stephan262
@stephan262@lemmy.world
- Comment on 'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells 1 week ago:
It’s a reference to the “Always has been” meme.
- Comment on Yale Posting It's Ls 1 week ago:
When I said the law is selective in enforcement I meant the system of law. The courts, law enforcement, and political “tough on crime” attitudes. That is very much on me for the lack of clarity and I apologise for it.
The perpetuation and propagation of a fundamentally corrupt and unfair system does not require everyone that upholds it to be corrupt, it needs only for them to be willing to participate in it. Perhaps they don’t see the fundamental inequality, or maybe they believe they can reform it from the inside. I don’t think the system can be reformed enough to be truly just and fair. I think it needs to fundamentally rebuilt.
In the UK the system of law is the same one that oversaw the enforcement of serfdom and of slavery. It is a system where judges can enforce arbitrary rules of conduct and dress in ‘their’ courtroom. A system where judges are too often treated with deference instead of scrutiny, despite blatant bias towards upholding the status quo.
It’s distinctly possible that I’m being a naive idealist, and that this is as good and fair as the system can be. It’s entirely possible that my ideal system is entirely impossible. It’s just that I want to hope for a better world, and I have too much doubt in the capability of reforming things.
- Comment on Yale Posting It's Ls 1 week ago:
“The purpose of a system is what it does.”
You are right. Laws are universal and apply equally to everyone. The problem is the systems that exist to create and apply those laws. There are far too many cases of the law being selective in who it protects and who it punishes for me to believe that it upholds fairness. I also don’t believe it’s a fundamental human failing, I think it’s functioning exactly as its corrupt creators intended.
- Comment on It's just not something I could ever get behind 3 weeks ago:
I want to violently disagree because I love onions… But I’ve never tried Shallots, so I can’t say you’re wrong.
- Comment on Never count your chickens before they hatch 1 month ago:
But then the dad gives him another condom and a wink.
- Comment on From Snoop Dogg to Lap Dogg 4 months ago:
Are you seriously drawing a parallel between putting hardcore bdsm content in a kids movie and a kids film that features a same sex couple!?
Having a same sex couple in a kids film is no more inappropriate than portraying an interracial couple. I find it ridiculous to say it’s inappropriate to portray something simply because it’s uncommon.
Incidentally, the equivocation of LGBTQ+ portrayals in media with that of explicit pornographic content is a position held by bigots who wish to erase the existence of non-heterosexual people.
- Comment on What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games? 8 months ago:
Subnautica’s art direction does give me Metroid Prime vibes.
- Comment on You guys have to end it 10 months ago:
What country is this car from?
- Comment on GARBAGEOLOGY 10 months ago:
Yes I have, and I found it to be rather pleasant actually… But then I am from Wolverhampton so it could just be the comparison.
- Comment on "Your body, my choice:" Hate and harassment towards women spreads online 1 year ago:
How prevalent the use of the exact phrase ‘Your body, my choice’ is irrelevant when the intent behind it is so common in other espoused rhetoric. The fact is that too fucking many people are happy to tear up a woman’s right to self determination and force women into situations that put their lives at risk. I don’t think we can ignore any rhetoric that supports or gives cover to such attacks on a woman’s autonomy.
At this point I would not be surprised if we started seeing feminist groups becoming armed and violent. And as much as I have a disdain for political violence, I don’t think I could condemn them for doing so.