A friend of mine whose decisionmaking I respect a lot. Good balance of logic and empathy. He would be an awesome president and hed hate me for dumping that shitton of responsibility on him. Wouldnt want to be in his shoes. Also id miss him, but its for the best.
I love the phrase “booze or hard drugs”, while alcohol is one of the hardest drugs you can find out there. Just because its legal doesnt make it harmless.
That may be the case. I will need to conduct my own research^^
- that sugary sweets make kids act “hyper”
Do you happen to have a source for that? Coz I have witnessed kids act like a horde of wild monkeys on crack right after eating dessert on multiple occasions.
I see, thats actually good practice, just unusual. The “who” also sounds less odd.
Not a native speaker but the last one, using ‘it’ instead of ‘they’ would sound the most natural to me
Thats right, maybe more like pictures of the different communities
Sometimes someone just doesnt like a specific content. No need to try and please everyone, just like people dont have to hold back on downvoting to not hurt someones feelings. Thats how it works.
I find it interesting to see which comments get general approval and which arent liked. Helps paint a picture of lemmy as a group.
Sure, it was totally not their plan from the start.
I think the only thing thats holding them back will be that information spreads much faster today. Back then, info about the concentration camps didnt reach the public. Today, it would be way harder to keep something like this from spreading over the internet.
I think a certain italian plumber says otherwise.
I think Cyberpunk is more likely. Huge buildings, no plants, no animals, everything controlled by big corps and law is basically non-existent except if rich folk are affected
Maybe they are friends but have different political and social values. That happens.
If supporting fascists in taking over the USA is a deal-breaker to you, thats totally understandable though. But remember it is the easy way out, convincing them would be the right thing but much harder.
I couldnt care less. I never understood how people would be angry at others for forgetting their birthdays. Its just a damn anniversary…
The comparison is wild because financial credit score is much worse. Imagine you are a model citizen but big corp keeps you poor so youre denied basic human needs. On the other hand you are a murderer but as long as you have the moneyz you can do whatever you want.
Of course, social credit score can be misused to push agendas and manipulate the whole popularity if the wrong people implement it. Not trying to defend it in any way, it is a terrible idea. But financial credit score is suppression of the poor by design.
Yes China is a dictatorship and theres a lot of censorship. I would still choose living in China over the US 1000 times.
They could probably cite Fox news claiming it.
Yes of course I realize it and Im often saying exactly that. The problem is when capital equals political power, which results in a downward spiral where as large a portion of the population as possible is kept at the bare minimum of survival for the benefit of the few.