All I see out there are gay rights, trans rights, whatever parades.
And people actually show up. like wth. given that it's 5% population max.

Where are the worker rights parades?
US workers are 80% of the population (sans elderly, kids and disabled).
Why is noone doing it? Why is noone organizing Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear"?

Why does US east coastline still owned by billionaires and we have to ask permission to walk on that sand?
Where is healthcare for all?
Where are bike lines?
Why dont we nationalize and own the oil fields in US?
Where are mandatory 1 month vacations? (even fucking China has them). ?

Lots of people would march for those demands.

Wt guys? just fucking why?

If we had evolved around a red dwarf, would red be our white? And we'd have primary colors that make up red?

I've seen this happen a bunch of time now that people just ask a question and it's deleted a day or so later. Do they delete the question themselves, or is that some automatic thing? If they do it themselves, why?

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Thanks for the great answers so far. Very insightful. Please keep them coming, I'm curious to more points of view.

When you see something has too much up or down votes, does this change your point of view? Also how many people hides votes and etc?

Edit: also is there any eay yo disable scores like 100%😀 in voyager for lemmy?

Hey there, I was wondering if this is normal or if anyone can relate to this.

I 20/male was born in Germany and lived my whole life here but since I was a child I was fascinated with America, grew up consuming all the media from there and always wanted to live there.

I always had the feeling that I'm misplaced and don't belong where I'm from. I was always searching for the place where I feel like I belong and can better relate to people but never found it.

I always have this inner conflict of not knowing where I truly belong and what's better for me/where I will be truly happy and feel more "home".

For example I always wanted to go to America cause I thought it was way better and more advanced than Germany especially when it comes to consumerism. I grew up eating most of my meals at McDonald's and was in love with the American chains and brands. The bigness, space, "freedom" and variety of places, stores, cultures and nature was always appealing to me. And I also prefer the English language and the social interactions. It feels like a deep dream having a road trip in America in a pickup truck while listening to country music with others, going to a shooting range and so on.

But then I'm conflicted if the culture is maybe dominantly shaped by consumerism and wonder if that is really good and truly makes me happy/gives me what I need. I wonder if it actually has stronger hustle culture and am unsure if that might take away from the connection with people and nature and might only make my deep void inside me bigger. Maybe it's more artificial in the US and I might find more meaning/connection grounded in German society that might focus more on embracing an organic/open/recreational life that's more connected to people and nature and less on individualism, materialism and work. But maybe it's the exact opposite. I don't even know if artificiality or organicality will make me more happy.

Because in Germany I really despise the directness and people being overly specific. Maybe that is mainly only with older generations though and I might not have this with people my age.

Never having lived in the US makes it very hard for me to know what the reality would be and what place would make me happier. Maybe anyone here has experience with both countries or maybe has experience with completely different countries/situations but that relates to this topic. In the end of the day this probably is more wishful/fantasy thinking than anything and I probably never get my butt anywhere else but I thought I at least keep dreaming and speak what's on my heart.

I would also appreciate it if you could recommend me other communities that are maybe more fitting where I can post this.

Like I'm not one of THOSE. I know higher = better with framerates.

BUT. I'm also old. And depending on when you ask me, I'll name The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask as my favourite game of all time.

The original release of that game ran at a glorious twenty frames per second. No, not thirty. No, not even twenty-four like cinema. Twenty. And sometimes it'd choke on those too!

.... And yet. It never felt bad to play. Sure, it's better at 30FPS on the 3DS remake. Or at 60FPS in the fanmade recomp port. But the 20FPS original is still absolutely playable.

Yet like.

I was playing Fallout 4, right? And when I got to Boston it started lagging in places, because, well, it's Fallout 4. It always lags in places. The lag felt awful, like it really messed with the gamefeel. But checking the FPS counter it was at... 45.

And I'm like -- Why does THIS game, at forty-five frames a second, FEEL so much more stuttery and choked up than ye olde video games felt at twenty?

i fixed the question. for people who do so, is it because your native language does so, like french? or is it because of stylistic choice?

like “hello ! how are you ?” i know a polish speaker who does that

Other than them both being dickheads

Would it be realistic to use licence plate readers that cities have (like Flock) to track ICE activity? Most of the time local police are at the scene of these events, even though they should not be helping in any way (in a santuary state). The police could collect the plate number of all the ice vehicles, and put them into a hotlist.

Any time one drives past a plate reader, it will post it publcly and maybe send an alert to anyone who opts in.

How feasable would this be?

Person 1: "Israel and Palestine have both done some horrid things to each other and deprived each other of basic needs. That isn’t something where genocide comes to mind."

Person 2: "What Israel is doing to Palestine is genocide though."

Person 1: "It’s a war crime. Not all war crimes are a genocide. Certain criteria have to be fulfilled for that. Similar to how not all mass shootings are acts of terrorism. Are you really dedicating a whole confrontation just to debate semantics?"

