Isn’t trying to change people’s attitudes (Wikipedia) notoriously difficult?
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SalmiakDragon@feddit.nuto
Funny@sh.itjust.works•NBC Interview abruptly ends after New Yorker blames private equity and landlords for the city's issuesEnglish
1·3 days agoIs it? I haven’t studied philosophy (but I have studied math) - it seems to me that the Wikipedia article on Truism demands the statement to be true for it to be a truism. But it’s not true though?
The way I see it, the statement can be construed as:
I’m not allowed to criticize X -> X rules over me
But, perhaps because “allowed” and “criticize” are subject to interpretation, there are plenty of groups you will be socially penalized for criticizing (see jokes about kids with cancer below the comment with the quote - I can’t figure out how to link to them). Many countries also protect minorities by making hate speech illegal, and yet those minorities are not ruling the country (though that’s probably exactly what the quote was originally meant to imply). If anything, the truism would be the ‘opposite’ implication:
X rules over me -> I’m not allowed to criticize X
Yet even this isn’t categorically true, like in democracies (which I guess brings in the interpretation of “rule”, as well).
The little girl is getting kicked out by her parents because she “will never be pretty”, which is all a girl is worth according to misogynist belief.
Tbh, I feel like calling this “sad” doesn’t do a good enough job of refuting the underlying misogynist belief (that a woman’s worth is her looks) that the parents have.
It seems to be about phonetics and association:
Phat-aginus -> “Fat vaginas” -> Super-FUPA, where FUPA apparently is the medical acronym for Fat Upper Pubic Area
SalmiakDragon@feddit.nuto
Open Source@lemmy.ml•An open source repairable printer.English
3·14 days agoNot only that; I’ve read that ink-jet printers need regular use to keep blockages from forming. Anecdotally, our printer seems to need printer head cleaning whenever I actually use it.
By the way, your comment has a formatting issue.
SalmiakDragon@feddit.nuto
Open Source@lemmy.ml•An open source repairable printer.English
1·14 days ago
Missed opportunity: No creepy goat eyes
SalmiakDragon@feddit.nuto
World News@lemmy.world•Democrats at Munich security summit to urge Europe to stand up to TrumpEnglish
101·15 days agoIt’s still in our interest to try to change the trajectory of the US.
Troll.
For anyone who cares to inform themselves, the Wikipedia article about race is a good place to learn why races don’t map to biological reality:
Human genetic variation is predominantly within races, continuous, and complex in structure, which is inconsistent with the concept of genetic human races.
Also, dog breeds exist because humans have actively bred dogs to have certain traits - and I assume you meant “anamorphous”?
You’ll bring ruin upon us all!
Stop breeding w i d e cats
SalmiakDragon@feddit.nuto
Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•me, being surprised at how good radishes areEnglish
5·21 days agoOkay, but I can’t not see this as a radish-person shocked about getting an absolute hog pointed at their face
From the Summary of the article you linked (emphasis mine):
A photo of waxwings, which became popular in the Polish Internet space, shows dead birds that died as a result of a collision with a bus shelter in Ukraine. Their arrangement indicates that they flew in a compact formation. Therefore, it is unlikely that the collision occurred as a result of coordination disorders after ingesting alcohol.
Looks like mushi.
I don’t think that’s the original, as what OP posted is identical to the version on the official website
This is identical to the version on the official website
SalmiakDragon@feddit.nutoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•If God truly is ‘all-powerful’ and ‘omnipotent,’ then Jesus dying wasn’t the only way to ‘save us.’”English
36·2 months agoYou’ve re-framed an old philosophical problem: Why does (an omnipotent, benevolent) God allow evil? See Theodicy on Wikipedia



Pure poetry, love this.