aelwero

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[–] aelwero 0 points 10 months ago

Love how shit flounders for years and then when election year hits they all jump out their asses to try and win votes...

I suppose some impetus is better than none, but it'd be nice if representatives had at least some interest in representing the people for its own sake and not just in the interest of their votes.

[–] aelwero 2 points 10 months ago

I have three friends with 110+ gallon tanks...

To be fair though, none of them have large breed fish, nor do any have any rare or difficult fish. They run larger tanks because it's far easier to keep them stable. Takes longer for temp, ph, nitrate level, etc. to change.

[–] aelwero 39 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The movie companies said they were not planning to go after these people in court

Worlds most prolific story tellers tellin stories;)

[–] aelwero 111 points 10 months ago

In case Apple’s advice doesn’t work, it’s safe to say that you probably need help from professional repair experts and may even need to prepare yourself to buy a new iPhone.

"Don't do anything yourself, just come give us more money"

[–] aelwero 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Creeping Speedwell? Kinda looks like it to me.

[–] aelwero 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm reasonably certain that once enough governments jump on the "we need to control the internets" bandwagon, there will be a region specific convention adopted similar to country codes for phone numbers so that they can, in fact, apply customs to it...

I suspect it won't be in the name of righteousness though, more likely it'll be taxes, copyright, etc, on internet sales that trigger it.

[–] aelwero 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"We have banned zombie and cyclone knives and are going further to stop more zombie-style machetes from being used on our streets."

It's like someone did a mad lib to fill in a paragraph there...

[–] aelwero 80 points 10 months ago (1 children)

options include the establishment of a digital ID system or services that can estimate an individual's age based on a visual scan of their face.

Oh yeah... I'm sure that won't cause any unintended issues at all...

[–] aelwero 1 points 10 months ago

Being black isn't a disqualifier if you can access resources...

How much discrimination do you think obviously wealthy black people face? A much as a poor black person?

It's not a matter of skin color in reality, that shit's nothing more than some extra melanin. The difference is the perception that black people are poor... People see a young black guy in a high end Audi and assume he's a drug dealer, because they have this societally developed perception that a person of his melanin content is incapable of acquiring that kind of money legitimately. The discrimination is centric to the resources, always has been. There are white people who get just as discriminated against as any other poor person, it's a huge factor in why Trump's stupid ass has the following he does... He plays that shit up and nobody else will touch it with a ten foot pole...

[–] aelwero 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Your question would be much better applied to height discrimination, which is something that's almost never mentioned, but is a lot more indicative of the nature of discrimination itself.

It is instinctual, as others have said, but it has nothing to do with tribalism or war, its about resources. Discrimination is almost always about resources (the notable exception being gender/orientation based discrimination, which I guess is religious?).

The discrimination against small people (and obesity and age as well), is more basic, and likely older (in evolutionary terms), and is oriented towards hunting and fighting. We think less of smaller, fatter, and older people because they're assumed to be less capable of gathering (and fighting for or defending) basic resources.

Discrimination against races is more recent, and more societal, and is more about monetary resources, and isn't even entirely a matter of race. Poor white people can be discriminated against in the exact same way for the exact same reasons. Racism is more classist than discrimination against height, weight age, etc. but is essentially still a matter of these classes being seen as less capable of getting resources.

You can see it more easily if you look objectively at the discriminatory tendencies of women (and I mean that in a very generalized way). They tend to be far more discriminatory towards resource based biases... Height, weight, physical condition... They're often inexplicably attracted to overly aggressive partners, occasionally to their own detriment. The more instinctual a woman is, the more likely to pursue the overly aggressive men. Race isn't anywhere near as much a factor, and there are notable exceptions in all factors for women if a man obviously has a lot of resources already (no indictment intended ladies, just is what it is, and generally)

And of course it's more obvious among women for the same reason... The disparity (again, in a very general sense) between male and female in ability to gather and defend resources affects women's choices of partners more so than men.

[–] aelwero 1 points 10 months ago

Oh shit... My mother was actually a computer... There was a time when that was an actual job title in certain fields.

Gonna have to register my mom now...

[–] aelwero 39 points 10 months ago (2 children)

"COMPUTER OR COMPUTER-DRIVEN MACHINE OR DEVICE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT FROM A DIGITAL MODEL."

I can print an origami pattern on my inkjet using my cell phone...

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