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  • oh come on (edit: yes this is real)

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  • I mean, "the Nazis glorified youth sports" feels like an empty argument to me. Hitler liked dogs. That doesn't make me morally obligated to hate dogs.

    And yeah, Trump has abhorrent policies in other areas that could taint this. That doesn't mean this idea in particular is bad.

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  • I mean, you could say the same about the Olympics. There's no way a small country like Jamaica could possibly beat a huge country like the US.

    But sometimes they do. That's what makes it so exciting.

    And what are you on about a 50 lane track? Does the Olympics have a 200 lane track for all the countries? You do it in heats. Have you ever watched a track and field event? And practically every state has a facility that would support a track and field event with around 120 people. That's not absurdly large.

    I assume it'd general track and field, though it's a little odd if you just have 2 competitors per state to do all the events. Though I think that actually makes it a little more interesting. Kind of triathalon-y.

    I don't think this is as hard to organize as you seem to think it is. Yes, it requires coordination and stuff, and is more than just a snap of the fingers, but if you assigned a qualified and well funded planning group to it, I'm confident you could get it put together by summer.

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  • I mean, I assume that the states would be able to nominate their competitors themselves.

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  • I think this sounds fun? Would make for a fun "state pride" thing and would be fun to watch. Kind of like a mini Olympics.

    Calling it "the hunger games without the killing," is a lot like saying "the Boston Marathon bombing but without the bomb." Just a fairly normal athletic event.

    I don't understand why people are up in arms over this. Is it maybe a silly thing for the president to be pushing for? Sure. But I'd rather him work on this than almost anything else he's prone to work on.

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  • Is it accurate?

  • the American Dream

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  • Never? Rockefeller literally bailed the entire US government out of debt.

    I'll not put too fine a point on it and assume you meant "in the modern US," as it's trivial to point out how many times we've had a greater wealth disparity historically and globally.

    But even then, we used to literally have company towns that amounted to debtors prisons and any attempts to organize were met with firebombings.

    It's not good now for sure, but it's far from the worst it's ever been.

  • Evangelical Leader Says Trump’s Rob Reiner Post Represents ‘The Shame of our Generation’

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  • Before I even looked I said, "I bet it's Russell Moore." He's been vocally anti-Trump since before his first term. Even got fired from the SBC ERLC for it.

    So he's been there the whole time, basically. This isn't a reversal for him.

    Edit: I hadn't actually read the article yet. That quote is David Brody. I just assumed the whole article would be about Russell Moore.

  • Idk, I just don't see the use case

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  • Hooking a whole desktop to a TV is intrusive with most desktop form factors.

    Most people who want a console don't care about upgradability or repairability, and that's certainly not the main thing that "makes PCs so great."

    Most people gaming on PC are equally "trapped in an ecosystem." This has a desktop mode if need be, but hardly anyone does games outside of Steam.

    "It has Linux but most users won't notice or care" is a double positive.

    "It won't push the player base, only the devs" is a double positive.

    The point of a console isn't to make people into more technical proponents of open source projects. It's to play games.

    And if it's competing in the console market, especially for people who aren't terribly interested in the "Call of Duty" type AAA titles of today, it seems like a perfect fit.

  • So, i just saw the Supergirl trailer...

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  • So, i just saw the Supergirl trailer...

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  • Guns don't kill people

    ☝️ Uh uh ☝️

    Gunn kills people

    With guns

  • Food is literally rule

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  • Tbf, I doubt he made a video, as he died in 1883, lol.

  • Food is literally rule

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  • /c/im14andthisisdeep

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  • While I don't disagree, I do feel like people are over-quick to label any hard questions that don't align with thier viewpoint as sealioning.

    I've more than once asked questions about the practicality or edge cases of a particular stance and been called a sealion for it.

    But the thing is, I want to know how that thing handles the practicality or edge case issues, and am trying to have someone who is deeper into the weeds on the issue than I am explain it to me, but just get called a sealion for it.

    To be fair, this has only happened to me 2-3 times, but it's super annoying, because I'm actually trying to understand, and might even be on your side if you'd address my concerns.

  • What's the best way to answer someone who accuses you of being a bot because they don't like what you have to say?

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  • Ngl, I saw this and was like, effing chatgpt garbage, and down voted.

    Then I realized the joke and upvoted. You got me on that one.

  • Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

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  • Sure, but that's not what the article is saying, to be clear.

  • Best way to browse and share files between hoarders?

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  • Rsync

  • Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

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  • To clarify, the article is just saying that it's wildly unfeasible and prohibitively expensive.

    They're not saying it's dangerous or going to harm people in some way.

    I feel like some people may get the wrong idea from the headline.

  • NATO states considering ‘offensive cyber ops’ against Russia

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  • Probably cause it's even a little anti-Russia on lemmy.ml

  • Do you feel sad about the fact that you'll probably die within 100 years (or less) and you (well... that's most of us tbh) can't do much to leave a significant positive legacy?

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  • What makes you think you can't leave a significant positive legacy?

    You can get involved with your neighbors. Invest in your local community. Adopt an orphan or volunteer at a women's shelter.

    There's a million things you can do to make a significant impact. Every person you invest in is another person who can go and invest in others.

    This idea that anything that's below the national or worldwide level isn't significant is a cancer on society.

    There are people who lived hundreds of years ago who, sure, you'll probably have never heard of if you don't live in the same area as me, but who have had huge impact on the community. The same is true for where you live. I promise you.

    Bring your eyes down, and look to make your legacy local. I promise you it's possible. And I promise you that it's significant.