southsamurai
@southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on TikTok sues U.S. government, saying potential ban violates First Amendment 2 days ago:
Lmmfao, that is the dumbest possible position to take
- Comment on How come liberals dont hate conservatives the way conservatives hate liberals 3 days ago:
You have been hanging in the wrong places lol.
There are absolutely identity politics driven US liberals (as opposed to the use of liberal by the rest of the world) that are ranting, raving assholes. Always have been.
But, here’s the thing. Those assholes are much more likely to be ostracized and/or shut down by the less batshit US liberals, progressives, socialists, etc that form the “left” writ large. But echo chambers for it do exist anyway. There’s a few on lemmy, though they aren’t federated with most of the rest.
Here’s the key difference. What conservatives want to conserve is their sense of power. It’s mostly straight, cis white people here in the US. There’s plenty of exceptions, but they tend to not be as loud and asinine as the ones you’re talking about.
That’s where the anger comes from: fear. Fear of black/brown/yellow/red people. Fear of anything different. Fear of a non Christian based world leaving them behind.
The ones at the top also want to stay rich and powerful in the political sense, and are perfectly willing to weaponize their voting base to do so.
The ones at the top of the various non-conservative branches in the US also want to keep power and make money, and they’ll use different fear to mobilize, but they don’t usually weaponize it.
Fwiw, if you’re one of the ones that does want to play petty, childish games instead of doing something useful, it’s good you’re shamed and muted. Shit or get off the pot. Engage in real work for real change, and do it like you know how to pretend to be a civilized human being. I’m not even talking about peaceful efforts. If you really want to force change, step the fuck up and do something about it. Start the revolution you want to see. Just don’t be some douche harassing churches and pretending it’s anything other than self congratulatory masturbation.
- Comment on The best way to keep feeling young is to remove all of your mirrors. 3 days ago:
Nah, mirrors don’t reflect your soul.
By soul I don’t mean some mystic woowoo stuff. I mean the core of your self, and all the messy connections it has to memory.
That’s the shit that makes you feel old, not hair or skin
- Comment on The Force should be plural 5 days ago:
Man, I still haven’t figured out how the weak nuclear is combined with electromagnetic.
- Comment on blast me off, fam 1 week ago:
Okay, I’m in. Where is the bacon so I can test this empirically?
- Comment on We can dream right 1 week ago:
That was more a scene of his final night of work. It was still kinda weird, but they set it up so that it was supposed to show that he was working all night, every night on the project, and finally hit the right “code” to make it work.
- Comment on palaeoartists are dreamers 1 week ago:
How could anyone not?
If you have arms, and meet this charming giant, you hug it. From behind because that’s a big fucking bird and it will try to eat you, but you still hug it.
- Comment on Doesn't the need for a permit fundamentally contradict the US's ideals of free speech? 1 week ago:
I get that.
The first section does look akin to the usual defenses of authoritarian rhetoric.
- Comment on Doesn't the need for a permit fundamentally contradict the US's ideals of free speech? 1 week ago:
Exactly :)
- Comment on Doesn't the need for a permit fundamentally contradict the US's ideals of free speech? 1 week ago:
It’s a matter of when and where.
A protest isn’t inherently able to be made anywhere any time. Public property is shared property, so in order for one group to use that to the exclusion of others takes planning. On private property, nobody is obligated to allow you there at all, and not all universities are public.
The street you block in protest isn’t your street, it’s our street, so you have no more or less rights to it than I do. A permit, in theory, is just a fancy way to make sure that anyone else that would be using that place can have alternatives. Traffic being rerouted, etc.
There are also health and safety issues like overloading bleachers being a risk, or a space not being able to be evacuated in an emergency because of too many people.
You’re right, if permits are not granted equally, it’s a huge problem, and abuses can occur. They do occur. But as long as the entity (be it a government or a university or business) isn’t placing undue obstacles, grants permits equally, and everything is done without corruption (bribes or such), that’s how the most basic peaceful protest has to work.
This isn’t saying that there can’t be other forms of protest. There are many forms available. But a simple awareness protest? It needs to be peaceful, cooperative, and only marginally inconvenient. Remember, that kind of protest is about awareness, of making sure people know and possibly gaining support. It’s a flies with honey vs vinegar.
Now, illegal protests, disruptive protests, and even violent protests have their place too. As do rallies, which can be seen as a type of protest, but isn’t really the same imo. But you have to choose when and where to apply those tools effectively. Some protests, the entire point is to cause disruption, get arrested, and use that as a tool to achieve a goal. But a cooperative legal protest can do things that type can’t.
Remember, the right to free speech does not guarantee you can exercise it everywhere. Your right to free speech ends at your neighbor’s door, so to speak. You can say what you like, but she doesn’t have to let you say it on her porch. You can be asked to leave, and should you refuse, be removed after some hoop jumping along the way (which varies by state and municipality).
A public space like a street is the same basic thing. You have a right to use it, and so does everyone else. Your freedom and their freedom may come into conflict. Having some kind of system for resolving that issue is necessary. Permits work for parades, parties, and protests.
Even with the kind of anarchy that most people identifying as anarchists espouse, there’s a social contract involved in that kind of thing. It’s only a matter of the mechanism involved.
Besides, there’s always been limits on speech. Collectively, there’s an understanding that there are limits where, when, and how they can be expressed. The whole “fire in a theater” trope is an example. There’s “fighting words” laws on the books. The only question is what any given social structure has decided those limits are.
