Mac user here. I never use the App Store.

Well, no need to put down Lemmy users about it.

Ok, but what about cubic metres?

That is absurd.

What the fuck is an acre-foot?

Ohhhh, this is what Vance is for. For the next four years he’ll get to deliver the bad news when Trump doesn’t fulfill his promises. Then Trump does Vances job while Musk does Trump’s.

He’ll get paid a ton of money to be the fall guy.

It’s possible to dislike both. We are on Lemmy after all.

You don’t use a filter, you use a still. Or just boil it if you don’t want to keep the dihydrogen monoxide.

I’m going to start giving my height in quectometres

nice

Is this a hologram?

Why isn’t it dancing?

I thought the San Andreas fault would get em, but I was wrong.

Yeah he conveniently leaves out that the deniers of the science understand it even less.

“Right wing populist content”

Just call it what it is: lying to stir up hatred.

I swear when I was a kid in the 90s 5-10% was standard.

Anyone else remember this?

It’s not just comments and I’m not talking just about me.

You and I and Mel Brooks all know that the common person is a moron.

Algorithms push misinformation. Bots push information. Are we limiting free speech by saying “you can’t use algorithms and bots to spread lies”?

Does lying count as free speech?

For example: I used to like Facebook for seeing what my friends are up to. It’s not that any more. I would be rid of it but I’m a freelancer and a lot of my clients insist on using it.

Now it’s a constant feed of shit I didn’t subscribe to designed to stoke the culture war. Even the shit I did follow way back when I still used it a lot now shows me posts designed to make people argue. It’s like 5 posts I didn’t ask for to every one that did. I’m smart enough to see it, but is everyone?

Ok, now I argue that the constant bombardment of misinformation and hate speech we face online and through the media clearly affects people’s ability to live their lives, and is no different than the guy talking my ear off at work.

I’m not saying they can’t express themselves. I’m just saying that we don’t have to listen, but with the current state of things we’re being forced to listen.

How so?

I mean, sure, but does that mean people get to express themselves everywhere all the time?

I go to work and there’s always a couple fuckers who bring up their hateful opinions in a “I’m not racist but,” way.

It affects my productivity when I have to hear that bullshit all day while trying to get them to stop in a diplomatic way.

I can’t say it so directly, but it’s not censorship to say “shut up and let me work”

Huh. Well, TIL