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- Comment on Hit-run driver Jake Danby spared jail time by NT Supreme Court after describing victim as an 'oxygen thief' 1 day ago:
Time to go racist-hunting. If it’s legal to mow down “oxygen thieves” then whoever does this fuckhead in will be a national hero.
- Comment on The longer you live, the harder it becomes. 2 weeks ago:
I agree, but for sightly different reasons. Life is collecting permanent injuries. No matter how good your diet, no matter how much you exercise, no matter how advanced medical technology gets, nothing that breaks will ever be quite the same.
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 2 weeks ago:
First of all, I agree entirely. Now: Pounds, so you’re in the UK. Have a read about your options with the ombudsman service: …org.uk/…/how-to-use-an-ombudsman-in-england/
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If nothing else you’re putting them on blast with the government, and that contributes to the paper trail for eventual action. In the meantime it might get your complaint resolved. Did you try tweeting at their official account too? Sometimes that can help get things moving.
- Comment on Suggest some games according to my laptop's hardware 2 weeks ago:
Starsector (fractalsoftworks.com)
Uplink: Hacker Elite
KeeperRL
Doom, Quake, Unreal Tournament (the originals) 😋
- Comment on Would it be weird to ask my brother if I could tag along when he goes out with his friends? 3 weeks ago:
Hell yeah, I’m always down to hang out with my sister (I’m older but whatever, you said you’re adults so who was born first is kind of irrelevant). I hope you go and you guys have a blast!
- Comment on Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters 3 weeks ago:
Based on this, it sounds like he’s actually a fucking terrorist.
- Comment on Teens as young as 12 see OnlyFans as an appealing alternative to traditional work, study finds 4 weeks ago:
So what’s really funny about this is those verses aren’t Biblical “too”, they’re just Biblical. I got played 😅 That’s okay though, the point stands.
- Comment on Teens as young as 12 see OnlyFans as an appealing alternative to traditional work, study finds 4 weeks ago:
Misinformed. Someone probably thought they were making a point by labeling Biblical verses as from the Qur’an; unfortunately, violence and misogyny and paedophilia is not limited to the Abrahamic religions. I’ll update my original post so it doesn’t contain that misinformation.
- Comment on Teens as young as 12 see OnlyFans as an appealing alternative to traditional work, study finds 4 weeks ago:
No arguments from me, but nobody so far has suggested Christianity would help the situation, so I fail to see the relevance.
- Comment on Teens as young as 12 see OnlyFans as an appealing alternative to traditional work, study finds 4 weeks ago:
I don’t typically waste my time with fairy stories, but sure, I’ll give you some highlights:
“This is what Allah says… ‘Now go and strike the Infidel and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.” Surah 27:63
If I have to do violence, I prefer to not as soon as possible. I do not do violence to children. And why would you kill the animals? At least with surviving family you could make the argument they’ll come for revenge. This is just bad advice, period.
“Happy is he who repays the infidel for what they have done to us – he who seizes their infants and dashes them against the rocks.” – Surah 34:12
Again with the child-killing. This is supposed to make you happy, is it?
“So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight. When her master got up in the morning and opened the door of the house and stepped out to continue on his way, there lay his concubine, fallen in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold. He said to her, ‘Get up; let’s go.’ But there was no answer. Then the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.” – Surah 135:27
Yeah… I don’t think I need to say why I disagree with this. It’s just disgusting.
“A Wife, must submit to her husband as to Allah.” – Surah 5:22
My wife is my equal. I live my life to lift her up. The idea that she should subjugate herself to me is repulsive and the exact opposite of how I want to live my life with her.
“When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again.” – Surah 21: 7-8
Slavery and misogyny in one.
Maybe it’s time to retire that catchphrase, bud.
- Comment on Teens as young as 12 see OnlyFans as an appealing alternative to traditional work, study finds 4 weeks ago:
Mohammed married a 9 year-old child; whatever other benefits you envision, I don’t think that religion is a model of the solution here.
- Comment on Children at Scouts camp mistaken for migrants 4 weeks ago:
Naming and shaming is something the UK does much better than the US. Put the vile creatures recording and threatening children on blast, let the public see them for what they are.
- Comment on Upvotes and downvotes are public information on Lemmy 5 weeks ago:
Free speech just means the government isn’t allowed to punish you for only saying things (and even that had a whole constellation of big fuckin asterisks on it). Free speech does not mean freedom from consequences.
- Comment on Mushroom murderer tried to kill husband with pasta, cookies and curry, court was told 5 weeks ago:
I thought Sean Bean would be up for the role, myself.
- Comment on A fair punishment for the obscene hoarding of wealth 1 month ago:
And, it should be treated like a loan, with the interest frontloaded.
- Comment on Sorry, America, but it’s not Australia’s fault that your healthcare system is failing you 1 month ago:
Nope, but Australian healthcare is looking more and more like US healthcare every day, and whose fault is that?
