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scarabic

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  • Low effort president, low effort meme

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  • Actually very well. You don’t understand the point you’re trying to make. The military being commanded by a civilian to keep the military in check is about keeping the military from ruling the country. See: Pakistan, Myanmar.

    What you see is the civilian government throwing the military around carelessly, not the military getting out of check.

    If you want to laugh about something, laugh about how the checks and balances between the 3 branches of government have broken down, not about the military ruling over the people.

  • Low effort president, low effort meme

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  • My question too. At the very least he seems like a singular case where it’s unclear.

  • UAE launches first strike inside Iran, targets desalination plant

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  • UAE launches first strike inside Iran, targets desalination plant

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  • Yeah seriously. This kind of thing is really terrifying. This is why we’ll never make it into space. Being in space requires so much effort just to stay alive. The second anyone wants to kill anyone up there, everyone’s dead as hell.

  • Go stroke your lobes bro

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  • It’s an example for illustrative purposes. It illustrates the point about grammar I was making. Now you’re on another point about whether it’s even necessary to use a gendered term at all. I don’t really feel like running around in circles on this further.

  • ‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war

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  • Yeah, dude, I’M the problem. Nice mental gymnastics.

  • Seagate just unleashed 44TB hard drives

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  • It’s just my opinion but the “brand war” on HDDs is a little overblown in my opinion. I too recall one or two periods where Seagate got bad pr for quality issues, but I’m not concerned that 10 years later any HDD I buy from them is going to croak as soon as it’s half full. There’s no way they would still be in business if that image is true. I think many times if there is a different in quality between brands it’s the difference between 99.999% and 99.998% - gasp! double the failure rate! - and then it evens out again.

  • Microsoft patents system for AI helpers to finish games for you

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  • It’s so hard to raise kids to turn off the light when they leave the room, with huge wastes of electricity like this just running rampant in the world.

  • Avocado. Is it really so untasty or I am doing something wrong?

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  • You seem to be expecting a sweet fruit. It isn’t that. It’s fatty and savory. Your post reads like “Fruit is really expensive in my area so I started buying butter… why does anyone like this stuff?”

    Spread it on bread and sprinkle on some taco seasoning and salt. You’ll thank me.

  • ‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war

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  • Yeah I’m with you on that. I don’t know how any decent person can board the bus of this religion at this point, given how the bus has been hijacked by psychopaths. How up your own ass do you need to be to just show up to church on Sunday and chant hymns? Where are the outraged Christians trying to take their religion back? Nowhere - they just leave.

  • Go stroke your lobes bro

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  • Yeah some people will have that association. But only rarely will the grammar of the situation even match that at all.

    For example, let’s say you are the store manager and a customer has requested a refund. You call down to billing to see if they can hook it up, and you say “Hi, yeah this is Dave. I have a young woman here who received the wrong size shoe in her pickup order…”

    There’s no way for her to interpret that as “she’s in trouble.”

    In fact, to match the association you’re talking about, it pretty much has to be used in directly addressing the person. And how often do you begin a normal sentence by saying “Woman, sit tight - I’m going to get you a refund for this.”

  • Go stroke your lobes bro

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  • I mean sure - when the Beastie Boys say it, they are not exactly addressing the collective women of the gentry in their area.

  • Ayatollah Khamenei’s oldest son elected as supreme leader to replace his dad: report

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  • I suppose this is true. I have more criticisms than praise for my home country, the US, but when I hear people outside it criticize it in a hostile way, my first reflex is not to agree with them, it’s more like “hey fuck you.”

  • Go stroke your lobes bro

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  • Go stroke your lobes bro

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  • I guess I can see some ways that “lady” or “ladies” could sound sleazy but I’m surprised if this is someone’s first or only association. “Lady” is literally a landed title, the equivalent of “Lord,” and the highly dignified counterpart to “gentleman.”

  • Go stroke your lobes bro

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  • I think we often forget about “young man” and “young woman.”

    When someone is too young to safely call a woman, “young woman” is quite a compliment and gives her the respect of an adult anyway. If someone is just barely too old to be called a girl, they will probably find it neutral enough. And if someone is much too old to be called a girl they will appreciate it as flattery.

  • Go stroke your lobes bro

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  • Speaking generously, I can see what you mean. But I think people only have this problem when they are used to calling people “girls” far too long. If you shake that bad habit, you won’t find yourself coming into conflict with these terms so often.

    May I suggest the term “young women” as a highly respectful way to refer to younger folks. And if you are truly in doubt or referring to a mixed group, “ladies” is an alternative too.

    I don’t recommend “chicks.” Some people are okay with it but many are not. A chick is a newly hatched bird, so this is quite infantilizing.

  • Go stroke your lobes bro

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  • I’m going to adopt that as a personal reading rule, right up there with “if the headline ends with a question mark, the answer is no.”

  • Could the United States lose the war in Iran? Why one professor thinks it will happen

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  • I knew someone would call it 4D chess but I’m not suggesting mad genius. I’m just maybe waiting for the other shoe to drop.

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    Sam Bankman-Fried is angling for a pardon from Trump

    gizmodo.com /sam-bankman-fried-thrown-into-solitary-over-tucker-carlson-interview-report-2000573371
  • cats @lemmy.world
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    Sisters hanging out, holding hands (and feet)

  • cats @lemmy.world
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    Cuddle train has left the station!

  • Gardening @lemmy.world
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    It’s not a proper gardening community without this posted at least once, so let’s get it out of the way :D

  • Gardening @lemmy.world
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    This potted succulent REALLY gave our doorstep some pizzazz this year