matter

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[–] matter@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

That's the point, actually some people are extremely sensitive to caffeine, so it needs clear labelling. That labelling is not for you.

[–] matter@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

You mean 35 mg of caffeine doesn't do that to you. Food safety laws aren't written for the average person they are written for the more vulnerable.

[–] matter@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

It does, but if it has compromised the BIOS before that, that won't get wiped.

[–] matter@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Something can't become categorically imperative, a quiddidity such as an essentially categorical property is invariant with respect to time. It either is or it isn't. Per contra, aesculapian aid might become dispositionally required.

[–] matter@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You don't understand why people might more frequently discuss the actions of someone with enormous power and influence, than they would those of Darryl from high school?

[–] matter@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Ok, but not every random asshole is the richest guy in the world...

[–] matter@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah, it is also just a philosophy word. But antisemites use it to refer to "dialectical materialism", which is a real term for Marxist philosophy, but by which they mean "cultural Marxism", a thing they made up by which they in turn mean "the Jews are going to impose communism on us through psyops that convince us it is good, so we have to exterminate them."

Basically, like much of their coded language, it is a reference to a conspiracy theory.

[–] matter@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I don't think that's right, context matters. It spreads when it is shared uncritically and people come across it in a context where they don't have their guard up. I believe it is preventative, to some extent, the other way around, when it is shared in a context ripping it to shreds.

People will come across antisemitism in the wild, and it is important that they learn to recognise it. This quote is pretty extreme, but it is important that people know that antisemites use words like e.g. "dialectical" as a dog whistle. The next time they hear someone say something about it when one of their facebook friends share something they might notice that they talk about "Hollywood elites" or whatever in the same way.

Without a good understanding of how antisemitism works we are all susceptible.

[–] matter@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Correction: they have spent some fraction of 73M on propaganda, and likely embezzled the rest.

[–] matter@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah the diet isn't great, but it's just extremely similar to Germany in my experience

[–] matter@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Very interesting, but I really struggle to believe that the diets of Germany and the Netherlands are that different, having lived in both of them.

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