Allero
@Allero@lemmy.today
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 5 hours ago:
At least three times that I can recall
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 8 hours ago:
I am a grad student, and I often wish we wouldn’t make too much distinction
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 8 hours ago:
Even as an adjective in scientific context.
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 8 hours ago:
Nope, not proud as in “yay I’m so happy to be male”. Proud as in “I’m a male and there’s nothing bad about it, I’m happy to be who I am without shitting on anyone being different”
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 11 hours ago:
Not here in particular, but I have been called out several times for using the word “female” in an appropriate and normal context.
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 11 hours ago:
Why?
One can call a group of men “males”, and no one bats an eye. But once anyone uses “female” to refer to a woman, it’s a shitshow.
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 11 hours ago:
People do use them as nouns. For example, in statistical/scientific context: “Among males/females…”, or “I’m a male”
And I certainly saw the word “males” being commonly used, which is pretty much why I’m so baffled by the need to banish its counterpart.
Incels may call women whatever, but actively banishing the word because it was appropriated by some group of weirdos isn’t gonna help - rather, it will only deepen the flawed interpretation of a very regular and normal word, assigning context to where there was none.
I’m a proud male. Why can’t there be a proud female? This only means she is a woman, after all.
- Comment on [deleted] 12 hours ago:
Driving above ~150 km/h is never ever safe, which is why Germany is such an outlier, while about every other country does not allow for it.
Autobahns are significantly more deadly than other roads.
- Comment on [deleted] 12 hours ago:
This is basically Formula-1 race car/small aircraft speed.
Regular cars will only get you to, like, 160-180 km/h at full gas.
In other words, this is insanely fast and potentially very deadly.
At speeds above ~150 km/h, even on a well-organized highway, you won’t be able to control your surroundings and have to rely on sheer luck to survive, unless you’re a professional race pilot on an empty road. Also, unless the car is equipped with special gear for improved road grip, it will become uncontrollable because it will literally start to hover a little.
- Comment on Based on a true story 13 hours ago:
The latter. Even without mortgage, it would take 150 months of an average salary to buy a fairly modest apartment, and we’re speaking average, which is very far from median.
Also, government tries to step in to compensate a bit for the families with children. But overall, the insane interest rate reflects in everything. I currently pay out a loan at 35% APR.
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 13 hours ago:
Can we stop with this for once?
Men are male, women are female. These words are interchangeable, and whoever decided one should be somehow bad or derogatory is deranged. Claim the words for what they are. Use “male” and “female” in appropriate context.
- Comment on Based on a true story 14 hours ago:
Wait until you hear about mortgage in Russia
26% APR. On a mortgage. No, seriously.
- Comment on Based on a true story 14 hours ago:
Those are older/richer people that saved enough money to buy new.
- Comment on Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution. 1 day ago:
Absolutely!
- Comment on China plans world’s first fusion-fission power plant 1 day ago:
Essentially yes.
Normally, the amount of neutrons generated in a fusion reactor is an issue. Here it is an asset.
- Comment on Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution. 2 days ago:
…or you do neither of those?
- Comment on Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution. 2 days ago:
Alright bud, you went too far into angry trolling territory.
Gosh, what .today has become these days…
- Comment on Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution. 2 days ago:
This is one of the most problematic parts about vigilante justice and why it should be gone for good, regardless of what they are trying to achieve.
- Comment on Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution. 2 days ago:
Nope, I’m not getting there. Sure, ephebophilia is a thing, and so is hebephilia, but in a given context there’s no point in this distinction.
I’m only saying that many cases of child abuse do not involve pedophiles/hebephiles/ephebophiles/whatever. Children are the easiest to take advantage of, and this is what drives quite a few hypersexual non-pedophiles to become child abusers despite not being predominantly attracted to children/minors to begin with.
Regardless of reasons, whoever abuses children deserves punishment - although I would much prefer for the police, not vigilantes, to be involved in it.
- Comment on Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution. 2 days ago:
Guess this is what happens when you meet real people online who are not artificially enraged - a productive conversation!
- Comment on Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution. 2 days ago:
Good luck proving you’re not anything to an angry mob.
- Comment on Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution. 2 days ago:
Sure, but shows of this kind imply that all pedophiles are child abusers and all child abusers are pedophiles, neither of which is true - and such equations are harmful.
- Comment on Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution. 2 days ago:
There’s one more angle to this - apart from the raise in vigilante violence and messing up with police operations which both are very valid.
Just as we stopped getting TV feeds constantly equating pedophiles to child molesters, those guys stepped in to fill the void.
Pedophiles are not inherently child molesters. This kind of equation is not only wrong, it also adds to promoting dangerous behaviors among them.
Plenty of pedophiles will never abuse a single child, knowing full well it is dangerous and harmful for minors to be engaged in such relationships. However, the more we equate pedophiles to predators, the more people, especially in the emotionally vulnerable groups like teen pedophiles, will actually accept themselves in this role. Among those who stands against this anyway, plenty will become suicidal, not seeing an option to live a non-offending life.
- Comment on long 3 days ago:
I’m feeling generous, let’s remember the good times~
- Comment on long 3 days ago:
This pic is getting more and more trimmed every time it is posted
There you go, the full pic: 1000071936
- Comment on Virgin Physicists 3 days ago:
Even better I just came up with the absolute dumb simple solution :D
- Comment on Virgin Physicists 3 days ago:
Rheostat, my dudes
- Comment on I was at the adult store 3 days ago:
I see, thanks!
- Comment on I was at the adult store 3 days ago:
Hmm, sounds plausible, thanks!
- Comment on I was at the adult store 4 days ago:
What is this? Seriously
