Thisfox

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Plenty. I have had people tell me I am inhumane for criticising tipping culture, and if I point out it is related to the extreme class system and slavery history of America they downvote me to hell and try to justify that it is "land of tha free" or whatever.

They don't even have freedom from hunger or illness in their messed up country.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Yes, if it had been in Australia. Report it when you see it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Over(head) for (the duration of) dinner (well, part of it anyhow).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

If you are doing that by car, then the cloverleaf will add to your spin, not cancel it out.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

New reason for us to have a keep-left policy on our roads while yanks have a keep-right policy on theirs....

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

Dumbphones do all that too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah the Aprils are good aren't they?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

How odd you think that. She was on my roll call for a term (high school). I am not going to tell you which school, as doxing a student is wrong, so I guess Elle is going to have to remain a myth for you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Dunno, teachers meet a lot of students, seems likely to me that a lot of us would encounter the same kid and not forget her.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (15 children)

Student names that really exist in my local area: "L-A" (pronounced "Elldashah") and Hazmat (shortened to Mat). Not had a Bobby Tables yet, but getting that dash into Eldashahs name was a difficult task, I am told.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Due to a lack of any reliable way of backing that up, I cannot convince anyone else using the opinions of a random on the internet. I was looking for a place I can show them with evidence, so I don't look like a conspiracy theorist with a pinboard full of string and coloured paper.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They will if I don't sound paranoid and can give rational answers backed up with real articles that aren't conspiracy sites. Much of my family are teachers, everyone has at least one university degree, and is capable of rational thought and critical thinking. They just don't see a reason to switch. I need to put forward a reason that is worth their time.

 

Two questions.

My family insist on using Whatsapp for the family chats. I have to keep a copy on a device just so I can communicate with them. I do so under protest, as I was always told it isn't secure. My brother has just said

"oh Whatsapp is encrypted, it's perfectly secure".

First, is it actually as encrypted and safe as my brother claims? That would solve everything.

Second, if it isn't, where can I get some proof that we should switch to Telegram or whatever? Proof which doesn't make me look like a raving loony?

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