Even carbon credit companies that do their best aren’t always (are often?) not great. e.g. trees may be planted, but:
locals’ may have been misappropriated for the purpose
you might go back five years later and find all the trees were cut down
It seems like there is some progress with that technology that… throws gravel onto beaches or something, to be broken down by waves. Really hope it’s not total BS.
alt-textA comparison between two political figures, Elizabeth and Bernie, on whether cats can have salami. On the left, the image shows a smiling woman (Warren) with the caption “cats should only eat cat food”. On the right, the image shows an older man (Sanders) with the caption “cats can have a little salami”. The image is presented in a mock election-style format, with the question “Elizabeth or Bernie?” at the top, suggesting that voters should compare the two candidates on this issue.
alt-textA cake with a message written on it in pink text that says “DID IT HURT? when I told you to SearXNG IT and I was right.” The cake is decorated with swirls of white frosting and colorful sprinkles around the edges.
Without a doubt, there are hateful, spiteful losers who not only use but take pleasure in using language with the specific intent of causing maximum harm.
In spite of this fact, there I think it’s worthwhile to call out exceptions exist - since a plan of attack has the best chance of success when the full context, the entire enemy, is known. The last person I heard use the word IRL is:
kind and generous
thoughtful, otherwise respectful, well mannered
(a leftist pacifist vegan)
friends with a wide, diverse cross section of humanity
But I know they grew up around the word and haven’t seen someone it’s hurt, so they used it like they’d use any other word - without intent to harm, just ignorantly.
I’d take tips on how best to counsel them if it comes up again. I think exploring their potential blindspot (no/few disabled friends?) would be part of my strategy. Thankfully they are not just some hateful piece of shit because it wouldn’t be worth my time talking at a wall if they were. They will at least be open to entertaining an argument about the potential impact of their words even in able-bodied/minded company. Thankful that’s the kind of person they are! And when we accurately assess people it gives us our best shot at righting our collective vocabulary.
That reminds me I think it was a slip, cuz I mentioned it years ago and didn’t hear it for over a year - I’m fine to remind again if I need to! Thanks :)
So I think we can be preemptively told not to say the word on social media. (RE: “if I…offend someone…I’ll apologize”) When you’re talking to your best friend in your car though it’s probably hard to demand you police yourself (in the example you never use the word in public, and neither you nor your friend ever will no matter how much you say it privately). So it shouldn’t be a thought crime kinda but probably appropriate to avoid it in public or unfamiliar company.
Curious what you think of that take spujb - “tree falls in the forest …”
alt-textPost with a photo of a boxed child’s potty labeled "I look & sound like a grown-up toilet.” The post states “Everyone who still uses Twitter in June 2024”.
When this picture was making the rounds, someone complained that sharing it wouldn’t have any impact on the wealthy and powerful, but would make average people with the condition self-conscious. I’m glad that that was not an absolute truth!
@solarvector - did you happen to see a post like that?
alt-text“a Pontiac Vibe with a huge check engine light in the back window and a cluster of bumper stickers that read: remember if you honk all you honk at me i will honk if you get any closer you have to i honk honk if you will if myself want honk if you have ever been personally victimized by honk”
Have you ever had a dream that you, um, you had, your, you- you could, you’ll do, you- you wants, you, you could do so, you- you’ll do, you could- you, you want, you want him to do you so much you could do anything?
Have you ever had a honk that you, um, you had, your, you- you honks, you’ll honk, you- you honks, you honk, you honk him to honk you so much you honk do anything?
So this very large company who shall remain nameless distributes a proprietary software development environment that includes a patched version of a certain, well-known open-source debugging tool....
A defense you could use if you’ve already been sued?
Glad we have that law but seemingly unavoidably stacked in favor of the wealthy / those with assistants/teams/lawyers. Massive mental cost of getting involved in court for anything, one that isn’t possible to be “repaid” when you win.
(Not to discourage people who know what they’re getting into! Fight the power, if ya can)
While there were some negative comments about the pizza, saying it looked mouldy and revolting and that “the Italians will be appalled”, there were a surprising amount of netizens who applauded the pizza chain for being creative and even suggested more quirky flavours for them to try next like milk tea, siu mei, and jelly pizza.
Elon Musk haters vandalized dozens of Tesla Cybertrucks by spray painting "F**K ELON" on dozens of them (electrek.co)
We all know it's true
Thoughts on terrorism (lemmy.world)
Did it hurt?
Gay Water Rule
More than 300 Egyptians die from heat during Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, diplomats say (www.cbsnews.com)
Oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form found in urn with Roman remains (www.theguardian.com)
Reddish-brown liquid found in untouched 2,000-year-old Roman tomb is a local, sherry-like wine...
lemmy user(ule)s: "this sign won't stop me because i can't read"
specialolympics.org/…/why-the-r-word-is-the-r-slu…
A future sci-fi writers never could've imagined
Toilet rule (sh.itjust.works)
alt-textPost with a photo of a boxed child’s potty labeled "I look & sound like a grown-up toilet.” The post states “Everyone who still uses Twitter in June 2024”.
................something else? (sh.itjust.works)
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"(I wouldn't call myself human, just in a flesh prison.)" rule (sh.itjust.works)
Had to search “flesh prison” after reading it on a blog
The Conscience of the Wig (startrek.website)
Nintendo Issues Multiple DMCAs On The Modding Site 'GameBanana' (www.nintendolife.com)
Heiroglyphs (lemmy.world)
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New Cybertruck Styled AI Robot Just Dropped (lemmy.world)
Give yourselves a round of applause 🖖 (sh.itjust.works)
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👉🕳️👈 (sh.itjust.works)
alt-textPost: My attention has been drawn to this packaging design from HP, which presumably someone approved....
Honk rule (sh.itjust.works)
alt-text“a Pontiac Vibe with a huge check engine light in the back window and a cluster of bumper stickers that read: remember if you honk all you honk at me i will honk if you get any closer you have to i honk honk if you will if myself want honk if you have ever been personally victimized by honk”
Watch: Local Sinclair Anchors Read Same Shady Script on Biden’s Age (newrepublic.com)
Local news anchors across the country are reading from the exact same script on Joe Biden....
Big Kone lies (lemmy.world)
What to do when a giant company refuses to honor a GPL claim?
So this very large company who shall remain nameless distributes a proprietary software development environment that includes a patched version of a certain, well-known open-source debugging tool....
glass (sopuli.xyz)
Cursedsicles (sh.itjust.works)
🪑^squared rule (sh.itjust.works)
Never imagined you could throw on a second base