Was just about to just about to write an op-ed on how the perfect cake disaster doesn’t exist. You’ve saved my online reputation. Thank you, Spiderman!

I don’t see that much hate but plenty of anger

Won’t speculate as to why but will recommend the community push for keyword filtering at the account level (a la Bluesky) rather than relying on apps like Sync to help us sift through the garbage

I like these kinds of articles because of Betteridge’s Law:

What does this mean for Taiwan?

No

Your holding the chart upside down

VTI is down over 5% YTD at time of writing

Microsoft is gonna try to recommission that plant next, aren’t they?

“just as good”? No, I feel it is (and has been for years) vastly superior but I mostly use it to find documentation or Stack Overflow answers so consistent UI and concise summaries are high priority to me. Take that as you will

I don’t think anybody can dethrone Google Maps yet but that’s another story

“preventable disease” and “Americans” are very broad terms

Yep. Low bar to clear

That’s 12.8 billion bites for NYC alone (the population is 8 million there, right? I can’t be bothered to check)

The challenge isn’t finding counter examples, it’s limiting the narrative of history to have a simple “good/bad divide” but here are some selections of underdogs one may consider the greater of two evils:

• The confederacy (US Civil War)
• Caesar’s army crossing the Rubicon
• Imperial Japan post Pearl Harbor
• Pakistan’s complicated history with India
• King Leonidas and his men (Persia was arguably more equitable)
• Austria-Hungary (WW1)
• Fascist Italy (WW2)

As for David and Goliath, keep in mind David was using a sling, a weapon that can hit with the same force as a modern revolver when used properly. It’s entirely possible that story is an allegory and/or propaganda of the value of properly equipping one’s armies; it probably shouldn’t be viewed as anymore impressive than a rampage killer fatally wounding somebody twice their size

1 downvote please

Were they kicked out solely for having a differing opinion? Then it’s indisputably an echo chamber

Do the members seldom here opposing opinions outside of strawmen arguments or the occasional troll? Then it’s a defacto echo chamber

All organizations with common interests run the risk of becoming one, but the trap is particularly insidious for (and often weaponized by) online communities

You can just make them talk to one of those shitty models from the early 2010s

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Looks at Thriller video

… Define “dead”

I don’t get it but thanks

Just to mix things up:

No, I haven’t experienced such a thing but I’m also barely ever in a big box store

Who says this and what makes them think this phenomenon is exclusive to the US?

Che Guevara, Julius Ceasar and Galileo are household names globally and martyrdom is–in the words of religious leaders everywhere–“a whole thing, y’know”

No good Xbox games came out in 1896

I work in the insurance industry (though not directly for an insurance company) and while it’s a small sample size, employees there range from apathetic to rolling their eyes at the “poor CEO needing money for his funeral”