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otp ,

Arrogance and misplaced rage aren't anything to be proud of, either.

Your argument is pretty much a slippery slope argument, which is how we get things like people trying to ban gay marriage.

otp ,

Unfortunately.

otp ,

Based on the rest of the comment, I think they were referring to how often members of the Israeli military defy orders.

otp ,

And terrorism must be defeated.

I agree. Israel must be stopped.

otp ,

How many people are rich and continue to amass wealth even though they have more money than they really know what to do with?

How many important projects are done by volunteers?

How many old people work jobs they don't need just to keep themselves social and busy?

And in that hypothetical scenario, money still exists, it's just equally distributed. There'll still be people who want more, people who waste what they have and need a top-up, etcetc.

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The price of rented accommodation in the United States is up 26% since the early 2020s

The best part is that it's still the early 2020s...

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otp ,

The 2D game is pretty fun, imo

otp ,

I think it's silly too, but isn't this a bit insensitive? People died. It is their own fault for making bad decisions in this situation, but they still died.

It's also a lot easier to choose not to be Muslim when your entire family and maybe your entire support group isn't Muslim. Hell, how many of those people who died came from countries where it's basically required by law to be Muslim?

otp ,

What I said was "basically required by law to be Muslim", not required by state law to do the Hajj

otp ,

ftr; also atheist, but decided not to be insensitive today, lol

otp ,

His future replacement stood with some during that convoy, so things aren't looking great for the future of the country, lol

otp ,

Judging by your username, you left Reddit when they did the API changes, but aren't really sure where you've ended up. Kudos for that! Seems like you've stuck to your principles.

otp ,

Oh. I didn't have that same experience, lol

otp ,

The quote you highlighted suggests it was an issue with Instagram, not OnlyFans...but Facebook has all kinds of account protection options, so I'm guessing Instagram does too.

otp ,

I'll wear one on public transit in the winter. It reduces the chance I'll get sick (or as sick), and it keeps my face warm when I get back outside.

The last time I got really sick was the last time I was in the office and at least two people nearby were sick. None of us were wearing a mask. It took me out for a solid two weeks, and I had residual effects for almost a month longer (at the minimum).

Because of that, I could understand someone wearing a mask in the office all the time -- they wouldn't want to not wear a mask, then put it on the second they hear someone cough, lol

otp ,

That doesn't look tough, that looks malformed and stupid.

otp ,

If you group together all the different kinds of floppies as "floppies", but separate out CDs from DVDs and Blu-rays, then I guess it could be seen as short.

CDs probably lasted longest for music, and lasted a while as primary computing media, but if you look at them in terms of console gaming, they lived a pretty short life. So maybe the author is also a console gamer, lol

otp ,

FlyingSquid mostly, and a few others. Not sure if I'd be able to spell all the others properly though, lol

I had to block a few who were spamming too much, but I've since forgotten their usernames.

otp ,

I do wish the dislike button was back, but this does seem like it could do something different.

The notes could add corrections to minor details, or even be about something that changed since the video was uploaded.

The Dislike was great for "This whole video is garbage"

otp ,

Not my current job, but people working in a large department store knowing where individual item is.

Most can point you to a department, but not even an aisle. But not everyone who works in a department store works for the department store. Anything that's not in their line of vision might as well not exist in the store at all.

otp ,

That's awesome! Most others seem to only deny people applying for disability benefits.

otp ,

Did people stop washing their hands after using the toilet in Japan once the restrictions let up?

Did...they start?

Having lived briefly in Japan and for a while in Korea, most people left public (and workplace) washrooms without washing their hands. Even during the pandemic.

otp ,

That was the weirdest part to me. In Korea, there was usually soap in the washrooms. But in either of those countries, you'd occasionally either find no soap in the men's rooms, or you'd find empty soap canisters.

Telling a staff member there was no soap got the reaction that a tourist in NA politely telling a police officer that they saw some litter on the sidewalk over there, lol

otp ,

Regarding your question about being the past tense, they are also used that way. But you also need to make other changes.

Would you like coffee?

This is not about the past. As others have said, this is an offer of coffee. The response is

Yes I would. / No I wouldn't.

(Or any other acceptance of an offer)

Would you have liked coffee?

This is about the past. It means something like..."Before, is it possible that you wanted coffee?"

It's a little tough to explain. But a person might ask that question if invited a friend to a café, got there before the friend, and ordered two teas...then the friend looked disappointed about having a tea. "Sorry, do you not like tea? Would you have liked coffee instead?"

The answer here is

Yes I would've. / No I wouldn't have.

It's a similar situation for "could".

Could you take out the trash?

This is a request. As others have said, "would" could also be used as a request here, but it's not very common (at least like this).

