I keep thinking of ditching Kbin for Lemmy, because Kbin is down more often than I’d like, and I presume Lemmy is healthier. However, I’ve gotten quite used to this place, and am not eager to start anew elsewhere.
ArugulaZ
Gaming enthusiast, writer, artist, and social media ronin. Current denizen of the Dork Web, aka federated media. Doesn’t play well with others.
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World News@beehaw.org•Ukrainian president signs controversial law to boost conscription to fend off Russia's aggression
1·2 years agoKbin shows a picture of Data from Star Trek smoking a pipe.
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World News@beehaw.org•Ukrainian president signs controversial law to boost conscription to fend off Russia's aggression
2·2 years agoElementary, my dear Mr. Putin.
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World News@beehaw.org•'Hamas mouthpiece': Netanyahu lauds new law allowing him to shut Al-Jazeera in Israel
3·2 years agoThis dude gives me the same vibes as Mojo Jojo in that episode of The Powerpuff Girls, where he’s protected by a bunch of dumb hippies.
“Not so fast, Mojo Jojo!”
“Help, I’m being oppressed!”
“Not so fast, Powerpuff Girls!”
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Sync for Lemmy@lemmy.world•Make sure you pull out, or you'll ruin your sink
4·2 years agoOH GOD SOMEONE TURNED ON THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL!!!
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World News@beehaw.org•Tucker Carlson: Putin takes charge as TV host gives free rein to Kremlin
17·2 years agoThe biggest challenge of the interview was the translator trying to understand what Tucker Carlson was saying with his mouth full.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•My cat just died. What is the point of all this?
2·2 years agoLife sucks, no doubt, but you’re here and you have to get used to it. The best advice I can provide is slurp up all the good moments you can and savor the taste, so their memories will get you through the hard spots. Repeat until dead.
“If you don’t have these little ‘advertisements’ cleaned up by the time we get back, I’LL come to Quark’s… and believe me, I’ll have FUN.”
Man, now you just trollin’.
I get a laugh out of Sisko doing a silly child’s dance in Lethal Candyland, in that episode of DS9 when they make first contact with a bunch of gambling aliens. “Allamarane! Count to four! Allamarane! Then three more!” It’s those little moments in Star Trek where respected actors humiliate themselves for the sake of the plot that are just so great to watch. See also Armin Shimerman as the silvery announcement box in one of the early TNG episodes.
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[Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation@lemmy.world•When was the last time you purchased something at a vending machine?
1·2 years agoI’m wary of using vending machines lately. You can use a debit card on the soda machines, but they’ll charge you much more than the cost of the soda, and not refund you the difference for several days. I think that sucks.
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World News@beehaw.org•CEOs fear climate change and AI threats could doom their companies in 10 years, survey shows
1·2 years agoWell, better DO something about it then!
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World News@beehaw.org•[Iowa] Evangelicals on Trump: "God looked down on his planned paradise and said, 'I need a caretaker,' so God gave us Trump."
15·2 years agoGod made herpes, and I don’t want that, either.
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World News@beehaw.org•Afghan girls as young as 16 arrested in shops, classes and markets in Kabul by the Taliban, who labelled them ‘infidels’ for wearing ‘bad hijab’
1·2 years ago“If you only knew how tired I was of you calling me that!”
Sorry, been watching too much BTAS again.
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World News@beehaw.org•Belarus accused of illegally transferring Ukrainian children
1·2 years agoBelarus! The country whose existence you only know about from Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?!
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World News@beehaw.org•China Is Pressing Women to Have More Babies. Many Are Saying No.
13·2 years agoHave less babies, have more babies! Geez, China, make up your minds!
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Technology@beehaw.org•Tesla worker injured [in 2021] by robot that 'pinned' him to wall with its claws at car company's Texas factory
10·2 years agoSORRY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE ELON MUSK. END STATEMENT.
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Technology@lemmy.ml•The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
205·2 years agoWhat, did ChatGPT find an algorithm that writes irresponsible “both sides are equally as bad” news articles faster and better than the New York Times? I can see why that’d rattle their cage. You know, the bird cage lined with copies of the New York Times.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi content
13·2 years agoThere are too many of these goddamned social networks anyway. After Twitter/X exploded, everyone else wanted to grab a piece of that pie, and now we’ve got a dozen social networks nobody uses.
If you want a progressive social network that doesn’t take shit from goosesteppers, Cohost is probably the place to go. It’s so neurodivergent and trans-friendly that I can’t imagine them blithely accepting Nazi content. It’s just not how Cohost works. “Blah blah blah, free speech!” Not here, chumps. We’ve got standards. Go somewhere else to push that poison.

I gave up on Reddit a lot more easily than you did, that’s for sure. When King Julian told us that our concerns weren’t worth a damn, and when he said he wanted to emulate what Elon Musk has done to, er, with Twitter, I decided it was time to make tracks. You don’t HAVE to let heartless tech billionaires fuck you in the ass for the convenience. I don’t find this dick in the ass very convenient.