Human life begins at some point after conception but before birth. Therefore, there comes a point in pregnancy at which abortion ends a human life.
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Email?
Some mobile phones support group texting, which as far as I can tell is a preinvention of WhatsApp.
And even that is unnecessary if the wiki in question allows anonymous editing.
Here it is on desktop.
I agree it could be more prominent; hopefully that improves as kbin matures.
As others have said: Yes, it does count. You're still making a formal, legally-binding pledge, in front of witnesses, to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
By the way, you don't actually need to swear at all. If you're an atheist, you can instead make a solemn affirmation, which is the same thing but without invoking a deity.
Historian Brett Devereaux goes into the finer details of oaths here. The idea of invoking the names of deities when one makes a promise is as old as religion. The idea is that doing so calls the attention of that deity, who then acts as a witness and enforcer of the promise (so make sure it's carefully worded!) Thus, in ye olden dayes, if you swear by God to tell the truth and then tell a lie, the punishment is damnation in Hell for breaking a promise that God formally witnessed. Touching a Bible (or a relic or religious artifact) makes the oath more potent.
Aren't the Cephalings all genderfluid?
Not quite.
Hbomberguy, a leftie, YouTuber, offered to pay Eugen Rochko's development and hosting fees as long as Mastodon posts were called toots. Rochko accepted, not aware that toot can also mean fart (his first language is German). After Rochko realised this and had enough other income that he didn't have to rely on Hbomberguy, he reverted to the old name, but many users still call them toots because it's a more fun word.
Why does kbin call them magazines?
Mango works surprisingly well.
It's still early days, and kbin and Lemmy are experiencing a massive influx of Reddit users.
I would compare it to Mastodon just after Elon Musk took over Twitter. Giant influx, and for a few weeks it was full of people talking about Twitter. But then they got that out of their system and started talking about other stuff, and now Twitter only comes up if Musk does something really, really, really stupid.
I expect Lemmy and kbin will follow a similar trajectory. There will be a period when it's all Reddit sucking all the time, but people will soon enough start using them to share news and links.
So if I build a house I own the walls and ceiling, but not the ground floor?