Vorticity

joined 2 years ago
[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Did you know that most people can do more than one thing in their lives? It is possible to both post online and take action IRL.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I agree with you that this should be illegal. I expect this was in the terms of service, though. Since we have no laws restricting this kind of bullshit, the company can argue that they're within their rights.

We need some real legislation around privacy. It's never going to happen, but it needs to. We need a right to anonymity but that is too scary for advertisers and our police state.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is the weirdest way to say this. What a weird bot.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Here's the fun part. They'll use the shadow docket and won't give any rationale.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 59 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I think most democrats have been voting for democrats while wishing they were more left. Voting for democrats hasn't been about liking the candidates. It's been more about disliking the opposing candidates.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Oh, I have no doubt that the Leavitt's might use ICE as a weapon against someone inconvenient. The article makes nothing clear, though.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Maybe not even that. Former girlfriend of Leavitt's brother? Former one-night-stand of Leavitt's brother? The article is unclear in a way that is either purposeful or ignorant. I'm not sure which.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I guess you need reading skills in addition to social skills. Again, I didn't say that I camp in the middle lane. I get frustrated by those who do. I just gave what I assume to be the logic used by people who do camp in the middle lane.

Go watch yourself masturbate in a mirror so you can give misery to someone who deserves it.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The woman is Leavitt's nephew's mother but is estranged from her child. She has no real relationship to Leavitt.

The real story here is that she was a DACA kid with one arrest for battery, the legal outcome of which is unclear. Obviously "the worst of the worst".

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

I didn't say I do that. I'm the guy getting frustrated behind them. I also don't go around calling strangers cunts you fucking asshole.

Edit: Oh, I see, from your comment history it seems that you're just a miserable cunt yourself. Maybe go work on your people skills.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (12 children)

I think the logic is that they're not in the left lane so there is room to go around, and they're not in the right lane so they don't need to work to manage merges every time there is an on-ramp. The middle lane is a safe middle-ground where you're safe from most merges and where you shouldn't annoy the faster traffic too much.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Shit, point conceded... Thanks for correcting me.

 

I'm a white guy from a fairly non-diverse city. I was at a grocery store today where a cashier opened up their line to serve me and, I thought, the person behind me. As they were serving me, though, they put up their lane closed sign right in front of the black man behind me. The buy was just trying to purchase some tuna, bread, and peanut butter.

The cashier basically decided to serve me, a middle class white man, but refused to serve the black man behind me. I was so shocked that I didn't say anything. It is possible that I misunderstood the situation but it seemed so blatant.

What should I have done in this situation? Should I have spoken up? Would that have just been more embarrassing for the man who was being discriminated against?

Honestly, I'm still just in shock to see someone treated so poorly when they were simply trying to buy food for themselves. I recognize that means that I'm sheltered but I also feel like I should be able to use my unearned privilege to help others who are being discriminated against.

 

 

I keep running into issues where I'm unsure of which account I'm currently using. It would be nice if it were more obvious at all times. Two things that would help me are:

  • always display the current user somewhere, regardless of what content is being viewed.
  • allow setting different color themes for different users.
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