MeowZedong

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

No evidence this is real, but people create language through usage and I like this. You have my support, etm.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Give it time, eventually we will do an imperialism to your country too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

The phrasing was weird, but this guy was born in Egypt and the statue was taken from Egypt. This isn't a matter of private property, he's commenting on how the UK exploited Egypt.

Sure, race and nationality are social constructs and genetics don't support the divisions we make along phenotypic lines, however, you can't just hope to solve racism and colonialism by saying they are gone and meaningless. If you say they no longer exist, that doesn't erase the impacts racism and colonialism have had on a people.

In essence, it's like punching someone repeatedly until they are bloody, stealing the money from their wallet to buy yourself a house, and then saying, "why can't we forget our differences and just be friends?" Is everything alright? Is it ok that you now have a home and the other person is destitute because you stole their money? Does it make it any better if it was your parents or grandparents who did this and now you've inherited the house?

Just claiming it's a social construct and wiping your hands of the issue does not fix the problem. And that metaphor I made does not even encompass the entire issue! Reality is more along the lines of: now that you own this house, you enforce policies that continually raise the price of housing and put a tax on people who don't own a house. The exploitation many people have suffered at the hands of racism and colonialism never stopped, it just changed it's form.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Damn, beat me to it. Colonialism is a hell of a drug.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

You can always buy a rice cooker but I think it's good to learn how to cook without specific instruments, it also cuts down clutter in the kitchen.

I take a similar approach, but wanted something better for rice, so I bought an aluminum pot with a ceramic coating on the inside as an alternative to a rice cooker. Does a great job with rice and can be used for many other things as it is a normal pot/dutch oven.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

my former manager who wanted projects estimated in minutes.

That wasn't a manager, that was a demon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Receives email invite to cyber security training

Email: "RSVP for Meeting"

Looks around suspiciously, then selects NO

For real though, I don't do this...often. I'd laugh if I ended up getting signed up for one of these though. My institution isn't that advanced on their IT front yet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I like to click on phishing links and send them messages in the password section. Hopfully they find it entertaining.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

outdated hardware

I think they prefer the term "time-tested."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

As a human being intrinsically tied to the fate of the Earth, you are legally required to mercilessly harass these friends for buying a new phone each year.

How the fuck can anyone justify this behavior?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

They frequently didn't allow me to use copy/paste around 10-15 years ago and I never forgave them for robbing me of such a basic feature. I switched to Android as soon as my iPhone died.

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