is how it works. It’s not about doing “dirty” work. It’s about work itself is a thing of dirt, and therefore must be segregated. -
Comment on What does a newcomer moving to your town/city/state/country need to know? in ~life
paris Link ParentIt’s rather ridiculous. In most buildings, the service elevator (and service entrance) are shoddier, unadorned, or straight up filthy, while the social elevators and entrances are well-attended...It’s rather ridiculous. In most buildings, the service elevator (and service entrance) are shoddier, unadorned, or straight up filthy, while the social elevators and entrances are well-attended and pretty. There’s even a club near me that has a small manned boat that serves as the social entrance, versus the “service entrance” which is a bridge.
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Comment on What does a newcomer moving to your town/city/state/country need to know? in ~life
paris LinkCity: We take our football very seriously. The guy screaming FIRE at ten o’clock at night is just really animated about his football team winning/losing/existing. If you want a beach, avoid...City:
- We take our football very seriously. The guy screaming FIRE at ten o’clock at night is just really animated about his football team winning/losing/existing.
- If you want a beach, avoid Copacabana like the plague, because it is the plague (tourists, overpriced everything, crummy, muggings). Literally any other beach in Zona Sul is better, and Barra has a nice beach too.
- Don’t use the social elevator if you’re covered in sand.
- It’s overall a lot safer than you think.
State:
- There is basically no intra/interstate public transportation. Expect every trip to take 75% longer than whatever your map service or itinerary says.
- Every conversation has to start with the time appropriate greeting (ie good morning). Don’t be rude.
- JSYK, São Paulo is actually more dangerous than Rio.
Country:
- Classism is more of an issue than racism. It’s extremely complicated, and not the same at all as the US.
- The undercover police jokes aren’t funny.
- We are actually exactly as friendly as our reputation suggests, especially if you avoid São Paulo.
- We speak Portuguese, not Spanish. Additionally, English comprehension will vary wildly, depending on where you are.
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Comment on What's a feeling you sometimes experience that you don't have a name for? in ~talk
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Comment on What's a feeling you sometimes experience that you don't have a name for? in ~talk
paris Link ParentThis makes me think of those videos of cows released from their barns for the first time after winter: they frolic, they’re joyous, delighting in the spring.This makes me think of those videos of cows released from their barns for the first time after winter: they frolic, they’re joyous, delighting in the spring.
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Comment on Lady Gaga - Abracadabra (2025) in ~music
paris Link ParentTo be honest, the “old woman” segments left me very uncomfortable. It came across as a mocking pastiche of disability.To be honest, the “old woman” segments left me very uncomfortable. It came across as a mocking pastiche of disability.
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Comment on The Girl with the Needle / Pigen Med Nålen | Official trailer #2 in ~movies
paris LinkMy partner watches a lot of movies, and fully embraces the Athena’s shield theory of art. My partner doesn’t watch trailers or look into movies before watching them; they didn’t know what this was...My partner watches a lot of movies, and fully embraces the Athena’s shield theory of art. My partner doesn’t watch trailers or look into movies before watching them; they didn’t know what this was before they watched it. Honestly, my partner has seen more movies than I know exist, and are an enormous fan of what I somewhat disparagingly refer to as pigeon movies: reflections on genocide as seen through the eyes of a pigeon. You know the kind: usually musicless explorations of the absolute worst of human behavior and history, shot without professional actors, directed by someone who has never made a movie before, premiered at Cannes to such and such awards, so on. If you know, you know, etc.
This movie was too much for them though. They had nightmares, and were shaken for days afterwards. It’s the only time this has happened to them.
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Comment on What’s a book that we were never supposed to be able to read? in ~books
paris Link ParentThis is fascinating, thank you for sharing.This is fascinating, thank you for sharing.
