sofiav

mekkaokereke, 2 months ago to random

People on Twitter are debating whether a person using uncommon words like "delve" are trying to sound smarter than they are, or worse, are ChatGPT bots, because "normal" people don't talk like that.

You don't have to get upset, or embroiled in the debate. Not worth the time or attention. But I'll share some important context as your friendly neighborhood Nigerian 🙋🏿‍♂️

Many Nigerians have bigger English language vocabularies and better command of grammar than the typical American or English person

santiago, 1 month ago to random

I always find there’s an interesting parallel to be made between #christianism and #communism .

Does the fact that the inquisition and fascist contemporary evangelical churches exist make the teachings of sharing, non-violence, love and forgiveness wrong ?

Same for existence of gulags or state repression in USSR vs the possibility of a classless society not designed on exploitation and profits.

sofiav, 8 months ago to random

Good morning Nina!

sofiav, 1 month ago to random

Apparently a common vegetarian substitute for the shank bone on the Seder plate is a roasted beet, so I got a beet for tonight because where the fuck was I supposed to get one (1) shank bone, so now I'm thinking about whether or not to roast one (1) beet

sofiav, 2 months ago to random

People are calling Belt & Road capitalist again 😡😡😡

sofiav, 2 months ago to random

Chess grandpa called us to play some chess this evening, and he also wanted us to read some of his favorite poet, so he also HAND WROTE FROM MEMORY about two pages from a poem that he likes and brought it along 😲💖🥰

sofiav, 10 months ago to random

The Barbie movie makes a point of acknowledging some of the criticisms people have made of Barbie over the years but never quite goes far enough because in the end, it does have to be basically pro-Barbie and pro-capitalist. One thing I'm surprised they didn't highlight more, though, is that Barbie never needs to train to do her jobs? There's a "Doctor Barbie" but no "Medical Student Barbie". Ken complains about this a bit but it doesn't really go anywhere.

sofiav, 5 months ago to random

Stupid fucking digital library books that delete themselves from your device on the due date and then when you try to download them again the app says that your library only has one "copy" and someone else already checked it out. Best system ever 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

sofiav, 8 months ago to random

Me, explaining Apico: it's like Stardew Valley with less dating and more bees
Person who's never played Stardew Valley: wat

xgranade, 2 months ago to random

Over on cohost, there's been an interesting discussion of driver entitlement in the US. It really feels like a quintessential example of the American myth of rugged individualism leading to an inversion understanding of power dynamics. It's not "I have power, and thus bear a responsibility to use it without causing harm," it's "I have power, and thus can get away with it."

https://cohost.org/NoelBWrites/post/5391197-empty

sofiav, 1 year ago to random

The people demanded a fuckton of new shopping areas so I converted a bunch of industrial areas that were too close to the city center, and now the shops are complaining that I'm not manufacturing enough goods and they've got nothing to sell. So now the city's full of abandoned shops and I keep bulldozing the buildings next to them by mistake 💀 #citiesskylines

sofiav, 7 months ago to random

Is there any good alternative to Patreon other than just making your own website and hoping people donate through that? I had some ideas for projects I could put on Patreon but I'm just not sure they'd get enough interest for the cost/time of running my own website to be worth it for me 🙃

sofiav, 1 year ago to random

Good morning Formiga 💖

sofiav, 2 months ago to random Portuguese

Finalmente resolveram o caso Marielle?!??

https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/brasil/2024/03/6824315-ex-chefe-da-policia-civil-planejou-morte-de-marielle-diz-lessa-em-delacao.html

sofiav, 1 year ago to random

Good morning Nina

sofiav, 2 months ago to random

People are going to complain that I'm subtooting again but I can't get over how annoyed I am by this whole BRI argument. China was one of the only countries that helped Brazil during the worst of the pandemic, sending vaccines here when Global North countries were hoarding doses and letting their pharmaceutical companies pressure GS countries into completely extortionate contracts, so yeah I'm going to believe that China can act benevolently because I'VE SEEN IT

sofiav, 1 year ago to random

Why did no one tell me that the hashtag for photos of pretty flowers is #Bloomscrolling ?!

sofiav, 2 months ago to random

I don't think the rest of the world has noticed how fucking weird it is that Elon Musk said that a Brazilian Supreme Court judge had "betrayed the constitution" (???) and should be impeached

(Also remember that his comment about the coup against Evo Morales was "we will coup whoever we want") 💀

sofiav, 1 month ago to random

Everyone in Rio is freaking out over the impending Madonna show bringing ABSOLUTE CHAOS to most of the south zone and we're all receiving warnings like "for Saturday, STAY INSIDE and stock up on food and beer" 💀

sofiav, 7 days ago to random

What the fuck?! Seeking asylum is a human right protected by international law!

https://apnews.com/article/biden-immigration-executive-order-asylum-border-7cd0b0f28e298036ad1fc6b0c78961e1