TheHalc

joined 1 year ago
[–] TheHalc@sopuli.xyz 83 points 1 year ago

Archive.is used to block people with Finnish IPs too, allegedly because of personal immigration issues.

I don't get the impression it's something anyone should ever rely on.

[–] TheHalc@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

You're right, I was being a little flippant.

Still, it would certainly be far more niche. While being able to ride a horse was an essential life skill a little over a hundred years ago, you might get an impressed reaction if you were to tell someone that you ride these days.

[–] TheHalc@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In a galaxy with replicators, who would actually still know how to cook eggs (other than Sisko's dad)?

[–] TheHalc@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hopefully you're in a better situation now, I'm sorry to hear you've had to go through that.

I guess I'm fortunate that I tend to associate it with some of the worst conversations I've had with people on Reddit rather than anything more personal.

[–] TheHalc@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"We trained it on social media."

"Why does it keep making stuff up and then getting argumentative if called out?!"

[–] TheHalc@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

X+4 what? Hours?

[–] TheHalc@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Combat! I loved that, especially with bouncy bullets.

[–] TheHalc@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Tell me more about Hazel's bush...

[–] TheHalc@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because it's toxic for the type of brexiteers who objected to the EU because it meant there were more foreigners in the country. Even "worse", these people will mostly be visible minorities.

This is a crucial constituency for the Conservative party.

[–] TheHalc@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Perhaps there's a danger that, by normalising self-identification as a thief, campaigns like this might have unanticipated societal results.

I'd hate to see shoplifting/burglary/mugging stats climbing in a few years time.

[–] TheHalc@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes, a statement on copyright thanking someone for buying an authorised edition of Great Expectations, a book whose copyright expired in 1940 at the latest...

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