@GryphonSK My religion teachers that marriage is between two or more people who support public education. It's against my religion for Republicans to get "married."
@RickiTarr
One of my first memories is getting an internal organ removed. I had no idea what the fuck an "adenoid" was, but apparently getting them removed is a very painful and very invasive surgery.
Even as a toddler I couldn't understand why an omnipotent and omnibenevolent god couldn't just create me without adenoids and save me the pain of this surgery.
@dgar People from Trueway can only tell the truth, while people from Falseway can only lie.
Suppose you are traveling and you come to a fork in the road. One path leads to where you want to go, while the other leads to certain doom. At the fork are 16 people, one from each of the 16 logic gate way countries, but you can't tell which person is from which country. You can ask one question to figure out where to go. What do you say?
It's so weird that we are all supposed to be ashamed for burping and farting. I deeply apologize to everyone for keeping my body from literally exploding, so uncouth.
@RickiTarr I've had students who have been so mistreated by previous teachers/schools that they think they need to apologize for needing to use the bathroom.
Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.
I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.
Pros:
This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.
Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.
It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".
I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.
We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.
Cons:
Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.
While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.
We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.
@RickiTarr I live in https://transfem.social. The worst part is you have to be careful to avoid getting eaten by a shark. The best part is you can get eaten by a shark.
@antonia To be fair, there is so much variety in that book at least some of hit has to be dangerous, right?
Fun fact: When I was in grad school my algebraic geometry teacher assigned us a homework question that required us to compute the "blow-up" of a "pentagon." He warned us not to Google it to avoid ending up on FBI watch-lists.
@renegadejade That's a satire account. If that had actually happened, I'd bet the women would start accusing their doctors and nurses of being trans women.
I'm talking about an apparent aggravated risk of self-harm and suicide among young people.
...what? This sentence seems like it's totally unrelated to either your previous post or the rest of this post. What's the connection between a corporation funding Matrix development and young people committing suicide? Is there somewhere I can read about the context?
@atomicpoet@tokyo_0@nm@fediversenews I think the point Tokyo Outsider is making is that your alt-text accuses "fedipact" of misinformation, but the screenshot you show is not of the fedipact website.
Ya know...all the fear mongering on Fedi is starting to tire people out...
Lots of people just don't want to be here anymore because of the way a lot of Fedi users treat normal everyday things as EVILLLLLL!!!
You're doing the very thing you fear the most when you talk shit about Threads (and other things most of you deem evil) and pushing people to those platforms.
I am on both and literally seeing it. I have users that follow me on both platforms that say they're considering leaving Fedi because of how normal it is there.
No brigading. No blatant misinformation. No bullshit drama about Fediblock. Just normal, SOCIAL media.
So, those defederating from people that federate with Threads are literally and already killing the platform you claim to love so much...🤦♂️🤬
@BeAware The fediverse is not what you call "normal" (corporate) social media. It isn't intended to be. The fediverse has existed since 2008, and many of us chose to come here because we dislike what you call "normal" social media. I've "only" been here since 2020.
If people are coming here solely because Musk bought Twitter and they want a clone of pre-2022 Twitter, they are going to be disappointed with independent fedi instances and should go to threads.net instead.
I do find it hilarious that you're complaining about "blatant misinformation" and "brigading" on free fedi instances, considering on threads you have Chaya Raichik, Gays Against Groomers, Moms for Liberty, and a whole host of other high-profile misinformation and bigotry spreaders. Trans folks who post about anything on corporate social networks do get brigaded.
Requirements to put in a job description to discourage or filter out autistic people:
Comfortable with ambiguity
Strong people skills
Good culture fit
Multitasking
A fast-paced dynamic environment
Bachelor's degree or better
I see these things and think you don't want my >30 years of programming and machine learning experience, or my problem-solving skills and comprehensive knowledge that had people mistaking me for one of the team's PhDs, or my solutions that have proven patent-worthy. Your loss.
@hosford42@actuallyautistic@neurodivergence I'm comfortable with ambiguity! If I see ambiguity in math, I ask the author to clarify. If I see ambiguity in anything else, I ask my cat to clarify, and if she refuses to answer then I just assume whoever gave me ambiguous instructions means whatever I want them to have said.