I was permanently banned from the Reddit sub without recourse for posting this despite not breaking any rules. I’m slowly making the migration over thanks to such encouragement.
Quite the unpopular opinion, but I just wanted to post this to show the silent majority that we still exist. We have reached a point where voicing criticism against wayland is treated like the worst thing ever and leads you to being censored and what not. The red hat funded multi year long shill campaign has proven to be quite...
I used to love Ubiquiti but they’re turning into cunts these days. I also heard there’s been a lot of people leave and low morale due to the enshitification of the products.
I’ve since put OpenWRT onto my ERX and ER4. Will likely put it on the UAP-LC next to get rid of it entirely.
You REALLY want an answer that much? My point is - my life is too fucked to care about frivolous bullshit like art vs artist.
It honestly feels like people get a sense of sick satisfaction out of shitting on different things cos “person bad”. I hate to use a term of the alt-right but it’s “virtue signalling”.
I ultimately don’t give a flying fuck. I’m SO fukcing sick of going into a music post on Reddit/Lemmy/whatever and seeing a ton of top comments saying “Oh this person is a wife beater/raper/pedo/druggie/fuckup/etc”. They’re fucking killjoys?! Why can’t people just enjoy the fucking music as-is?
But since you pushed me I’ll give it a go…
I used to be a Lost Prophets fan and even saw them live. But I’m now bored of them. I could say “I wouldn’t listen to them cos of the lead singers crimes” but really? I don’t care and I’ll never listen to it cos I’ve moved on from their music. If I found myself dancing to one of their songs without realising it and someone said - “This is Lost Prophets!! Don’t you know what the singer did?!”. I’d be like “Oh, ok. Thanks for ruining my good mood”. In other words - they’re the dick for bringing up a horror by the artist rather than just letting someone fucking bop along to it.
Michael Jackson? I was dancing to his Bad album a few months back in my living room. I don’t care about his crimes. I loved his music as a kid and still like it now. Nostalgia wins.
People like RHCP, Marilyn Manson, Aerosmith? I don’t care. It’s music, it’s not a lifestyle choice. Me listening to RHCP or Manson doesn’t mean I support their actions.
Do I care they get money if I stream their song?
Not really. Life’s too short and fucked for me to waste energy on that. Live and let live. Stop raging at things that happened in the past. It doesn’t change anything. It’s a waste of energy.
I’ve got a pretty severe sensitivity to – of all things – sugar. (I know, “sugar” isn’t very precise, but I’m pretty sure it’s either glucose, fructose, or sucrose.) I virtually never eat anything with added sugar or anything with any significant amount of natural sugar. And I’ve eaten that way for like 20...
It’s a curious thing. I’m not dismissing any of their claims, but I find it a bit interesting that they can so easily uncover everything that the government doesn’t want you to know when it’s hidden for a reason.
Conspiracy theories can be revealed to be true. They’re not all bullshit.
In the 90s I was in the rabbit hole about Echelon and had a healthy paranoia about my privacy.
So when Snowden dropped the leaks about mass government surveillance I wasn’t surprised at all. I assumed everyone knew. But nope - apparently Echelon was a “conspiracy theory” and so was all the Snowden stuff until - it wasn’t.
That’s my personal experience but there’s others like MKUltra.
Music!! I keep forgetting it. I can spend an entire day feeling miserable and suddenly remember I can listen to music and BOOM I’m buzzing like I just dropped a pill!
Holy shit! That Swan guy is a fucking legend. I’ve never seen Trump get that hounded by a journalist before!! He needs to et this more often. Why the fuck aren’t more people pressuring him with questions like this?
For anyone who hates the gym learn decent bodyweight exercises. I can’t stand weights and hate the indoor sweatbox. But I’m happy to do bodyweight exercises til the cows come home. Push ups, pull-ups, rows, squats, etc.
You can get Android apps or check online.
“Convict Conditioning” is one I’ve used before. It’s designed for people without equipment (convicts in a cell!).
in summer 2023, when I moved here from reddit, the lemmy instance beehaw.org was extremely divisive. they wanted to create a website according to certain rules rather than a free for all. some people were saying it would be the end of the threadiverse before it even began....
Lemmy.ml is just as bad. I suggested Nicaragua wasn’t a democratic country. Holy shit!! I got downvoted to hell, pasted left and right. Given 24hr ban.
Then I got a 4-day ban cos I suggested “Tankies give socialists like me a bad name”. Fucking hell fire. I’m not going near any of their subs again.
Do you think everyone should agree with you always?
No of course not but I subscribe to the original Reddiquette philosophy. Downvotes arne’t for disagreement. They were originally a form of user-moderation to stop spam. Unfortunately about a decade ago after the Digg exodus the users of Reddit forgot that original usage and so you’d end up being downvoted and not knowing why. It doesn’t foster debate or discussion. It’s a cheap way to snipe someone down without being responsible or engaging them.
