I’ve always felt that we support Israel for the same reason we support Ukraine. They’re a friendly military force located in a region of the world where we have enemies. Ukraine helps counter Russia and the same for Israel during the Soviet Union era. Now Israel is a counter to Iran and various terrorist groups.

My computer can’t upgrade to Win11 and I am buying a new one, but I’m putting Linux on it.

The Great Sea (From Legend of Zelda Windwaker) - The Marcus Hedges Trend Orchestra

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They think when the chaos hits they’ll be the ones climbing the ladder instead of the ones being used as a ladder.

If I was a corrupt Russian general, embezzling funds meant for nuclear deterrence upkeep would be a pretty safe bet since they are the weapons least likely to ever be used and thus least likely to be found out.

I don’t think you’d have prostitution in a currencyless society. They wouldn’t be prostitutes at that point.

What’s funny is the “blonde bombshell in a catsuit” turned out to be one of the best characters on the show.

Just to clarify. Insider trading is illegal but it is not illegal for politicians in Congress to use the information they obtain from their jobs (such as through classified meetings) to engage in stock market trades.

From what I’ve read previously, I’m not sure that’s enough.

I feel that doctors that reject documented medical science in favor of conspiracy theories and debunked medical claims should not be allowed to practice medicine.

That sounds almost exactly like the Sexual Harassment Prevention training I have to take every year.

If they want these trainings to actually be effective, then they need to actually put in the effort to make the training actually effective.

“See you next Tuesday” is a derogatory euphemism?

Edit: I would have never figured out what it was supposed to mean on my own. I had never heard of that before and judging by all the quick replies it’s a more well known insult then I would have guessed.

The judge compared Littlejohn’s actions to those of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, noting that, “your actions were also a threat to our democracy.”

Because stealing and releasing tax documents is the same thing as attempting to violently overthrow the government.

When are we going to start arresting all these traitors? Letting them do whatever they want without consequences only encourages them.

I’ll sometimes tag Lemmy communities in my mastodon posts. The only thing I dislike about it is how Lemmy displays tags in the post title. There’s got to be some way to fix it so it’s not so off-putting.

Another use I haven’t seen mentioned is that it’s good when you only have a single monitor. You can easily use shortcut keys to flip between the desktops. I could have my remote connection to another computer in one desktop and my local stuff in another and easily switch between the two.

I’m dying laughing at the image in my head about your scenario.

Gay Waiter: And what do you want?

You: I want some pasta fag.

I would consider squatting a form of sitting not standing but if that’s what people mean then it at least makes more sense to me.

This question pops up every now and then on social media and it always blows my mind that there are people who wipe standing up. I just don’t understand the logistics of it and it seems like it would make things more difficult.

Everyone saying to go to Lemmy after the Reddit thing. I always browsed Reddit through their webpage so the third party app thing didn’t really bother me but I thought the whole Fediverse concept sounded interesting and decided to see what it’s like.