The inconvenient truth for us old shits is that the parents are at fault mostly. Mostly we were powerless to stop it of course, but also many of us used our own money and our own will to buy our kids those devices and then let them use them freely.

I wish it was youtube. Instead it’s places like this.

Literally every ancestor of yours disagreed

What’s political about gays

Also in Europe. It’s obviously related to unrestricted internet use and smart phone proliferation.

For the first time in a long time, we’re having generations that are dumber than their parents.

Senility and not giving a fuck is a bad combination.

It’s nothing short of impressive that he was able to stick to his values and reverse the damage at the same time.

Was he able to do that? How do we know that at this point?

Sadly no. There are only 11 countries that have official relations with Taiwan. Almost all other countries either clearly think it’s a part of China, or have an ambiguous position towards it. Most western countries are in that last group.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Taiwan

And as comparison:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Palestine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Israel

This is the number one reason why I’m not doing that anymore.

Also (foilhat) number one reason why so many people are urging people to do it.

Unfortunately not. More countries recognize Palestine than Taiwan, even though Taiwan more clearly is an actual country.

Awesome.

Rephrasing: I’ve used AI a lot and I haven’t seen it misspell anything in at least a year. Even in pictures these days. Depends on the model, of course.

AI doesn’t misspell words. It’s more like hypercorrect which reveals it.

Unless MS uses some very outdated models of course.

Between a Fern.

Seems fine to this centrist. More generally, killing actual nazis is ok.

People generally decide what they think about things at age 15-25 and then it’s set. If you think a 30+ year old person has moved significantly to any direction politically, you’re almost certainly wrong.

I apologize, I did not recognize every single name on the list. I have no reason to believe you are toxic.

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Aah fruit. My favourite fruit.

Conservative media looking for ladies airpit hair must require a hell of a magnifying glass.