DogMuffins

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doesn't each community being local to each instance split the audience?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I really disagree that the expectation is that communities will consolidate.

  I think many users including OP overstate the problems of “split communities” and understate the advantages of having similar communities on different instances.

  Having a /c/opensource on both lemmy.world and lemmy.ml doesn’t meaningfully “split” the opensource community. Users can subscribe to all, some, or none as they wish. So what if you see the same post twice - it’d not ideal but not really a detractor. It’s not the same as say, forking an opensource project or having discussions on both IRC and matrix.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some common everyday examples of this phenomenon? (see body)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah this is that other thing. I want to say Survivorship bias but that’s just because I can’t think of the right term.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some common everyday examples of this phenomenon? (see body)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Amazing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some common everyday examples of this phenomenon? (see body)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you’re missing the point of the post. Nuclear weapons are an actual deterrent, not just a perceived one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some common everyday examples of this phenomenon? (see body)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I can see how praying could influence reality by altering your perspective or your behavior, really just by reminding yourself regularly about the things you really value.

  There’s obvious ones like “God please help me be a patient and considerate co-worker”, but even “God please give me a new awesome car” - someone who prays about that 4 times a day is going to be focused on saving for it. God helps those who help themselves and all that.

  On the other hand “God please make a free car park for me outside the shop” ain’t helping anyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some common everyday examples of this phenomenon? (see body)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never encountered a traffic crossing that cycles when there’s no one waiting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it considered ableism to treat someone unfairly with regard to their health condition(s) even if they're not a recognised disability?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely assholery but perhaps not discrimination in a legal sense - but that will be heavily dependent on wherever you are and possibly not answerable outside of court.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do some people "read lips"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow that’s nuts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do I need a license to kill a squirrel?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In Australia there are different species which are endangered or plentiful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I make myself smarter?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You actually sound like someone pretty dim who enjoys thinking of themselves as a smart person.

  Being “smart” is pretty meaningless, as in its so subjective that the assertion that someone is smart has no meaning.

  You may as well say you enjoy sniffing your own farts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the Hamas/Israel war, why does Palestine have "hostages" but Israel has "prisoners"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course I’m serious.

  This isn’t a question of who’s right and who’s wrong. It’s the simple and obvious assertion that all parties think they are right.

  Hamas combatants presumably feel their actions are justified.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the Hamas/Israel war, why does Palestine have "hostages" but Israel has "prisoners"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a question of perspective though.

  Obviously i don’t hold their views but I presume hammas has some justification along the lines of Israelis being criminals.