Even if there were no bots and it was only “real” content from Threads … is that the sort of content we want to have Lemmy flooded with?

Another mirror has the original comments. They’re exactly what you’d expect from 2001.

The Dems have run relative leftists in the past: Bernie Sanders was on the primary ballot in 2020 … and lost.

If you want to blame anyone: look at our fellow “voters”. Asking my under-30 coworkers if they voted in the primary and/or the general election was depressing as fuck.

… I thought Lunix was invented by the infamous Soviet computer hacker Linyos Torovoltos.

The US only occupies countries hostile to the US. Guyana is already allowing US companies to extract their oil under license: they’re going to get the Kuwait deal.

– and “stabilizing element” in the middle east. Israel gets a lot of leeway because they’ve proven they have a capable military, intelligence agency, etc. And they’re not at all squeamish about using them.

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Your example is from one of this industries notorious for being toxic – that doesn’t make it right.

“Why would you think that’s even remotely acceptable? Now I have to go apologize and possible comp a meal.” Depending on the circumstance: take them off that table, send them home, or fire them. Being in control of themselves is one of the defining aspects of leadership, and being abusive is the sign a “leader” that isn’t.

If they start being a dick: sure, game on – so long as you’re not demeaning yourself doing it. But most people are capable of a degree of self reflection and accountability once you make the situation clear to them, and they deserve that chance. Sometimes people don’t even realize they’re the ones that screwed up, even when it’s obvious to everyone else.

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It’s possible to be assertive and assign responsibility for a screwup without being a dick. “Being a dick” is the nothing else has worked option, not step one.

A private company is absolutely more efficient than a government. The boss simply says “this is what we’re doing” and that’s it – it’s just a question of what goal they’re efficiently pursuing.

The problem is that intelligent, empathetic, and selfless people rarely rise to those positions. The few that do usually get pushed out of business by ruthless assholes.

I sticker my laptops.

I view it as theft deterrent. It stands out so it’s easier to see in someone’s hands, and makes an expensive laptop looks kind of shitty.

No, someone made a bunch of accounts and wrote a script to post comments with graphic shock images faster than humanly possible.

The mods finally removed them.

It’s one loser making a bunch of accounts and spamming several instances.

If anything this shows the need for better automated mod tools.

There’s very rarely just two sides, and sometimes assholes fight each other. Forcing reality to conform to a binary worldview is dumb.

I have no issue with sex scenes in media. I also think the vast majority of sex scenes are unnecessary and badly done.

… Are you being ironic? I legitimately can’t tell anymore on this website.

Feh.

The only flatpacks I trust are made in Sweden.

I’m not saying this to encourage complacency – too much is at risk. Everyone needs to go out and vote.

But on the other hand: look at how those polls are conducted. The vast majority are cold calls, and what are the demographics of “people who answer calls from unknown numbers in an era of rampant phone scams” these days?