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Shame, I’ll probably just stop looking at Twitter altogether

Born in Scotland, growing up in America, the only ‘home’ she’s going to is the homes of which she supports stealing from Palestinians.

Very fair. I absolutely also concede to enjoying some movies more when I know the plot, or even moreso when I know the film intimately well.

I remember this study, but I do question the solid conclusions, as there are a lot of caveats - these are about generic, short books, not long ones, not ones that take more than one sitting to finish, nor are they classics, nor movies, the study isn’t double-blind, they cover only three very similar genres, the sample size seems tiny (4?) and given that, I wonder if the results are even statistically significant.

I also wonder if ‘enjoyment of story’ is the be-all and end-all metric when it comes to the value of a story, narratives are about invoking a whole range of emotions and mental journeys, not just enjoyment. Some of the best works I’ve experienced, I would struggle to rate as ‘highly enjoyed’, because I sobbed for half of it.

It’s an interesting study, whatever the case.

I mean fair, I can understand that.

You don’t have to sympathise with the guy to say the event was a bad thing.

I just might :(

Unnecessary stabbing sucks, even that of murderers.

Small fluffy mammals of any kind are always fun. Pangolins or Armadillos though would be fun.

River dolphins survive in freshwater happily, your dream is achievable.

Obviously worms in general are needed, but any big group of mainly parasitic ones I could happily delete without a second thought. Ideally let’s also destroy any records of their existence.

Wasps are crucial pollinators, and predators for millions of other poisonous, venomous, deadly bug and animals (including other wasps). Ecosystem surviving the sudden loss of all wasps is questionable.

Yep, pretty much all western countries do this. When you look into the statistics, the requirements to be counted as ‘unemployed’ are always unexpectedly stringent, and the real figure is typically anywhere between 2x-10x higher than reported.

If you’re in the UK and not employed but actively seeking employment, if you want to count towards the ‘unemployed’ figure, you typically need to be housing yourself, you must be looking for a minimum of ~20 hours a week of work, you can’t be casually employed (even if you work an average of ~0 hours a week), you can’t have been unemployed for less than one month nor for over 6 months, you can’t have most recently been a student, you can’t be volunteering, you can’t be minding children regularly, the list goes on.

If you want the accurate number of “people who are actively looking for meaningful employment because they need money”, you’re out of luck.

uBlock on firefox here, no User Agent spoofing, videos load in ~1-2 seconds as normal still. Wouldn’t surprise me if it’s used in nicher circumstances though.

Given how quickly everyone I know took to using Chrome on phones despite no adblock being available, I think sadly it won’t have as big an impact as I wish it would.

Can’t believe these uppity slaves won’t put their full respect and support behind their slavemaster, don’t they know that there are worse slavemasters???

It’s a fun thing to say, I’m sure. But it honestly upsets me to see others so willingly and happily wish death upon others. I don’t actually wish death on anyone, it’s just a sad and unfortunate necessity because oppressors like Israel and the US make it the only means of self-defence.

Who the heck talks like that on an obviously open radio signal? “BRING THE MISSILES, YOU KNOW, THE DEADLY AMMUNITION YES, THE ONE ISRAELI SOLDIERS WOULD HEAR ABOUT AND TARGET. NOW DISGUISE IT AS A BABY.”

Every bit of propaganda just reads like post-hoc justification for their mass murder of children.

Yes, pursuing infinite, endless bloody war is a sound strategy. Compared to say, finding a reasonable compromise that ensures everyone’s security?

My new line is that if I don’t get to vote for who I actually want to win, then I already don’t live in a democracy and resolving that should be a higher priority than doing some sham voting.