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ParsnipWitch

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  • TIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicide

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  • It's because you can't say or do anything in regards to this issue without attracting people that have an agenda that has nothing to do with helping men but is simply anti-feminist.

    I've read plenty of times online how people don't even look for help because they were convinced online that help for men does not exist. But it does and it should be spread instead of people trying to persuade people it doesn't exist just because they want to spread their ideology.

  • TIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicide

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  • No, this is not true. Why are you writing this? That's the opposite of helping people.

  • TIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicide

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  • Fuck Facists, never again

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  • Predominantly, it's the political system Mussolini used.

    People today also often use the word to describe all totalitarian systems that are used to dominate people. Believing that everyone who personally has an opinion that differs from yours should be violently beat into submission or should otherwise be eradicated is totalitarian. And doing this on the basis of believing your conviction are superior is fascist.

  • Fuck Facists, never again

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  • Oh, you believe you know "what fascism actually is"? :) Well that will be fun. Please explain!

  • Fuck Facists, never again

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  • Threatening with violence everyone who doesn't approve of your opinion. Your behaviour sounds absolutely fascist.

  • Fuck Facists, never again

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  • You do seem to like oppressive old shit like religion, though.

  • Fuck Facists, never again

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  • Actually, it does. Since the AFD had more voters in the eastern states of Germany (that was DDR in the past) bigotry against people from eastern Germany have increased again. It was never completely gone, but now you find people openly speculating people from eastern Germany are less intelligent, "inbreds", etc. And that comes a lot from supposedly anti-fascist leftists.

    A lot of people just want violence or don't like people in general or have something else wrong with them and believe slapping an "anti-fascist" label on their violence somehow makes it good violence. Other ways do work and they are a better choice. Insulting, being cruel and being violent against people should never be your go-to idea and you certainly shouldn't be trying to shame people into being violent.

    Many AFD voters can be turned in better ways, instead of making them fear violence and insults.

  • What's (are) the funniest/stupidest way(s) you've broken your linux setup?

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  • I did have a smartphone, so I was able to look up several steps I could try. For example installing an experimental driver. In the end I had to install kubuntu and purge xfce, since they had a working driver in their library.

    Since I had to type in all commands blindly the worst part was obviously wondering if I mistyped somewhere or if it just didn't work. When I lost track I used the beep command to check if I was stuck.

  • What's (are) the funniest/stupidest way(s) you've broken your linux setup?

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  • Nooo I have so many.. This one I can explain in English:

    Xubuntu but blind

    So, this is ~2016. Ubuntu is hip and a handful of my students use it. On my PCs I only use Debian and Suse. So to help them better I take out an old ASUS laptop and install Ubuntu on it. Try out Xubuntu instead.

    At that time I was also huge into alternative keyboard layouts. I had a slightly modified Neo keyboard layout installed when I switched to Xubuntu.

    Here the fun starts because the obscure internal graphics card built into the laptop didn't have driver support under Xubuntu. Black screen but I could hear it working. This was the hardest driver fix I ever did. No monitor and a keyboard layout I wasn't used to, under a Linux distro I wasn't used to. And I also was at the university library, so no hardware support or Debian stick in reach.

  • Meta admits using pirated books to train AI, but won't pay for it

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  • Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"

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  • Why don't you just gift away your software than? That's an honest question. You obviously aren't expecting to be paid for it, do you think in general developers shouldn't earn money with software or is it just you?

  • Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"

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  • And you all just were happy and bro fisted people who ignored the licensing terms?

  • Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"

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  • People want at the same time that wages are higher but they also do not want to pay, for example, software developers appropriately.

    No one wants to be part of the problem, though. So some people justify their copyright infringing by claiming it's some sort of movement for justice and rebellion against corporations.

  • Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"

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  • I bet you aren't a software developer.

  • My face staring back at me

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  • I still remember when I first saw this on Reddit the name of ruawri (including the trans flag) was cut off and people were insulting her in the comments how she was self-absorbed, "character looks nothing like her", "she wishes she looked like that", "women always make themselves in video games", etc.

    When it turns out she is trans now suddenly it's sweet and wholesome and got featured at Respectful Memes. People are hypocrites.

  • I can't see how anyone thinks ADHD is a superpower.

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  • This may be a not well-liked opinion, but I think ADHD is severely overdiagnosed. And I believe the biggest reason for that is our extremely competitive society. And also a misunderstanding about what it means to be happy or fulfilled.

    Another reason could be that people who do not have ADHD share some of the symptoms because of how our society interacts with technology/media.

    People are looking for an explanation why they can't reach what they believe is a necessity. But it's often just a bar that is way too high for the average person. And it should actually be okay to not reach it.

    There is probably a bunch of other health issues that also share this problem.

    If ADHD is a superpower for someone, it quite obviously isn't a mental health issue for them (anymore). They either never had it in the first place or they have gotten rid of it.

  • A lot of societies problems would be solved if they taught about forming healthy relationships in school.

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  • I think people focus way too much on romantic relationships. And many seem to see them as their lazy ticket out of loneliness.

    If you want to improve social skills and alleviate loneliness people have to start and grow healthy communities, friendships and family bonds.

    Capitalist thinking has reached interpersonal relationships. Instead of seeking community, people focus on how to optimise their dating market strategies and such. That's pretty fucked up.

    I think that's also the reason why people lack interpersonal bonds. Investing into communities, friendships, relationships doesn't fit into a world that is focused on linear progress and material gain. Applying this type of thinking (success, optimization, comparison, ...) seems to lead mostly to resentment.

    But community is not something you can teach, I think. You can facilitate it by providing opportunities for community building. Like the so called third place and enough time for people to get together casually.

    Ultimately it's something we inherit from generations before, though. And we only stray ever further from it. It's in our hands now to do it in our lifes, online and in our neighborhoods etc.

  • If my brain had hands I would accomplish great things

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  • You have to tell us, you know that right? I am waiting for this moment for 4 decades.