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ContrarianTrail

@ ContrarianTrail @lemm.ee

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Independent thinker valuing discussions grounded in reason, not emotions.

Open to reconsider my views in light of good-faith counter-arguments but also willing to defend what's right, even when it's unpopular. My goal is to engage in dialogue that seeks truth rather than scoring points.

  • We're never going to have better internet in the USA, are we?

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  • It's just bizzare to me that there's data caps on your internet plans. Especially since you're already paying 5x more than I'm for unlimited connection. I assume there must be some other reasons for this too than just greed. Perhaps the size of your country? I mean even Texas alone is almost as big as entire Europe.

  • Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops

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  • I'm the only guy in my (small) friend group who still used pattern code instead of fingerprint so I take that to mean my phone is by default more difficult to break into than most. Giving my fingerprint to a giantic tech firm has always seemed like a bad idea so I never did. Though the fingerprint reader acts as a power button too so who knows if they've scanned it anyway.

  • I see it more as a midlife “opportunity”

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  • And even if not, I'd rather be miserable on a cool bike.

  • I see it more as a midlife “opportunity”

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  • When I was like three I watched the property maintenance dude plowing snow on our building's front yard with a pickup truck and I thought that not only was it the coolest job in the world, but oh, how badly I wanted a truck like that too.

    Fastforward 30 years and there I'm staring at one in the used cars parking lot at the local dealership realising it's what I've always wanted and I can actually afford it too. Now I get to stare at it every single day because it's mine. I even ended up starting my own business later so now it's not only fun to drive and beatiful to look at but also useful.

  • What song did you love until you found out what it was about?

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  • I doubt it's a real thing that has a name. I tried asking chatGPT about it and it said it's called melodic masking / auditory masking but I didn't really find any information that matches my experience.

    It's not that I don't hear the vocals, I just struggle to register it as language. It just sounds more like yet another instrument.

  • How much of a game changer was USB-C for you, compared to other cables?

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  • No more than any other cable.

  • No need for Neuralink. There's already ads in your brain that can be spawned.

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  • Exactly, plenty of genres to choose from in the spawn menu. I too chose to like niche artists only.

  • What specific traits or habits do people close to you recognize that would reveal an impostor trying to mimic you?

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  • Personally, I never have my radio on in the car and I near-always back into parking slots.

  • What song did you love until you found out what it was about?

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  • I don't know what the vast majority of songs I listen to are about. I have some genetic defect that makes it near impossible to hear lyrics. It all sounds like melody to me.

  • What are your jokes for younger children?

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  • What gets louder as it gets smaller?

    A baby in a trash compactor.

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    How to filter out large amounts of posts

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  • If you're using browser you can add this to your adblock custom filters. Just make sure the instance matches the one you're using so incase of OP, replace lemm.ee with lemmy.world

    lemm.ee##div.post-listing:has(span:has-text("/Trump/i"))

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    Now that americans elected a fascist as their leader is it ok to insult all americans?

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  • Do you apply this same logic to Gaza considering their leadership?

  • What's the longest you've ever had to wait in line to vote? Where in the world?

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  • I haven't ever needed to wait. I go in, hand them my ID, they cross my name off the list, hand me the ballot, I go to the booth and write a number, dude stamps it, I drop it to the box and I'm out. Takes about 3 minutes from when I step out of my car untill I'm back in again.

  • Girl Talk

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  • the assumption that their compliments are all or mostly insincere

    I disagree that this is being claimed here. Stereotypes don't imply that everyone, or almost everyone in that group is like that.

  • The Simulation Theory

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  • I hope people realise that simulation theory doesn't actually imply that someone is actively micromanaging the simulation. The point of a simulation kind of is to just let it run and see what happens.

  • X updates block feature, letting blocked users see your public posts | TechCrunch

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  • I've always just muted users instead of blocking anyway. I don't care if they see what I post. I just want them out of my sight

  • X updates block feature, letting blocked users see your public posts | TechCrunch

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  • So Twitter is one step closer to being like Lemmy

  • Girl Talk

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  • That user is on my blocklist so I haven't seen their comment and I was asking you anyway.

    incorrect stereotype

    I'd argue it's not, in fact, incorrect. Sure you can say it is but that doesn't really prove anything. Stereotypes stem from reality.

    if you swapped either or both of the characters in the comic out for men, it would no longer work as a joke.

    Ofcourse it wouldn't. It's a stereotype about women. If you made the same joke about men it wouldn't be funny because it would be completely made up. Equivalent joke about men would be two guys being nasty and talking shit to eachother but neither actually meaning it.

  • Girl Talk

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  • You still haven't explained what's deeply misogynistic about this cartoon. Or was that a joke too?