I never, ever downvote unless it’s obvious link spam. If I feel strongly enough I tell the person they’re wrong and why. That’s what I believe in.
I am curious, what current of socialism do you subscribe to?
Libertarian Socialism. In the UK the closest parties/groups would be Black Rose Labour and/or Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour. The countries closest to my beliefs are Denmark, Iceland and Norway.
However, the people on Lemmy.ml took further offence when I suggested DPRK wasn’t a democratic country and they trotted out a list of articles on how democratic it really was. Then I was given a bunch of Stalin emojis of him pulling heart shapes with his hands.
I’m not a fan of autocratic dictatorships and I was dog-piled and taunted with a bunch of Stalinist and DPRK memes. Because apparently you’re not truly left-wing unless you worship Stalin and Kim.
I would have been happy to debate these points with them but unfortunately my reticence of autocratic dictatorships was considered far worse than what was directed at me in response.
We spend half our lives online nowadays and it’s obviously causing damage to our health. Do you think it would be worth the benefits to stop carrying a smartphone and to disable the WiFi at home?
I’ve seen in various threads that the current browser engines aren’t good, such as gecko and blink. The question is why? Why do we need a new one, and what’s stopping a new one being made? Is it just the fact that they’re a lot of work to make?
That gourmet luxury blend... ( infosec.pub )
I was permanently banned from the Reddit sub without recourse for posting this despite not breaking any rules. I’m slowly making the migration over thanks to such encouragement.
I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.
Broadway Tower, Worcestershire ( lemmy.world )
Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/…/Broadway_Tower%2C_Worcestershi…...
Average Arch user PC build ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
We are in Brave's search results! ( sh.itjust.works )
I think as the community grows, more search engines will start including us!
I dislike wayland
Quite the unpopular opinion, but I just wanted to post this to show the silent majority that we still exist. We have reached a point where voicing criticism against wayland is treated like the worst thing ever and leads you to being censored and what not. The red hat funded multi year long shill campaign has proven to be quite...
Small Commercial Gym Software
Hi everyone....
What's a thing that increased your power?
Doesn’t have to be a thing you bought. Just some thing you didn’t have but then once you did it expanded your scope of actions....
Do you separate the art from the artists? If no, are you strict about it or do you cherry-pick?
What's the worst case of bootlicking you've ever seen?
What are some of the things you haven't eaten in so long they basically don't even register as edible any more?
I’ve got a pretty severe sensitivity to – of all things – sugar. (I know, “sugar” isn’t very precise, but I’m pretty sure it’s either glucose, fructose, or sucrose.) I virtually never eat anything with added sugar or anything with any significant amount of natural sugar. And I’ve eaten that way for like 20...
How do conspiracy theorists get all of their coveted secret government information if it's meant to be hidden and the government would never hand it over?
It’s a curious thing. I’m not dismissing any of their claims, but I find it a bit interesting that they can so easily uncover everything that the government doesn’t want you to know when it’s hidden for a reason.
What makes your life "fulfilled"?
What do you do to make your everyday life fulfilled? Do you have any habit that you think contributes to your good day?
Firefox Devs Working on Tab Previews ( www.omgubuntu.co.uk )
F-Droid 1.19.0 brings automatic background updates and a new and better workflow for adding repositories. ( floss.social )
dotnet developer ( programming.dev )
What's something that recently boggled your mind?
I’ve just turned 40. What advice would you older lemmy users give me?
are people still all riled up about beehaw? ( kbin.social )
in summer 2023, when I moved here from reddit, the lemmy instance beehaw.org was extremely divisive. they wanted to create a website according to certain rules rather than a free for all. some people were saying it would be the end of the threadiverse before it even began....
How many pillows under your head in bed?
I’m undecided between 2 and 3
So cute 😊 ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
Orange Pi Neo is new handheld powered by AMD and comes preinstalled with Manjaro ( neo.manjaro.org )
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/11418105...
Is the bot/troll situation getting worse?
It feels like the amount of both, divisive posts and ghoulish comments is rising again....
Would it be worth it to stop using the Internet?
We spend half our lives online nowadays and it’s obviously causing damage to our health. Do you think it would be worth the benefits to stop carrying a smartphone and to disable the WiFi at home?
What's the issue with current browser engines?
I’ve seen in various threads that the current browser engines aren’t good, such as gecko and blink. The question is why? Why do we need a new one, and what’s stopping a new one being made? Is it just the fact that they’re a lot of work to make?
What is the best style electrical outlet?
This is a debate, not an argument, let’s be adults about this. [Insert political joke]
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