Swedneck
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- Comment on UK would need forest ‘twice size of London’ to offset new airport expansion. 1 day ago:
if only there was some painfully obvious and immortal way to stimulate economic growth, like idk… building housing and factories with public transport connecting the two…
oh right shit i forgot, that would annoy the real estate investors in london, can’t do that.
- Comment on Oracle and Microsoft are reportedly in talks to take over TikTok 2 days ago:
on ice?
on ice! - Comment on Britain will not recognise Trump’s new name for Gulf of Mexico 2 days ago:
- Comment on Britain will not recognise Trump’s new name for Gulf of Mexico 2 days ago:
“gulf of america” just sounds like “bank of america”, it’s not a place name it’s a fucking business, plus it’s awkward to say; it ends up more like “gulf off america”, while “gulf of mexico” can be comfortably spat out like gulf-o’mexico
- Comment on RedNote may wall off “TikTok refugees” to prevent US influence on Chinese users 1 week ago:
well yeah, china has like 1000x more history than america does, i don’t think anyone can know all of documented chinese history
- Comment on Solar panels should not be cleaned with dishwashing detergent, study shows 1 week ago:
glass cleaner is good at cleaning glass and dishwasher detergent isn’t, i mean it’s good to be certain but one could also have guessed that to be the case
- Comment on Elon Musk wants the U.S. to “Liberate the people Britain from their tyrannical government” 2 weeks ago:
i can personally guarantee that none of the votes were artificial or meddl-
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- Comment on Elon Musk wants the U.S. to “Liberate the people Britain from their tyrannical government” 2 weeks ago:
of course they won’t collect your bins, the government feels threatened by count binface and refuses to support his people
- Comment on Microsoft mimics Google UI when Bing users search for Google 2 weeks ago:
i’m not sure if that’s clever or profoundly sad
- Comment on Trump Says He Wants No Wind Turbines Built During Administration 3 weeks ago:
what really cements them as abjectly evil in my mind is that they could just, you know, buy a wind turbine manufacturer, but noooooooooo instead they’ll fight to kill wind turbines because that’s 5% more profitable
we’re not even demanding that they stop making profit, just that they make slightly less profit so as to not poison the entire planet for fuck’s sake
- Comment on Hospital admissions for lack of vitamins soaring in England, NHS figures show 3 weeks ago:
dunno if this is true in the UK but here in sweden it’s not like we have much variety to pick from, we have maybe 10 kinds of vegetables of which 5 are actually reasonably priced… nuts? yeah sure i’ll just go buy some gold nuggets as well.
- Comment on "It seems likely Elon Musk has lost over half of the UK twitter daily audience by now" 3 weeks ago:
this is why i wish people would stop it with the “oooh but it’s bad if everyone’s on mastodon.social!!!”
shit or get off the pot, if we want the world to benefit from an open platform it will have to begin with things being effectively decentralized. It’s in no way better for everyone to move to bluesky than it is for everyone to move to mastodon.social, and the idea that mastodon would take off without being effectively centralized at first is just utter fantasy.
- Comment on USB-C gets a bit more universal as the EU’s mandate goes into effect 3 weeks ago:
i don’t get why people want C outlets, USB A outlets have been standard since time immemorial at this point and they’re fine for that. The only time i see a reason to output power from USB C is when you’re getting a charge from someone’s phone, otherwise it can just be A
- Comment on Vegan drink Oatly can’t call itself ‘milk’, judges rule 4 weeks ago:
a lot of people are just extremely insecure about their food habits, the idea of eating something they’re not used to genuinely makes them freak out
it’s something i had to ease myself out of, and my dad still can’t get over.
- Comment on Vegan drink Oatly can’t call itself ‘milk’, judges rule 4 weeks ago:
i prefer oat cream because JESUS CHRIST IT’S LIKE HALF THE PRICE
well, it is in one store, in all the other stores they just jack it up to exactly the same price because fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck yoooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
- Comment on Pointless existence 4 weeks ago:
you want a commune with state sponsorship
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
“hear that? crisp, but not dry. A soft crumbling when you give it a gentle squeeze, and a barely audible crackling that continues when you leave it be”
- Comment on FBI recommends coming up with a 'secret word or phrase' to make sure your family know you're you and not some hellish AI copycat 1 month ago:
yeah the idea that you could fool people about something important with AI voices is fucking wild to me, do people talk like news hosts on the phone? Or do they just regularly send over $5000 when their kid asks them?
the one scenario i get is a fake hostage situation, in that case yeah you don’t exactly have the time or desire to go “hey mom can you prove that you’re being held hostage?”
- Comment on HAIL SATAN 1 month ago:
honestly when you read the bible god is pretty relatable, he’s kinda just proud of having literally created everything (including evil, isaiah 45:7) and wants to be worshipped for it, and gets angry when you don’t worship him for having literally created everything by himself.
It all makes more sense when you drop the idea that god is arbitrarily perfect and good.I can’t say i’d do better with absolute power of creation and having to literally create the concept of existence on my own. If we’re created in the image of god then frankly it’s a wonder we’re as friendly as we are.
- Comment on Happy Thanksgiving, Yanks. 1 month ago:
lol “city folks” isn’t a thing anymore dude, everyone is city folks nowadays. Living in the suburbs doesn’t make you a worldly farmer.
- Comment on little roombas 1 month ago:
millipedes are fine, they’re earthworms wearing power armor
centipedes are the horrifying ones, they are a dozen spiders fused together and with their morals removed - Comment on land before time 2 months ago:
the middle distance
- Comment on Even better than a cart of apples 2 months ago:
simple in that it’s just a clever series of wires and pulleys, not some sort of digital adjustment device, i suppose
- Comment on Microsoft's free Bing Wallpaper app for Windows is borderline malware 2 months ago:
the only place i care about wallpapers is my phone, because i found a weather app that provides a live wallpaper, and having the current weather on my phone’s background is nice since i’m inside a lot and want to feel more connected to the rest of the world.
- Comment on oh no 2 months ago:
pond water? yes, don’t drink unfiltered unboiled pond water.
Tap water? unless you live in developing countries like the USA, you don’t need to worry about it, it’s already treated before entering your home.
- Comment on Huge win for Internet freedom: Google must sell its Chrome browser 2 months ago:
alphabet
- Comment on oh no 2 months ago:
and from what i can tell it seems like you’d just develop severe allergies and other health issues if you somehow managed to permanently sterilize your skin and everything around you
- Comment on Haha SO TRUE! 2 months ago:
haha aa de ere
- Comment on Haha SO TRUE! 2 months ago:
👍 finally
- Comment on BIOMES 2 months ago:
only if they’re a single-prop airplane enthusiast