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aleph,
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You’re fine as long as you don’t decide to jump in and offer a contrary opinion.

aleph,
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I find that lemmy has less of an echo chamber, but the average political stance is a lot more left-ish than reddit.

This is true once you’ve blocked Lemmygrad and Hexbear, which are as much echo chambers as r/The_Donald ever was.

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It depends how you’re using the term ‘genocide’.

While the CCP might not necessarily be intentionally mass-killing ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region, there is very strong evidence that they are doing their utmost to stamp out Uyghur culture and forcibly assimilate them. In the process, people are being incarcerated, tortured, and raped, amongst other things.

It could be argued that this is a crime under international law, where the definition of genocide includes

intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group".

Or you could argue it is ethnic cleansing instead. Either way, it’s a lot more serious than just overzealous “counter-terrorism” measures.

aleph,
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They show how fossils contradict evolution

I’ve heard most creationist talking points before but this one is new.

How do they attempt to argue that the existence of fossils contradicts evolution by natural selection?

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Ah ok, so what they mean to say isn’t so much that fossils contradict evolution but that the existence of fossils can be explained by the biblical account of Noah’s Flood.

Not the same thing of course, but then hardly surprising given the apparent level of scientific understanding on display.

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I’m seeing exactly the same thing. Certain companies re-listing the same position for months on end, despite hundreds of people applying.

According to this article I read recently, some companies are either doing it to give the illusion that they’re thriving and planning to take on more staff, or just to keep a pool of potential applicants on the back burner just in case.

It sucks. I’ve been looking to make a career change for over a year, and have only had two interviews despite sending out literally hundreds of applications.

25 Years Later, I Am Now A Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Apologist (kotaku.com)

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is historically significant for many reasons: it was the first Star Wars movie in nearly 16 years, the last Star Wars movie shot on film, and a polarizing, pulpy entry in the storied space fantasy franchise. It debuted on May 19, 1999, 25 years ago almost to the day, and earned over $1...

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I think it’s a generational thing. Most/many older Star Wars fans (such as myself) who were already adults when the prequels came out hated them from the get-go.

I recall being the reaction being pretty much this:

youtu.be/zJlgpozN31s?si=GH7G1NF-_3Wlh-IK

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Political intrigue just like Andore! I mean people love that one and it’s just a guy being a giant dickhole for 12 episodes.

That right there is fighting talk.

the sequel trilogy is bullshit.

Oh, indeed.

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Sure, the acting and dialogue in Start Wars were always dodgy, but at least in ANH you had a solid retelling of The Hero’s Journey and the charm of practical effects. tPM was just a big, bloated, incoherent, CGI-ridden mess with only a couple of good actions scenes thrown in.

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Philosophy is just applied existential crisis

@showerthoughts

aleph,
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That’s true if you’re only talking about what was once called ‘natural philosophy’, but there are still many areas where philosophy and physics don’t really overlap - ethics, epistemology, aesthetics, language, existentialism, etc.

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I still wouldn’t call it “precise” in the slightest.

Even assuming that this ratio remains constant after the remaining 10,000 unidentified bodies are accounted for, men of fighting age only account for 40% of those being killed and not all of those will be actual Hamas fighters.

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They could simply continue from where they left off in Season 1 and fill in the blanks? I personally felt the ending was a little unsatisfying.

Either way, it’s a bold move. It wouldn’t be the first time a team of writers has had to come up with completely original material and fallen flat on their faces.

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That reminds me of this real exchange in the Missouri state legislature regarding the “Don’t Say Gay” bill that banned any mention of “sexual orientation or gender identity” in schools.

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Grace Ocean and Synergy filed a petition on April 1 in Maryland federal court to limit their liability from the crash. If the court grants it, the companies’ liability could be limited to the present value of the ship, which they estimated to be $42.5 million, according to the petition. Source

Which would leave the tax payer footing the bill for the remaining $1.46B cost of reconstruction. Classic.

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First order of business: justify why Galadriel spends the entire first season looking for Sauron, discovers who he is, and then proceeds to tell absolutely bloody no one as he helps forge the three elven rings and then saunters out of Eregion like he owns the place.

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I wouldn’t put it past these showrunners. It’s probably going to be because she’s “too proud” to make it known that Sauron tricked her, but if you ask me that isn’t any less stupid than a Sauron-Galadriel romance.

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Why shouldn’t three elected politicians make a statement to the local press?

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If the showrunners learn from their mistakes and actually fix the myriad pacing/characterization/dialogue issues from season one, there’s a slim chance they might be able to turn the show into something half decent.

Now that they’ve got all the pointless mystery boxes about the identity of Sauron/The Stranger out of their systems, they can hopefully leave those far behind as well.

Even Mentioning “Occupation” at the Oscars Is Antisemitic, Some Jewish Hollywood Figures Say (theintercept.com)

“The use of words like ‘occupation’ to describe an indigenous Jewish people defending a homeland that dates back thousands of years and has been recognized as a state by the United Nations, distorts history” gets the prize for the most oblivious statement I’ve seen all week.

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-> Protests go on peacefully for X number of days.

-> University management call in the cops.

-> News headlines the next day: CAMPUS PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT

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