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[–] m_f@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, IMO it's a constitutional question. I'm coming at it from the EFF's side:

We are deeply disappointed that the Court failed to require the strict First Amendment scrutiny required in a case like this, which would’ve led to the inescapable conclusion that the government's desire to prevent potential future harm had to be rejected as infringing millions of Americans’ constitutionally protected free speech.

[–] m_f@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

I wish that were true. I know too many people IRL that believe that and are old enough that they should know better.

 

Loops is seeing a surge in activity with all the recent drama around other platforms. It'd be great to have other people contributing and/or modding here. Mod duties are pretty light (i.e. practically nonexistent), it'd just be nice to have extra hands in case I'm AFK.

[–] m_f@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Kagi's pretty good and has a Fediverse search feature, but it's paid. I don't mind paying, but there's also no way to do private searches that way, so I'm not going to use it as my main search engine. It's been good at hunting down memes on Lemmy that I want to find again though.

[–] m_f@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Mild annoyance. People are also annoyed at the asskissing of Trump in the shutdown message, given that he wanted it shut down last time he was president. IMO people will just move on to whatever else.

I don't really understand why the Supreme Court ruled that this is legal in the first place.

[–] m_f@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

Subscribed, I'd like a USA news community that tries to somewhat eschew politics. Yeah, politics seeps into everything, but seeking out news that doesn't lean into it is valuable given how easy it is to find political news elsewhere on Lemmy.

 

Not OP, found on Loops

[–] m_f@midwest.social 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The trick is that they haven't read it either, tankies just copy/paste stuff with titles that sound nice

 

Transcript:

Charlie Brown stands on the snow-covered walk talking to Patty, who is in her doorway. He asks,"Hi, Patty! May I come in?"

He looks down at his coat as she points at it and says,"Shake all that snow off first..."

She points to his feet and continues,"And wipe your feet real good"

He walks off saying,"I've changed my mind..it's not worth it!"

[–] m_f@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

That's a good take. Reminds me of this XKCD, pointing out how much invisible work goes into everyday things around us:

Despite it being imaginary, I already have SUCH a strong opinion on the cord-switch firing incident.

 
[–] m_f@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, his idea was that they gave you water for free because it would fill you up, meaning you ate less at the buffet, and he wanted to maximize the value of his money

[–] m_f@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago

I'd recognize those chins anywhere! This is from Jungle Comics #004. Fletcher Hanks has a very distinctive style, now that I've read his stuff due to this community, I can spot it a mile away.

[–] m_f@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Sounds like a friend of mine that refused the free water at a Chinese buffet, because they were just trying to get him to eat less

[–] m_f@midwest.social 11 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I mostly care about how much caffeine I get, which I understand to be the same regardless of how much ice there is. Generally, small or medium is 2 shots of espresso, and a large is 3 shots.

 

Coming from this post:

https://lemmy.world/post/24352555

Ordering coffee in the USA triggers me

I went to dunkin’ the other day and asked for an iced latte with less ice because it’s winter and I wanted less ice. They gave me a cup that was halfway full of coffee. So I asked why and they told me they press a button on a machine, it fills it halfway full with coffee and then they add ice. So when you get a medium iced latte, you’re not actually getting a medium latte, you’re getting a small or a kids size nowadays of coffee, and then they just fill the rest of it with ice. If you ask for less ice, no screw you, you’re not getting the full amount of coffee that you paid for…

I have never heard of this in any other country. What the hell?

[–] m_f@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Loops is a little federated, @dansup@loops.video is federated atm. I'm not worried about federation getting implemented full though. I'd like it to happen more quickly, but this is the same guy behind Pixelfed, which is taking up a lot of his time atm. He said all the Loops stuff will be published on Github this weekend, so hopefully the community will be able to help with that

 

Transcript:

Charlie Brown stands on the snow-covered walk, shovel in hand, talking to Patty, who is standing in her doorway. He asks,"Shovel, your walk?"

She asks,"How much will you charge to do it?"

He replies, "Oh, I don't do it myself..."

He concludes, "I just rent out my shovel!"

 

Kind of weird to not use Matrix for a federated service like Loops TBH, but maybe it'll help attract interest

 

Transcript:

Charlie Brown sits in an armchair reading. He says,"Hey, Patty, bring me a glass of water!"

Patty walks up to him and says,"Say, 'Please'.." He asks,"'Please' what?"

She replies,"Please bring me a glass of water"

She frowns as he smiles and says,"I asked you first!"

 
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Title textit's an analogy for something, but I forget what.

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