Soggy

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[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The obvious examples are people typing in Scots or AAVE but that's more just phonetic transcription of existing language.

https://youtu.be/SDPasRas5u0

This video is ten years old so the examples are outdated but the idea is sound.

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

If I was going to erase myself by changing history I'd dream a lot bigger. Constantine I is the oldest definitely-real name that put big things in motion. Would Rome have adopted Christianity anyway? Maybe.

Sinking old Chris Colombus' famous voyage would save an awful lot of lives too, and at the very least postpone the various genocides white people committed in the Americas. I think it would be important to let him get going so that everyone used hia failure to reinforce their reservations about sailing West.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

We've been breaking treaties for as long as we've been a country, just ask the remnants of the native peoples. We've had brief, shining periods as a force for good or scientific achievement, but mostly it's a big, racist shithole.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Every time we "do stuff" the mainstream media seizes the narrative and blocks popular support. The big thing from my region was CHAZ... a protest occupying ten city blocks for almost a month in response to police brutality. National media convinced the Right that we burned down Seattle, cops threw a fit and stopped doing their jobs, and if anything things are worse now for having tried.

We need enough general unrest that when things get violent, and they will, they can't monopolize the narrative and send in the military. And even then I think the Right wins that war unless other countries are willing to help.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

They can have Kentucky, but I'd fight for the PNW. We shouldn't be one big country anyway.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Yep. I'm a cishet white dude but even just as an atheist I've never been a "real" American in the eyes of far too many. And now the Christofascists are seizing control.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What part of the country already felt hostile? The South or some flyover state?

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Buddy of mine was intentionally hit with a car while cycling. He was lucky, only permanent damage is some missing teeth. There's real fucking psychos out there in the way of better bike infrastructure.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

A friend and I became unofficial TAs for a high school computers class when we defeated the remote-viewing software and any web blockers, we knew more than the poor teacher and it was easier to let us do what we wanted if we promised to help other kids do the actual lessons.

That network had terrible security. So many important files stored as unprotected text in the intranet.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Cut your losses and get a new intern, it's gonna take ten times longer to teach this kid to read than if you just do the project solo.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I don't think there's a solution that both clears out the far-right and leaves this country intact. (And in my opinion, it should probably be like five distinct countries)

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

We don't "bleach" the eggs, we wash the outer membrane off along with dirt and feces to reduce salmonella contamination (and because poopy eggs are harder to market) which is also why they're refrigerated. We can't skip the washing process without first addressing the filthy conditions cheap commercial eggs are produced in and Big Ag is just one of many powerful interest groups that has had our government by the balls for decades (at least).

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