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I don't, but I want it
Lemmy.world seem to be more middle-of-the-road on many things while Lemmy.ml and Hexbear seem pretty intolerant to me
I think it was on Lemmy.ml that I saw someone have their posts deleted allegedly for spreading US propaganda or some reason like that, when all they had said was that the war in Ukraine was started by Russia invading Ukraine in 2014 (I'm pretty sure this is factually true and Ukraine didn't invade any of Russia until 2024)
Maybe reality is just too depressing so people invent narratives that they prefer.
I'm not dismissing all of leftism, I'm just referring to so-called "tankies": e.g. people from Hexbear who themselves absolutely do not engage with political ideas "in good faith".
I just think it's interesting that the people who get referred to as "tankies" claim to be on the left, but they often support the regime of Putin, a regime which is arguably fascist. I guess that's one reason why I think the far-left and far-right are pretty similar.
I wonder what the world would be like if Europe (including non-EU countries like the UK, Norway, Switzerland, Serbia, Ukraine, etc) was all working together for its own defence and interests
Maybe European countries should stop nitpicking over issues like whether to use the Euro, and focus on important issues like defence first
In my view, horseshoe theory is pretty accurate
For example, people in the middle recognise that Ukraine was the victim of an invasion, but people on the far-right and far-left both insist that Russia is the real victim for some reason
Maybe it's because both the far-right and far-left envy the state power that Putin has?
Good idea. I hope Europe does increase its competitiveness in the world, particularly in tech.
I dunno if I'm wrong but the list has the Icelandic flag for Vivaldi but I think Vivaldi is Norwegian. Similar flags though.
My mistake. I have seen bent derailleur hangers before too, I should have remembered that.
I've seen this happen before, I guess it's when the derailleur gets too close to the spokes and they make contact.
A good reason for us to all check our rear derailleurs and limit screws.
Outrage bait like this is just stupid.
The people fuelling the outrage (e.g. the South African billionaire and the Reform MP mentioned in the article) don't care about you and never will. They are only stoking outrage for their own amusement or gain.
Testing the limits of a chatbot isn't soy. More soy than that is being obsequious to China, and it seems that's what you're doing
Actually I find it funny, both the chatbot's response, and your pathetic seethe about it
How is that edgy then? I would say it's a valid question to ask the chatbot. With any chatbot it's interesting to see what its limits are, and what sorts of questions it won't answer.
Maybe there will be some small movements towards more co-operation with the EU, but probably not any big moves for at least the next few years.
The UK could even join the EU customs union without joining the single market or the EU itself, like Turkey has done, but yeah it's probably unlikely for the moment. Labour don't want to take a big political risk I guess.
Maybe I should text random numbers and maybe I'll get lucky. Or I'll get in trouble for being a public nuisance.
Good points to be honest.
Yeah that makes sense. But on the other hand, jailing people for life costs money and there's the slim chance they can escape. But I suppose if you have good security then a full life sentence would be an effective deterrent, so maybe you wouldn't have to pay for very many people to have such long sentences, so it might not cost so much.
I'm not sure, but the UK's National Health Service mentions depression as a potential side effect.
Drugs can have all sorts of side effects through mechanisms that we might not fully understand (maybe scientists do understand this particular mechanism though, I don't know).
I guess I'm being downvoted due to just mentioning the death penalty. The only reason I asked is because callers on LBC (radio) were mentioning the death penalty so I wondered what people on Lemmy would think.