Melllvar
Seer of the tapes! Knower of the episodes!
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Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•AI Job interview warns against using AI yourselfEnglish
6·9 days agoYou’re hired.
What are the CO2 canisters for?
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Technology@lemmy.world•LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devicesEnglish
5·11 days agoYour neighbor’s open wifi.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What determines if an action is halted, versus allowed to continue while the action takers are being sued?English
6·14 days agoGenerally, a preliminary injunction will be called for if the action is harmful and irreversible, if delaying it while the question is resolved wouldn’t cause significant problems for the party being sued, and if the requesting party is likely to win the lawsuit anyway.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If you were an NPC in a game and only had one line of dialogue, what would it be?English
5·23 days ago“Did you get all that?”
Yes
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politics @lemmy.world•Supreme Court Allows Trump Plan to Restrict Mail-In Voting, for NowEnglish
5·25 days agoWhen I googled that was the list I got, but I know that California, at least, still has in-person voting too.
California has “universal mail-in voting”, not “mail-only”. Meaning every voter is eligible to vote by mail, not that in-person voting is unavailable.
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politics @lemmy.world•Supreme Court Allows Trump Plan to Restrict Mail-In Voting, for NowEnglish
5·25 days agoWhat states are “by mail only”?
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why do American kids rely on the school cafeteria than bringing their own food?English
11·26 days agoThe lunch arrangements will vary greatly by age/grade level. A high school is more likely to have the canteen style while an elementary school is more likely to have the cafeteria style. In either case, bringing a lunch from home is also reasonably common.
No matter how well you understand the passage of time in the abstract it’s a shock the first time you meet a full grown adult, with their own keys and everything, but you can remember what you were doing in the year they were born.
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•We should popularize using the guillotine as a symbol of the common man.English
1·1 month agoI don’t think you understand what “mass murder” means.
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•We should popularize using the guillotine as a symbol of the common man.English
1·1 month agoBut that’s not what it means to the public
I know that. That’s why I’m saying something.
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News@lemmy.world•White House press secretary leavingEnglish
14·1 month agoMaybe Sean Spicer will take the job back? Someone check the bushes.
Melllvar@startrek.websitetoShitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.ml•If you were president, what would your first scandal be?English
0·1 month agoPremarital gay sex on a burning flag while smoking pot in the Oval Office.
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•We should popularize using the guillotine as a symbol of the common man.English
12·1 month agoIt seems like you’re advocating mass murder.
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•We should popularize using the guillotine as a symbol of the common man.English
1·1 month agoI’m saying that the bombing, etc. of Nazi Germany was a justifiable level of force under the circumstances. I’m splitting hairs and making a big deal over the difference between “force” and “violence”. I think it’s important to know exactly where that line is so as to avoid stepping over it, so I’m not just being intransigent and clinging to a minor point here.
The guillotine symbolizes to me a clear stepping over of the line from justified force to mob violence. And I think we would be better off if everyone shared my opinion.
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•We should popularize using the guillotine as a symbol of the common man.English
1·1 month agoIt looks like you ninja-edited in the second part of your comment. I was responding to the original that only had quotes of prior comments and nothing else.
was it a mistake to bomb, kill, and invade nazi Germany?
No. But it would be a mistake to start bombing political rallies today, for example.
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•We should popularize using the guillotine as a symbol of the common man.English
11·1 month agoI don’t feel like you’re putting in the same effort I am in having a sincere discussion.
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•We should popularize using the guillotine as a symbol of the common man.English
13·1 month agorevolting against the rich
But a guillotine is not a weapon of war. It’s not even something that the powerless can use against the powerful. Quite the opposite, actually.
Which makes the guillotine is a terrible symbol for a revolution. Not only is the symbolism ahistorical, but the actual history directly contradicts the supposed symbolism. The modern people who invoke the guillotine as a symbol of revolution are making the exact same mistake that the French Revolutionaries made.







So the pharmacist says, “I’ve got just the thing to stop that coffin!”