JackBinimbul

@JackBinimbul@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come decades in the 1900s look fairly well differentiated but from like 2004 on feels like a giant run on?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with some of your points. I also lived through the 80’s and 90’s and can pick them out more acutely.

  But they’re also long ago enough for the survivorship bias to kick in. There are highly specific aesthetics of the 80’s that are regurgitated back to us through media that says “THIS IS THE 80’S”. Think Stranger Things, where they just condensed an entire decade into head nods.

  Meanwhile, no one is putting Bow Biters forward as iconic of the era, despite the fact that I remember seeing them everywhere when I was a kid. They are not a culturally recognized touch point the way that acid washed jeans and curly mullets are.

  I think the average person has a very strong link to the aesthetics of their childhood, too. Someone born in 1995 is going to have a much sharper sense of what the “2000’s” looked and felt like than you or I.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come decades in the 1900s look fairly well differentiated but from like 2004 on feels like a giant run on?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Tons of reasons.

  1. You lived through them. There is a continuity in your mind, rather than a dissociated aesthetic.
  2. Survivorship bias takes time. We think of bell bottoms for the 60’s, even though there were many other pant styles. Over time, specific things become iconic of an era.
  3. The internet and mass media flattened and accelerated trends.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia said to grant US access to Australians’ biometric data⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  jfc

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. And sometimes poop.

  It’s a lot more difficult for AFAB people to do one and not the other if the urge is present for both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨But think of the landlords!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How the hell is this “left wing architecture”?? Apartment buildings have looked like this all around the world for at least 50 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love excel, personally. I’m a big ol’ nerd and love putting shit in a spreadsheet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Guarantee you he still thinks they are failures. His dick goes limp the moment he sees a woman with a job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If only⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My parents refused to buy me this shit so I just haunted thrift stores for shit other parents made kids get rid of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If only⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How did you find a pic of me in high school??

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI splurge⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good. Fuck 'em.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you people all bots?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How you doin’?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you people all bots?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, fellow comrade. I am an authentic human being. I enjoy chewing and touching grass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ai generated logo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean . . . yes. People who are having AI make their logos have no artistic ability and don’t value people who do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK a US passport card costs $30 and is definitive proof of citizenship. It fits in your wallet like a credit card.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It has indeed. I live in one of the most hostile states in the country. Working like hell to get the fuck out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK a US passport card costs $30 and is definitive proof of citizenship. It fits in your wallet like a credit card.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuckin’ gross.

  So for every person who submits for a renewal or new passport, they are crosschecking records to try to catch “the trannies”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK a US passport card costs $30 and is definitive proof of citizenship. It fits in your wallet like a credit card.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  their unknown app

  This part deeply worries me, as a trans person. Does their little fascist app know about my previous name? My gender change? I cannot imagine the horrific treatment trans people are getting if it does.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK a US passport card costs $30 and is definitive proof of citizenship. It fits in your wallet like a credit card.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do not do this if you are transgender or have an X gender marker. They will cancel your passport and tell you to apply for a new one with your sex assigned at birth.

  Uh . . . how? I’m a trans man, but my passport says male. I changed it years ago. I have an active passport. Is there anything in this process that would get me flagged as a trans person?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Ranked: Minimum Wages in 50 U.S. States & 35 Countries⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda surprised that New Hampshire is at the bottom. Not surprised that my state is just above it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Things used to be simpler⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a trans man, it’s definitely penis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I sorta agree with this. I live in the Trumpiest state in this shitty union. I’m the most left leaning person on my block. I know most of my neighbors and they have gotten to like us. That said, there are some of them who I know would turn us in no matter what.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Doing the good work, comrade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If they are in your home and you are at gun point, all you can do is play along and pray. Anyone saying otherwise is beating their chest or stupid.

  If you were armed and responded with force, they will kill you. Period. Even if you manage to take down the initial force, you’re not leaving that house alive.

  We need to do so many more things before the “they’re in my house with guns” stage.

  Start by getting to know your neighbors. For real. If they are all right leaning, move. Surround yourself by like-minded people. Build mutual aid networks. They are far less likely to enter your neighbor’s home if you’re sheltering there, for example.

  Have contingency plans on top of contingency plans. For example: you have a best case scenario fleeing plan. Decide where you’re going (ideally another country). Build out your time line, work on making it happen. Then plan less ideal ones all the way down to your “Anne Frank” plan. Who can you hide with long term?

  For the Anne Frank scenario; what are your insurgency skills? You don’t have to be a fighter to be useful to your community. Learn, hone, and practice the skills that make you valuable to yourself and others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kill and be killed in this situation. Defending yourself is not going to win out in a solo situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There isn’t a well armed militia in my house.

  Even one well armed person isn’t going to deter the 4-6 armed assholes they tend to send through your door.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's so heartwarming to see some parents refuse to give up on their children even when they are severely disabled, meanwhile some parents wanna disinherit their children for neurodivergence...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Autist tran here. Shit’s hard, but there are so many parts of this world that are better for you being here.