Generally, whether it works correctly or not, representative democracy promises that the limits are agreed on via those we elect to do so. That has flaws of course, but that’s the US on a simplistic level. We’ve all agreed to the limits in one way or another, or can choose to try and change those limits (or the social structure itself).
But if that slippery slope slides too far, well, that’s when protests become revolution, in theory. Assuming enough people agree and work together. It doesn’t seem to happen very often, but that’s the ultimate safeguard against a democracy failing.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
The fuck does this have to do with technology?
- Comment on Once you reach a certain age, all hairs are pubes because you grew them post-puberty 1 week ago:
Bit of a stretch there, hoss. But hey, I still dig the effort :)
- Comment on Got excited watching Shogun and made a bokken (wooden sword) from an oak dowel 1 week ago:
Damn ninjas just won’t leave an honest warrior alone. Sheesh.
- Comment on Got excited watching Shogun and made a bokken (wooden sword) from an oak dowel 1 week ago:
Pretty sweet, just be aware that if you whack it against hard things, dowels will sometimes break and splinter. Wear protective gear, just in case.
It shouldn’t, as long as the grain was straight and tight, but I have seen it happen a few times over the years with dowels being used. They’ll do fine as hanbo, but when you start whittling them down, you find any weaknesses pretty quick when you make contact.
But it’s way cheaper as long as you’re using it for poo and giggles, or with straight sword techniques.
Oak does okay, imo, but some folks swear it’s too prone to splintering with extended use unless the grain is super tight. I’ve never had problems with oak myself, the last boken I bought was oak and I wore it the hell out before I gave it away. And that’s what I’ve always used as a hanbo, an oak dowel. Never have broken personally, but I’ve seen it happen.
- Comment on Antybooties 1 week ago:
Nah, the way ants can find their way around has been a favorite question of mine, and I know there’s been a ton of people over lifetimes that have had curiosity about how exactly they navigate the world.
This answer, that they do count steps, makes more questions though. How do they count? Is it some kind of chemical reaction? Is it memory, are they counting in a way that we would recognize at all? Like, they could be fancy versions of those click counters bouncers use to keep track of how many people are up in the club, just some kind of chemical or mechanical tracker. It could be other methods that I can’t think of because I know jack spit about ant biology at that level.
Reaching the specific question from “how do ants navigate” to “are they counting steps” isn’t a big gap. I’m kinda surprised it took much time to get there tbh. Not sure when this experiment was done, but it’s way easier than detecting pheromone trails or whatever else has been done.
- Comment on Evolution isn't linear. 1 week ago:
Yo, I have chickens. The idea of a chicken the size of a pony is terrifying enough. One the size of a t-rex is nightmare inducing.
I love ours, they’re pets that get spolied and coddled. But they are vicious. Our rooster caught a little bluebird, stomped it and ate its head. Took all of thiry seconds. Our hen goes after bugs and just beats them until they’re tender and juicy before swallowing.
They would 100% eat us given a chance. Like, at the size they are now, you would not want to fall into a coma long enough for them to get hungry.
- Comment on what an amature 1 week ago:
Dr James is a polymath and dominates any game he plays in, obviously.
- Comment on The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down 1 week ago:
Privacy policies are toilet paper without independent audits and the axillary ability to access source code.
- Comment on The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down 1 week ago:
Yeah, they won’t let anyone else profit off of their user’s information. They’ll do it, but nobody else can.
- Comment on Are you prepared for the ramifications of windows 10 EoL? 1 week ago:
Nah, just particular about how my media is played. I have my media box set up exactly how I like it, and don’t like the available programs on Linux. Every year or two I go and retry things, or try new options though, in case things get to where I want them
- Comment on Are you prepared for the ramifications of windows 10 EoL? 1 week ago:
Heh, I only keep it for a limited use case. I have backups of the software, so I’m good until win7 won’t run on new hardware.
No need for any updates when what I use works perfectly for me.
- Comment on Are you prepared for the ramifications of windows 10 EoL? 1 week ago:
Lmao, I’ve been ready since 7 reached the theoretical end of life.
Air gap 7, use Linux on everything else.
- Comment on Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos 2 weeks ago:
If it’s a million to one, it’s bound to happen. That’s just common sense
- Comment on Garry's Mod forced to remove Nintendo content after takedowns 2 weeks ago:
At this point, I’ll never buy anything from or for Nintendo again. Fuck this kind of shitty behavior
- Comment on If people from the US love the imperial system so much, why are their musicians using metronomes instead of footonomes? 2 weeks ago:
Fuckin A!
- Comment on If people from the US love the imperial system so much, why are their musicians using metronomes instead of footonomes? 2 weeks ago:
Jfc.
Just fucking wrecked my brain, tyvm.
- Comment on Fisker now expects to go bankrupt within 30 days 2 weeks ago:
Dude. You asked a question. People have been trying to answer it as best they can.
Don’t use that as an excuse to complain about something else without at least acknowledging their willingness to put the effort in.
Either that, or don’t ask questions, just make a rant comment
- Comment on bio students 2 weeks ago:
Students are yummy too, but they’re harder to catch
- Comment on Can I lick it? 2 weeks ago:
I dunno, if that gasses are in a state where they’re able to be licked, they’d mess you up pretty bad
- Comment on apex predators 2 weeks ago:
Don’t wolves do some of the same kind of hunting though?