faythofdragons

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[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 28 points 1 week ago

I mean, that drunk uncle is now old enough to be a grandparent who looks after the kids while both parents work two jobs each.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago

I know somebody with a full house filter, and it uses UV to reduce bacterial growth.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

C'mon, Revelation vs Revelations is child's play. Everybody knows the real name is the Apocalypse of John.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

Headline: In a startling discovery, 43 Oklahoma school districts used corporal punishment against students with disabilities during the 2021-2022 school year.

https://kfor.com/news/local/not-our-place-43-ok-school-districts-reportedly-spanked-students-with-disabilities-recently-lawmakers-want-to-ban-it/

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

I'm remembering one discussion in particular where he used the Civilian Conservation Corps and other work-relief programs during the Great Depression as evidence that it's perfectly possible for the government to just invent jobs to be done, and especially now that we're in the digital age, there is zero reason to keep a 'conscription to vote' scheme as military only.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

Dang, you gotta worry about butthole surfers too?

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think it's because it's great for group messages too. SMS/MMS is kinda shit, especially when somebody has an iPhone and their iMessage interferes (seriously, enough of the 'loved an image' spam). IRC gets blocked on a lot of public networks because of its association with piracy, so that makes it less than reliable.

Discord is pretty full featured too, like IRC doesn't do group calls, and getting a group phone call going is a pain. Being able to have different channels is also super nice, because you can have a channel for, idk, birthday party planning to keep it from vanishing in the general daily chitchat. I've used it with roommates to get everybody on board with a grocery list before, because we all had Discord accounts anyways.

It's just useful enough as a community tool.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

I think there's also an education problem. During my driver's ed class, I was told that pedestrians always had right of way and we needed to yield to them, which is simply untrue.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

This is just being a brat for Daddy Sleep

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Some of the better arguments abstract it out to civil service requirements and not just military. I understand the urge to make people 'prove' their willingness to work for the betterment of the country before you let them vote, but I don't think mandatory conscription would actually help.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, there are deffo other factors. Edgelord culture, kids raising themselves, school IT being stupider than the students, and so on. Like, my high school IT department blocked all the .com domains and only allowed .gov .edu and .org. That directly led to my entire class discovering 4chan at the same time and somebody hacked the projector to show anime tiddy during class.

But I really feel like the media influence can't be ignored. Like, a lot of antiheroes from that time period were edgelords, and I know a lot of my classmates saw them as role models.

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