Spudger

Spudger, 10 months ago

It says “no fully exposed” arse pix. What percentage of exposed derrière is acceptable? Asking for a friend.

Spudger, 10 months ago

I got the bin out on time today. Things can only get better.

Spudger, 10 months ago

I’m sure I’ll regret this but I’ll make an attempt…

First of all you have to define “Indian”. It’s a big country with many religions, ethnicities, castes. etc. At best, it’s a geographic term like saying someone is European.

I grew up next to a suburb with a large immigrant population. In those days we had Indians, Pakistanis (east and west) and West Indians (people of African descent from the Caribbean). I was lucky as I could learn about these different cultures at first hand. The Indians (mostly Hindus) and the Pakistanis (mostly Muslim) hated each other. The Indian Sikhs wisely kept their heads down and stayed out of it. The one thing that united them was their dislike for the Caribbean people. They all regarded them as their social inferiors.

Hate comes in many guises and from many places.

Now onto your main question. When you see anti-Indian hatred online is it directed at all Indians? I can see why some people take exception to Modi and his right-wing mobs killing Muslims and burning down mosques in the same way that lots of people condemn the Taliban for their treatment of decent, moderate people (especially women) in Afghanistan. Whenever religion is involved it always seems to multiply whatever fuckwittery an individual has. Add in some mob mentality and you have the recipe for bigotry and bodies. You have to ask yourself where the hatred is really aimed at. Is it hatred or well-deserved criticism from someone that isn’t articulate enough to make themselves clear?

Anyway, this is much too big a subject for a simple online response and I couldn’t possibly do it justice. If it’s any consolation I read crap every day about my country and people for being imperialists and yet we’ve been colonised/settled/invaded more than most places. Facts have never stopped a bigot from having their say.

Take care, friend, and as we say in my mother country: don’t let the bastards grind you down.

Spudger, 10 months ago

All bigotry is based on stereotypes. If anyone thinks less of me because of where I was born then they’re not the sort of person I should be wasting any time on.

Spudger, 10 months ago

Is this from one of Nigel Rees’ graffiti books?

Spudger, 10 months ago

Someone gave me a copy in the 90s although it’s from the 70s, I think. Well worth looking for in a second hand bookshop (if such things still exist).

Spudger, 10 months ago

Me too!

Spudger, 10 months ago

This is irritating. I use Nitter once a week to check if someone’s still alive. If I see them posting crap I know they’re still breathing.

Spudger, 10 months ago

Install Kubuntu, change the wallpaper to a grab of a BSOD and she’ll feel right at home.

Spudger, 10 months ago

An old trick but always a laugh when it works :)

Spudger, 10 months ago

Nope, the only thing you’re missing is the link. Now fixed.

This is weird for two reasons. One, I always preview posts for this very reason. Two, others have pointed this out but I had no notifications about it. This instance was being very flaky at the time so maybe that’s why.

Spudger, 10 months ago

I read about it yesterday and decided to give it a whirl. Still using it today. I’ll try it on my phone in a while.

Edit: Works a treat in Firefox on iOS. It’s a keeper.

Spudger, 10 months ago

I just mentioned wefwef to my better half. She just sniggered at me and said “has the world run out of names?”

Spudger, 10 months ago

As someone that never had a Reddit account* but still read about 18 subs on a daily basis (via Teddit) I was a bit sceptical about the value of signing up for Lemmy. So far, so excellent. It reminds me of the newsgroups I used to frequent 25 years ago. Big enough to be useful, small enough to be comfortable.

*I never had a Facebook or MySpace account either. I used Twitter for a year about a decade ago but it all seemed a bit “look at me” for my taste.

Spudger, 10 months ago

Unsure if this is off-topic for this thread so feel free to delete if that’s the case.

/r/firefox now looks like this.

Spudger, 10 months ago

Yep, Teddit works well for me because I don’t have a Reddit account. It’s quick and privacy respecting. I think I may have found it through the Privacy Redirect extension for Firefox.

Spudger, 10 months ago

I think you’re probably correct.

Spudger, 10 months ago

btw, if anyone wants a shitty pic of a firefox then I declare this one now in the public domain.

https://lemmy.sdf.org/pictrs/image/b22e0ac6-4307-4543-8eea-9f10325589a2.png

Edit: I should add that I don’t have a Reddit account to post this myself.

Spudger, 10 months ago

Indeed. No such thing as bad publicity, etc. At least the iPhone-clutching masses on the morning commute will be reading about this now.

Spudger, 10 months ago

Indeed. I talked to support when it was first delivered as the packaging had been tampered with and my paranoia kicked in :) Good and helpful people.