Pat12
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Just trying to build up some communities with memes I have saved.
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
Orr would defend his Communist friends to his Fascist freinds and he would defend his Fascist friends to his Communist friends. No one ever defended Orr because he was too weird.
yes this is basically what I mean
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
I know people who were Christians in Afghanistan, who were outed to the government (Taliban). The word they use is “spy”. It may not be the normal, English use of the word, but it’s the word that real-life people who have been on the receiving end of the betrayal use.
This is basically what i mean; someone who you can’t fully trust about their allegiance.
That is really awful what happened to those people; are they ok now?
- Comment on SpaceX is reportedly building a $1.8 billion network of spy satellites for US intelligence 8 months ago:
Would you rather he, as a non-government affiliated citizen, pick a side? War is stupid. Communication is great. Maybe this is naive of me, but I think the world would be better, and maybe require less war, if everyone had equal access to communication.
I recently read about Ted Hall who shared nuclear secrets with the Soviet Union because he thought everyone should have equal access to nuclear weapons and this would prevent another world war.
Your logic is similar and it’s not a good thing.
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
That is such a heads-up for me in terms of making assumptions based on my own privilege, and I apologise for doing that here. I’m very lucky to be able to discuss politics without fear.
it’s ok, everyone has their own problems
my wording was maybe not clear
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
Not a good way to make them see reason. I know it’s hypothetical but if you’re friends shouldn’t you put in some effort to help instead of just drop them?
you’re planning to spend time debating with a ziganwu? or if you’re western, a staunch far-leg or far-right supporter or someone with very racist views?
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
no, it’s normal to have a variety of friends
i’m talking about people with loyalty to a specific ideology and they are not honest about who they are in contact with, i live in asia in an area where you can get in a lot of trouble if you support democracy and if you share such information with the wrong person you can get in a lot of trouble
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
I heard them called “bats” because they flap around between different groups and are associated with darkness thus “shady”!
hahahahah
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
In any case, political crimes (“democracy supporter”) are just more justification to not care, imo.
you are saying you want people to not care about who they share information with when they live under a state that will arrest you for many more reasons than someone in the west would expect?
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
duplicitous
i learned a new word, thank you!
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
i learned a new word, thank you!
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
Hmm I think it’s fine if someone is a social butterfly, they don’t have bad intentions etc. I am talking about someone who seems like you can trust them but actually they have other loyalties, I live in a place where people get arrested for supporting democracy for example
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
I am not really understanding this, anyway I am looking for a word for someone who will be friends with pro-govt and pro-democracy people and you can’t trust a person like this or you will get arrested
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
I live in Asia, if you tell the wrong person you are a democracy supporter you can get arrested or on a watch list
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
sorry what do you mean?
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
I’ve had friends that were friends with ex-cons, etc.
you do you but I would definitely want to know if my friends were close with people who’d been in prison. If I worked in a field where they do background checks i would absolutely need to know if my friends were friends with those in prison. There’s a difference between dictating who people are friends with and knowing who people you give information to are close with.
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
If you’re friends with someone, wouldn’t you want to know if they’re also friends with someone problematic?
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
disingenuous
disingenuous could definitely be it; they’re not straightforward about their intentions.
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
Opportunist is definitely closer to what i’m thinking than sycophant.
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
They keep their connections hidden; it is the other groups who when asked state that they are friendly with this person.
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- Comment on Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud 1 year ago:
ah i see thank you
- Comment on Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud 1 year ago:
Yes, so is this the same Hue as in the cloud?
- Comment on Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud 1 year ago:
isn’t hue a kind of vietnamese soup? bun bo hue?
- Comment on If you resold Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets, the IRS is watching — A new rule from the IRS is punishing those who resold tickets for more than $600 in profit with a tax penalty 1 year ago:
modern problems, modern solutions
- Comment on The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died 1 year ago:
Animal 15 began to lose coordination, and staff observed that she would shake uncontrollably when she saw lab workers.
i hate that i can read this
- Comment on How did red arise as a lucky colour in Asia even amongst different cultures/religions? 1 year ago:
It does, the article that was linked even says red is a very auscipious colour in Indian culture
- Comment on How did red arise as a lucky colour in Asia even amongst different cultures/religions? 1 year ago:
So, a coincidence?
- Comment on How did red arise as a lucky colour in Asia even amongst different cultures/religions? 1 year ago:
Do you have a source on that?
I can’t see (in Chinese culture at least) that the cheapest colour would be used for something like a wedding, it would not reflect well on one’s family to use something cheap. The reds i’m referring to are bright reds, like jewel red, not like a dull/muddy red
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