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  1. Comment on By administratively redefining 'who is a foreigner,' the Lai government is turning the constitutional 'One China' framework into a dead letter in ~society

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    And not just mainland China! (Do read the top comment though.)

    no longer pretending that Taiwan has any realistic chance of controlling the mainland seems sensible.

    And not just mainland China! (Do read the top comment though.)

    2 votes

  2. Comment on By administratively redefining 'who is a foreigner,' the Lai government is turning the constitutional 'One China' framework into a dead letter in ~society

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    An exercise in realpolitik.. or lack of. It's an oddly fascinating situation there. If only the PRC wasn't so scary. Great read, thank you for sharing OP!

    An exercise in realpolitik.. or lack of. It's an oddly fascinating situation there. If only the PRC wasn't so scary.

    Great read, thank you for sharing OP!

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    Sounds like this is simply about having a different way to enjoy movies. Most people watch them for entertainment, and obviously most blockbusters are only blockbusters because they have the...

    Sounds like this is simply about having a different way to enjoy movies. Most people watch them for entertainment, and obviously most blockbusters are only blockbusters because they have the broadest appeal possible which most of the time means it's not very artistic because it cannot be daring lest it pushes a lot of movies-as-entertainment people away. You are clearly a movies-as-art type of person, which yeah, the former are going to see that as pretentious a lot of the time. But.. fuck that! You do you! I understand it sucks though, to not be able to relate. I feel the same with a lot of animated stuff for example. However let me spin it to be a good thing: you respect those other people enough to rely on them and trust them on their recommendations. That you end up not enjoying it is not your fault at all..!

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Social Democrats in Denmark suffer sweeping election losses – PM Mette Frederiksen's centre-left party loses control of Copenhagen for first time in more than 100 years in ~society

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    Least surprising outcome. Practically nobody liked their candidate who is as unlikable as it gets in Danish politics. I would not put it past the PM to use her "close personal friend" as a...

    Least surprising outcome. Practically nobody liked their candidate who is as unlikable as it gets in Danish politics. I would not put it past the PM to use her "close personal friend" as a scapegoat because that's the only way it makes sense to put her in that position.

    Social Democrats are not centre-left by the way. Their policies the past decade or two have only been going further and further right. They are the ones that have spearheaded some of the toughest immigration policies in Europe for years.

    Very glad Copenhagen went properly left.

    19 votes

  5. "Awareness week" - don't we have enough attention already?

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    Bit of a negative post or rant, so feel free to skip if not in the mood for a kinda sour take. Apparently this week is transgender awareness week and while it's obviously about more than just...

    Bit of a negative post or rant, so feel free to skip if not in the mood for a kinda sour take.

    Apparently this week is transgender awareness week and while it's obviously about more than just being aware of the thing (like breast cancer awareness month is also about educating etc.) I still feel like the purpose is so far removed from what it's supposed to be that it may as well be satirical.

    From that link:

    While most of the discussion of trans folks online can often be centered on negativity, Transgender Awareness Week gives us the opportunity to uplift positive and insightful stories of trans people across the country.

    Does it though? gif

    Is anybody outside of our community going to actually learn anything this week?

    Are they going to an extra event or something just because someone decided this week is special for us?

    Because I think it's nothing except detrimental to us. It only gives more ammunition to those who already hate us and already at best want us to go away.

    (Day of remembrance, also this week, is on the other hand an important day I think.)

    17 votes

  6. Comment on Any chance we can get a shorthand for the <details> tag? in ~tildes

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    100% agree. Just copy the one on discord where ||spoiler goes here||. They already took all of the same things from there and have been in place for ages here. For example one or two * for slanted...

    100% agree.

    Just copy the one on discord where ||spoiler goes here||. They already took all of the same things from there and have been in place for ages here. For example one or two * for slanted and bold, > for quoting stuff, a ~ for strikethrough, etc.

    Shouldn't be too hard to implement?

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Around the world in 80 days ... sustainably in ~talk

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    And here I was thinking my comment was the obvious one. You can't travel around the world in 80 days sustainably..

    And here I was thinking my comment was the obvious one.

    You can't travel around the world in 80 days sustainably..

  8. Comment on Around the world in 80 days ... sustainably in ~talk

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    Maybe I misunderstood this post completely but was it not being asked about 80 days..? You would have to walk 30 km/h 24/7.