Literally, I think it's a question of capability. I think "could" means "is it possible for X to happen"...but we use it to be a request because of politeness. English speakers don't think about it this way when making a request, but it will help understand what it means in the past.

Could you have taken out the trash?

This is a question about a past capability. It means something like..."Before, was it possible that you were able to take out the trash?"

You'd ask this if your kid didn't take out the trash and you want to know if it was possible (with the implication being that you want to know WHY).

The kid would answer

Yes, I could've, but ...

Or

No, I couldn't have, because ...

Or

Not now mom/dad, I'm playing a game

As you can see, using would/could in the past is possible, but complicated. "Should" is also usable in the past.

Should I wear a hat?

... Is a question about whether you need a hat (maybe before going outside for a walk).

Should I have worn a hat?

...is a question about whether you needed to wear a hat before. Maybe you didn't wear a hat and got a sunburn on your scalp. Ouch! Yes, you should've worn a hat.

otp ,

Digital by far.

I can copy/paste, edit easily, share entire tasks/lists with someone, selectively share something with someone, all from multiple devices, at least one of which I'll likely have at all times.

otp ,

Just let the babies have what they want, and they'll stop committing violent, -motivated crimes! It's obvious we should be voting for the far right! /s

otp ,

Hmm. What is the difference between forced intervention and whatever Portugal did when it decriminalized hard drugs?

otp ,

I see. Thank you!

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Specifically about personal data...

Apple may engage third parties to act as our service providers and perform certain tasks on our behalf, such as processing or storing data, including personal data, in connection with your use of our services and delivering products to customers.

As for anonymized aggregate data...

Aggregated data is considered non‑personal data for the purposes of this Privacy Policy.

(All from Apple's privacy page)

So they may not be explicitly selling identifiable information (which is usually pretty standard with big companies, I think), they are sharing it with other companies (which is normal)...and they're also almost definitely selling anonymized data (which is also standard).

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otp ,

I live in Canada and I've never lived in a place without AC

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otp ,

Well, they did fly the flag upside down, in black and white, and next to Nazi flags...so I think they don't want to be Canadian. Maybe part of the reason is that they're not polite or apologetic.

Also, they were trying to overthrow the federal government, so I think this argument has a lot of merit.

To be fair, a lot of them probably didn't know that, and were there because they were angry about something else and didn't know who to blame. Plus they had nothing better to do with their time and money but to give it to a national-scale sham.

otp ,
  • It was opened, but not necessarily watched
  • The same person can open the video multiple times.

Still a big number, but it doesn't mean that many people watched it.

otp ,

That's a good point, but even then, a single person could click the video on different devices on different networks (especially over time with switching providers or VPN usage at all), and a lot of people watch YouTube without an account.

Especially with Rick Rolling. Not everyone would end up watching on a signed-in account.

otp ,

That sounds legit.

... wait. So that means that what you said must not be true!!

Tap for spoiler

/s

otp ,

Not as much in English compared to some other (mostly European) languages

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otp ,

[X] chose profit over security [without regard for consequences]

The American way

otp ,

Considering the relationship between heat and aggression, plus the impacts on the ecosystems of the world, climate change is probably a factor in this. Which suggests this might just be the peak..."so far".

otp ,

Another user to the pile here to say that their response fully answered your question.

otp ,

Sorry, you're going to have to keep looking. Somehow, everyone else got the answer to your question.

otp ,

??

otp ,

I think the implication was that she wasn't aware of whether or not the toilet finished flushing.

I have one toilet that flushes quickly, and I can usually tell that it's finish flushing by the time I've finished washing my hands.

otp ,

Including the refill?

otp ,

You can't be certain your toilet has completed a flush "safely" until it's finished (and stopped) refilling!

otp ,

I think it's very unlikely that the kids will be doing anything resembling work that's productive for the company.

At worst, this is glamourizing fast food and fast food jobs to children. But this isn't slave labour, lol

otp ,

Exactly. All 30 kids will probably love it. This probably isn't something that parents would sign their kids up for unless they genuinely think their kid would enjoy it, lol

otp ,

It probably wasn't written by a professional, and they're trying to satisfy two demographics.

There's the part for the kids, obviously, but the other demographic is the parents who want their kids to LEARN something at the camp.

Parents don't necessarily send their kids to Pokemon Camp because their kid loves Pokemon, but because the camp advertises to parents that their kids will learn X, Y, and Z skills and stuff, lol

otp ,

Yeah, though I think there's a difference between Reddit having it vs. Lemmy having it. Especially with popular/general instances defederating from the scummy ones

otp ,

Almost 7,500 tabs...in 2 years? That's an incredibly short period of time, but too many tabs.

That just seems like an unwillingness to organize or close tabs at all, rather than real sentimental value.

At that point, just back up your browser history every night (of course, after manually removing the sites you don't want there! Lol)

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