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RoidingOldMan

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  • Lawyers in Reflecting Pool case say Justice Department knew case was flawed

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  • "Flawed"

  • North Carolina Republican lawmaker wants the state to police what transgender teachers can wear

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  • North Carolina is ground 0 for laws about bathrooms.

  • Democrats fear viral DSA interview on Fox News will leave a scar

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  • A person who asks for evidence? What does that make you?

  • Democrats fear viral DSA interview on Fox News will leave a scar

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  • It still makes no sense. It's obviously not true. They've won more...... New York City mayoral elections... recently. That's true. If I add two qualifiers and talk about only 1 specific election.

  • Democrats fear viral DSA interview on Fox News will leave a scar

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  • They’ve won more elections than democrats recently.

    Then explain how your sentence is remotely factual.

  • Democrats fear viral DSA interview on Fox News will leave a scar

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  • No, not when you use math. 2 members of the House and 0 in the Senate. That's 0.4% of the members of Congress.

  • Democrats fear viral DSA interview on Fox News will leave a scar

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  • Who cares about the DSA? Seems fairly irrelevant.

  • Would you date a workaholic? [DuckDuckGo Sociology]

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  • I see workaholism as basically identical to emotional unavailability

    Pretty sure workaholics don't see it that way. And that seems like a fairly inevitable conflict point if you're dating someone who works a lot. Your opinion seems clear, you don't want to date a workaholic.

    Myself, I would probably have some of the same problems you have. Not sure if I'd want to be with someone who is routinely unavailable. But there it's a trade off, people need a job, I'm sure I'd tolerate it to a point. Not sure where that breaking point would be specifically. I've noticed people who are workaholics usually have a work hard phase then a play hard phase, where they spend a bunch of money and own a bunch of random toys. Even though they're usually only available like 3 days a month to use them. I'm not as much of a 'big splurge purchase' kind of person. So not sure that personality type would do well with me.

  • What's the most bizarre reason someone has been arrested prosecuted and imprisoned for?

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  • Yes, it's a sex trafficking law. Many of the most prominent examples, especially the older ones, were junk. They arrested the world heavyweight champion Jack Johnson because he had a white girlfriend. For 'sex trafficking' her.

    Originally the 'white slavery' act (prostitution aka 'white slavery' was a common term around the late 18th-early 19th-century). Anyone accused of violating this bill was basically being accused of being a pimp.

  • Star Trek seems to forget sometimes that other continents exist

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  • The implication is that the USA eventually takes over South America, right?

  • What's the most bizarre reason someone has been arrested prosecuted and imprisoned for?

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  • Comedian Lenny Bruce was repeatedly arrested and prosecuted for "obscenity" for using swear words in his comedy act. All things that would be considered fairly tame and normal comedy today.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Bruce#Obscenity_arrests

    Pretty much anyone who was prosecuted using the Mann Act. Which was used to attack foreigners and undesirable minorities. Generally labeled them having girlfriends as "sex trafficking".

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mann_Act#Notable_prosecutions_under_the_Mann_Act

    Chaplin met Joan Barry, age 24, in 1941. He signed her to a $75-a-week contract for a film he was putting together, and she became his mistress. By mid-1942, Chaplin let her contract expire. To send her home, Chaplin paid her train fare to New York which led to his arrest.[23][25] Chaplin was acquitted of the charges.

    Paid for your mistress to go home? Sex trafficking!

  • The Fourth Circuit Says Border Agents Can Search Your Phone By Hand, No Suspicion Required

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  • To be clear, could I be denied entry into the country for simply refusing to give my phone's password?

  • Do you feel like Lemmy is like a PHPBB?

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  • No, bb forums were like one singular sub/instance with lots of dedicated people and like 3 'off topic' sections for the fans of that subject to talk about nothing.

  • Pete Hegseth announces annual testosterone screenings for service members

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  • Another grift. Of course they're gonna partner with a specific pharma company.

  • Do you treat the yard as a room of your house?

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  • There are significantly fewer bugs on monoculture lawns. Never been clear if that's from all the poison, or if it's from the lack of plant diversity.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    RoidingOldMan @lemmy.world

    Do you treat the yard as a room of your house?

  • What's something you no longer buy due to intrusive, insidious technology being added into it?

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  • Stardew Valley, GTA5, Cities Skylines. All games that you can basically buy once and be done. I can put them down, come back in 2-4 months, and pick up right where I left off.

    Also here's Half Life 2 in a browser: https://hl2.slqnt.dev/

  • What's something you no longer buy due to intrusive, insidious technology being added into it?

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  • My complaint: I don't want to pay every month

    Your solution: Play for only 1 month

    Problem not solved. I'd much rather buy a game where I get to play as long as I want.

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    Closing the closed Strait but it's still open?

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  • So everyone is paying a 20% fee now, but Trump is spinning it as his idea?

  • What's something you no longer buy due to intrusive, insidious technology being added into it?

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  • If you're a daily player, sure. But I'm the kind of person who can play every day for maybe a week, but then I'll take a month or four off before I pick it up again. The monthly billing system does not align with how I like to play games.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    RoidingOldMan @lemmy.world

    AI 2027

    ai-2027.com
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Trump tells CNN Cuba is soon going to fall: ‘I’m going to put Marco over there’

    edition.cnn.com /2026/03/06/politics/trump-cuba-marco-rubio-fall
  • News @lemmy.world
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    (After fighting Jake Paul on Saturday) Julio Cesar Chavez Jr arrested by ICE, facing immediate deportation

    www.badlefthook.com /2025/7/3/24461198/julio-cesar-chavez-jr-arrested-by-ice-facing-immediate-deportation-boxing-news-2025
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    RoidingOldMan @lemmy.world

    How much is this jar of coins worth?

  • A Boring Dystopia @lemmy.world
    RoidingOldMan @lemmy.world

    Madison Square Garden’s surveillance system banned this fan over his T-shirt design. And he didn’t even wear it to the venue.

    www.theverge.com /news/637228/madison-square-garden-james-dolan-facial-recognition-fan-ban