Please remember things like this when you say “hate speech isn’t free speech”. I wouldn’t put it past the Republicans to claim that pro-LGBT+ or pro-choice is hate speech against Christians.

Everyone I know uses signal, even our neighborhood group messaging is a signal group.

Then again my neighbors are all reasonable people.

Actual health insurance is literally illegal in the USA. It’s all some sort of partially pre-paid health subscription crap that you get punished for not buying. Every time the government steps in the help they make it worse, even as far back as WW2 with “salary caps” leading to extra non-monetary incentives, like medical insurance, company car, etc. Then the government gives business tax breaks to provide insurance making it more expensive for an individual to buy so now your health is tied to your work. Then they help by… etc. etc. etc.

Depends on what age you could as “child”. But yeah.

DO NOT START DRINKING

What part of “toxic shitposters with toxic mods should be defederated” is “red scare”?

Hexbear is making Lemmy unbearable for me. There’s no function for a user to block everything from a server. I don’t want to see their communities, their users, their posts, their messages, or their votes showing up.

I block communities as they come up, I block individuals as they post, but it’s never ending.

Every popular post is over-run with tankies shitposting, grinding real conversation to a halt.

They’re not people open to having a conversation in good faith. They’re ChapoTrapHouse shitposters who got kicked off reddit for being pro-violence shitposters.

Their Moderation Policy is incompatible with ours, as they allow hate speech as long as it’s directed towards the “right” people.

A first timer looking would see 90% tankie crap and would leave and not come back.

I’ve contributed less since they were joined simply because I don’t want a herd of tankies yelling at me with nobody else even reading it.

Until such a time that I, as a user, can bock everything from a server I support defederation. Or at the very least put a giant poop emoji next to everything from that server so it’s easier to skip. They seem to like poop.

chill, bro

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Don’t worry, you’ll be defederated soon enough.

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Flight attendants are required to report anything they find suspicious as part of anti human trafficking efforts.

They’re not enforcers, just reporters.

Debian. It’s FOSS.

I can have a 100% FOSS system. Everything else includes non-free stuff by default.

Remember when the left fought for freedom of speech? When the ACLU would go to court for the Klan’s right to march, or for Nazis to be able to speak? When freedoms for everyone actually meant everyone, not just people we like.

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The downvotes here make me sad for freedom of speech and human rights. The left has abandoned free speech.

https://www.aclu.org/documents/aclu-history-taking-stand-free-speech-skokie

https://reason.com/2020/12/20/would-the-aclu-still-defend-nazis-right-to-march-in-skokie/

I dunno, the CIA and NSA are both shady as fuck too.

Fuck all 'em TLAs.

fascist capitalist systems

Pedantic man to the rescue! Fascism was a “third way” from “capitalism” and “communism”. Fascism means state control (if not ownership) of “the means of production”.

When Musk bought “Tesla” it was two guys and an idea. It’s bigger now.

They only sell canned water: Death to Plastic

I really want to be able to enjoy myself regardless of how drunk I am, but I do like the variety of flavors when it comes to drinks. Do you guys have any suggestions for NA/low alcohol drinks?

If flavors is your thing then try to find a canned water that you like. “Liquid Death” makes some fantastic flavors, and they come in “tallboy” cans. There are tons of mocktails, try those out to.

If you want to drink less the easiest way is to not take the first drink,.

Another reason the feds ensure inflation, it makes their workforce cheaper.