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  • Except tacking an x on to the end is not a common Spanish pronunciation and completely discounts how jarring that is to use in speech. The whole thing also stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of gendered language, Latino can already be used to refer to male/female/nonbinary, just as the word for person (persona) can refer to any gender despite ending in the feminine form of -a.

    It comes across as "Wow, so maybe you weren't aware, but your language which is fundamental to your entire culture is like... Really problematic??? I heard it uses gendered words and that's just like really micro-aggressive and could be offensive to people. Here, let us fix your language for you. What? No I don't know any Spanish and don't plan on learning."

  • "Everything I know about the Kardashians I have learned against my will"

  • It doesn't really give good follow up questions though. So when a MAGA spouts something incredibly racist and you ask "where did you hear that?" and they just respond by saying "probably from the news, or an article, or podcast somewhere. Lots of places are all talking about it. Even CNN is saying that!" Where do you go from there? Do you stop the conversation to Google shit to try to refute them only to see that, yes, CNN is saying that same thing? Do you try to explain that the media has been captured by rightwing billionaires, or that their sources are problematic and unreliable? Do you think that will go over well? Or do you think that you'll sound just like they do to us when they talk about the "leftist controlled" media?

    Like, how the fuck do you expect that kind of question to go? Does the author expect their answer to "Where did you hear that?" to be something along the lines of "My God, I never once stopped to consider the sources of my prejudices. I will certainly reexamine my biases now. Thank you for shining a light on my ignorance." They will either hand wave it away by saying they heard it somewhere, or they will give a source and then the conversation becomes about the reliability of that source rather than the actual topic at hand.

  • Wtf is Latinx? Do you mean Latinos, as is the preferred term of the Latino community and not some BS made up word by white people with a savior complex?

  • Why would someone be humiliated that their money laundering scheme is laundering money?

    You people don't honestly believe she gives a shit, right? And you certainly must recognize this movie as just being a grift, and that it wasn't made with the intention or expectation of being successful, right?

    Please tell me you all aren't that fucking blind.

  • It's hard to know who exactly to attribute the quote to, but it's based on this, song? Speech? Something. If you haven't heard it before, I highly, highly recommend giving it a listen, especially if you are younger. It's sonething I think everyone deserves to hear before they make their way in the world, and still offers good advice if you're already in it but feeling lost.

    "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" is a 1999 spoken-word hit by Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, featuring Lee Perry reciting life advice over a remixed track. Based on a 1997 Chicago Tribune column by Mary Schmich, the song offers nostalgic, philosophical advice on life, aging, and happiness, famously advising to always wear sunscreen. 

  • If you rotate your tires, don't forget to get your wheels rebalanced at the same time! So many places, usually quick oil change places, will offer a tire rotation service but WONT rebalance them and then you'll drive off and wonder why your car is so shaky.

  • "Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth" -Baz Luhrmann

  • Yes

    Jump
  • It doesn't help that for a lot of minority communities, crimes against children and domestic issues often just go unreported.

  • People suspected fox or pig urine and I just don't understand. Who would plan out an attack, knowing they will go to jail for it, just to spray some pee on someone with a syringe? Like I know we aren't dealing with the sharpest tool in the shed here, but damn...

  • Your title originally left off the part about it just being a judges order and simply said he was to appear in court.

  • AMD is also in Israel. As is Intel.

  • Russia.

  • Change your title. You make this seem like it's definitely going to happen, when that is far from the case.

    Not only has Todd Lyons given no indication he will comply with this order, but the Judge even gave him an out. If they release a guy who was already ordered to be released on the 15th, Lyons doesn't have to appear.

    I doubt that Lyons ever winds up in the same room as this judge, let alone a courtroom.

    Edit: Title previously stated "ICE Chief to appear in court..."

  • Oh, so you're gonna give a call to action then? Maybe designate a day for a national strike? Call out individuals most responsible and push for their impeachment? Call for boycotts of companies? Anything like that?

    No? Just general words and a subtle wish that things will magically get better?

    Ok, thanks Billy.

  • "How can we trick the public into thinking we're pushing for change while not actually doing anything AND getting kickbacks for ourselves?"

  • I know some children who might think like that.

    I don't know any men who think like that.

  • All of them are. You want a sex scene? Go watch porn. Has no business being in any other media except as a distraction. It's practically never used to move the plot, it's all just pandering to gooners who can't seem to function or pay attention to anything without their hands on their dicks.

  • I would love if people weren't encouraged to shout nonsense at him that wouldn't resonate at all because they based their knowledge on a made up internet post. I would much rather people shout actual, credible insults at him.

  • Ask Science @lemmy.world

    Why isn't steam from power plants harnessed, condensed, and used to power gravity fed water turbines?

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    Vampires are evil because they're incapable of self-reflection.