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if you devalue trans people in any way, including nb people, please block me

I respectfully request that you not refer to me using slurs

  • No, thank you

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  • Which is great when people use a phone call in situations where an immediate response is warranted -- not so great when I realize I've had the device occupying one of my hands and my attention for 10 minutes, and the speaker has yet to make a point

    There are certain people who when I see calling, I just won't pick up. On the other hand, when the phone rang at 4am and it was my brother, I knew something terrible had happened. If he had been a frequent caller/offender, I'd have silenced and ignored the call, but I'm really thankful that I picked up. It's like a "boy who cried wolf" situation.

  • bit of a hot take

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  • Funny how the people who want to harm the oil companies are "terrorists," but the people literally destroying the earth are not

  • Paid for MS Excel out of the goodness of my heart so now I get this popup every 2 hours...

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  • The first device I installed Linux on is an old gaming laptop that was so slow that I almost disposed of it. It's like a new machine now. I'm not sure why, but it just never ran well with Windows for some reason.

  • Paid for MS Excel out of the goodness of my heart so now I get this popup every 2 hours...

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  • At risk of sounding like an insufferable individual, I've completely had my fill of Microsoft. I'll have to still use it at work, but I'm transitioning everything into Linux.

    What finally made me make this decision is when I read about Microsoft's vision to make the Windows OS completely cloud-based.

    I've also had to fight with Windows 10 so much just not to be redirected into Edge, show me unwanted promotions, or, worst of all, restart my machine without my deliberate consent and in spite of making registry edits (If I leave my computer on overnight, there's a reason, I don't care if it's "inactive hours" or whatever they want to call it.)

    Whatever I miss out on by using Linux just isn't worth the hassle anymore.

  • Paid for MS Excel out of the goodness of my heart so now I get this popup every 2 hours...

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  • Paying Microsoft is like paying a ransomware scammer

    No amount will ever be enough to satiate their depraved lust for money

  • Remember me comrades!

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  • "I'm not anti-homeless, I just [anti-homeless horseshit]"

    Is this a novelty account? lmao

  • Remember me comrades!

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  • A. This leads to politeness fetishists and tone policing. If someone says something offensive like "we should remove LGBT+ books from schools," I'd rather shoot myself than speak nicely to that person.

    B. This has not been my experience with my fellow Americans at all. I even saw a mod from lemmy.world post mod-flaired horseshit in their politics community about how "The US is not a racist country." Fuck that.

  • About Android and privacy

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  • The problem I've found with NetGuard is you can't use it alongside your VPN

  • Are you guys tired of "Material You" design?

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  • It's alright, but I'm not obsessed with having everything conform to it like some people are

  • r/steam (maliciously) complies with the call to open again

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  • The whole site is bot infested! Especially the large subs, but I've personally had scambots pop into my posts even on smaller subreddits.

    People who say they won't leave reddit because "there's no good alternative" really have their head in the sand about how bad it really is. Nearly every alternative I've seen suggested is at least better than reddit (except for the really far-right ones like voat).

  • r/steam (maliciously) complies with the call to open again

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  • This blackout has really shown which subs have actual in-touch moderators, and which ones are just the admins' puppy dogs

    A while ago, I had a comment auto-removed on WPT and got a message it was because my account was "not in good standing." When I messaged the WPT mods, they explained that they were test piloting a new tool the admins plan to use. For example, if you have a throwaway email address, no email address, or are connecting via VPN, you may be "not in good standing."

    With things like that on the horizon, even if they roll back on what they're doing now, we're still not likely to have a very good time on that site.

    I can't blame the mods who are trying to make change through protest (and who may not even be aware of the "not in good standing" BS), but I don't plan to stick around, and I don't foresee a very bright future for reddit at all.