North Koreans know what cell phones are. Many have their own specifically made for North Korea with their own private network & walled internet access, iirc.

It got taken down? Not locked? Why? :(

Well, yeah, and testing would cut into profits and possibly / probably require culling, which would cut into profits even more.

God bless capitalism! 🫠

Know what tipped me off that Lemmy really doesn’t get nuance?

There was an article about a ride-share / taxi company that cateted to women and provided drivers who were also women, to make them feel safer getting a ride.

The comments were absolutely venomous, calling it out as “sexism” and how “what’s to stop me from identifying as a woman and calling? They can’t refuse me!” which… fuckin’ oof.

But I figured out why they’re upset: because they want people to be treated equally instead of acknowledging that some people have different needs that may require extra services to level the playing field.

Equality vs. Equity.

Ohhhh this is why my posts finally came out of the negatives.

Thank you!

There are some issues & experiences that women go through that men will just simply never “get”, and that’s fine. But invalidating the answers & experiences from women is why I believe there are no longer many women participating in conversations on Lemmy anymore.

I mean… looking at all this, why would they want to?

Is it controversial to say that I’d rather converse with a bear? Or do you suppose folks get upset about it?

Maybe, just maybe, folks who do not understand it should listen to what women have to say about it? But many are thinking about it completely removed from the contextual experiences of women. It’s… awful.

Lorelei, you are so special and good! 💖

Here’s a reminder that clergy has never been legally required to report child abuse.

Just throwing that out there.

He was an exotic shorthair tabby who was given to a shelter because he didn’t look f×cked up enough. He was adopted but the owner got a younger, more playful cat, so they put him on Craigslist where I found him.

His shelter name was “Luigi”, but when I saw him, I immediately changed it to “Waluigi”. It fit him so perfectly.

He snorted when he got excited and looked angry all the time, despite being the friendliest gremlin you’d ever meet. He loved all creatures of different species and nothing frightened him. He made me laugh every single day.

He stayed away completely from people-food, with two notable exceptions: ranch dressing and Taco Bell. I still don’t fully trust either, tbh.

I loved him so much. Still miss him every single day. Not sure I’ll ever find such a wonderful cat ever again.

They seem to be a normal Lemmy user.

Sick burn! 😎🔥

Oh, that’s true!

It’d be fun to hear the names, but I understand if people don’t say or use a different name.

She’s a no-good lying fraud!

Ahh, so this is what the kids mean they say “all cheeked up”. Very cool!

Excellent photo. Keep it up!

Pretty sure the game was made purely to sell merch, tbh. The more eyes on it, the more they can sell “stuff”.

Also, check out what I found while out and about yesterday! Hilarious.

Well, apparently we need a study to back that up, because people can’t use their goddamn brains.

So I was once arguing with someone about single-parent households.

They brought up that having both parents in the home is the best option for the child. I argued that if one of the parents is abusive, it’s in the best interest of the child to have a single-parent household instead.

They then demanded studies/sources to back up my claim, and berated me when I answered “Are you demanding that I provide scientific proof that not having an abuser in the home is best for the child?”

I just… ugh…

Further studies legitimize claims made about these kinds of things.

“Yeah but if I don’t think about it, it’s not a problem!”

You won the gold medal for the Oppression Olympics. Congratulations.

How come?