[-] rifugee@lemmy.world 53 points 8 months ago

Notably, a cosmetologist requires 2-3 times more training than police officers in the US. The only two countries with lower training requirements are Iraq and Afghanistan. Stories like this post, the acorn incident, and shooting into that ladies house, start to make a lot more sense with that context, eh?

[-] rifugee@lemmy.world 52 points 9 months ago

I know that it didn't actually flee and just drove off because it was following it's programming, but damn, the mental image of this robot hitting a car and then going, "Oh, shit! I'm outta here," is hilarious to me.

...I may be a little high.

[-] rifugee@lemmy.world 64 points 9 months ago

To be fair, I suspect the average adult in real life probably only remembers, and uses, 5th grade math.

[-] rifugee@lemmy.world 93 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Companies wonder why people use adblockers; this is my experience trying to read this article on mobile without an adblocker:

Picture of the outside of the building.

Three paragraphs, each composed of a single sentence.

Ad.

Two paragraphs, each composed of a single sentence.

Ad.

A teaser block trying to get me read another article on their site.

Ad.

A stock photo of a public bathroom with mirrors.

A teaser trying to get me to follow them on Google News.

A single sentence with eight words.

Ad.

Another sentence, which is a quote from a school admin.

Ad.

Two paragraphs, each consisting of one sentence each.

Teaser block trying to get me to read more articles on their site.

A stock photo of some social media platform logos.

A trending block with links to more articles on their garbage site.

Two more paragraphs, each consisting of one sentence each.

A distracting carrousel of images that are links to more articles on their site.

Two more paragraphs, one of which actually has two sentences!

Links to their social media.

Is that the end of the article? I think so, but I've missed things before, so better keep scrolling a bit just in case.

Related articles section.

Ad.

Ad that looks like a link to another article.

Ad that looks like a link to another article.

Ad that looks like a link to another article.

Link to another article.

Ad.

Comments section.

Editors pick section of articles.

Ad.

Ad.

Okay, pretty sure I've read the entire article now, but let's keep scrolling to see how far this bullshit goes.

Ad that looks like a link to another article.

Ad that looks like a link to another article.

Link to another article.

And then the following pattern SIX times:

Ad.

Link to another article.

Link to another article.

Link to another article.

Ad that looks like a link to another article.

FINALLY a whole bunch of links to other articles, some of which are promoted by Taboola, whatever the fuck that is.

And the entire time there was a red popup for "breaking news" taking up 1/5 of the screen.

For those keeping track at home, the article was a total of fourteen sentences, one photo of the school, and two stock photos. And no photo of a bathroom without mirrors.

[-] rifugee@lemmy.world 64 points 11 months ago

If you don't own it when paying for it then you aren't stealing it when pirating it.

[-] rifugee@lemmy.world 46 points 11 months ago

Maybe they meant that they're already done masturbating for the day? Just 20 minutes into browsing? High praise indeed for this incest coffee porn, I say. Good job, Folgers.

[-] rifugee@lemmy.world 51 points 11 months ago

Is that what she is saying or is she saying that Muslims in the US normally get a lot of hate and since many people are upset by Israel's actions Jewish people are now getting a taste of that?

Maybe I'm missing some additional context but it doesn't read to me like she's condoning the hate towards any specific group, but simply pointing out that it exists.

Maybe she's full of crap or maybe she's highly educated on the topic, I don't know. I do know that it appears to me that people are putting words into her mouth. Again, maybe I'm missing something in the story?

[-] rifugee@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

Everyone needs to be on the lookout for 4 turtles and a rat.

[-] rifugee@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago

No thanks. Someone walking around with an assault rifle isn't going to make me feel safe. Quite the opposite actually. It's going to make me feel like I'm in a warzone, which aren't generally regarded as safe places.

[-] rifugee@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

With that attitude, the only difference between you and the type of rich person you seem to despise, is wealth.

[-] rifugee@lemmy.world 76 points 1 year ago

Or the queue could get so long that it is no longer within the allotted space and is now obstructing other passengers. It's true that it is the same for HER if she moves along or waits, but that is not necessarily true for everyone else.

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