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  • Jesus hates American "Christians"

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  • Yeah so I was raised in a reasonably devout household, and I've never really been able to resolve this.

    Its related to the fundamental attribution error - we judge others by their actions but ourselves by intentions. Except its more than that because religion creates this us vs them dynamic, where anyone who is "us" has good intentions, but anyone who is them does not.

    Let's suppose a "good" person is one who performs acts of altruism, has integrity, and a high level of emptiness self awareness.

    In my experience these "good" people are a small part of any group. Any race, creed, city, social group, whatever.

    With that in mind, I don't think religion makes people good - rather its a system of beliefs that allows people to perceive themselves and their friends as good.

    Really I think this explains why religion is so prevalent. Ultimately being "good" isn't a very good gig. Imagine doing destitute because you've spent your life performing acts of altruism. OTOH if it merely allows one to form a cohesive group of "good" people, i can see how that would be perpetuated.

  • Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after 'discussion with King'

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  • Oh, wow ok. Boom.

    God that's kinda heavy-handed. You'd think they would have done this the moment they were aware that a book was in the offing.

    I imagine they got an advance copy and this is a reaction to the content.

  • Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after 'discussion with King'

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  • Yeah that was my first thought.

    The royal family's PR team would have been strategising this since forever.

    I expect they've been monitoring the Epstein situation, as the likelihood of a release increases they're looking to distance themselves from this turd.

  • Support Lemmy development ads?

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  • I don't mind a request for support in principle, and I regularly donate to other similar projects.

    It's the implementation that will ultimately make the request succeed or fail. As in how often is it shown and in what manner.

  • Universal Translator

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  • The real question is how it can do lip sync.

  • DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026

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  • Seems like a real can / should problem to me.

    Hard to believe this would entice anyone to purchase where a sexy lady couldn't.

  • DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026

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  • So, ah ... yeah.

  • 'So Much for America First': Trump Admin Says Argentina Bailout Doubling to $40 Billion

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  • Governments can literally just spend money into existence.

  • Trump hosts White House ballroom fundraiser as hundreds of thousands of federal workers go unpaid during government shutdown

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  • Why isn't anyone fucking crucifying the republicans over this shutdown?

    Where is the outrage?

    Why do the republicans get to set the narrative?

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    A young woman was sexually assaulted while out DoorDashing. Two days after she reported the assault to DoorDash, they deactivated her account and she can't access the money she's owed.

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  • I can't watch the video sorry but, from the title this is classic corporate liability mitigation and it's sickening.

    I'm not trying to compare myself to this poor woman at all - I haven't endured anything like sexual assault and she has my sympathy.

    That said, I have encountered this type of thing - when you're not a customer but really more like an associate of a company, and for whatever happen you have a legitimate grievance or complaint, their first step is to stone wall you. You won't have any contact with any person with the authority to resolve your grievance - stuck with public facing customer support who's strategy is to wear you down with platitudes and delays.

  • A third of Americans believe Trump’s presidency is part of God’s plan

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  • Aparently they didnt hate him enough to vote against him.

  • Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia

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  • I just want to point out the irony of her case.

    If a far-left influencer was denied a visa to enter the US, they wouldn't bother filing with the supreme court because they wouldn't get a fair hearing.

    The legal facility she attempted to access is one that she would withhold from her own people.

  • Turning Point Australia moves into SA

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  • This shit is just embarrassing.

    If you want to form a conservative organisation that's fine, but surely you could... you know... make up your own name? It doesn't even need to be a good name.

  • Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

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  • They don't need to complain? They just put you in the van and disappear you.

  • Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

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  • Easier to identify that they're ICE but still impossible to make a complaint or hold anyone accountable.

  • Leaving food on the counter - the absolute survey

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  • Hah. Ok. I'd heard about rice being "super high risk" in the past, and your comment encouraged me to look into it a little more.

    Firstly, obviously this, nor my earlier comment is not "advice". I'm not sat here advising people to eat toxic rice. Everyone is responsible for their own decisions. I don't care what everyone else is doing, I'm merely curious as to how my we manage to avoid getting food poisoning from every meal.

    Now, I don't eat rice. I've been following a carbohydrate restricted diet for years because I have T2D. My partner is the boss about rice in our house. Yes, she's from south east asia. We're team thai-grown-jasmine when it comes to rice.

    We also live in a mild climate, so in our kitchen during winter it would probably be 12 degrees celsius for 12 hours or so overnight, and rarely exceed 22 degrees celsius during the day. During summer there's an additional 4 degrees to those numbers. We don't use any heating or cooling in our house. I feel like this is certainly relevant.

    I actually just called her to check on the timeframe she would follow. It's more nuanced than I had previously considered. She said that in winter she would still eat rice after 36 hours at room temperature. However (!) based on my own observations I think the texture has become more rubbery by that time, so while she might do that on occasion I don't think it's that common. I think she just naturally cooks enough for this meal and the next meal, but sometimes there's some left over.

    She also said that in summer 24 hours is probably the limit.

  • This isn't a bubble

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  • Confirmation bias.

  • Aussies go viral for booing American national anthem at WWE Crown Jewel event in Perth

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  • I can't bring myself to consider it that deeply im afraid.

    At this point I find anything glorifying USA culture offensive.

  • Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding

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  • Nah that isn't new. That's been going on since the dawn of democracy.

    Conservative governments always de-fund everything. Lador hasn't had much of a run in the last 30 years.

    I'd like to see the ABC and CSIRO get guaranteed direct funding through something similar to medicare with the medicare levy. Medicare Levy is 2% of earnings. An infinitessimal portion of that would turn the tap back on at the ABC and CSIRO.

    I think we levied facebook et al and squandered that revenue on poor struggling murdock reporting.

    Sooner or later we will have a Trump style government that will accelerate the trend of hollowing out these amazing institutions.