GeneralVincent

joined 1 year ago

No where does that source say Biden tried to shut down the Internet. The closest is this part

Donald Trump publicly advocated that “in some places” we have to talk about “closing up the Internet.” He got his wish, but it came after him personally following his election in 2016. The very free speech about which he made fun turned out to be rather important to him and his cause.

Also I can't take a site seriously when one of their sources they link to is the Twitter user "End Wokeness"

There are some parts I agree with, but there's plenty there that's right wing dog whistles for "I want to say hateful things and have no consequences" free speech

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

And your ad hominem of saying Kamala was making stupid faces that pissed you off and sounded like a whiney bitch confirms you have nothing intelligent/important to add either.

Sometimes it's not an echo chamber, and you're just wrong. Not about the spin put on the headline, just in general.

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For the IAU records on Wikipedia, yeah. A couple things to keep in mind, 80% of the people who complete an ultra marathon are male. And the gap between the sexes, some estimate around 4% for ultra marathons, seems to be trending down.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicholas-Tiller/publication/348547781_Do_Sex_Differences_in_Physiology_Confer_a_Female_Advantage_in_Ultra-Endurance_Sport/links/6002ea5c92851c13fe1514f7/Do-Sex-Differences-in-Physiology-Confer-a-Female-Advantage-in-Ultra-Endurance-Sport.pdf

Here's better research I found. You're right, men still win more often and have the records. But honestly it's more complicated than just who is faster.

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (6 children)

It's in the ultra marathons that women keep up with men and sometimes beat them

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-49284389

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's a point at which women do tend to get better at endurance racing and often surpass men. And it's in the ultra long distance races. Which actually tracks, as hunting would have likely been a mix of long and ultra long distance running

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-49284389

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I can only imagine it's rich people who use this argument to try to justify hoarding wealth. After all, minimum wage is $7/hour, so these lazy bums only have to work one hour a week to live and they're still complaining? They can easily save money every week. It's their problem, not the person with billions of dollars.

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah they do, I'm just pointing out that the law doesn't say a business has to. Sorry, being pedantic

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

The people getting up in arms are upset because they see it as a slippery slope. First just the idiots pay for subscriptions, then it creeps into the lives of everyone. And eventually it's harder to avoid the bullshit than just pay, and the whole market becomes more predatory. Like if the idiots give companies an inch, they'll eventually take a mile

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world -1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Sadly I think they're legally allowed to not serve gay people in certain states. The minimum is just hiring gay people :(

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, probably wrong. There's not a bunch of third party info on the environmental impact this factory will have, and no evidence anyone was bribed. If it makes you feel better, this isn't their first factory and I couldn't find any negative news about that factory either. Community leaders were supportive though, and a bunch of jobs were created.

I did find some articles about the positive environmental impact sodium batteries have from production, to relative ease of recycling, if that makes you feel better.

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can think of an America specific reason to not block all communication with the outside world in a school. Even if every room has a wired landline that worked and was accessible to students and teachers

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Black Girl Games is one of several consulting companies that promote more diversity in games and other media. Not to exclude white people completely.

Let's see what we can agree on here, please stop me when you disagree with my statement.

  1. Racism still exists and is a problem in the world today

  2. The best tool we have against racism is knowledge and exposure to other cultures and ethnicities

  3. Having more than two or three AAA games with a main character that is a minority will give gamers that first hand experience with the represented culture

  4. Therefore, more representation is good for combating racism and as an extra benefit is giving more diverse worlds/stories to play

  5. There are still a metric buttload of games with white main characters or character creators that let you be white

  6. Minorities will be happy to see themselves represented

  7. Diversity is not the enemy, and companies are trying to level the playing field, not erase white people

I want to know specifically what your problem with dei efforts are so we can clear up any confusion.

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