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idiomaddict

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  • The Turing test has been inverted.

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  • Yeah, but you tell different types of stories. The robot knows it’s supposed to respond emotionally, but doesn’t know in what direction.

  • The disadvantaged are more sensitive to biased language for good reasons.

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  • Well, it’s more often biased against them, and with fewer resources, they’re more affected by it.

  • In search of The Neapolitan “Machine”

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  • Off topic, but koo koo ma just makes me think of this

  • the LORD your God detests rule

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  • At the time that was written, men wore robes that are basically dresses

  • The system is working exactly as intended

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  • Both from good omens, I think

  • Many such cases

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  • I don’t even believe in free will, I can’t talk shit to anyone

  • sensoruley

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  • I think it’s a matter of degree. If the tag is sharp/stiff/crumpled enough to actually redden or mark your skin or is especially itchy, most people will notice and be bothered. If it’s one of those flat, soft, shiny tags lying correctly, most people don’t notice them.

    I don’t always remove mine because that sometimes makes it worse, but I wear my undershirts inside out, which sidesteps the problem. For shirts I wear without undershirts, I’m okay with most of the soft tags at the neck most of the time, but care instructions are sometimes sewn into the side and that drives me fucking nuts.

  • sensoruley

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  • If you’re extra bad, half of it gets dipped in water first.

  • What's the oldest meme you have on your phone?

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  • This is a screenshot dated 2013, but it could also be a copy of an older screenshot. I would normally crop it, but I also feel weirdly nostalgic about the old UI.

  • Domino theory

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  • Regarding the first point, this is what he said, emphasis mine:

    I want to be clear on where I stand. I believe both Nicolas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, jailed political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press. And yet, our federal government's long history of punitive policies toward both countries, including extrajudicial killings of Venezuelans and the continuation of a decades long blockade of Cuba, have only worsened these conditions. Democratic socialism is about dignity, justice and accountability. And above all, it's about building a democracy that works for working people, not one that preys on them."

    It feels misleading to call someone’s statement denouncing the blockade as an effective endorsement of it. Did I miss him saying something else?

  • Zero tolerance policies in schools and mandatory minimum sentences have the same arguments and issues

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  • I was at a regional magnet school, so I probably would have gone to my town’s middle school.

    I honestly don’t know what happens if you get kicked out of that- maybe you go to a neighboring town’s school, or maybe there are other schools for kids that get expelled, but the government still has an obligation to educate you until a certain age, so you don’t just stop going to school (unless you’re in juvenile detention, at which point you probably have a teacher on premises).

  • Zero tolerance policies in schools and mandatory minimum sentences have the same arguments and issues

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  • I forgot to take my adhd medication as a twelve year old and my mom gave it to me as I ran out the door. I put it in my pocket, forgot about it until later, and then nearly got expelled for trying to sell drugs [edit: because it fell out of my pocket] because of a zero tolerance policy.

    I say nearly, because I’m white with educated parents and a sympathetic situation, so obviously the zero tolerance policy learned a little tolerance.

  • People who have moved away from your home town/area, what do you miss most?

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  • Bagels (though now I make my own), fruit/veg, and Mexican food.

    I moved to Germany from the USA and I now teach German to immigrants. The most universal experience for immigrants to Germany from warmer countries is the slow resignation not to even try peaches, corn, berries, or avocado (it’s reasonable based on geography, just still sad). I was astounded when my husband said he didn’t like peaches, but then I tried a German peach. They’re woody, flavorless, and expensive.

  • If many were given the option to order a Stupid Cat or a Smart Cat, the vast majority would pick the Stupid Cat despite Stupid being bad.

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  • Didn’t you just post a question asking about this and everyone answered either neutrally or with the smart cat?

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    Women and men and consensual sex

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  • People can be ignorant and even sexist without being manosphere. Neither of those strikes me as super Joe Rogan or Ben Shapiro-ey.

    But yeah, we’re living in two separate worlds, and when a person ignores what half of us experience, it’s no different from a white person saying that black people just need to be polite to the police, the way they are. (As a teenager, I was regrettably that white person. But I’ve grown, and so can others in that situation)

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    Women and men and consensual sex

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  • On Lemmy? You probably get the absolute worst of it on /c/[email protected] , but you do a good job moderating if it’s here, because it never sticks around long enough for me to see it on there!

  • how long do you need to be Ina relationship with someone before you can say 'Go fuck yourself, I love you too.' and your partner will respond with a chuckle instead of a blood fued?

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  • If you want another story, when I was a four year old girl, I asked my mother how my dad proposed to her, looking for a fairytale. She told me they’d been together for eight years, so “at that point it was really shit or get off the pot.” This was probably the first time she swore in front of me, and she only did it a dozen times or so ever (though I was twelve when she died, so she was still editing herself).

    My dad also separately started hitting a silver quarter with a spoon on the night after their first date, and hit it so many thousands of times over the next several years that he was able to shape it into a ring for her, which is one of the most romantic things I’ve ever heard, but that wasn’t a proposal, so she didn’t tell me that story for several years.

  • how long do you need to be Ina relationship with someone before you can say 'Go fuck yourself, I love you too.' and your partner will respond with a chuckle instead of a blood fued?

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  • Obviously it’s not a romantic thing, but also related to the individual’s level of comfort with seeming insults, this is a recent situation that did not make sense to a coworker of mine.

    My dad just cut his finger off (non dominant pointer, so either #4 or #5 most important, depending on how highly you rate pinkies) the other day after many, many decades of woodworking and general tinkering. He’s otherwise okay, but it hurt like a bitch and it couldn’t be reattached. He’s mostly regretful, with a touch of existential jolting.

    My sisters and I got him a giant foam finger two days after it happened and he laughed his fucking head off. I got a pretty good chuckle on that very day from “hey, 9/10 ain’t bad,” but I’m pretty sure that was mostly the painkillers, because it’s not a good joke.

    My coworker told us under no circumstances to get the foam finger and we should just be nice. I get the sentiment, but that would scare the shit out of my dad. For context, after shaving his wife’s head during the course of her chemo treatments, my dad looked at her in the mirror when she was feeling nearly her lowest and said that he’d always had a crush on uncle Fenster, but he’d never expected to get so lucky. She laughed uproariously.

    I was raised by these people, so that’s the kind of thing that I say. A relationship with someone who was always earnest would not work for either of us.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Would increasing populations of ectothermic animals help climate change much more than increasing wildlife generally?

  • You can choose 1 superpower, but the first reply is the side effect. What superpower would you choose?

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  • It’s going to look like a shag rug as soon as they touch it

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    How old are you (roughly) and how long does it take you to recover from illnesses and injuries compared to when you were younger?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What is the craziest thing your pet thinks you can control?

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    For at least one couple, "making Whoopi" wasn't a euphemism

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What well known maxims/rules are over exaggerated, but generally still true?

  • Autism @lemmy.world
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    What are your optimized routines?

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    For a two dimensional being, puzzle pieces must be tragic

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    Donald Trump is like Dr. Bronner’s evil twin