Well they've since deleted their comments, so hopefully a twinge of shame was felt.
I thought Threads was supposed to be a competitor to twitter? I don't understand how they'd even integrate with Lemmy instances. I'm here to see posts from boards/forums/subs, not from specific people. Would posts from random Threads user profiles start showing up on the main page?
The fact is that you'll be filter fed morons who impulsively spend money AND have the money to spare.
This is the same rationalisation the gambling industry used.
And then the gaming industry.
And we know from those instances they're often not morons, they have mental health issues, or are exceedingly lonely. And they often don't have the money to spare either, those dollars are food being taken out of their or their family's mouths.
But feel free to tell yourself whatever robin hood bullshit you need to if it helps you sleep at night.
It's the internet post-2014. If you have simply never heard of someone's particular flavour of BDSM kink before, they take it like you're attacking them.
Would be less confusing if not everyone was claiming to be oppressed. One of raddle's site rules is "no oppression" and I still have no fucking clue what that means.
Just checked on old.reddit. Can still see comments with negative votes.
OP is clearly over 25, vent them.
Languages evolve.
Funny how this canard is always directed towards the literate. It's only ever allowed to evolve one way, usually with some vaguely political bias towards the youth/against anyone over the age of 25, or as some kind of act of pandering to the lower classes or some minority group (willfully ignoring that the spread is in large part attributable to multi-billion dollar media organisations, and far from organic).
Thin toilet paper is one thing, just use more layers.
Narrow toilet paper is another. Fuck places that use non-standard width toilet paper.
Ars' quality dropped badly about 10 years ago, around the same time New Scientist went to shit. A lot of their articles are now uncritical regurgitations of press releases. Even the one guy they had doing really detailed investigative pieces on the videogame industry up and left probably 5 years ago.
Also they never followed through on their promise to give us an everything-but-apple RSS feed.
Take beverages with you from home.
You can fill an entire wardrobe with kmart clothes for $100, it's cheaper and more practical than even op shops most of the time. Maybe just don't buy your shoes from there.
Bottle sauces and seasonings can last a long time, and can dramatically improve the diversity and quality of your home cooking. Basic chicken, rice, and greens can be turned into a dozen different dishes depending upon the sauces.
Avoid subscription services like the plague.
There's always a few exceptions, but name brands are rarely worth it.
So what would federating involve, then? How would it change how lemmy.world users see lemmy.world?