I usually refrain myself from commenting on other people’s appearances, because God knows I was last in queue, but when someone goes out of their way, and spends lots of money to look like a clown, it’s only fair for them and everyone else to laugh at them.

Plastic doesn’t age well I see.

She’s 54. Act like it.

Lemmy is too small for it to make sense. I can easily read through all threads all the way through the controversial posts and still run out of content daily.

It made sense on Reddit, where accounts could be worth money and/or used for advertising, or some people thought karma points was worth it, or that posts there had influence, which they did for a while. The Unidan affair was only about votes, and showed how a single user manipulated the majority of readers into something that was WRONG ON THE INTERNET, which should be a crime.

Finally there’s also people who view everything as a competition and just want the high score in that imaginary game. Endorphins or something. I’ll admit that I have a longer streak than necessary in some apps too, but I’m no cheater. I wouldn’t get my high off that anyway.

I rarely downvote, but then again, every upvote is like downvoting everyone else, and I surely don’t want to upvote everything.

A little late…

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/22/nx-s1-5722796/danish-military-evacuates-us-submariner-medical-care-greenland

I would probably feel safer around someone who says that they’re not, than someone who doesn’t acknowledge the potential dangerous situations.

Yes, that’s because it was. The album Chinese Democracy was basically a solo project by Axl.

The Holocaust aka “the final solution” was the result of a logistic issue. The Nazi’s initial plan was to deport the jews.

I have no expectations of USA doing anything different when they realize the cost of keeping people alive in prisons.

Lol.

I don’t think they even care about profits anymore.

Billionaires live in the balance sheet, not the P/L statements.

I don’t want rich people to behave.

I want them to pay back the money that they stole, so that there will be no rich people.

So… mustard gas or labour laws are the only options?

Have you tried poking them with a stick?

It’s possible in Denmark too. However they usually only get to the conclusion that they need help after they have been caught in possession of illegal materials.

The psychologists working on it have difficulty getting funding for research. The questions are if it really is a disease on it’s own and if it’s treatable. There’s not a lot of valid data to work with. This made the news last year or so.

I’m no psychologist but my impression is that it’s more like a symptom of a different trauma, which might make more sense to throw money at. It would be interesting to hear from the psychologists who work in prisons.

Anyway, the foundation Save The Children has hotlines for young people who are concerned with their sexuality in one way or the other.

No, the guitar to amp “instrument line” has even lower current than the line in.

The only hazard with music instruments is if someone turns on phantom power 48V to a microphone that doesn’t use it. Then the grill can give a nasty shock and typically right on the lips.

It appears to be a line signal, so it should be fine. But then again, we can’t see what’s on the other end. Could be a nuclear power plant for all we know.

something about audio that attracts an atmosphere of wilful ignorance

I think it’s the lack of a shared vocabulary.

Everyone likes some music better than other music, and so everyone think they can tell the difference between good and bad music. However, nobody can explain the difference in plain words.

This easily leads to the conclusion that it is fully subjective, and this is where the ignorance comes from. If nobody can explain what good music is, then my own voodoo explanation is as good as any.

However, we can talk about music theory, audio production and sound analysis in scientific terms to the point where we can even reproduce certain sounds based on the description. But we can’t really understand the description without actually experiencing the sound.

It’s similar to somebody saying “I don’t like this cake” or someone saying “my taste receptors react to the umami in this cake”, but I still wouldn’t have a clue about how the cake tastes.

Sound is also different from other sciences in that there is very little proof of one thing being more correct than others. And that goal changes constantly. Whenever somebody does crack the code to what people enjoy, it’ll get boring really quick.

I had a music teacher long ago who said that there is no bad music, only wrong audiences. His point was that the music that makes it through to the recording and publishing will already have passed the filter where someone made a decision if there is an audience for it. If you hear bad music, then you’re just not the right audience.

Anyway, cables. Who cares. The end result is the most important part. However, I’d prefer to hook up the instruments on stage with thick cables instead of bananas. Same thing applies at home. Any wire will do, but cheap wires do break.

History is a circle.

First we had bicycles. These then got helper motors. Then we got motorcycles and the two stroke engines had helper pedals to start. Then the pedals were removed.

Now we still have bicycles. These then got electric helper motors. Then we got electric bikes, that still have pedals, but people hack them to run entirely on the motor.

Make up your minds already. Everyone of these changes upsets the elderly.

Don’t be a gramour Nazi.

Resignation is often used in these kinds of cases, because there’s really no framework to fire them, since they didn’t actually violate any of the terms on which they’re hired. They should be tried for the crimes they’ve committed under the jurisdiction of the place where the crime was committed. Not in some random board meeting in a different country.

What happens is that the board says “even if you didn’t violate our terms or any local laws, we don’t see our organization being able to work with someone like you, so we urge you to do what is best for both parts, which is that you resign voluntarily.”

If they don’t, then the board can say “the existence of potential criminal cases against you can harm the reputation of our organization, so now you’re fired.” The outcome is almost the same, but this could create a lot more negative attention to what the company knew about.

Remember to say toodle-oo like an old lady while waving.

Would you believe anyone who told you?

Because that would be the actual problem.

An almighty God doesn’t need humans or churches to spread the story.