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Comment on British astronaut cleared to become first disabled person to join space station mission in ~space
paris Link ParentI’ve often read that most folks don’t consider glasses-correctable vision to be a disability because we as a society have decided to accommodate that disability: what would any other disability...I’ve often read that most folks don’t consider glasses-correctable vision to be a disability because we as a society have decided to accommodate that disability: what would any other disability look like if raised to that standard?
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Comment on Download and transfer for Kindle books discontinued on Feb 26 in ~books
paris Link ParentMy experience with emailing a file has been consistently worsening over the past few years. Recently, I use it only when I’ve misplaced the Kindle’s cable and I’m in a rush to throw a new book on...My experience with emailing a file has been consistently worsening over the past few years. Recently, I use it only when I’ve misplaced the Kindle’s cable and I’m in a rush to throw a new book on it via Calibre.
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Comment on Greece to ban thousands of Airbnb accommodations with new regulations in ~society
paris LinkGood. This seems rational: banning non-home places as accommodations, locking down new places from being able to register, fees to benefit the local community, rules for extant properties in...Good. This seems rational: banning non-home places as accommodations, locking down new places from being able to register, fees to benefit the local community, rules for extant properties in regards to safety.
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Comment on Ryanair sues passenger for €15,000 after flight was diverted due to ‘inexcusable behaviour’ in ~transport
paris Link ParentThe article was tagged with damage so I do wonder.The article was tagged with
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Comment on Teddy Stiga took a breakaway pass from Zeev Buium and beat Petteri Rimpinen between the pads to give USA the gold medal against Finland at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship in ~sports.hockey
paris LinkThe sport is hockey, for those who would click merely to figure out what the title is referring to. (It’s me.)The sport is hockey, for those who would click merely to figure out what the title is referring to. (It’s me.)
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Comment on AI and ethics - CP in ~talk
paris LinkSmall aside: the term CSAM is preferred when discussing this topic.Small aside: the term CSAM is preferred when discussing this topic.
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Comment on What is wrong with our thoughts? A neo-positivist credo. in ~humanities
paris Link Parent😒 I hate sentences like this with a passion. This sort of Enlightenment-fixed thinking— Oh, hello! 🤭 Thank you for the little excerpt. I will now read the whole thing. 😅Those four things, in their turn, are sufficiently representative of what human thought, in its highest reaches, has been.
😒 I hate sentences like this with a passion. This sort of Enlightenment-fixed thinking—
My four examples, however, are also examples of thought gone hopelessly wrong.
Oh, hello! 🤭
Thank you for the little excerpt. I will now read the whole thing. 😅 -
Comment on Never forgive them - On digital platforms vs users in ~tech
paris Link ParentThe fact that you went through the process of insulating yourself says that something happened to you, some tripwire was set off, which indicated to you that you needed to get out while you still...The fact that you went through the process of insulating yourself says that something happened to you, some tripwire was set off, which indicated to you that you needed to get out while you still can. Canary in the coal mine, sort of thing.
The part that resonated with me was the early mention of feeling like the plot’s been lost with what the internet is. I too went through the process of putting up barriers to keep the sick of the internet at bay, to the point of not really being able to understand what folks AFK were talking about with their experiences of being online.
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180bpm+ music recommendations?
Hey, y’all. I’ve been listening to basically the same song on repeat while I do my emails job, and have found that listening to something with a good tempo of 180bpm or higher really helps keep my...
Hey, y’all. I’ve been listening to basically the same song on repeat while I do my emails job, and have found that listening to something with a good tempo of 180bpm or higher really helps keep my energy high. Unfortunately finding music solely by bpm isn’t easy.
Any recommendations? I’m open to pretty much anything (though I’m not really a fan of “screamy” metal). My usual playlist is basically just EDM and remixes. 😅
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Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? in ~tech
paris LinkI would be very interested! It’s out of my price zone, but I’d be interested to see if it’s really as good as everyone says.I would be very interested! It’s out of my price zone, but I’d be interested to see if it’s really as good as everyone says.
How is the adjustment to no buttons?