[-] ValiantDust@feddit.org 12 points 5 days ago

While I generally agree with you, I think we have to look at it from the moderators' perspective, too. What are they supposed to do? Deal with the same persons every few weeks until hopefully some of them grow? Moderating a community is already a lot of (often thankless) work. I don't think adding this would help finding and keeping good moderators.

Ultimately it's not only about what is the most fair but about what tools are needed to keep a community running.

[-] ValiantDust@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago

In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with being a bit angry or jealous sometimes.

You shouldn't throw your rage at the people around you or let your actions be driven by anger alone. But there are a lot of things one can very justly be angry about. I would even argue that some things one should feel angry about. Like when someone is mistreated.

Denying yourself negative emotions is not entirely healthy in my opinion, it's more about the way you act on them (or don't act on them).

[-] ValiantDust@feddit.org 52 points 2 weeks ago

In a few thousand years...

"We finally deciphered the text on it. It's a monument to love, to undying loyalty and affection! How amazing! Here, it reads: 'Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down'"

[-] ValiantDust@feddit.org 134 points 3 weeks ago

This is a few years old but still a good visualisation:

https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

Start scrolling.

[-] ValiantDust@feddit.org 41 points 1 month ago

In Germany marital rape is punished in the same way as any other rape since 1997 (which to me always seemed horrifically late). But one of the guys who voted against it is his party's candidate for the post of Chancellor in the election next year.

Maybe we are not as far beyond these misogynistic worldviews as we like to believe.

[-] ValiantDust@feddit.org 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

For a few glorious years there was an alternative that solved all your problems: The French Revolutionary calendar

10 days per week, 10 hours per day, 100 minutes per hour, 100 seconds per minute.

The French were serious about the decimal system (thanks for the kilograms though).

[-] ValiantDust@feddit.org 53 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In my experience what happens is you look at each other confusedly for a moment, wondering who is in the wrong restroom. Then you realise there are no urinals so it's probably the women's restroom. Then the man leaves a bit embarrassed. Source: Happened to me at least twice (once the signs were really unclear).

[-] ValiantDust@feddit.org 49 points 1 month ago

As a developer I can freely admit that without the operations people the software I develop would not run anywhere but on my laptop.

I know as much about hardware as a cook knows about his stove and the plates the food is served on – more than the average person but waaaay less than the people producing and maintaining them.

[-] ValiantDust@feddit.org 48 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

8 hours in theory. Let's not forget it has to cross a large part of Germany. I'm sure Deutsche Bahn will work its magic and suddenly it's 16 hours with four unplanned stops and five hours of uncertainty as to whether you will ever arrive at all.

[-] ValiantDust@feddit.org 46 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Just carry one around with you and whenever something important happens or you are about to do something risky, pull it out, press it with your finger and loudly say "Save".

Edit: Bonus points for carrying a huge cardboard mouse pointer to click with.

Edit 2: I really should read all the replies before starting to type.

[-] ValiantDust@feddit.org 146 points 4 months ago

I think the reason might be racism.

[-] ValiantDust@feddit.org 39 points 4 months ago

In my opinion the reason it's supposedly insulting is rooted in misogyny. A woman is the property of her male relatives. When someone sleeps with her without the permission of these relatives, he uses their property without permission, demonstrating his power over them.

I do realise that many people use this insult because it's just something you say. But I think it's worth reflecting about what it actually is you are saying.

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