Perfect, she’s just in time to see streaming services fully adopt cable tv business practices

Costco has lines regardless of whether it’s self serve though

This is more of a meta thing, but relevant to a lot of comments I’m seeing here. Having an opinion about pineapple on pizza is the most uninteresting cultural phenomenon. I’ve spent the last 4 years on dating apps, and at least 1 in 3 people write in their bio about this “issue”. It’s not something that people truly have strong feelings about, it’s like straight men saying Ryan Reynolds is attractive, or people arguing over the definition of a sandwich. It’s an opinion that people hold as a proxy for being somebody with strong opinions.

And can that same person explain why social features are completely missing from the mobile app?

Thanks, I’ll check it out!

Everything cracks under pressure, I’m not exactly sure what the above commenter is getting at. If the sub was steel the walls would be thinner. With titanium the walls are thicker. Without knowing the dimensions of the material we can’t know whether it was built to high enough standards.

I think a scientists reply to that would be: the phenomenon of ‘conciousness’ is a result of the complex chemical reactions between clusters of highly organized matter. Science’s ability to answer questions about consciousness is limited only by the precision of our tools and the sophistication of our methods, both of which will only continue to improve. The fact that we are currently limited, in our tools and our methods, is the only reason that other less quantatative methods of understanding consciousness (like philosophy) are more effective.

So far the only people I know joining Kick are xQc, Traci and Adin Ross… if that’s the kind of content they’re trying to curate early on I can say with 100% certainty that its not for me.

Also doesn’t help that they’re funded by a gambling company

Sick username. Is Catch 33 your favorite album?

Yep, Twitter was the only way I could reliably get info about power outages in my neighborhood. Now I’ll just have to wait patiently for it to come back on… like a caveman

love isolation

Maybe you would, but for most people it’s been proven to cause lasting damage

That’s not really because of the Apple vs Android ecosystem wars though. My understanding is that most of Europe uses third party apps because, at least until recently, pricing for phone and text plans was exorbitant, when considering that many Europeans are “roaming” and communicating with people in adjacent countries.

Having people treated differently to achieve equal outcomes is what we strive for. When it’s shown that minorities are discriminated against in hiring, people suggest affirmative action to level the playing field. When somebody is asked to testify again dangerous people, they’re put in witness protection to be afforded the same security as any average citizen.

When somebody carries a unique cultural status, such that they would surely be killed if left to their own devices, that person is given protection to ensure that they live, and aren’t handed a death sentence without trial. That’s not what Russia does. Really, one could argue that “not letting a political figure get assassinated” is the exact opposite of what Russia does.

Solitary confinement is inhumane and should be illegal.

Also we’re kidding ourselves if we don’t think he’ll get put in the most safe, cushy prison imaginable (assuming he’s charged)

Right? I came here to find new communities and regrow my online presence, not to stare back and laugh at the burning pile of rubble we left behind. I’d love to see more people piling into the communities here but instead my feed is inundated with posts about Reddit. (Although I suppose maybe I should stop scrolling through “All”, it’s not like I ever did that on Reddit)

Eh, just because lots of women are playing games doesn’t mean they’re catered to women.

Don’t get me wrong, the industry’s come a long way from every female character having 28DD’s and videogame trailers being all about stoic badasses and explosions. I think the rise of indie games has been great for that. But there’s an undeniable male-coded streak that still exists in marketing and in the industry, especially at the AAA level, and there’s progress we can still make there.

Believe me, I know. I’ve tried and failed to quit at least 10 times now (everytime I come back it eventually just becomes a place for me to argue with strangers). I’m hoping my displeasure with their recent dealings will be enough to keep me off for good, and its definitely looking like Lemmy can fill the void (hopefully in a more healthy way).

But yeah I’m gonna miss using Reddit to answer all my Google questions, or to hear what people are saying about whatever new song I’ve discovered, even from its a tiny obscure band nobody’s heard of. The scale and scope of Reddit was a huge part of it’s value.

Down detector doesn’t actually “detect” if a site is down right? It just shows how many people are reporting that a site is down. If an unaware user logs on and every subreddit they visit says “this subreddit does not exist,” they might think there’s something wrong with reddit’s servers and report it.

It was bound to happen. On a related note, I feel like the word “fediverse” is too gimmicky and might invite more cryptobro/NFT noise. What’s wrong with just calling it federated social media?

Could you elaborate on why it doesn’t matter which instance you join? Because I’ve tried accessing communities from other instances using my Beehaw account, and I’m unable to comment without registering under that instance first