Same, except I kinda just cut off a bit here and there as adjustments every now and then. So I never really have a new haircut, it stays somewhat stable.

I imagine they had slightly fewer languages listed back in 2002!

But at least he’s self aware! That places him in an intellectual capacity at least somewhere between a giant panda and a house mouse. Not bad for a troll.

respect, kindness and have principles that I apply uniformly

Not actions that he applies uniformly. Obviously you meet people with different actions. But you can remain constant in principles.

Its possible to respect both your mother and your partner, yet only have sex with one of them. Weirdo.

Yeah, I got what you meant - it’s a word that takes on a billion different meanings. I just find it to be important to push back against the strawman whenever I see it, as I’m not gonna let a bunch of dumb kids raised by a social media algorithm ruin feminism for me. Get off my lawn etc.

In feminist scholarship it tends more towards the “we are all victims of patriarchy” stance. Most my friends are academics so they tend to lean the same direction, though not always.

It’s worth emphasising that concerns about male mental health in large part comes from feminism. Feminism is not inherently man hating, and research of gender dynamics through the lense of feminism is what made it possible to observe how patriarchal structures in society harm not only women, but also men.

It’s kinda like how a marxist will tell you that even rich people are happier in egalitarian societies: Capitalism hurts everyone, including the ones seemingly profiting from it. In the same way, feminism gave way to the insight that patriarchy hurts everyone, including men.

That said, you’re not wrong that here is a (perhaps more popular rather than scholarly) feminist critique of male grievances. Feminism is a bunch of different things, and there’s a bunch of contradictions between different understandings of feminism.

Not too weird then that people end up hating the whole issue. Some feminists hate it because it’s sympathising with the oppressor or whatever, while anti-feminists hate it because they see it as soft feminist bullshit or whatever. Having a nuanced opinion about anything these days is difficult.

It’s often repeated, but I love the distinction between knowledge and wisdom based on this fact.

Knowledge is to know tomato is a fruit; wisdom is to not put it in a fruit salad.

How about getting a portable monitor?

Pros:

• Cheaper
• Less e-waste, doesn’t require a whole new computer
• Fewer components that can break
• Stays up to date along with your phone - won’t be unable to update netflix in five years because of lacking software updates
• Probably a better screen than what you’d get from a cheap tablet

Cons:

• Your phone would need to support an external monitor
• Not a separate device; good for watching videos, less good for sofa surfing
• You’d need to connect your phone somehow while consuming content. I think there are some wireless options, but personally I’d probably just use a cable.

The entire sky is a carpet of stars. There’s not an empty spot - there’s always a smaller, fainter star to see. It’s crazy.

I grew up in a green-ish area of this map in Norway, and in Winger it gets pitch black. If theres even faint aurora in tje North we can see it behind the house.

For sure there is some light pollution - we don’t draw the curtains in the evening - but it’s pitch black by any standard observable by humans.

There’s no real difference, content flows freely between the two platforms.

I’m writing this in piefed - does it make my comment “piefed content”, while your comment is “Lemmy content”?

The distinction makes no sense. And that’s the point - use whatever platform you prefer, enjoy the same content anywhere you go. There is no “piefed content” or “lemmy content”, only content. :)

You could check out another instance, for example https://feddit.online/ , which is visible without signing in.

Piefed.social used to be open for all, but I suspect it needed to be restricted due to AI scrapers. Not sure exactly what the reasoning is though.

You can find a list of instances here: https://fedidb.com/software/piefed

Before the war, Europeans were obsessed with the Jewish question. The question was basically what to do with the jews who refuse to assimilate. The Germans came up with what they coined as the final solution to the Jewish question, which was of course the Holocaust.

Then, after the war, what do Europeans do? Do they accept that Jews can live among them as equals, even though they are different? Do we manage to leave this fucking Jewish question behind us?

Nah, we give them land where other people already live, so that they can have their own state and not bother us.

It’s just another solution to the Jewish question, and it’s rooted in the same fucked up belief that we simply cannot afford to coexist.

Israel was not founded against the Holocaust, it was founded with a basis in the same type of fucked up thinking as the Holocaust itself.

“misidentified as a suspect” my ass. Correctly identified as a person of colour. I wish they would talk honestly about these things.

European legal systems are largely built around the idea that courts are apolitical, and that judges make their decisions neutrally based on the word of the law and the facts of the case.

This is of course impossible, but some people—especially judges themselves—are afraid that the system would collapse if the public learned how political the work of courts really is. So when France started publishing all the judgments of their courts to the public, they also forbade the public from studying individual judges.

It’s pretty funky.

Of course, studying the performance of individual judges is criminalized in France, so we have very limited ability to know about their individual performance. :)

It’s a huge lie that judges are neutral, but some argue it’s a necessary lie.

Sure, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that under this model, small artists with little money seem to have a strong incentive not to put their music up for sale, which will cost both them and Bandcamp potential profits.

Maybe they could offer fans to sponsor a membership for artists if they want to unlock premium features.

Fair enough. But musicians are not really “any type of venture”.

Bandwagon is already taking on a risk by hosting music for free for listening. If they could find ways in which both them and the artists could profit from music published on the platform that lacks the commercial potential to justify a €10 subscription, this would be a win/win. Considering that it seems they are already hosting the music for free.

I think that would be most people these days.