MrFunnyMoustache

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Yeah, it's not easy to come up with something that is absolute like that, and also make it immediately understandable to a wide audience without needing to explain it.

For example I can say "an anarchist country is like saying an unarmed interstellar spaceship", a lot of people wouldn't know that it's actually impossible to have an unarmed interstellar spaceship, so this defeats the purpose of the comparison because it requires an additional explanation.

I can't think of any example right now that is absolute and that is also ubiquitous knowledge to be immediately understood without relying of specialised interest knowledge or explanation...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (11 children)

No problem. I just thought it was an important distinction because an anarchist country cannot exist by definition, while there is nothing in the definition of incel that requires them to be misogynistic. Though considering how meaning of words change over time, you could make the case that by the modern way we use the word incel, we don't mean to include all who are involuntarily celibate, but only the toxic people who blame their situation on external factors. Even then, there surely are at least a handful of gay incels who blame other men for not being interested in them, and therefore wouldn't be necessarily misogynistic.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (13 children)

Technically you can have an incel who isn't a misogynist. Incel just means involuntarily celibate, most incels are misogynists, but some aren't, and just don't talk to people at all because of other mental health issues that don't get treated making that person completely solitary and unable to communicate with others.

The term incel was coined by a woman who has been involuntarily celibate and saught to create a supportive community for people like her. The problem arrose later.

Edit: Spelling.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

British guy who has gotten famous on YouTube.... Pretty all over the place, he made videos about linguistics, computer science, trains, hovercrafts, historical bouncing bridge, and sent garlic bread to space, played a 5000 year old board game, earthquake testing machines, a float-through McDonald's, Shakespeare, giant centrifuge, and more.

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

Love the vapor pun.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No idea who Matpat is, but I will miss Tom Scott's stuff... also The Canipa Effect announced he is quitting YouTube after 10 years of producing content.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I know a woman who started practicing martial arts in her 60's... She is 90 years old and 6th Dan in iaido. It's never too late to start a new hobby.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Until not that long ago, my average speed was less than 1 Mbps because of insufficient infrastructure in the area.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Either software or hardware failure of the big infotainment system can suck really badly, and TESLA is also an anti-repair company too...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Not all functionalities. You can't even adjust the direction/power of the AC or open the glovebox without multiple presses on the touchscreen.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (12 children)

I'm very glad, the lack of buttons are a safety hazard... Looking at these stupid TESLA cars especially... You can't even adjust the AC without messing with the touchscreen, which means your eyes are not on the road...

Still not going to own a car, but at least it will be slightly safer by bringing back physical buttons, so hurray for small victories.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Now I feel tempted to make a Dropbox account and fill it with gigabytes of noise data...

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