[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 22 points 2 months ago

We also have a problem on lemmy that there is a subset of users who think that votes are how you curate your feed. They downvote anything that they don't want to see instead of blocking communities that they aren't interested in.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 33 points 2 months ago

Using scaled sorting really helps with getting smaller communities on the front page. I still see the political and news communities but I also see communities for cities and niche hobbies.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 28 points 2 months ago

It’s crucial to note that our bias scale is calibrated to the political >spectrum of the United States, which may not align with the >political landscapes of other nations.

From their methodology page.

They aren't rating for any and all bias. They are rating for political bias within the context of the US political landscape.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 22 points 3 months ago

I've seen Highlander, you can conceal a full size katana in the inside breast pocket of a trench coat. You can even go for a run with it there and the coat will flap and move like the sword isn't even there.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 22 points 4 months ago

Okay, nobody else has said anything but what's really bugging me is this. Why does the rock have the male connector? It's not even flush with the surface, it's embedded slightly recessed. Attaching a cord with a female connector would be a much bigger annoyance than if they were switched around.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 21 points 5 months ago

I'm going to throw a little bit of a curveball at ya. Most of the damage to the pyramids in Giza isn't from erosion. They were originally covered in white limestone and the tops were capped in hammered gold. An earthquake sometime in the early 1300s began dislodging the limestone and from about 1600 to about 1800 a quarry was established in Giza and the gold and limestone were removed.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 34 points 5 months ago

Sounds like it would conflict with the ADA.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 30 points 6 months ago

It's fake. It looks like that so she can bring the same one to every picnic.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 26 points 6 months ago

He's pro choice and proposed federal legislation to guarantee the right to both medication and surgical abortion and to require insurance to cover it. He has sponsored bills to protect IVF and other reproductive treatment, to give everyone paid sick leave specifically including parents taking leave to care for sick children, to expand Medicare to cover all citizens.

I'm not sure how much more he can support the right to bodily autonomy.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Socrates answered this. If morality is objective or has an objective basis then it is necessarily independent from any God or god's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro_dilemma

Edit to add: If you're interested in the concept of an evil God in the context of Christian beliefs I recommend reading "Answer to Job" by Carl Jung. He doesn't exactly make the Christian God evil but ascribes moral failings to God and frames Jesus as the redemption of God instead of the redemption of man.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 27 points 7 months ago

I'm not convinced that Biden hasn't slowed down. Dude's old but his speaking style, history of gaffes, and his stutter makes it hard to really gage a change in his public speaking. I definitely don't think he's struggling nearly as much as Trump but ultimately I'm not sure how much difference it makes for how I will vote. Even if Biden was as bad as Trump he would be the better choice because he builds teams and listens to experts whereas Trump collects sycophants and listens to whoever best flatters his ego.

The job of the President is complex and involves dealing with incredible amounts of information. No one person can meaningfully process the amount of information Presidents get presented with everyday nor have the background to understand and properly contextualize the variety of types and sources of that information. The person that recognizes that they aren't experts on every subject and who builds teams of subject matter experts to help them process the information and make the most informed decisions possible will always be the better choice.

[-] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 31 points 8 months ago

Come on man, why make Luigi evil? Waluigi, Wario, Bowser, the various koopas, there are lots of viable options that are already evil.

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