I heard it was a way to show how sorry you were for fucking something up or dishonouring your family. You’d present your severed pinky to your boss as an appology. Apparently it’s not done much anymore. I’ve played all the Yakuza games so I’m basically an expert.
Neither! Just air moving through the trumpet doesn’t make noise. You go brrrrrrrrr into the mouthpiece with your lips to produce sound.
American politicians mostly argue over issues as a way to earn votes. It’s like the story of the young priest.
Every week he listens to the old priest talk about the church’s roof and how badly it needs repairs and has been for years. He asks the congregation to give generously as the quotes to repair it have been quite high. The young priest decides to call around and eventually finds a religious contractor who agrees to repair the roof at a steep discount! The young priest walks into church one morning to see the old priest outside in shock that the roof has been fixed. The young priest proudly explains how he was finally able to fix the bad roof that had been a pain for years. The old priest says “You idiot! Now how will I get people to donate!?”
Not sure if the youtube title was changed but it reads “Can Unions Make a Comeback? With Hamilton Nolan”. A much less hostile title. The video is also over an hour long.
I only watched the first 15 minutes. They talk about how union support in the US is as high as it was in the 1950s but union membership is the lowest its ever been. In the 50s 1 in 3 US workers were a union member. It is now 1 in 10 despite 60% of workers having favourable views on unions. They talk about how this disparity could be with the major reason stated that companies have been making union busting a top priority causing it difficult for people to organize even if they support it.
Americans can only protest the actions of their own government. The US is sending humanitarian aid to Gaza and weapons to Isreal. Why would people protest over sending humanitarian aid? They want America to stop sending weapons to Isreal. How would you feel if Biden sent Hamas $15 billion in weapons?
Right. Hamas. Not the people of Gaza. Hamas is bad. Everyone agrees Hamas is bad. Isreali forces aren’t just targeting Hamas. That’s the issue. If they were nobody would be protesting.
Damn every single Gazan? All 2.3 million of them are rapists and terrorists? Is every Afghan also a terrorist? Their government is the Taliban after all!
They asked the streamers for reviews but gave them an advertising contract by mistake!
The pope would just use it to fund a war in the holy land. Wait a second…
Even the Linux nerds who customize everything about their computer are probably still using the QWERTY keyboard layout. I’ve seen a lot of “arch btw” but never seen “dvorak btw”.
Raw Milk Enthusiasts rediscovering the invention of vaccines.
OP is a troll. Do not feed the troll.
Lemmy isn’t really an echo chamber. It’s like saying going over to a friends place is an echo chamber because you and your friend get along. There’s nothing wrong with hanging out with people who share your values and beliefs.
The problem with social media are their algorithms. They aren’t designed to connect you with like-minded people, but to keep you engaged. The content that keeps people engaged tends to be terrible content.
The recent “a man or a bear” trend is a perfect example. Algorithms love divisive content like that because it drives engagement, but it also leads to people getting really upset over nothing. Lemmy doesn’t have any algorithms driving engagement so it doesn’t have that problem.
People can learn more than one language. If you speak English you can learn Mandarin and increase the people you can communicate with by billions. There is no “one language” because people can know more than one language at a time
I’m not sure if the part about judges being witches and wizards casting incantations was metaphorical or if this person actually meant it literally.
He converted after learning about child marriages
Another one Japan uses is “草” (pronounced: kusa) the kanji for “grass”. Because “wwwww” looks like a field a grass