br3d

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[–] br3d 83 points 3 weeks ago (35 children)

2 and 3 are massive. I'm on Mastodon, but am having a much better time on Bluesky. Mastodon is full of gatekeeping and policing and people complaining - Bluesky is just fun and interesting, like Twitter 12 years ago

[–] br3d 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They mean it would cost more because the problem has become bigger and more complicated because it wasn't addressed early

[–] br3d 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

That shouldn't affect GDP - after all, America is much further away and has a bigger GDP than any of these. Indeed, GDP being what it is (a rough measure of total economic activity) I suspect being far away from the hub, like Greece, would likely boost it: think of all the economic activity for your shipping and logistics businesses

[–] br3d 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also meanwhile...

[–] br3d 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Meanwhile...

[–] br3d 6 points 1 month ago

The thing is, they're now just using platforms owned by Meta and Microsoft, both arguably awful corporations in their own way. Choosing Zuckerberg over Musk is out of the frying pan and into the fire in my opinion. They really should go to Mastodon, I guess?

[–] br3d 62 points 1 month ago

At this stage it's a trope that people imitate, perhaps without really thinking about it. Originally it was almost certainly an ironic joke about the value of the medals, playing on the old-fashioned bite tests that would be used for for items of dubious worth

[–] br3d 11 points 1 month ago

Points at bees "Why can't you be more like your cousin?"

[–] br3d 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No, Northern Ireland is part of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". So it's in the UK but not GB, which I think is what spurred OP's question

[–] br3d 4 points 2 months ago

If they're like the originals, let's hope nobody ever needs to control them with the slightest bit of moisture on their hands.

[–] br3d 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Most motorists are speeding at any given moment. Interesting how the same rules don't apply there, isn't it?

[–] br3d 1 points 2 months ago

I know. But I was satirising GPT's bland writing style, not providing facts

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