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  • Because it's fiction, Susan

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  • Generally speaking whether I like a character or not has very little to do with whether I think they're moral. One of my favorite characters in any book is a horrendously evil man - like approaching Hitler levels, though on a smaller scale - but goddamn is he a fascinating character to read (Vorbis from Small Gods - which if you haven't read it is a masterpiece)

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  • What exactly do people complain about Windows doing that Linux also does? Trying to be neutral here, but I can't think of a single issue that is a common windows complaint that is also an issue on Linux. I can think of plenty of issues for both OS's (and MacOS too fwiw), but the venn diagram of windows issues and Linux issues is just two non overlapping circles as far as I can tell lol

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  • on this site at least - you're absolutely right, and the fact that you're getting bombed with downvotes is pretty solid anecdotal evidence of that if nothing else lol

    Don't get me wrong, I get just as annoyed by those who insist Apple can do no wrong as those who insist they can do no right. I just find it weird how pseudo-religious people can get about Apple. It seems like you're not allowed to just view them as another tech company. You have to either crusade against them, or else you're a paid apple shill

  • As ‘sober curious’ trend grows, major brands tap into non-alcoholic drinks - National | Globalnews.ca

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  • I don’t really care whether people know or not.

    Going out of your way to make a comment about it is an interesting choice then lol

  • what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?

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  • Yeah I think a better answer would've been "an ad with a black man smiling at his white wife"

    For bonus points, make it clear in the ad that the man is a house husband and the wife is a working professional lol

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  • I mean, that's cool - but it's still on the front page today

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  • They 100% did

    Don't get me wrong, there's plenty to gripe about with apple, just like every tech company, but I swear half the complaints I hear about Apple products on lemmy are either outdated or just plain wrong

    For some reason the anti-Apple circle jerk is supercharged on Lemmy. I'll never understand why people get themselves so worked up over a brand they never have to do business with

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  • So, what? We're just straight up making shit up about Mac now when trashing it on Lemmy?

    Its literally been over a decade since the last time Apple charged for an OS update

  • A mom's advice

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  • I mean, by your own reasoning though it's at least a yellow flag - if she's just doing it because she thought it might be fun and cute, then yeah knock yourself out - if she looks at you seriously and says shit like "I need to make your star chart so I know if we're compatible and whether or not we have a future together", then I'd personally nope out of there

  • what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?

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  • The vast majority of us use these wonderous devices to get into arguments with people we are extremely unlikely to ever meet in person

    And also about things that we generally either don't really care much about, or can't actually do anything about lol

  • what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?

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  • feels a bit like cheating given that the man in the picture is clearly being presented as a server, not a consumer

  • Ghost trophies

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  • The only game I've ever 100%d was Spiderman, and mainly because

    A) they make it dead simple to do so, with an in-game checklist

    B) it's just a damn fun game so that it didn't actually feel like a chore

  • Atlanta 1950s and now

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  • Yeah they only seem complicated from the air, on the ground you just read the signs and it's always clear, or if you're using your phone - just go in the lane it tells you

  • no window

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  • Also, it wouldn't really look nice - a typical stainless steel dishwasher looks clean - a microwave and oven (hopefully) look clean and tidy through the window. But a windowed dishwasher? Half full of dirty dishes for most of the day, and even when the dishes are clean they won't look neater than a plain stainless steel finish (or whatever finish you prefer)

  • no window

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  • I spent a good while trying to figure out what the joke was behind the capital words lol

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  • I disagree - the thing that got him his initial fortune was PayPal, and frankly that was mostly luck and good timing.

    Everything we've heard from actual employees at the places hes owned paints a very clear picture that they succeed in spite of him, not because of him.

    The two things he's good at are

    1. Identifying potentially successful companies early on, so he can get in early and pretend he invented it - which is admitedly a valuable talent, but only in a zero-value capitalist sort of way

    2. Marketing himself - though it's increasingly clear that this talent was short lived, and most have seen behind the curtain at this point. The people who like him today mostly just like him because he's saying the shit they want to hear, even the conservatives I know no longer think he's some tech genius

    Everything else has just been luck and timing. If I go out and buy a lottery ticket tomorrow and will a billion dollars, I'm not good at buying lottery tickets

  • As Gazans Scrounge for Food and Water, Hamas Sits on a Rich Trove of Supplies

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  • I can't believe you're still acting like you have moral superiority here lol

    "OK, fine - I made up my whole argument, but you're probably lying too! Afterall, it's what I'd do!"

    I mean jeez, if you're going to lie through your teeth about something to try and support some made up point, at least take the 5 seconds to do find out what it is you're lying about

    Edit: lol, he blocked me - what a tool

  • As ‘sober curious’ trend grows, major brands tap into non-alcoholic drinks - National | Globalnews.ca

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  • People aren't downvoting you because they disagree with your lifestyle, but your comment is like going into a thread about veganism and saying "fuck yall I'm gonna eat a cheese burger every day until I die". A valid personal decision, but not really relavent to the conversation unless you just wanted everyone to know you're different

  • AI doomsday warnings a distraction from the danger it already poses, warns expert

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  • Neither can the rich who run our shit today