twig

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[–] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What about Hitachi?

[–] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 65 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah I mean I'm not surprised that this business is failing. It always just seemed like a worse and more expensive version of something that was always inherently pretty boring.

[–] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

That's a good point. It's just kinda funny because my reaction to it is basically "wow. maybe he actually used to be a real human."

I think probably this just illustrates that he's not genuine. That said I like your reflection that past behaviour should not be used as evidence against who a person is currently. That's probably a good baseline, even if the past evidence could actually be viewed in a positive light.

Anyways. Thanks for the thoughtful exchange.

[–] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I basically agree with you, but the subtext is a little different.

I don't think this photo is damning in any way. It looks like some kids having fun in a pretty typical way. It's pretty normal for kids to "joke," and play around with gender. But this dude had some fun as a teen and now he's trying his damnedest to ensure no one ever gets to express themselves in a way that is incongruous with their agab. It's worth pointing out that that's shitty for some specific reasons.

[–] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So now we're buying the article of clothing, the branding on said clothing and precision tools to remove the branding from the article of clothing.

Not throwing shade at you specifically. That's a clever solution, I just kinda hate that this problem demands even more shit in order to get around.

[–] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is however a classic trope. Being "one of the good ones," affords certain privileges until is doesn't. It is also absolutely a despicable card to play.

[–] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

OK... I'm legit just starting to judge people for still using that platform.

[–] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (14 children)

Say that's true. Do you then actually believe that if you're not smart or you "don't have drive," you somehow deserve to be unhoused or starve, to be unable to access healthcare?

I'm all for people improving their lives, but as a baseline I just don't believe that certain people deserve the consequences of horrible poverty just because they didn't or couldn't perform academically.

Also what's the justification for having a system that allows employers to exploit workers by paying poverty wages while materially benefiting from that labor?

[–] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

You forgot the OG: Corn flakes

[–] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, that's fine, but as a Linux user I've fucked around a lot and spent a lot of time fixing mistakes that I did not need to make.

I think I'm a pretty average Linux user. Who needs something that "just works" when you can break it by trying to add something you don't need?

[–] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Right?! I know. It's so needlessly complicated. When I first learned about this my jaw legit dropped.

I'm not even necessarily proposing a registry but this is just fucking ridiculous.

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