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lemmy_outta_here

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  • There Will Be No Post-Presidential Peace for Donald Trump

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  • It’s Trump. He’ll botch it.

  • What kind of car do you drive, and what kind do you wish you did?

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  • a) 2012 Honda CR-V

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    b) 2012 Honda CR-V

    Living the dream - seriously. Cheap, comfy, reliable car that is fairly good on gas. Has bluetooth for music but doesn’t spy on me. Very convenient, secure antitheft system involving a metal key.

  • I'd like to ask everyone, which movie have you rewatched more than three times?

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  • So many. i will just list one that i bet most people have not heard of:

    the Vourdalak

    it’s in french. it is one of the best horror movies i have seen in a while. maybe the best vampire movie since let the right one in. in canada, it is 99c to rent it on the apple store right now

  • Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs in a major blow to the president

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  • Sweet! Under that condition, the Trump-Epstein files matter again!

  • Do you read books on your phone?

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  • If you read in any other languages, the phone is great. I make the type big to avoid eyestrain, and i have a couple of dictionaries installed for unfamiliar words. It’s so much faster than paper dictionaries - i don’t even lose my page.

    For books in English: paper.

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  • in my opinion, yes. the point is to make it less addictive- and this will take away some of the ‘fun’ without isolating kids. social media is entertainment that has been branded and marketed as an essential by the people getting rich off it. i find plenty of good things on youtube without ever signing in - i just search for them. if youtube or whoever wants to use its own ad space to promote channels, i think that is probably ok - provided that the choice is not personalized by an algorithm.

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  • Kill the engagement algorithm. Your feed should contain a chronological list of posts made by people you subscribe to. In one stroke you could end the doomscroll - not just for kids, but for everybody. Also, infinite scrolling should be banned.

  • Google criticizes Europe's plan to adopt free software

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  • The only economic growth they are referring to is Google's economic growth.

  • Google criticizes Europe's plan to adopt free software

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  • I would rather use a tin-can radio than fascist tech. Fuck you, Google. Reap what you sow. You helped American Nazis get in power and you help them stay in power. You deserve to disappear with them when Trump and his vile losers go to jail.

  • Kid Rock Mocked For Lip Syncing Through MAGA Super Bowl Stunt

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  • Holy shit, this is the SAME kid rock from the 90s? i thought someone was reusing the name because that dude is forgotten.

  • Are you doing something to fuck over "the powerful"? If so, what?

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  • I don’t shop if i can help it. I buy used whenever possible and repair things even when the cost is almost the same as replacement. when i do have to shop, i favour small local businesses. i also avoid american goods and services like the plague.

  • Is there anything like church without the church?

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  • Hello and thank you for asking the question I have been waiting to answer.

    I have been an atheist since I was eleven. At times, I have been viciously critical of organized religion. I have absolutely no tolerance for intolerance of people on the basis of skin colour, ability, or sexual orientation, identity, or preference.

    My wife and I wanted to have a child, but we had no family and few friends in a new city. In any case, both my mother and mother-in-law have passed away. If our child was ever going to have much of a community, we knew we would have to build it.

    Two years ago I started to go to church. I tried to pick carefully: I was not interested in hearing about how people are lowly sinners, that we need to be saved, that without big-G God we are all screwed, etc., etc. In my case, I settled on the United Church of Canada. I found a local ministry that had undertaken the process of becoming an Affirming Ministry - that is, a ministry that explicitly seeks to atone for past mistreatment of LGBTQ2S+ community members and explicitly welcomes their full participation. I sought this not because I am a member of that community, but because I consider it a sign of a genuine desire to be and do good on the part of the congregation. I am aware that the United Church was involved in residential schools and that the abuse of Indigenous People in such schools was horrible. The UC does not try to hide their involvement. They have apologized and are trying to make amends for the unforgivable things the church was party to - I think the effort to do better is sincere.

    When I went to my first service, I was shaking. I brought a notepad and pen to write down all the awful stuff that I expected the Minister to say. People were friendly enough, but they didn't know I was ... an atheist. I thought that when they found out, they would chase me out with torches and pitchforks. I sat through the whole service waiting to hear the minister say something unforgivable so we could get up and leave.

    So it's been two years and this is how it is going: I am an openly atheist member of my church community. I don't go every week, but I miss it when I don't go. Everyone was friendly, from the beginning. Nothing changed when I told them I was an atheist. No one has EVER tried to convert me: not the minister, not anybody. Other members of the congregation believe different things than I believe, but we don't get in each other's faces about it.

    Mostly, we sing and talk about what it means to be a good person. Then we eat biscuits and drink coffee and chat. Religion has never come up outside of service.

    Our minister says that god is love - and I think she might mean it literally. Sometimes I genuinely believe that what we are celebrating is nothing more than the idea of people loving each other, caring for each other, and striving to build a better world. We don't discuss sin or the afterlife. We welcome people of other faiths (and no faith) into our church.

    A common theme at our church is the idea that Jesus has no hands but these (please imagine i am gesturing with my hands, and pointing at yours, etc). If the very mention of "Jesus" makes you cringe a little - I am right there with you. However, what I think they mean is that if people want to create a better world, we have to do the work. No one is coming to help us. Our church tries to do some of that good work: we sponsor refugees (currently a muslim family from Afghanistan who come to all the social events but rarely the service), we collect for the foodbank, do outreach to the elderly and disabled. We even organized a counter-protest when a hate group held a rally in our city. Church is a great way to find volunteer opportunities, if you are into that.

    On the social side, our latest initiative is a games night. We also do movie screenings and play groups. We are trying to become, in some small way, a third place. You absolutely do NOT have to come to service to attend this events.

    As for my family? They love it. It has become an important part of our social life. We know people in our community, and my son gets to meet all sorts - including our new friends who are elderly and disabled. I believe that a way to raise tolerant and empathic kids is to expose them to real diversity.

    Not every church is like this, I know. The UC even has an atheist Minister (in Toronto, I believe) - that can't be common. Maybe your town doesn't have something like this. If you can't find this, you could try the Secular Humanist Association. I used to go to their weekly meetings - they never said anything cringe, but they also never did much in the way of helping the community. Also, they don't sing :(

    Edit: i accidentally used a real name haha

  • Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows

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  • You want trust? Fuck off with Slopilot and start supporting windows 10 again.

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  • Shut up, wired. Do you want them to get better at their jobs?

  • Trump confirms he will not attend Super Bowl because of music acts: ‘I’m anti-them’ | Both Bad Bunny and Green Day have been outspoken critics of Trump

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  • GOP rep gets more than he bargained for from Jack Smith over Trump threats

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  • Yeah, I think Smith is a person of integrity. Trump sure hates him, and that is becoming a sure sign of moral character. I would be so ashamed to be someone Trump admired.

  • GOP rep gets more than he bargained for from Jack Smith over Trump threats

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  • both can be true

  • Whose death signified an end of an era?

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  • I’m not sure, just hopeful. i really can’t think of a successor, though. vance is not popular, miller looks and talks like nosferatu, mike johnson could be bullied by milhouse. large marge? she’s out with the real trumpers. who’s left?

  • Whose death signified an end of an era?

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  • I might be getting a little ahead of things here, but Donald Trump. When he finally croaks, MAGA will begin to unravel. All the racism and bigotry and stupidity and ignorance will still be, like, everywhere in the USA. But without Shithead, they will turn on each other. There is no successor, only a bunch a ghouls who are willing to do anything to take his crown. I look forward to watching them tear each other apart.