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livus, 19 days ago

I found this weirdly unsettling.

livus, 19 days ago

This is terrible.

I remember he was at Al Shifa and spoke to the press about the IDF attack on the hospital.

livus, 19 days ago

He was really good in Bottoms.

livus, 19 days ago

Your relation is being callous.

My tip for elderly incontinence is make a designated area (I use thick plastic like a tablecloth cover to protect the floor) and line it with Puppy Pads/ mats.

Also if you get an oil drip tray from an auto shop you can put kitty litter in it and the cat doesn't have to step over anything to use it.

livus, 19 days ago

Thanks, looks interesting.

livus, 20 days ago

Idk, the subs I used to frequent the most have definitely shifted to the right.

Worldnews over there is just a horrendous shitpile of fascism and Hasbara. It used to be way more variable depending on time of day and stuff.

livus, 19 days ago

Nope, the Israel Palestine occupation has been a thing for decades. Redfit was different in, say, 2014 (another hostage situation) to what it is now.

Personally I think it has a lot to do with the total unleashing of bots and astroturfers, but it's definitely noticeable to me.

livus, 20 days ago

It does! I was peering at the meme thinking but it would be good to take a look and then realized it must be...

livus, 20 days ago

Nice, I love motivational poster memes. Classy.

livus, 19 days ago

Heh.

Success

it can lead to fail

livus, 20 days ago

Refugees from Myanmar and Afghanistan are hosted by India.

livus, 20 days ago (edited 20 days ago)

EDIT: I'm talking per capita. Aka proportion.

Percentage of US citizens who weren't  born in the US is usually around 16%. A bunch of other countries it's more like 27%.

Same with UK these days, 16% as @Jaffa pointed out it's a bad example. Should have gone with one of the others.

In countries with a higher percentage of immigration the percentage is obviously much higher. Here's a handy chart.

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Okay Biden now compare yourself to the UK Australia which has about 35% more immigrants than the US.

Or Canada, or Australia, or Singapore, or Switzerland, or New Zealand...

livus, 20 days ago

I'm talking per capita. I've now edited the above comment and added a source.

Sorry for the confusion, I don't know why I thought that since I was talking about percentages it would be obvious I'm referring to per capita numbers, because re-reading my comment I see it's ambiguous.

But come on, have a heart. New Zealand only has 5 million people in it, total. You must think I'm incredibly, mindblowingly stupid if you think I'm saying the US somehow has fewer immigrants than that!

livus, 20 days ago

I don't like that website but you're right, the UK are about the same as the US with just 15 or 16%.

I thought they were the same as the rest of the anglosphere but they're not! Shouldn't have picked them to make my point, should have picked Australia after all. Will edit.

My point still stands though. He had a really low bar of comparison, and if he knows immigration is what makes you strong then the obvious implication is he should be amping for more immigration.

Idk it just seemed like a really weird speech.

livus, 19 days ago

Yeah, a bunch of places, those are just the two biggest population groups IIRC.

livus, 19 days ago

@tearsintherain I'm not talking about policy and Modi's posturing though, I'm talking about facts. Who is trying to immigrate there.

Browse the UN's India refugees website, that will tell you everything you need about the thousands of refugees there.

The Myanmar border has had hundreds of people over it this year. Your link says they just deported a few dozen.

As your link points out, India's like the US in that it's not a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Refugees, so their status is precarious. Nevertheless, there refugees in India, that's simply a fact.

livus, 20 days ago

Based on my observations (of various old people in my life) of what works and what doesn't:

• continue to gather and use evidence to make decisions

• continue to be open minded to new ideas and new evidence

• recognise your blind spots and have trusted people in your life to help with decisionmaking in those areas

livus, 19 days ago

I think that's a great tip. You're right.

livus, 20 days ago

I use the visual/body language equivalents of /s all the time irl, especially around people who don't know me well.

If downvotes are annoying you, try an instance without them or one that doesn't federate them.

I'm blissfully ignorant of when I'm being downvoted.

livus, 20 days ago

I see lots of valid arguments (in friendly words) against a popular opinion getting downvoted.

Ah that's such a pity that's happening here too. Punishing people for discussing ideas.

I don't see any of this, because my instance doesn't federate downvotes.

livus, 20 days ago

Settlers of Catan generation.

livus, 20 days ago

Too much of a leap.

The idea that everyone who says down with a regime is willing to kill people over it, doesn't really hold water for me.

livus, 20 days ago

I did not know that. I thought it was like, a cornerstone of American identity.

livus, 19 days ago

I just saw your comment there, and came here to get the url so I could include it in my comment, but now I see you've seen it!

livus, 19 days ago

Woah that's a lot of accounts! Definitely trying to get traffic. Thanks for the list!!

I see you saw my attempt at a frank discussion with them over in movies. If I understand it right, they indicated that yes, their site is AI generated.