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The downvotes :(

Maybe that's just their way of being weird, at least the occurrences are isolated.

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I believe it was you, and the Irish.

Oh shit, I just realized why they're mentioned. Yield, for they have the high ground, and cannot be sieged.

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That dude's going straight home to beat his wife. Statistically.

Idea: Encourage police officers to marry the police union.

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Cost of Attendance, Undergraduate, Brown University: Full Time Off-Campus. $71,412

Yet, they have billions in investment funds.

I'm 110% in favor of higher education, but not at schools that are run like an exploitation racket. Even state schools, that receive loads of Federal funding, are exploiting students financially. It's insane that it has gotten this bad. Soon, the upper class will be the only ones who will be able to afford an education. In light of everything else, that almost feels intentional.

Apologies for the slight digression here, but institutes of higher education that are overflowing with cash make me see red. You're a school, that's not how any of this is supposed to work.

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I recently quit my job at a university research facility, so I am aware. All of our research was funded by government grants. I was paid from a government grant. The students help work on grants. If you want to make more than a Taco Bell cashier, you'd better win some grants.

See what I'm getting at?

Insane amounts of money is being made, off the backs of tax payers, students, and employees.

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the Unitarian Universalists

What? No! How? Those poor bastards, I thought they were unscathed. Well, at least their heart's in the right place these days.

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They only killed a small percentage of the people who purchased them. Please, think of the innocent shareholders.

ETA: Look at the downvotes on this new post. The one on my comment arrived instantly. Not normal on this site.

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Strike, and strike again, deep into the heart of Mordor. Ignore the cries of those who only wish to keep their coffers full.

Slava Ukraini

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Reminds me of the Conservation Corps. As much as I support the concept, programs like this are not for people who need money.

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Possible lodging, no food.

It was quite a few years before I could afford a month's worth of food in one go, and I was too old to join by then. The way they (people my own age) handled telling me that I was too poor to join their club, left a lasting impression.

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Those who trade privacy for security achieve neither.

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I'd avoided the exact quote for the reasons in your comment, but it works so well in this context that it's tough to let go of entirely. Glad you didn't just see it as a misquote! Nice work helping to keep the record straight.

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Thank you, democracy fans in the Netherlands!

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Also, what bugs me about this is that your text editor is not "fedora/gnome/whatever" or "FUCKING LINUX" it's just a text editor. Often, they don't even install with a spell check dictionary. I guess it would fall under "whatever" but, eh, not in that context.

ETA: Just noticed they're root. I predict their next post will be FUCKING LINUX ISN'T SECURE!!!!1

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Had a friend come out to me just yesterday, and his story is identical. So much so that I had to creep your account to make sure you weren't him.

The similarity doesn't tell me that two people are going through this, it tells me that statistically, tens of thousands must be. Depressing, but yours is good news. Rickety parental unit aside, I hope you're feeling as great as my buddy is; I could both see and hear that a tremendous weight had been lifted from his soul.

Best of luck to you and what this new future holds!

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You can tell they're Russian uniforms because they each have a little pouch sewn into the crotch, to hold a bottle of clean urine.

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Can someone explain all the of possums these past few days? And, while I'm on the subject...

Car hitting possum memes: No. :(..
Cowboy possum memes: YES! :D

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Would there be heavy ligament anchor points on the bones? It seems like there would be evidence of a completely different muscle build, maybe simply by the size of the spine bones themselves. I'm no bonologist, though.

And yeah, that chest is gnarly (but I'm no chestologist).

Thousands of people are reportedly lining up to have a portion of their skull removed and one of Elon Musk's brain chips implanted (www.businessinsider.com)

Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration gave Neuralink, which Musk cofounded in 2016, approval to launch human trials of its device that Musk has described as a “Fitbit in your skull.” The FDA had previously rejected Neuralink’s bid for human testing in March over safety concerns, Reuters reported, including...

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Neuralink said in a blog post that it was looking for people who had paralysis in all four limbs because of a spinal-cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, these people are willing to take a risk in order to overcome difficult conditions, and that should be allowed. On the other hand, it feels like Neuralink is preying on their hopes.

If the company figurehead wasn't a libertarian billionaire edgelord, I might look past that second hand. No chance of that, though. He's going to kill people, and then he's going to retweet memes about it.

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The sentence after the one you quoted explains how this is different from other treatments (it's Musk). With any other company, the question wouldn't have even entered my mind.

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It's not just Lemmy, it's all of the communities and people that he constantly trolls and shits on. The only people he hasn't tried to piss off are neo-fascists and Russians. If someone doesn't see that, they must not be paying attention. Which, well... that's not a bad idea, to be honest.

Regardless, it's nice that everyone is finally waking up to the fact that he's just a grifter who likes to call non-grifters pedos.

Also, I caught the comment you made next to this one; what client are you using that shows downvotes? If they're actually downvoted (shows +1 to me), it's likely because the sentence, right after the one they quoted, answered their question. So, the comment as-is didn't really add anything to the conversation.

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Ye olde shitte transcribers

Nearly half of Democrats disapprove of Biden’s response to the Israel-Hamas war, AP-NORC poll shows (apnews.com)

The poll found 50% of Democrats approve of how Biden has navigated the conflict while 46% disapprove — and the two groups diverge substantially in their views of U.S. support for Israel. Biden’s support on the issue among Democrats is down slightly from August, as an AP-NORC poll conducted then found that 57% of Democrats...

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$260 billion US taxpayer dollars.

Israel has free healthcare, college, and war. How neat for them.

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No, I am not sure, and I should have been clearer about my information being quite dated. Apologies for that, and for taking 3 months to reply (voluntary internet vacation).

In 2005, when I worked in purchasing, we needed a business license to order their business machines, and they were serious about it. But, e-commerce has changed drastically since then, when the only way to order was through the Dell website. Not surprised they're on Amazon.

Hopefully, the computers are still better on that side of things. What did you end up getting, and how do you like it?

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Apologies for the confusion, and the late reply. I see what you mean; my comment could have been worded far better.

Exactly because of stuff like the above, I'm just returning from a long break from social media. I'll do better. Thanks for highlighting the issue, take care.

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