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A 50-something French dude that's old enough to think blogs are still cool, if not cooler than ever. I also like to write and to sketch.

  • The danger of a poster being less neutral than a moderator seems small to me.

    Imagine this: I disagree with your reply (not saying I do, just pretend I do), and since I'm also its moderator, I simply delete it (and if you repost it I block or ban you. And that would just be me not liking someone daring contradict my own little comment.

    More seriously, I think this would be a real huge source of trouble: people IRL already have a hard time to stand critics. That's worse online.

  • The person who posted would be the moderator for that post.

    In theory a moderator is expected to be neutral in regard to what is being posted/shared (be ok with conflicting opinions, for example, even ones that completely oppose the OP). At least, in theory.

    Someone posting something will seldom feel neutral regarding what they just posted.

  • Why is one bad but the other is acceptable?

    A bit like being nice and polite would seldom be frown upon but acting like a dick would?

  • Funny?

    Jump
  • Daily, at least once in the morning and later in the evening. A lot more often whenever it's possible. Summer and winter.

  • God knows I'm hostile to the marketing shit filled world we live in, but ads are... there would not even be a society without the ability to advertise, aka to share information (be it paid for or not) with other people.

    The issue, my issue, is with marketing.

    Any insight into this besides useful idiots saying advertising is good or necessary would be greatly appreciated!

    A single one? That may be too little to be helpful but here it is: insulting people is probably not the best way to attract them to your cause.

    edit: typos/ missing word

  • 'tout' est un sujet un peu vaste et intimidant, 'rien' me semble a contrario un peu trop... réducteur. Ou alors est-ce l'inverse?

    Sinon, qui a pris froid hier soir et se retrouve, comme moi ce matin, sous l'aile malveillante de madame Migraine, la gorge en feu et dépendant d'une perfusion (très haut débit) de mouchoirs? Voilà une question autrement passionnante et digne d’un lundi matin ;)

  • "Don't waste my time with your hate or anger (and maybe try to stop wasting your own time too?)"

    Disagreeing is to be expected and even welcomed in any discussion. I also don't mind people not sharing my views, and I don't even mind people not 'liking' me (why should I? We're not living together). I do mind ad hominem attacks, insults and bad faith arguments, because those are not a discussion anymore: the idea is not to exchange contradictory arguments anymore but to somehow hurt the other person, or to hurt their reputation in the eyes of other users. The moment I realize what's going on, I will block the person doing that. (edit: I will not try to discuss any further, nor try to explain other participants what I just realized, I will simply say "thx, have a nice day", or something like that, and block them once and for all)

    They are free to keep on throwing insults (and non-sense) around if that's what they want their online presence to be... exactly like I'm free, literally freed from wasting a second more of my own time reading them. That's not worth it.

    Edit: clarifications

  • I don't shop fashion, which means I may not the most qualified to answer your question, but I still do shop for stuff so maybe I can still answer ;)

    I only care about a brand when I know it offers quality products (or not). I care much more about the place I will purchase something as I like to know I can rely on a good customer service if anything was to happen.

  • Great to see new users joining (welcome, guys).

  • Thx a lot!

  • Interesting, to say the least. Would you happen to have any source about that mass poisoning?

  • The sad thing is that it is not just a US thing. Most Western countries I can think of, for the last 40 years or so, have managed to ruin their educative systems, making sure younger generations become less and less capable when not plain dumber.

    Here in France, I would vote for any party pledging to make it its priority to reform back our educative system to, say, its pre-80s state and promising to keep at bay those assholes (and their moronic ideas) who are still ruining it with each of their new reforms.

    • I know that I know nothing.
    • Perfection is killing you.
    • A book a day keeps the haters away (ok, I made this one up. Still, quite a good advice and a real fine way to spend one's time)
  • Books in a book store, and urban sketching? Thx <3

  • If reading is like a drug. And a drug, consumed in large quantities, produces disease. Then reading, in large quantities, produces disease.

    It’s logically straightforward.

    Not any more than saying 'if cold is hot than too much hot can freeze you to death'. As long as the premise is not true (not a fact) no valid conclusion can be made out of it.

    In your situation, saying "if reading is like a drug" doesn't magically turns reading into an actual drug (the 'if' part is key). It still is an hypothesis that need to be demonstrated/validated.

  • I'm using Waterfox: privacy respecting and AI-free fork of Firefox.

  • That I understand (I can read ;)), what I don't understand is how you manage to come to such an odd conclusion. Based on what?

  • Play silly games, win silly...

    Maybe you owe her a sincere apology (and a nice date/diner/something) to make up for being... not the smartest person for a few days ;)

  • Forum Libre @jlai.lu

    À Roubaix, cette école remet des élèves en difficulté sur pied

  • Forum Libre @jlai.lu

    Puis-je devenir Canadien, siouplé?

    thefoolwithapen.com /posts/2026/0121-15h09/
  • Forum Libre @jlai.lu

    1975: le vieux Paris qui disparaît

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    In a place without access to US apps and online services, how would you use the Internet?

  • Forum Libre @jlai.lu

    Joyeux...

  • Forum Libre @jlai.lu

    Une question (peut-être pas complètement) con à propos de postes de radios Internet et/ou Dab

  • Privacy @programming.dev

    An audit for AI?

  • Forum Libre @jlai.lu

    Umberto Eco : "le monde vit pour aboutir à une émission de télé" | INA Culture

  • Books @lemmy.ml

    Book sharing or maybe just a silly idea? Also, I'm not sure where this belongs, if this belongs anywhere

    social.vivaldi.net /@Lbb89/115644609170370202
  • Single Purpose Devices @lemmy.world

    Notebook & pen(cil)