    Maybe I misunderstood this post completely but was it not being asked about 80 days..? You would have to walk 30 km/h 24/7.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Around the world in 80 days ... sustainably in ~talk

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    No such thing as traveling sustainably.

    No such thing as traveling sustainably.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Is anyone here in or familiar with Tokyo? Going on a trip and have zero idea what to do as a non-tourist... in ~travel

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    I can recommend searching for some tags on tildes. There's been several similar posts about Tokyo specifically and there's always been a lot of replies.

    I can recommend searching for some tags on tildes. There's been several similar posts about Tokyo specifically and there's always been a lot of replies.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Johnny Depp to star in ‘Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol’ at Paramount with Ti West directing; Andrea Riseborough also joins movie dated for November 2026 in ~movies

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    Perhaps I am regurgitating old stuff from social media without realizing it. However I definitely remember a clip back then where one of his lawyers said they used bots or manipulated social media...

    Perhaps I am regurgitating old stuff from social media without realizing it. However I definitely remember a clip back then where one of his lawyers said they used bots or manipulated social media - something to that effect. But your source is all I could find as well. (I am discounting using stuff from tiktok and reddit threads as a main source).

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Johnny Depp to star in ‘Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol’ at Paramount with Ti West directing; Andrea Riseborough also joins movie dated for November 2026 in ~movies

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    Learned a couple of things from this comment, thanks for that! What is your take on the defense team that Depp used? They admitted to purchasing services of bots to manipulate public opinion for...

    Learned a couple of things from this comment, thanks for that!

    What is your take on the defense team that Depp used? They admitted to purchasing services of bots to manipulate public opinion for use on social media. What @Arthur said above...

    Depp used his influence, wealth, power and Hollywood fame etc. to manipulate proceedings/public opinion away from Heard towards a mysoginistic view that she is hysterical/malicious ex-wife stereotype and that she remains the victim in this case.

    ...is also what I had seen over and over again.

    Don't get me wrong, actually watching the trial lends more credibility to comment on it than most others, but plenty happened outside of the courtroom too, like this social media botting stuff.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Johnny Depp to star in ‘Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol’ at Paramount with Ti West directing; Andrea Riseborough also joins movie dated for November 2026 in ~movies

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    Won't bother replying to the dv stuff since there's already been a discussion here. So there are also all the instances of him being a bad colleague at work. Arriving hours late, violence against...

    Won't bother replying to the dv stuff since there's already been a discussion here. So there are also all the instances of him being a bad colleague at work. Arriving hours late, violence against people on set, unprepared, etc. As far as I could tell at least, the court case was just 1 aspect of it. The other is that he is awful to work with.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Johnny Depp to star in ‘Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol’ at Paramount with Ti West directing; Andrea Riseborough also joins movie dated for November 2026 in ~movies

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    Ok so cancelling does not exist. #metoo does not exist.

    Ok so cancelling does not exist. #metoo does not exist.

    7 votes

  16. Comment on Amazon Web Services crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright in ~tech

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    This is a product for stupid people right? Right!?

    This is a product for stupid people right? Right!?

    6 votes

  17. Comment on Thieves steal crown jewels in four minutes from Louvre Museum in Paris in ~arts

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    I bet studios are already having meetings! If this is not a movie before 2030 I would be surprised!

    It’s right out of a movie.

    I bet studios are already having meetings! If this is not a movie before 2030 I would be surprised!

    20 votes

  18. Comment on Turtle WoW's open letter to Blizzard in ~games

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    Thanks for the link. And if that happens I would have come full circle haha, Bronzebeard was my very first server back in vanilla!

    Thanks for the link. And if that happens I would have come full circle haha, Bronzebeard was my very first server back in vanilla!

    4 votes

  19. Comment on Turtle WoW's open letter to Blizzard in ~games

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    Been there for about 1 year. I am perhaps over-worrying about the eventual shutdown because it has started to feel like a home with the people I play with. So as also there: are you going to some...

    Been there for about 1 year. I am perhaps over-worrying about the eventual shutdown because it has started to feel like a home with the people I play with. So as also there: are you going to some other server if it does shut down? Another game entirely?

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Turtle WoW's open letter to Blizzard in ~games

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    Agreed. I have played on it for about a year now and had some great times, but starting to feel very nervous :( And I'm not sure the people I am playing with would go to the official servers since...

    Agreed. I have played on it for about a year now and had some great times, but starting to feel very nervous :( And I'm not sure the people I am playing with would go to the official servers since we all agree that TWoW is much better.

    3 votes