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DiceTrauma

@ CptHacke @piefed.social

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Please refrain from rude, snarky, insulting or otherwise mean-spirited replies when communicating with me. Agreement with my opinions and views is not required - politeness and civility are. Those unable to follow this simple rule will be blocked and cheerily ignored. Thank you, and have an incredible day.

  • Because Google cares about us

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  • It's that whole frog analogy, where you can slowly boil a frog alive by gradually increasing the temperature by small increments.

  • Because Google cares about us

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    1. Introduce cutting edge tech to the masses, claiming it will usher in a new era of connection, convenience and utility.
    2. Firmly entrench that tech into every corner of modern society so that most day-to-day activities SUPPOSEDLY cannot be done without it.
    3. Slowly tighten the screws by removing user agency and freedom while raising prices.
    4. Become obscenely wealthy from an entire generation of locked-in consumers who think they have no choice but to submit to your control over their lives.
    5. Wash, rinse and repeat.

  • What sort of personality would you call this?

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  • Please allow me to clarify - I'm not talking about people who help and share with each other as the regular course of a friendship. That's perfectly normal and should be encouraged - that's how community is supposed to work. What I'm talking about are the people who are like.....um....well, professional 'gold-diggers', if you will. Their ONLY interest lies in what they can get out of you. 'Users' might be a better term, I guess.

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    What sort of personality would you call this?

  • How would you reorganize the ways we interact with the internet to make the world a better place?

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  • I'd immediately outlaw the buying or selling of goods and services. The internet should be a free repository of knowledge and a communication platform. Not a marketplace.

  • What's your secret ingredient?

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  • I don't know about 'most' of my dishes, but I do use an awful lot of smoked paprika....

  • Christian man sues employer for forcing him to see a Pride flag on his way into work

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  • It's very simple. We'll get rid of the pride flags as soon as they get rid of all the crosses. Fair is fair, after all.

  • Most uncomfortable chairs in the world

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  • Uncomfortable? You're supposed to put cushions on those chairs, you silly person. :P

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    In the US, why doesn't a personal savings account make more sense than health insurance?

  • What is the best email server you use?

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  • Posteo is ridiculously cheap, secure (e2e encryption and the whole works) and just all-around great. Been using it for years without a single issue.

  • What's a NON-HORROR NON-DOCUMENTARY movie that disturbed you or made you very uncomfortable?

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  • I found some scenes from the movie 'Amistad' (1997) deeply disturbing, and they haunt me to this day (as they should any sane human being).

  • Trump has a better understanding of the Bible than Pope Leo, says conservative Christian pastor

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  • I'm guessing that the 'pastor' has some pretty heavy callouses on his knees that aren't from praying.

  • Do you think every generation thinks their time growing up was the best?

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  • Why the downvotes? Was something I said untrue?

  • Do you think every generation thinks their time growing up was the best?

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  • Show me a period in American history when there wasn't an even split between progress and atrocity.

  • Do you think every generation thinks their time growing up was the best?

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  • To be honest, every decade has its share of 'greatness' and 'terribleness'. Every generation has its heroes and villains. Sure, there weren't kids on cellphones back in the 80's but your kid would most likely be murdered if they came out as gay in high school. Yes, people weren't digital shut-ins back in the 70's, but cops were beating the living shit out of black people on the streets.

    It's all relative. There never was a 'golden age'. That's not to say we shouldn't fight to make things better wherever and whenever we can, though.

  • What commonly given advice is actually wrong or toxic?

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  • "If you don't profit from it, someone else will, so you might as well get yours."

    Don't even get me started on how toxic and self-centered this is...

  • Do you sometimes just go full Flintstones and have a giant tomahawk steak?

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  • This is the way.

  • Do you sometimes just go full Flintstones and have a giant tomahawk steak?

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  • Ah, beer - making dinner and your date look so much better than they really are for thousands of years. ;)

  • Do you sometimes just go full Flintstones and have a giant tomahawk steak?

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  • Yeah. Here in the US, grocery prices are such that I simply don't splurge or go to restaurants, anymore. The steak sure looks good, though!

  • Do you sometimes just go full Flintstones and have a giant tomahawk steak?

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  • At current grocery prices, I can afford to smell it. Does that count?

  • What do people actually use to game together instead of discord. Now that the dust has settled. Any recommendations?

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  • Fluxer appears to be the most promising, though it is still very new and they are working furiously to get it up to par with a tiny dev team that consists of two (three?) people. Most basic features are quite usable now, though.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Do you ever just sit and listen to music, or do you have to be doing something else at the same time?

  • Cooking @lemmy.world
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    The kind of 'reality TV' cooking show I would love to see...