Diotima

Israel is not a protectorate of the US but an independent and democratic country whose citizens are the ones who choose the government

Okay cool, can we stop supplying weapons and Intel now?

Is this the same system they use to slow down basically everything at AMS? Like seriously, that’s the worst, dirtiest major international airport I’ve ever had the misfortune of having to use.

Incels using a word offensively does not make the word inherently offensive, and by letting them reframe the word in their favor you’re giving them power they do not deserve.

When using male/female to denote biological sex, the words should not be offensive. “Were you born malr or female” in a medical settting can be vital to treatments, for example.

Generally, though, people ought to be using gender.

Part of it is either Reddit manipulating search positioning or Google (most people’s default search) prioritizing Reddit results. Searching for answers to questions often results in a half page of Reddit links. They may not be relevant, but that doesn’t become apparent until you’re there.

This may not have been an instance of it spying on you; what can you do may be similar to other searches involving privacy, but one would do well to remember thst companies have been repeatedly caught spying on users.

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/vizio-ftc-smart-tv-spying-privacy,news-24415.html Vizio spying without consent.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/how-google-is-secretly-recording-you-through-your-mobile-monitoring-millions-of-conversations/news-story/8089bf3084a430f4c4be46b81710c158 Google storing your conversations.

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/02/cox-distances-itself-from-claim-it-spies-on-users-via-phones-cable-box-mics/ Cox cable BRAGGING about spying on users.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/08/09/apple-is-not-spying-on-your-imessages-and-this-one-switch-stops-it-scanning-your-photos/?sh=485a1696605f Apple gaslighting users over their on-device photo scanning.

I’m sharing to say that whether this is an instance of spying or weird coincidence, you should absolutely assume that companies will violate your privacy at every opportunity because that’s what they’ve done.

Yes, I recall when they had a policy of never allowing account deletion.

I mean, they let themselves get bought by Yahoo and they banned erotic art. Its like they want to fail.

A slight majority of American support it. I, for one, do not. The margin of error is terrible and the govt is all too willing to cover up its mistakes.

He misspoke.

He meant “total genocide.”

Dude really just needs to step away from the drugs, I think.

So a guy registered on lemmynsfw, an instance whose users have been known to post exploitative pictures, is bitching about… gacha games. Oh wow. Wow.

Funny story, my partner sent me a gacha game and I have yet to spend a dime. I play for maybe 20 minutes a week. If someone is unable to control their spending on make-believe prizes, then they have underlying issues they need to work out.

Your assertion that gacha = slavery is about the most ridiculous thing I’ve read all day, and I had to open Twitter.

Sometimes, you just have to poke the bear. ;-)

Are you just… angry it lacks anime tiddys or something? Maybe someone can point you toward a more suitable gacha game, then.

Did you wake up hangry or something? Your comments are… special.

I somewhat exaggerate. They can be fun, but turn based is more my style.

Real time strategy games are not my cup of tea. Nothing against anyone who enjoys them, understand, but they’re basically exercises in who can do the clicky clicky faster. Give me a turn-based game any day… where you actually have to out-think versus out-click your opponents.

Oh, and any game that pits console players against PC players. Yes, let’s put the ‘stock controllers only’ console players up against the PC players with $8,675,309.00 of custom equipment and every cheat they can get away with. Sounds like a reasonable plan. Overwatch, I’m looking at you.

It really isn’t, though your defense of a despotic tyrannical wannabe god-king is very, very telling.

I’ve been browsing older Forgotten Realms sourcebooks and the love that the authors put into those is amazing. It hurts to see D&D and the worlds I grew up loving destroyed by a soulless entity that cares only about profit.

Yeah, my partner really likes the art but we’re both aware that MtG was just the real world precursor to the current micro-transaction culture.