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Non-democratic/psudo-democratic socialism/communism: “You’re paying for this service whether you want it or not. There is no motivation to make a quality product.”

Democratic socialism/communism: “Well, only 60% of you care about this enough to vote. We’ll put some funds into it, but definitely not what it needs. And oh dang, everyone hates it now, guess we’ll defund it.”

Edit: I’m not disagreeing with OP. Capitalism sucks too. Socialism and Communism *can* suck. It depends on the governing body. There are good examples of all three economic systems working and bad examples of all three screwing people over. I’m anarchist and believe good systems will eventually fall to corrupt politicians if safeguards are not in place to prevent it, and there’s a bunch of sneaky intentional and unintentional loopholes to sneak in power grabs.

What’s a good medium to back up to, assuming I don’t want to pay for a RAID setup?

I’ll accept it, but only if told from the viewpoint of Krypto.

No publisher is going to pay a professional to narrate their audiobooks when they can have AI do a shitty job for much less.

A shitty narrator can get me to hate a book I like. A great narrator can bring the characters to life, enhance the experience, and turn me from a listener to a fan. I’ve searched for books by narrators like Nick Podehl and Jeff Hayes and bought audiobooks I wouldn’t have otherwise.

I wouldn’t support it even if the author couldn’t afford it otherwise. There’s no test to confirm that and knowing profit margines, all publishers will use AI for all their books.

Yes, I’d want smaller authors to have people listen to their books, but without oversight, it’s going to ruin all audiobooks.

I’m pretty sure our insomniacs still outnumber the Europeans (At least on Lemmy)

Edit: I continued scrolling and maybe not. Keep seeing these things I don’t understand. Well played.

AI trains using AI generated articles on repeat. Have you seen what happens to a YouTube video when you download and reupload a video over and over again?

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If you make a redstone PC and don’t consider the requirements to run Minecraft… Probably (in-world it wouldn’t be using electricity)

It’s not gay if it’s TSA

You’re not wrong, “Being reasonable” can be saying “you are wrong! And here’s why…” and as you said, that doesn’t work. And kindness doesn’t work either. I suggest we be less confrontational when trying to help them understand other views. It’s hard and nuisanced. It’s like saying “I’m not against you, but you’re choices and support are not working the way you think they are”, but in a clever way that isn’t so obvious.

Yeah, fuck these guys that are trampling over human right… but like, I also would like change to happen. Being reasonable and kind isn’t working. Neither is aggression.

I think more people need to approach it like this. Human’s minds are designed to think with their group and resistant to change. If you actually want to change minds, insults and accusations will immediately put them into fight mode and they will defend their ideology. But if you don’t attack their ideals and approach in a friendly kind of way, it will lead them to questioning their leader’s choices. It’s hard, I know. Their leader has made some shoot-themselves-in-the-foot choices and makes their conviction an easy target to attack. Insults and attacks may even be a way of letting off steam, but if you actually want change, it has to be a smart and kinder approach. It won’t be an immediate change, but it will be gradual and large over time.

Once you feed the wildlife, they will expect to be fed more. Once they lose the fear of humans, they DEMAND to be fed more.

Also: https://www.fiftyfifty.one/ Seems like a direct source. You can search for events near you and who is organizing them.

Also, the newer massive trucks that are so high they blind anyone lower than them regardless of how properly it’s configured.

Mention her special interests and she will not stop talking about it. Mention that it’s “interesting” and you’ll be getting (in this lore) magical messages while you’re trying to sleep: “And praying matises have what is called a psudopupil. It’s not actually a pupil, but an optical illusion that makes it look like a pupil that is always following you. What it actually is, is that their eyes are these tube-like structures. You only see black, or the ‘pupil’, when you can look directly down the tube. Otherwise, you’re not looking directly down the tube and instead seeing the tube’s inner wall. The overall effect is that it looks like it has a pupil that is always looking at you.”

Way too risqué for the internet.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail appeared to have the most accurate representation of anarchy *I* have seen in modern media (that flavor wouldn’t work for a large government though). A fucking satirical comedy no one would take seriously. All other references I’ve seen about anarchy seemed like “fuck the government” was the entire ideology.

There are definitely women who like and appreciate a partner like that. Particularly, demi-sexual women would absolutely love a supportive and caring partner. Pansexual women could too. Many women may not realize they’re demi or pan and don’t usually advertise themselves as such, but they are there.

I myself don’t act very masculine and don’t relate well with other men. I identify as the gender apathetic flavor of non-binary. Not being masculine or feminine in mannorisms. I appear male, but like you, my mannerisms are gentle and caring. I definitely have had women friends see me “as a little brother” and cared about me in a platonic way… I don’t know if there’s a way out of that 😅… BUT they will help you find a date.

When I met my future wife, I let her know I wanted to date her before being friends but after being aquatinted. She appreciated my politeness and care and reciprocated it back. We’ve been married for 10 years now. Found out later she was demi-sexual. She didn’t find me attractive at first (she didn’t find anyone truly attractive), but she did as she loved me more.