- Comment on I'm tired of people pretending Miss Maxwell isn't awesome 1 month ago:
Wowee, nope, a person trafficking children to be raped means they’re “not rad” you paedophile-apologist sicko.
- Comment on I'm tired of people pretending Miss Maxwell isn't awesome 1 month ago:
And all she did was help to traffic thousands of young girls to be raped by the likes of Donald Trump. So cool, what a relatable lady. Who amongst us hasn’t enabled a little (or a lot of) child rape every now and then, right?
/s
Seriously do you even hear yourself? What the fuck is wrong with you?
- Comment on "Literally" literally does not mean "similar to in some way". 2 months ago:
Context is as important to language as syntax. If you see a box marked “inflammable” and the box is made of cardboard, you know it’s quite inflammable. If it’s made of metal, most people would think it’s inflammable, but if you’re in a lab you’ve probably got a few ways to prove them wrong.
- Comment on People angry that Superman represents kindness are outright admitting that they don't want to be good people 2 months ago:
But it’s three syllables shorter! That’s like 75% of the syllables. Won’t you think of the savings?
- Comment on The Trump Administration is Building a National Citizenship Data System; State and county election officials can now check the citizenship status of their entire voter lists. 2 months ago:
You’re basically saying that everyone that can have anything to do with the database and systems around it are corrupt and working together.
No, just the person in charge has to order it. Rules and procedures don’t matter if the people in charge ignore them.
That’s a ridiculous conspiracy theory.
No, it’s happening now in the US. You seem woefully under-informed to be trying to comment on current affairs. Maybe stick to your own country until you’re up to speed.
- Comment on The Trump Administration is Building a National Citizenship Data System; State and county election officials can now check the citizenship status of their entire voter lists. 2 months ago:
Logs, eh? And how do you plan to get access to those, exactly? Idiot.
- Comment on It is even possible to "imitate" the voice of a fictional character without AI? 2 months ago:
I believe this is called an “impression”.
- Comment on The Trump Administration is Building a National Citizenship Data System; State and county election officials can now check the citizenship status of their entire voter lists. 2 months ago:
“illegitimately” is the key word there. I’m not interested in what you think happens if everything is working as intended, or your poor reading comprehension. F-, rewrite your answer and address the question or you’ll fail the class and be held back a grade.
- Comment on The Trump Administration is Building a National Citizenship Data System; State and county election officials can now check the citizenship status of their entire voter lists. 2 months ago:
That’s a really weird way of looking at it. Without the database, there’s no central ledger to consult as to whether or not you’re legally a person. Like @atrielienz@lemmy.world said:
The database is the backbone of them being able to hurt or harm
Without that starting point, “the organizational structure, rules, and procedures” that rely on the data from the database are impotent.
- Comment on The Trump Administration is Building a National Citizenship Data System; State and county election officials can now check the citizenship status of their entire voter lists. 2 months ago:
Looking for ways the system can be abused and addressing those loopholes is basic risk assessment, so
just shut up
I strongly suggest taking a heaping helping of your own advice, mate.
- Comment on The Trump Administration is Building a National Citizenship Data System; State and county election officials can now check the citizenship status of their entire voter lists. 2 months ago:
What happens if someone is illegitimately removed from this database? How can you show whether it was a glitch, or deliberate? How do you know if the information they have about you is even right, or get it changed if you need to? Where’s the accountability?
See the UK Post Office accounting scandal, in which a persistent computer error went unfixed for decades and caused hundreds of post office employees to be fired and dragged through courts for corruption that never happened. A good chunk of them committed suicide. The government and the software company both knew about the bug causing the issue, too, but prosecutions continued. “If the computer says it, it must be right”, sort of danger.
- Comment on Printing minis on an FDM printer 2 months ago:
Damn, dude. I’ve been thinking about getting a 3D printer and was leaning towards resin because I heard it was better for minis, and I see how it’s different, but these look perfectly fine and there’s no fumes or toxic sludge to deal with. Since I mainly want it for printing household fixits and ease-of-use is a factor, being able to get back into tabletop gaming (and painting) as well is a very nice bonus. I feel pretty good about going with an FDM printer now!
- Comment on Printing minis on an FDM printer 2 months ago:
I’m surprised by the quality of the print, I’d love to see other pieces you’re proud of (and some you weren’t so happy with, too)!
- Comment on I 3d printed a custom sized keyboard using open source software and hardware designs. 2 months ago:
I normally use a Kinesis Advantage 2 (but in qwerty, unlike OP), and I can go back to a standard layout qwerty board with just a small adjustment period - I keep hitting “x” when I mean to hit “c”, sort of thing. But it’s an adjustment I can make “mid-stream” so to speak; I just use the board and get used to it again as I go.