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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nicaragua cancels Chinese plan to complete controversial canal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Trivia (if I remember correctly): Nicaragua was the first choice for what is now the Panama Canal. Although it would have been longer, it wouldn’t have required locks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Serious] What is project 2025? What kind of risk is involved?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for actually answering the question.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Did he makes the youtube thing a men's rights issue?

  No, he didn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this really the final laptop you will need this guy is claiming? it is completely customizable.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That “most” is key. We can’t tell how they’re going to act long term. It’s nice to see someone who’s excited about their product, simply because they believe it’s good. Currently, they’re trying to be customer focused, which is a major plus.

  It’ll be interesting to check in on these folks in ten or twenty years. They might turn out to suck, just like you say. However, maybe they won’t turn out like most companies, and will stick to the core principles they had when they started. Maybe they’ll become a major ally of the right to repair movement, and become an example for other companies to follow.

  Our economic system isn’t undergoing major changes anytime soon. I want to see what someone who’s grown up with enshittification and planned obsolescence does. That’s what makes things cool and interesting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this really the final laptop you will need this guy is claiming? it is completely customizable.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Young entrepreneurs are cool. They’re interesting, enthusiastic, and genuinely want to make things better. They haven’t started enshittifying their product just because they’re greedy assholes. Remember when Google’s motto was “don’t be evil”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  His research has been difficult. Many workers are reluctant to be tested. That may be because they have limited access to health care or fear divulging private health information.

  Or maybe because they’re undocumented, or maybe it’s because they’re right-wing dipshits who don’t trust medical science (unless it can be used against their perceived enemies). That’s just speculation, though.

  But many farmers may simply decide against testing, hoping to outlast the outbreak, he said.

  The “fuck the common good” theory further suggests right-wing dipshits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  She just looks so happy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If presidential immunity is absolute..⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The next time I need to qualify a statement, I will steal the phrase “I am super duper NOT an expert”. Thanks in advance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Why does the FTC allow it to be marketed as “Full Self-Driving”? That’s blatant false advertising.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Excuse me, my son's name is also Borts...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Chunus looks so smug because he knows he’s got that “most likely to become a lumberjack” vote locked up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keanu Reeves Reportedly Voicing Shadow In Sonic The Hedgehog 3⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  True or not, this is the funniest thing I’ve seen all day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tell Borts I said "Hi"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I got the t-shirt that I only wore once to the candlelight vigil. Eventually, I’ll put it in a trash bag with a bunch of other stuff I don’t wear, and donate it at a clothing drive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tell Borts I said "Hi"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Hammin, if you say ‘hey, guys, this party needs some Hammin up!’ one more time, I will leave your corpse in a dumpster.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is the US able to instantly stop an attack from Iran but powerless when Israel attacks hospitals?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nations are perhaps the best example of “do as I say, not as I do.” The ethics you and I live our lives by have no place in international politics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Somebody managed to coax the Gab AI chatbot to reveal its prompt⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I like how Arya is just the word “aryan” with one letter removed. That degree of cleverness is totally on-brand for the pricks who made this thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Somebody managed to coax the Gab AI chatbot to reveal its prompt⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure they’ll “fix” that in future versions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Somebody managed to coax the Gab AI chatbot to reveal its prompt⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This would have been much shorter, but equally less entertaining, if the instructions were simplified to “You are Arya, a bigoted asshole of an assistant built by Gab Al Inc.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨tremendous⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ‘You know we have a world, right?’ is what got me. I could barely finish reading past that point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OJ: too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not at all

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨don't tell iceland⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Although I will admit that’s an interesting little fact, I would have been perfectly fine not knowing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is going on at fedia.io⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely wouldn’t have found this on my own. Much appreciated!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨gaming⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good social/political cartoons simply a problem to its basic elements and make fun of whatever is contributing to a problem. Bad ones oversimplify a complex issue and are just an illustrated version of closed-minded griping. Actual “humor” is optional.

  Guess which one the above is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US politicians exploit loophole to skirt campaign finance rules, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Politicians exploiting legal loopholes? I am ABSOLUTELY STUNNED.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨degree in bamf⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Any kind of interruption seems rude AF, and that’s without even considering the sexism and insinuation that she’s incompetent.

  What’s the norm for the audience in situations like this? Raising your hand? Holding any questions/comments until the end?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Threads is automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I am stunned that so many instances think federation with Threads is a good idea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit power users balk at chance to participate in IPO as Wall Street debut nears⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was targeted by someone pathetic whose feelings were hurt (knowing me, it was a remark about how MAGA folks are idiotic hypocrites). They dug through my post history, and reported a post I’d made months before about how someone needed a slap in the head. They reported it, and I was banned for “promoting violence”.

  It wasn’t a permaban, but as far as I was concerned, it may as well have been. My account had been active for years, and I’d never been banned before. I felt let down that the mods had been fooled by such a stupid, obvious trick. Fortunately, a few weeks later, spez pissed everyone off and a lot of people left anyway.

  Plus, I have the knowledge that I annoyed some troll SO MUCH that they read through months of my posts looking for something to report. Heh heh heh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help me out⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I barely know who he is. A popular, rich influencer. That’s the beginning and end of my knowledge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nokia tells Reddit it might be infringing on Nokia's patents.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for asking that question. That was the primary reason I was going to read the article. Since it doesn’t explain that, I won’t bother.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nokia tells Reddit it might be infringing on Nokia's patents.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s sad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is once again injecting pop-up ads into Google Chrome on Windows in a bid to get people to switch to Bing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I was talking about perception more than reality