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Atomic

@ Atomic @sh.itjust.works

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  • I'm not ignoring anything. But if you want me to cover every single issue and aspect of various types of trash management, it's gonna be a god damn university essay, I don't even think lemmy would allow so many characters in a comment.

    Peoples "unmindfulness" is responsible for every single piece of garbage you see around you. When I walk down the road and see a bag of crisps laying around. That's because a person just tossed it. And no. I'm not ignoring corporate waste or pollution, criminal or otherwise. But that isn't the topic right now.

    This specific post was making fun of the straw bans vs other single use plastics that are seemingly fine. straws vs pipets used in labs. And what I said was that pipets are not being littered around every corner of the globe. But straws are. That's why movements to ban such implements are ongoing. That's why we have movements to ban single use plastics like straws and cutlery, while a plastic shampoo bottle is still "fair game" since they're not typically just tossed in nature.

    That doesn't mean I'm just ignoring everything else. We also didn't talk about how armed robberies are bad. But I can assure you, I'm not ignoring them, they're just not the topic at hand.

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  • And observations of landfills or unrecycled stockpiles doesn't vary by location?

    The idea was to try and remove plastic waste that people tend to just throw away without thinking much of it. Lab students don't exactly take pipets with them and throw away in a ditch. But unfortunately, way too many people just throw away single use plastics like straws, cutlery, cups, "paper plates", etc.

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  • All you need to do is walk on the side of a busy road and look in the ditch to see what people just throw away.

    It's not a lot of shampoo bottles, but tons of plastic cups and accompanied straws.

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  • Selecting "Save as" is not the same as "view while offline".

    "Save as" is just a legacy function that has been passed down to Save the HTML into a file. It's not used to "save" pages or sites to view offline.

    The ability to properly Save a page to view offline is already included in most browsers. Even Edge has that functionality built into it.

  • Disney sells us imaginary heroes while supporting real world villains.

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  • That's not even an answer. Kids do not comprehend the full extent of the world around them. That's why you get silly kids movies with animals instead of people.

    We don't show kids fight club. And even if they saw it, they won't understand what it's about.

  • Disney sells us imaginary heroes while supporting real world villains.

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  • You're talking about Disney movies. Intended for children. They're not gonna go shoot someone in the head because they're responsible for denied health insurance.

    Why are you expecting kids movies to be an accurate intricate commentary of society in the first place?

    It's movies, for kids. Most people grow out of that. But some keep being obsessed with "superheroes"

  • Feral children are everywhere

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  • I think many use "beating" as a hyperbole, just like if I said my mom would kill me if I did that. I don't mean she would literally kill me.

    Before I go on, could you be more specific on what "western culture" and which "hyper individualistic western society" you are talking about?

    Now I've traveled quite a bit all over the world. I've seen parents of all cultures just straight up ignoring their child's awful behavior.

    And maybe it's just me seeing these specific tourists the most. The Chineese parents are the biggest offender that I've seen in my travels. Their children do whatever they want and they don't say anything. Just an example from the top of my head, climbing on shelves in a grocery store while the parents just watched.

  • What's one youve had?

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  • Have not seen anyone mention "Dead like me"

    It's highly worth it.

  • Doctor who left patient during operation to have sex with nurse allowed to practise

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  • Damn. I don't even want to read the article. I just want to admire the headline. Doctor left patient during operation to go fuck a nurse.

  • Free Speech Goes Only One Way

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  • I agree the point is to Illustrate a double standard. I don't know if it's the same organisation that owns msnbc and fox, either way. It's still not a freedom of speech issue. Which a lot of people are claiming.

  • Free Speech Goes Only One Way

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  • I can assure you, between the two of us, only one person is angry enough to express it. Have a good day.

  • Free Speech Goes Only One Way

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  • The boy who cried wolf. Time and time again. When one actually showed up. No one cared, because no one believed it.

    I'm fully aware of what point OOP is trying to make. It just doesn't have anything to do with Freedom of speech.

  • 'An embarrassing failure of the US patent system': Videogame IP lawyer says Nintendo's latest patents on Pokémon mechanics 'should not have happened, full stop'

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  • You're an idiot. we've had patents since the 15:th century.

  • Free Speech Goes Only One Way

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  • "Freedom of speech" is not a universal right. Everything you have is in the end, given or granted to you by your respective government. Some afford more rights than others.

    They're the ones that govern after all.

    You've never been able to just say what you want without consequence. If you're working as tech support and just tell your customers they can fuck off every time they have a problem, chances are, you're not going to be employed much longer.

    "BUT MUH FREEDOM OF SPEECH!?" yeah. You're free to say it. Congratulations. Now you suffer civil repercussions.

  • Free Speech Goes Only One Way

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  • OP’s quote is about being able to voice controversial opinions without consequences

    You ever heard of the saying "Freedom of speech isn't freedom from consequences"?

    The kind of saying people would use in response to being accused of "cancel culture" a couple of years ago.

    So, congratulations, you've gone full circle. Except this time around, the shoe is on the other foot.

    I'm not here to debate what you think "Freedom of speech" is. I'm informing you of what it is, and what it isn't. Do with that what you will.

  • 'An embarrassing failure of the US patent system': Videogame IP lawyer says Nintendo's latest patents on Pokémon mechanics 'should not have happened, full stop'

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  • Yes you generally do need to involve a business partner that has the means to produce the product in any meaningful capacity.

    Or, if we go by what you want. They don't even have to partner with you. They'll just start making it themselves and push you out of the market because there's absolutely nothing that would prevent them to.

  • Free Speech Goes Only One Way

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  • Your misunderstanding of what constitutes Freedom of speech is utterly irrelevant to what it actually is.

  • Free Speech Goes Only One Way

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  • That still doesn't make it a freedom of speech issue.

    There absolutely is a distinction between "Freedom of speech" and "Tolerance of Speech". I agree.

    I can make that distinction. Seems OOP, and most people, can't. You're doing everyone a huge disservice by attributing acts that has nothing to do with freedom of speech, to freedom of speech.

    Ever heard of the story about the boy who cried wolf?

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  • There have been numerous instances of successful lawsuits against the government where someone's freedom of speech was infringed upon. They were awarded monetary compensation.

    The purpose of "Freedom of speech" is to protect you from the government.

    A news media company collaborating with the government is certainly immoral. But it's not a "Freedom of speech" violation.

  • 'An embarrassing failure of the US patent system': Videogame IP lawyer says Nintendo's latest patents on Pokémon mechanics 'should not have happened, full stop'

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  • Patent law is the foundation of which our entire civilisation rest upon. I can agree it can be flawed and/or exploited sometimes.

    But only a useful idiot would want patents to not exist at all. It's the only thing that protects your innovation from being stolen by those with means to outproduce you.

    It's literally there so when you invent a new product, others (wealthy companies) can't just steal your design and flood the market with cheaper versions due to the fact that they can mass produce it.