[-] probablyaCat@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah this doesn't bother me. And I tend to be a somewhat paranoid person. But I got convinced to do one of these by my partner. And so far, no regrets. They had some family surprises, but they don't regret it either. If they make some cool new meds with my DNA (honestly even if I have only the knowledge that they made meds from 23andme) I'm just going to go around saying hey that might have my DNA in it.

Just wait until you guys find out what they're really doing is cloning us all to replace us with mindless worker drones. I accidentally met mine. They were nice. Bought me a coffee. Then I got real sleepy and woke up half buried in the woods. Real strange day.

[-] probablyaCat@kbin.social 71 points 1 year ago

I hate the idea that older kids shouldn't do it. Like I remember getting shit when I decided to be kid-like again at 15 after not having done it when I was 13 and 14.

Houses told me I was too old. And looking back now, as a parent of teens, and I wish they and their friends were just going out trick r treating. I will definitely encourage any kid I see. And at my age anyone under 26 is a kid, easily. I'd much rather kids do something communal and fun than just go out drinking. I'm sure that by the next Halloween when I was 16 I was probably doing something less good than asking for free candy.

If we want people to be communal, have fun, and be safe then we shouldn't give them shit when they do that. So I don't care if the old dude down the streets dons a skeleton costume and grabs a pillow case. If he has a costume, he gets candy. And anyone who tells me different will get called out for being a killjoy.

[-] probablyaCat@kbin.social 36 points 1 year ago

Yeah for those that still don't understand.

So there were who would win memes. And then someone made an intentionally dumb one titled "who woulge" with that picture.

Now OP in the image linked is saying that everytime they feeds their cat now, they can't help but think of this meme. So it is actually comprehensible unbelievably.

Side note: fuck Nestle.

[-] probablyaCat@kbin.social 37 points 1 year ago

It's 500,000 liters. You don't just get to say that doesn't matter. Especially when the fuel the UN brought in was also stolen by Hamas. If Hamas is stealing and hoarding all the fuel, then they do carry the blame for the lack of fuel. What good is it doing anyone if everything there will just be stolen by Hamas and then used for further attacks?

[-] probablyaCat@kbin.social 56 points 1 year ago

The number given by the same Hamas health dept that said Israel killed 500 when they bombed a hospital? Even though it wasn't Israel, it wasn't the hospital, and it wasn't nearly 500 people?

I'm sure a lot have died. And definitely too many civilians. And from where I sit, I'd think Israel should do at least some things differently. But if the hospital situation taught us nothing else, it should have taught us to not quote stuff from Hamas without another source.

[-] probablyaCat@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago

I'm sure this will end well for all parties involved.

[-] probablyaCat@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

You said what you wouldn't do. But you didn't actually answer the question. What would you do?

[-] probablyaCat@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago

I'm curious how you think Israel should respond after 1400 mostly civilians are killed and a couple hundred hostages taken by the government of the territory next to them.

[-] probablyaCat@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

Something no one is mentioning is how good this is for the EU. This gives the EU the opportunity to make some much needed reforms. It allows them to put into place controls for governments who fall out of line with democracy. And this is the second recent election in the EU where the ultra right have lost when they were expected to win (Spain being the other). Even with the right winger parties elected recently (Sweden and I think Germany but I'm not clear on their current situation), it is likely reforms can still be made. Hopefully they do it and do it quickly.

[-] probablyaCat@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago

Umm I don't think they care. They have a monopoly on amateur video hosting and only make money off of it with ads. If you are watching without ads or premium then you are costing them money. They do not care about your outrage. This isn't reddit where it might have caused a long term permanent degradation to their content, the people posting stuff want you to pay or have ads as well. Users do not act as moderators or content providers (I mean I'm sure most content providers are users as well but they want ad revenue). They have just ignored ad blocking for long enough to get monopolies in their areas (browser, YouTube) and are now getting rid of that problem. I'm honestly amazed at how they took over the browser market. Almost everything is chromium based now. Even email. They may not have a monopoly, but they certainly made themselves the standard.

Tldr: they aren't doing it slow for fear of outrage. They did it slow to get a monopoly.

[-] probablyaCat@kbin.social 30 points 1 year ago

And it will be probably remain a good company while Gabe us around. But no one lasts forever. And that could be troublesome in the future. Don't get me wrong. I love steam. Have a steam deck. Buy about half of my games on their (a few on gog and rest on console). But it could be a problem in the future.

[-] probablyaCat@kbin.social 41 points 1 year ago

I would be pissed if I went to monkey attack beach and their was no god damn monkey attacks.

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