lemmy_outta_here

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it weird to juggle in the park?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Juggling in the park is exactly the kind of things parks are for. Anyone who thinks it’s weird has crippling hang-ups; their opinions can be safely disregarded.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There is so much irony floating around. I like to pretend that some big-brained environmentalist bugs-bunnied Trump into doing this: “pwease mr trump, don’t shrink the american carbon footprint! it would be tewible if you ended mass consumerism and geometric economic growth! and pwease, pwease, don’t end american exceptionalism and global hegemony!”

  Seriously, though, we have to make sure that the history books emphasize that all this was due to blundering and not calculation, or Trump could forever be admired as the wokest president in history.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social media sites should have 'reverse' Parental Controls; where adult children can block their boomer/senior parents' accounts from viewing conspiracy and radicalizing content.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Totally agree. Especially since in my country, young people are swallowing far-right propaganda at a higher rate than boomers. Canada’s Tater Tots are trying to elect a MAGA candidate right now. Age is not the problem - the well of information has been poisoned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  there are different definitions of intersex. the figure you cited is correct for only the narrowest definition: visibly ambiguous genitalia at birth. by other criteria (ambiguous internal anatomy, androgen insensitivity, etc.), it can be as high as 1.7% (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is my understanding as well. I think that our insistence that every person needs to fit in one category or the other is almost the whole problem. I wonder how many people think to themselves “I don’t want to be trans, I just want to be me.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  setting aside trans people for a second - is the government going to build separate washrooms for the >1 million uk residents who were born intersex? why can’t we make policy that is grounded in reality? lawmakers shout be required to pass a basic science course

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US tech tariff exemption may only be temporary, says Lutnick⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  that’s right lutnick, keep people guessing as the world dumps us bonds. this is it, people: the world’s richest economic powerhouse is tearing itself apart to satisfy the fantasies of a hate-filled dotard. the collapse of the us is the most spectacular self immolation in history.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do European Leftist call their government's right wing despite having free healthcare?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Public health care is not a leftist idea - it is just good business. Canada has better life expectancy than the US and our healthcare system costs less than the american one. No canadian has ever gone broke or lost their house because they get sick. when a working-age american dies of a preventable disease, their education, skills, and experience die with them. keep your people healthy and they will be more productive and will pay more taxes because they will earn more over their lifespan. american media tell americans that healthcare is communist for one reason only: to protect the wealth of healthcare investors. you have been ridiculously bamboozled.