JossyBop

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[–] JossyBop@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Bodycam video shows Illinois cop shooting ~~unarmed~~ 14-year-old ~~suspected of breaking a window~~

Tell the story for what it. A police officer shot a child. What they were or weren't suspected of, whether they had a weapon or not, doesn't matter.

[–] JossyBop@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nothing would change. For a start, PA doesn't control gaza so can't service it, and secondly israel and Egypt are both blockading Gaza. Independent Gaza would continue to have nothing.

[–] JossyBop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What is a prepaid sim card?

 

I do recognise that a lot of it is probably just playing up for the joke, but I assume it has to come from somewhere. I regularly see posts where basically Person A sends an odd image/message, then follows up with "wrong number, sorry" and Person B responds with "wait stay".

Do Americans, as a rule, not save phone numbers? Or is it purely a bit that has become a trope?

[–] JossyBop@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

If Motorsport Manager has taught me anything running at a £2,5m deficit per race is high but not abnormal

[–] JossyBop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's true, though I can't say for the US, in the UK, inflation is still ridiculously calculated. Jack Monroe went on a mini crusade about it, because staples like pasta and rice weren't included, but champagne was.

[–] JossyBop@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

This is the correct take. Unfortunately, there seems to be an overwhelming sense of "fuck you, I got mine" amongst a lot of people meaning they'd rather kick other people down than get pushed up.

[–] JossyBop@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not particularly a food prescriptivist, but this isn't aglio e olio. By all means crack on, but with prawns and tomatoes in it? Not a aglio e olio in my book.

[–] JossyBop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Surely they can't legally hide allergens?

[–] JossyBop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

FLINTA - Frauen, Lesben, Intersexuelle, Nicht-binär, Transgender and Agender. It's a German acronym, and basically covers all non-cishet men, though with a bent toward the female side of things.

AMAB - assigned male at birth. Basically if the doctor slapped your arse and said "it's a boy", you're AMAB.

Though not acronyms, I'll expand for clarity:

N word - n****r, a racial slur aimed at black people.

F slur - f****t, a homophobic slur, primarily aimed at male presenting queer people, but pretty common all round.

[–] JossyBop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And the 99% of people who don't loudly practice extreme beliefs which have been coopted for nefarious purposes?

In 2016, nearly 80% of Ireland identified as Catholic, and that was a low point for the country. Yet in 2015, we voted for same sex marriage; in 2018, we voted to legalise abortion; in 1995, we voted to legalise divorce; in 2018, we voted to stop treating blasphemy as an offence; in 1973, we voted to recognise other religions and stop putting Catholicism on a pedestal.

There's plenty to criticise mass religion, and especially institutions for, but don't conflate the powerful, and the extremists, who choose bigotry and hate over love and compassion, with the everyday person who just wants something to provide them with peace.

[–] JossyBop@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh absolutely, criticise the beliefs that don't make sense, and are tolerated. But pretty much everyone of most major faiths believe in science. There's the fundamentalists, who are extremely loud in their ignorance, but the majority of people aren't that.

 
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