logicbomb

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

Yes, I specifically mentioned that "do right by" was an exception, and was likely what confused his grammar.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The suit stuff aside, what's with his weird grammar? "You have not done a good job by the people in Greenland." In this sort of sentence, "for" sounds much more natural than "by". And I think the common phrase that "Person A hasn't done right by Person B," is more of an exception.

But assuming he did mean it that way, then he's speaking as if the people of Greenland feel wronged by Denmark, but they don't.

In fact, Americans are much more disappointed with Trump and Vance than Greenlanders are disappointed with Denmark. If disapproval rating was the important thing, then Denmark would be acquiring the United States.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What an interesting comic. I hope I'm not ruining the joke by talking about it, but to paraphrase Marge Simpson, I just think it's neat.

So first, I wouldn't be surprised if there's some museum out there that actually has a display like this today.

An alien looking at this display might think that it's interesting how the same creature dressed differently and used different tools at different times. But a human would look at this, see the cell phones as a joke, and think how different we are today from the other displays.

But realistically, the alien's perspective is more correct. Humans haven't changed all that much. In the grand scheme of things, our technology and culture has changed a great deal, but the humans living in that culture and using that technology would fit right in if they were born in the time of the spear wielding display. There are some changes, but we're pretty much the same creatures.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

When asked about Musk and Huffman’s correspondence, Reddit spokesperson Gina Antonini sent the following statement: “We take any report of Reddit policy violations seriously, whether on Reddit directly or through other public or private means. We will evaluate content reported to us and take action if violating.”

There was a famous reddit user called Unidan who I think was a scientist that studied animals. His account was eventually banned for Terms of Service violations due to his having an account that posted comments, and several other accounts that were just used for voting. He used the other accounts to give his comments an initial voting boost, which was a policy violation, and was therefore permanently banned.

Anyways, I occasionally noticed a strange voting pattern on Reddit. I'd have one comment that had not gotten any votes or replies for hours after I wrote it, and then all of a sudden, somebody would reply to argue, and their reply would more-or-less instantly have several upvotes, and simultaneously, my comment would have a similar number of downvotes.

This person was obviously using multiple accounts, violating the Terms of Service just like Unidan, so I went to report them, only to find out that there was literally no way for me to report them. The report button didn't have any fitting option, nor was it guaranteed to go to a reddit admin who could actually look at who voted for what. Mods can't see comment votes. There was a separate webpage you could go to to contact the admins, but again, there was no category for it, and no way to make a report that didn't fit those categories.

From that experience, it didn't feel like they would "take any report of Reddit policy violations seriously." How could they take the report seriously when they wouldn't even take the report in the first place? Now I see I was supposed to directly contact Reddit CEO Steve Huffman through private messaging.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

So blobfish != exclusively Psychrolutes marcidus, which makes OP’s post more accurate than your comment.

I never said what you're accusing me of saying. When Y corrects X, it is possible to say that Y is wrong without saying that X is right.

Even when I referred to it once as "blobfish", that was to state its binomial name, not to state that "blobfish" was correct. OP used the term "blobfish" in exactly the same way. It's logically impossible for OP's post to be "more accurate" than mine.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 35 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The name information is incorrect.

Psychrolutes is the genus, not the species.

Psychrolutes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. [...] There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus

The binomial name of the blobfish is Psychrolutes marcidus. But realistically, "binomial name" is not always the same as "proper name". There are a lot of animals whose common names include misconceptions, or even insults. Just look at the information about Psychrolutidae (that's the Family) above. "Fatheads" sounds insulting, and "Toadfishes" aren't toads.

I wouldn't have even bothered looking this up, except that the artist wrote the "proper name" so poorly that I first read it as "Psychrd Lutes". And the second reading, I misread as "Psychiro Lutes", due to the weird "R" that looks like none of their other Rs. I read it correctly the third time, but I have to wonder at the wisdom of not writing it clearly when you're trying to emphasize how it is spelled.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Here is her quick political overview from this article.

Love, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, made history in 2014 when she became the nation’s first Republican Black woman elected to Congress as the U.S. representative for Utah’s 4th Congressional District. She served for two terms between 2015 and 2019. While in Congress, Love championed sexual assault prevention and immigration reform. In 2018, Love notably clashed with Donald Trump, then the 45th president of the United States, by joining Democrats in condemning the Trump administration’s child separation policy at the U.S. border.

Love was one of the few Republicans not to endorse Trump in the 2016 presidential election. She announced just before Election Day that she would not vote for Trump following the release of the infamous Access Hollywood video of him bragging about touching women sexually without their consent. “His behavior and bravado have reached a new low,” she said at the time.

After she lost re-election in 2018, Love became a political contributor for CNN and made several appearances as a guest co-host for “The View.”

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

You're right, but I suspect most people wouldn't see it that way with regards to Tesla. Depending on the terms of his current compensation package, I suspect it would be better for him financially if he just stepped down and held onto the stock.

But he's such a narcissist that he'd never do that.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Zero only has zero letters

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Really, the only question is whether he intentionally made the Nazi salute, or whether he's just so used to making the Nazi salute at other times that he just spontaneously did it out of excitement.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 203 points 1 week ago (23 children)

Tesla could solve most of their problems by firing Musk. Any other public company whose CEO makes a very public Nazi salute would fire that CEO.

Yes, he'd still be a large shareholder, but I think simply getting him out of the company would give a lot of people the sense that he faced some personal consequences for his actions, and that any companies who deal with Musk will also face consequences.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"Corporate-run micro-monarchies"? I tried to look up the term to see the history and didn't really find much.

The thing is, if the end goal is corporate-run micro-monarchies, then that's actually a microscopically better outcome than I thought they were aiming for, which is one big corporate-run monarchy.

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