i didn’t expect to see a monty-python/star-trek response to current events; but i’ll allow it. lol

experience teaches me that your likeability matters more

i still have the yahoo account i created back in the 90’s and i can’t rid of it because of the nostalgia it inspires, so i mostly use it for spam whenever some random site wants me to sign up.

sort of like 2 versatile tops, but no pregnancy. lol

it’s a never ending cat-and-mouse game

Can you share your sources for such articles or at least the articles themselves please?

this one:

… If you look at this Lemmy development co-leader’s opinions on transgenderism, are you going to stop using this software that lets you converse on an LGBTQ+ safe-space instance with no involvement on a social level from said developer/founder?

if actions speak louder than words, then what does it say about your pink washing attempt?

A CEO or any kind of leader gets to determine the path that their organization takes. Slater may seem good now; but we won’t know until the proof shows up in the pudding, so you can only try to guess based on whom she take orders from. (Fwiw: I hope you’re right)

Bourgeoisie liberals do indeed use the transgendered in the same way that they used gays back in the 1990’s, as little more than a virtue signal and now (just like back then) they retreat from that virtue signal when it no longer suites their purposes.

Unlike the Democrats & other liberals; there is plenty proof in Lemmy’s pudding of its creators’ intentions. The generations long reconciliations that LGBTQIA people had to struggle & die to force acceptance in the western world; despite the Democrats; is now falsely appropriated to pink wash anyone/anything who disagrees like it is here.

Same here; but I’m switching to tuta

What did you call me?!!! Lol

I’ll have you know that this basement isn’t that deep!!! 😂

People’s opinions are expressions of who they are and unwelcomed opinions feel like attacks for people unaccustomed to debate. Westerners; especially Americans; don’t like taking about “politics” in polite conversation so an overwhelming majority will remain unaccustomed to debate.

I agree that .world has low engagement as do all of the other non-political & non-technical Lemmy instances do and that fact is treated like another one of those unwelcomed opinions in those instances; that’s why you’re getting downvotes for pointing this out.

Lemmy was invented by and for people who exist at the intersection of leftist politics and open source technology and that makes them more amenable for debate but it could only work for you if you’re capable of comporting yourself accordingly in such spaces if those views don’t come naturally to you. If your politics or interest are too far out of sync with this core group of Lemmy users, then you either have to wait until the other social media platforms enshitify enough to force more people into Lemmy or go back to the enshitification yourself on their platforms.

I think dogs are the only beings that are free to judge since let he wo sin be the first to cast a stone.

When they wrote that verse they were clearly taking about dogs lol

i somewhat get around this insisting that i use a kvm/linux based virtual machine; but i doubt that it’s very effective given that i’m still using my employer’s vpn connection and software.

the narrative shaping in american media is so disgusting; they won’t even question whether or not my government’s expanded export controls in kicking out some of its most prolific contributors simply because they’re russian is a factor and cover it up by counting the number of lines added.

what happens next year or the year after that? are the same contributors expect to keep working at the same scale they’re doing now? the youngest ones are in their 40’s and paid exorbitantly well; what happens when they retire? do we all just switch to bsd?

i’ve been using prepaid for almost a decade now and i only buy $100 androids with the latest release and i use my voip number for everything.

i started doing the prepaid plan because i don’t always renew each month since i only need the data connection and i’m almost always at home. the $100 androids are a thing for me because i’m klutz with all personal electronics. so it’s more like i accidentally stumbled upon this form of privacy rather than seeking it out from the onset.

and setting up the vpn on the server itself is not an option? how about using a browser plugin?

i’m unfamiliar with mullvad; is the container hosted on your laptop? is it split tunnel?

mine’s bilingual. lol

even if you don’t speak the language nor have any professional relations inside the country?