Augh
It’s common in states that have a lower population center, geographically. I’m in Minnesota, and our Twin Cities are in the southern third of the state.
“Going up north (to the cabin)” is our spin on “upstate”, because (for most people) there isn’t much of a reason to go much more north than we already do.
The IPO announcement w/ shares being offered to Reddit users. Also, the deal with AI training off of user data without consent. Hard to keep track these days lol.
The people making the big decisions aren’t the ones working. They’re the ones put in charge to make money for investors, who want monthly returns. Not “here’s what will get us 1XX% growth in 6-8 years,” but now.
And you’d think this would only be the case with public companies, but private equity is gobbling up quality companies and milking them dry by cutting costs and abusing their brand’s good name. People want returns on their investments QUICK these days.
This isn’t a one-hour-summary topic, and you’re not going to find “unbiased” reporting on it. Not trying to be a dick, it’s just the facts. Anyone telling you they have the “unbiased truth” about it is lying or delusional.
With that said, start with some Wikipedia browsing from the end of WW2, where the Allies started looking around for places around the world as Jewish refuges, and the struggles/ decisions made to plop Israel in the Middle East.
From there, there’s a bunch of back-and forth action between the new state of Israel and the people who were already living there (Palestinians), which has a lot of video summaries on YouTube. You’ll hear “Nakba” (Catastrophe in Arabic) used a lot, if that’s any indication of how it went.
All of that puts the Oct 7 attacks in more context, as well as the ongoing bombing in Gaza.
Good luck in your search. If people are being rude with you, it’s because the tone of your post is basically “I actively tried not to look at this conflict that’s been going on for 4 months that’s killed 30,000 people, and now care because of a single guy (Aaron Bushnell) immolating himself.” I’m VERY glad that his message got to you, as I agree that it’s an important issue, but it also feels frustrating that it took this long (respectfully).
Similar experience for my xm4s. Great sound, they’re comfy, but the app is dogshit and the buttons/ touch controls physically hurt me to use.
Plus other skills to learn to grow the community center. Fishing, tree-chopping, fighting in dungeons. There’s a sense of optimization as you learn, grow, and get access to more tools.
It’s slightly more action-y than Animal Crossing, but yeah, still a farm game.
Been using a Branch chair for ~2 years after having a cheap ikea chair for 1. Definitely notice the difference. You’re going to want some adjustability, especially with lumbar support and arm height/ width.
Otherwise, the biggest thing to feel better is just getting up every hour or so to move around. I try to go for a walk/ run once a day since leaving retail and losing 10k steps of physical activity.
By that same token, sit-stand desks are nice if you have the spare budget. Otherwise, just get a nice chair and exercise.
“AI isn’t good enough to replace workers yet, but it’s good enough to convince CEOs it can.”
Okay, I think the practical reasons you gave are sound. Pre-dividing a userbase into more chunks than necessary makes the site seem smaller than it is. And trying to “force” the same subs that were on Reddit into Lemmy prevents uniquely-Lemmy stuff from forming.
And the “need” for white people twitter is basically “if we give everyone but white people a twitter space they’ll get mad and say it’s racist” lmao. I 100% agree that it doesn’t talk about “white issues” anywhere near the same degree as other communities talk about what they face.
With that said, I’m still not seeing a reason why the sub shouldn’t exist. I might eventually agree that it’s not necessary, it’s redundant, or it’s not funny… But that just means micro blog memes needs to get better posts and drive interest. Both are silly little communities with silly little posts, and each can right for more users.
Sorry about the long post, it’s mostly quotes!
…we’re on Lemmy where none of those communities are big enough to necessitate separating them.
For now. Unless you’re assuming Lemmy will be small forever, in which case why are we here to begin with?
I also completely disagree that posts from other races don’t do well. People of all races LOVED blackpeopletwitter because it was funny as hell.
Yes, because there was an explicitly-carved-out community that was able to express themselves within the context of the black experience. Trying to introduce race-centric memes to a general audience is a recipe for disaster, as it’s really hard to judge intent.
The main dividing line on Twitter posts is political vs non-political.
Yup. And race has an effect on how one is affected by politics. This feels like the conservative mindset of “there are two sexualities: straight, and political”. (Mostly kidding, but there’s truth in there).
Plus, we’re talking about screenshots of tweets…not actual discourse.
Comments. Comments are where discourse happens. A screenshot is posted with a hot take, shared experience, meme, whatever, and people talk about it. It’s an echo of what goes on in actual Twitter comments, but here.
I’d respectfully disagree. The X people Twitter communities are for people who grew up within the context of their race to talk about things that are relevant to that race.
A lot of blackpeopletwitter posts wouldn’t “do well” (receive upvotes) if they are presented to a general (mixed race) audience, simply because the majority of people may not relate to it. Therefore, there is a demand for black voices to speak to black voices. This extends to all races–my wife is Mexican, so I’ll hop into latinopeopletwitter on occasion.
So why stop whitepeopletwitter? Unless there’s something exclusionary/ problematic/ Nazi-adjacent happening, it seems like a good way for stereotypical white peeps to make dumb jokes about meatloaf. Micro blog memes has a similar-ish vibe, but that’s mostly because the site is mostly white lol.
“But there’s no such thing as “white culture” in the same way that black culture in America developed from having their cultural identity taken away, and being forced to create new traditions to navigate slavery, civil rights, and modern America! They already have cultural traditions tied to their country of origin, like Germans or Irish celebrations!”
Yup! But the concept of “whiteness” is becoming a thing, and it’s fun to make memes about. That’s all.
I think they were commenting on how people seem to be zealots for Firefox on Lemmy, despite having some (reasonable) flaws. Despite this news, I’d bet a lot of them will continue. Not a pro-Chrome stance by any means.
(I had to block the Firefox and Linux subs day 1 because of how much anti-Chrome/ anti-Windows I saw).
2001 + 19 = 2020. Typos can be overcome using context clues.
You’re making a lot of worst-possible-assumptions about my character based on a throwaway comment on how fake awards aren’t that important. Go outside.
Bro it is truly, truly not that deep.
Award shows have been on the way out for well over a decade, and have been purely marketing tools for even longer.
More importantly, the devs who got their games nominated likely saw sales spike, which means more players enjoying the things they created, and they were properly compensated for their work. That means way more than a BS award that sits on a shelf.
It’s “undermining gaming” to give award show results so much weight when we know how biased they are.
Considering the awards are nigh-useless anyway, sacrificing some “credibility” to call out shitty business seems worth it imo.
It’s not like it’s a “haha look how silly this is” joke–it’s a “you all fucked this up though for the public to hate you, do better” joke.
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