starlinguk

@starlinguk@lemmy.world

• ⁨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.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  He only watched Tagesschau, but no matter what we did with his phone to make it secure, he’d manage to fuck it up and get to places he shouldn’t get to and change settings he shouldn’t have been able to get at. His PC was also a barrel of fun.

• ⁨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.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  They will, usually by accident. Source: my father in law.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Conservative Discussions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Fascism is winning because fascists have been given a voice by people refusing to ban them. It’s what happened with Hitler, it’s what’s happening with the AfD in Germany, it’s what’s happening with the PVV in the Netherlands.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Conservative Discussions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You never give in to fascists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most people in the workforce today have never had to answer the question "Smoking or nonsmoking?"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Germany still has restaurants with smoking sections. For some weird reason nobody seems to have heard of passive smoking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not a country but a city: Berliners are notorious for being unfriendly but I’ve yet to meet one I didn’t get along with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you could add, remove, or alter one single bodily function, what would it be?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Does the need for particular hormones count as a single bodily function? Asking for a post menopausal person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With Tim Pool in the White House Press Pool, will we ever find out what's under that beanie?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Russian matryoshka style. Figures.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So this is it, is trump god? Will Republicans sacrifice their own well being to own the libs?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s a false messiah.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do man made hiking trails keep the grass from overgrowing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Where I live they’re not maintained at all. If nobody uses them for a while they disappear. I have a “path” nearby that’s on every single map but you can no longer see it used to be a path.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why hasn't congress passed a law saying that you can only deport people *back to their own country*?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Laws don’t matter. The government is breaking laws left, right and centre.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What purpose do carbohydrates OTHER than sugars serve in the body?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The brain runs on carbs.

  Which definitely explains some people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They did try to negotiate, though. It’s where left wing and right wing comes from. The left wing in parliament was against the king, the right wing were royalist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do office workers actually do?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a translator. I translate everything you can possibly think of. HSE documents, emails to illicit lovers, websites, I’m your person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don’t know what to do with this coworker.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Or she does a different kind of job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don’t know what to do with this coworker.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, the way he described the lady is misogynistic as fuck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should naming your children stupid names be illegal?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No, names like Vagina, X Squared and Helicopter are stupid names. Connor, Brody and Mikaela are just names you don’t like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Truth is a fact. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I live near ze French border in BW and half the customers in the supermarket are French or Swiss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who should america be more concerned about MS-13 or Russia?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  How does it affect you? If a neighbour who doesn’t like you can just call the police, tell them you’re in a gang, and get you deported without due process that will absolutely affect you.

  PS the world is in this state because of unempathetic people like you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who can I ask or where can I find help in moving to a new country?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The laws are different in each country. You’re going to have to trawl through their documentation, I’m afraid. It can be incredibly frustrating. I have a Turkish friend who is a qualified doctor who, despite having the right papers, is still waiting for permission to practice after 18 months here, even though the country is desperate for doctors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's no such thing as a wrong number any more⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yesterday I got a call from someone who thought I was the tax office. Wrong number.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Haribo gummies are so hard you can use them instead of rubber bullets.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re not hard at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dolores Umbridge was a JK Rowling Self Insert all this time.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You forgot “and then she went bat shit crazy.” I mean, she was questionable already (and I’m talking about her behaviour and being a terrible judge of character, not the books), but this is a whole nother level of nuts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I get that america is failing if it's duty to suppress the rise of fascist but did the rest of the world just put all its eggs in the america basket?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The US literally said “you don’t need weapons, we’ll protect you.” They weren’t asked to protect us, they strong armed us. And now we’re lacking arms because of them. Most Americans, including Hesgeth and Vance have never opened a history book.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK JR just told us Elon Musk can't use the toilet unassisted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  'T is the season.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean… the poor guy has to look at your hairy pits all through the lecture. Tank tops are underwear or beachwear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Schools literally prefer to hire foreigners as English teachers because their English is better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve on the Internet for the same amount of time and it’s gotten MUCH worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Big tech realised that touch screen keyboards are cheaper to manufacture (develop) than physical keyboards and persuaded everyone that touch screen keyboards are better. Absolutely not. Screw touch screen keyboards.