Person 2: Provides links to Amnesty International

Person 1: "I’m going by dictionary definitions, not what a certain biased organization says. I wouldn’t deny both of the organizations you mention there are biased. But the dictionary isn’t. Suppose you are right and the ADL is biased and controlled “by Zionism” (which sounds a bit like a conspiracy theory). What does that make the Snopes organization? What does that make the literal 50% of America who doesn’t disagree with the ADL? What does that make the people who call it a double standard that so many people are willing to support murder of one kind but not another, or that intentions matter sometimes but not all the time?"

The question sounds hyper stupid but hear me out.

We have an underwhelming volume of shit that relies on plastic. Plastic is cheap and versatile. If we replaced the vast majority of it, I presume costs for most products would creep up, and we would also shift our demand for natural resources (such as wood for paper ). Are there enough resources to sustainably replace our current volume of single use plastics? Or would we be sentencing all of our remaining forests to extinction if we did? Would products remain roughly equally affordable?

Let's imagine we replace, overnight, all single use plastic in this hypothetical scenario with an alternative. All parcels are now mailed in paper; waxed paper if you need humidity resistance. Styrofoam pebbles are now paper shreds and cardboard clusters. No more plastic film, anywhere. No more plastic bags, only paper. No more plastic wrapping for any cookies confectionery, etc; it's paper and thin boxes like those of cereals. Toothbrushes, pens, and a variety of miscellaneous items are now made of wood, cardboard, glass, metal, etc. The list goes on, but you get the idea.

Is this actually doable? Or is there another reason besides plastic companies not wanting to run out of business that we haven't done this already? Why are we still using so much fucking plastic?

I mean odds are if you got hit and bounced off the windshield and roof or something it would not be that bad. But getting ran over you would be pretty much screwed. How come they use these in a vice versa context?

Why do americans assume they invented the Internet also known as a Interconnected Network which evolved out of multiple countries connecting their academic networks together creating an interconnected network which evolved into the internet when non academic users where granted access

No one country can claim that they invented the Internet

Shouldn't it be the default and not require the suspect/subject to actually ask for one? Has there ever been any attempt to make that the norm in any countries? I think the only question should be "do you have your own lawyer you like to use, or are you happy enough with the court-appointed one?"

I'm not even sure opting out should be allowed, but I'm open to hearing reasons why that would be a bad system, or indeed a worse system than the one most countries seem to have now. So many miscarriages of justice could have been easily avoided.

This song came up and I saved it. The AI generated album art was offputting, but I don't know many people who are putting out this style of music currently, so I went looking for more.

https://open.spotify.com/track/4wFwUk3EKO4CQAl8PCtlYP

All the covers are AI generated and all of their music is from 2024-2025. I can't find anything about them online despite their bio saying:

The Smoothies formed in 1973, blending Detroit's raw soul and Memphis's bluesy influences. Their unique sound quickly resonated with the vibrant 70s music scene. Throughout the 70s and 80s, The Smoothies recorded prolifically with a small indie label, creating cult classics. Despite not achieving mainstream fame, they amassed a dedicated following. Decades later, they teamed up with producer Paul Martini to restore and remaster their extensive back catalog. This collaboration reintroduced their timeless sound to both old fans and new listeners.

Lately, The Smoothies embraced the motto: "You'll never know" and so they decided to jump into the music market..."Better late than never.".

Is it a bot that is stealing real music? Or is the music itself fake? The song sounded slightly off, but I could chalk that up as an intentional artistic choice.

If so, should I edit all my posts/comments and update them to generic hosting links?

I'll use postimages.org in the future to prevent something like this from happening again.

Hi all!

So, with the whole lemm.ee saga, I would like to be able to delete my whole comment history. I know they should get deleted from lemm.ee the moment I delete my account, but I think these don't get federated, and all the comments I made back in the day under this account will remain forever in the federated instances. Moreover, once the account is deleted there won't be a way to remove them. So I wanted to try and delete them first. Is this possible, is there a tool that could do this for me like the old reddit nuking tool?

for context, he is not native english speaker as you could probably tell. do i just say outside is raining?

I'm applying for sysadmin type jobs and feel a lack of degree is holding me back. Should I simply lie? Can't see most employers actually checking on a degree I would have earned 30+ years ago.

JP recently appeared on "Jubilee", the YouTube channel known for having "debate-ish" videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwk5MPE_6zE

The setup here is they will take some person and surround them with tens of their opponents, so you have "Jordan Peterson vs 20 Atheists".

In this exact video, one of the people asks JP if he's a Christian and he replies "Don't be a smartass!"

I haven't seen someone that espouses so many Christian values and philosophy while trying to hold it at arm's length. Is this just part of the usual JP tactic where you call into question any terms used in a discussion to sound deeply philosophical?

He seems to have an atypical relationship with Christianity and I can't decide if that's some genuine crisis he has OR if he just pretends to hold this stance just to add one more slippery facet to his behavior.

If nothing else, it's very odd.

I, thankfully, don’t live in the U.S. but it makes me wonder as a trans man, would MAGA think I was just a lesbian or would he recognize my relationship as straight somehow ?