misteloct
@misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on Why are there so many german communities on Lemmy? 9 hours ago:
Every day act of heroism. Thank you!!!
- Comment on Why are there so many german communities on Lemmy? 9 hours ago:
Oh no! Gently places gun ground We fought the good fight. I surrender.
- Comment on Why are there so many german communities on Lemmy? 9 hours ago:
Funny story about the language ability. I had a German friend in college. He had moved to America 1 month prior and never lived in an English speaking country. He had a perfect English accent and was overall better than some of my native born friends. I required proof of his German heritage, lol, thought he was making it up. And very bashful about his incredible language ability!
Recently I met a Dutch person traveling in the US for a week. He had a flawless Southern Californian accent, my friends and I didn’t believe him. His language skills were literally better than most Americans.
I can say the same about mant Indians I’ve worked with as well.
Blasted non-Americans and their superior education!!!
- Comment on Age + BUN = Lasix dose 1 day ago:
Sounds hinged to me.
- Comment on You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this. 1 day ago:
Interestingly they spin counterclockwise here, but clockwise in Australia.
- Comment on Wall Street’s AI Bubble Is Worse Than the 1999 Dot-com Bubble, Warns a Top Economist 1 day ago:
I don’t buy it. The top 10 companies are mooning not because of AI, but because they’re in bed with a powerful wannabe dictator. I don’t mean to sound grim, but if I were a betting man I’d put my money on the unfairly advantaged companies too. Luckily I index invest and don’t listen to this noise.
- Comment on Reddit users in the UK must now upload selfies to access NSFW subreddits 1 day ago:
Harassment will not be tolerated. Your comment has been sent to the board for review and we will decide whether your identity will be removed from Persona. We are not obligated by law to communicate the outcome. You may receive a writ for violating codicil 3 C, “Requirement of official identification”.
- Comment on Reddit users in the UK must now upload selfies to access NSFW subreddits 1 day ago:
To follow compliance with the Know Your Customer Pornographic Materials Act, please use the following guidelines for your photograph:
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The picture must be clear, at least 720x480p.
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The picture must include your entire body, including your head and toes. Portrait only. *This helps us identify you better.
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Please remove any articles of clothing, your body must be unimpeded by any obstruction. *Burqas and other headscarves must be removed, no exceptions.
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If you were assigned female at birth, you will be required to rotate 180 degrees and upload another portrait photograph of your back. *Please use only your valid binary gender at birth, either male or female.
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Further requests for identification photos are at our discretion, our board has full authority. You may be required to upload alternative photos, such as positions bending over to help us identify your genitalia to ensure it matches your birth gender.
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- Comment on You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this. 1 day ago:
I asked my neighbor, he said Europeans are stupid for driving in circles all day. So, that’s how.
- Comment on You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this. 1 day ago:
It came from the heart
- Comment on You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this. 1 day ago:
American here, I have no problem with them. There was a roundabout nearby in my city. When they unleashed it, the first driver brave enough to traverse it swerved off the road and died on the spot. It caused such a scene that the next 3 cars watching entered the wrong way and started to pile up. More cars piled up over the coming weeks, it couldn’t be taped off because the city service workers were unfortunately not Europeans and also could not traverse the labyrinth, they too piled up and died of starvation. Eventually it collapsed into a singularity under its growing weight (Americans are fat, so it was over the Chandresekar limit), cars add into the eternal swirl each day and emanate slowly as Hawking radiation. It’s quite beautiful to see.
- Comment on Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA 2 days ago:
It wasn’t immediately clear, I think you need to change your username to IUseArchBtw so we all know off the bat.
- Comment on Pedophiles celebrate US government policy 2 days ago:
Didn’t even see it, and your everyday act of justice and heroics outweighs anything like that.
- Comment on Pedophiles celebrate US government policy 2 days ago:
You rock. Believe me, the FBI took note of your submission and are working on it as part of a larger case, it takes a long time. It’s probably the most beneficial function of the FBI anymore.
- Comment on Pedophiles celebrate US government policy 2 days ago:
I read one of the cases for one of the worst sextortionists, over a thousand minors were threatened and sent sensitive videos. The judge opens with “Some crimes are so vile we’re tempted to just look away or gloss over the details. Today we won’t be doing that.”
Please don’t look away. That’s what these villains want you to do.
- Comment on Pedophiles celebrate US government policy 2 days ago:
They use privacy technology in the worst way, they’re expensive or impossible to find. The FBI/NSA catch a handful each year at a great cost. Read up on it, it will restore your faith slightly in government.
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 1 week ago:
I just had a kid and I also believe the world is on fire. Firstly we’re extraordinarily privileged and even then I wasn’t sure. Secondly we just wanted to and are able to, it’s not excessively stressful because we have enough money and good jobs (my panic attacks have been the normal new parent variety, not the “world is on fire” kind). Third I guess it gives me some hope. Our kid will have their own path. But whatever they choose they’ll be trained to spot disinformation and religious thinking like a sane adult so that gives me some hope. Hopefully it’s enough to counteract the 100 other Idiocracy right wing children.
- Comment on Q anon was a psyop. 1 week ago:
It’s literally right wing politics.
- Comment on Q anon was a psyop. 1 week ago:
Explaining your downvotes: “Bigger than left and right politics” how is Q Anon even slightly related to left-wing politics, or even enlightened centrism? It’s 100% far-right politics.
- Comment on What's up with the sudden increase in AI slop? 1 week ago:
John Oliver did a show on this recently, in summary: “not all AI is spam, but all spam is AI”. My take, legitimate accounts with a long history are cheap to generate, they’re a great purchase to help spread bad faith disinformation and look legit. It’s a business model.
- Comment on Tailscale addressing concerns over potential enshittification of the platform 1 week ago:
“Expansive”, great definition, thanks.
- Comment on Tailscale addressing concerns over potential enshittification of the platform 1 week ago:
“An expansive vision that’s not about money” 🤣 thanks for the laughs.
- Comment on Grok got a Nazi patch 1 week ago:
They get a rise out of thinking they’re fooling anyone (they’re not).
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 2 weeks ago:
I still have hope, until I am forced to emigrate I won’t be giving up on us. This country at one point saved my ancestors from doom, I believe it can again. It’s actually the “America sucks” crowd we need the most. In the words of AOC: resist, make them make us.
- Comment on Student visa applicants will now be forced to make their social media accounts public 2 weeks ago:
United States schools have many advantages over European ones. For example we don’t need a lengthy unit on WW2 era Germany, you get it for free by walking outside.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
When I was 21, I dated a 19 year old and the age gap felt huge. When I was 20 I dated an 18 year old (I thought she was my age, her friends misled me) and the age gap was even bigger, I was pissed at her friends. A few other times, same story, also when they were 2 years older or even 1 year younger. I don’t get these people…
- Comment on Tesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month as customers switch to Chinese EVs 3 weeks ago:
CNBC didn’t here. So it’s a lie.
- Comment on Tesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month as customers switch to Chinese EVs 3 weeks ago:
Hitler was “incendiary” and “political” but I think there’s a four-letter word so much better, so much more concise, that this wording is actual disinformation.
- Comment on Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users 4 weeks ago:
They are not all accounted for, the lost seeing stones. We do not know who else may be watching.
- Comment on Reddit will help advertisers turn ‘positive’ posts into ads 4 weeks ago:
Five nights at Reddit