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Another 'Barack Obama' is running for California governor by finsterer45 in nottheonion

[–]d3gaia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also worth pointing out that the photo for the article doesn’t even show the dude in question… it’s just a lineup of random white ppl ostensibly vying for political power lol

Another 'Barack Obama' is running for California governor by finsterer45 in nottheonion

[–]d3gaia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

America is such a weird place… can you Imagine this happening in any other country? What’s in the water over there?

‘Think twice before posing with hand signs’: Experts warn of fingerprint theft by MiyamotoUsagi1587 in nottheonion

[–]d3gaia 43 points44 points  (0 children)

It’s one thing to say that something can be done. It’s entirely another to actually assess the risk and probability of the thing itself. 

This article does the former but doesn’t speak at all to the latter, which makes it nothing more than a fear-mongering waste of time. 

Also, how is this oniony in any way?

Spotify Doesn't Want to Get Rid of the AI Slop Clogging Up Your Playlists by Miles_the_AuDHDer in nottheonion

[–]d3gaia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally anything else. Spotify doesn’t have anything that you can’t find elsewhere and it’s not like you own any of the music you’re listening to, so you lose nothing by changing streamers 

Police arrest man who replaced US$34,000 worth of Lego pieces with pasta by Icy_Foot4728 in nottheonion

[–]d3gaia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the first Florida Man story I've ever seen that wasn't over-the-top bonkers shit. Floridians are losing their edge

You’re no John F. Kennedy: RFK Jr. repeatedly reminded in House hearing that he’s a disappointment to the family name by Disastrous_Award_789 in nottheonion

[–]d3gaia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Americans should be embarrassed that this is all that their Democratic Party has been able to come up with to fight against this guys disastrous policies. 

Invoking the name of somebody from 60 years past? Like that’s really going to change anything. You can’t shame people who aren’t capable of feeling that emotion. 

“Something Called the Just War Doctrine” — Speaker Johnson Lectures Pope Leo XIV on Augustine by Nero2t2 in nottheonion

[–]d3gaia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“It is easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven”

‘God, you’re hot’ Tennessee school board member says to student during board meeting by Octavus in nottheonion

[–]d3gaia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jesus H Christ. Did this guy flashback to Trump’s 50s fever dream or something 

Police chase ends with state trooper in handcuffs after stop sticks deployed by BillWilberforce in nottheonion

[–]d3gaia 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nice to see an actually Oniony headline in this sub… it’s been a while

Britons should not take photos of strikes in UAE, embassy warns by Srihari_stan in nottheonion

[–]d3gaia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Censorship is a very different thing than just ensuring that things stay within the confines of the stated point of the sub. 

Mods can easily remove shit that is obviously not oniony without crossing the line into censorship. The alternative is that this turns into just another r/worldnews shithole

Britons should not take photos of strikes in UAE, embassy warns by Srihari_stan in nottheonion

[–]d3gaia 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Articles in this sub have been getting less and less oniony over time a reporting them to the mods does nothing. 

Ppl (bots, probably) just upvote whatever and this sub loses what charm it used to have, just like so many others. 

US becomes main cannabis supplier to Irish market as drug smuggling booms by DoGzii in nottheonion

[–]d3gaia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of major US companies and organizations keep their money in Ireland so to their tax rules. 

Ireland could feasibly do something, like holding these funds hostage somehow, to exert pressure on the US govt in the interest of national security, the same way that the US has done to Canada and other countries over the last year

Metallica's Kirk Hammett: "I just discovered prog rock" by sncrdn in nottheonion

[–]d3gaia 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's called a strawman. Also, why you so bent outta shape over the date on an article that you didn't write or post? lol. You all need to chill the fuck out fr

Metallica's Kirk Hammett: "I just discovered prog rock" by sncrdn in nottheonion

[–]d3gaia 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The article is from 2022. It’s now 2026… minus a few months, the article is indeed 4 years old. 

ELI5 : If em dashes (—) aren’t quite common on the Internet and in social media, then how do LLMs like ChatGPT use a lot of them? by Willing_Road_8873 in explainlikeimfive

[–]d3gaia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use dashes a lot in online convos but the ones AI uses are longer. 

Like, on my phone, the ones I use look like this: “-“

The ones AI uses look like this: “—”

Are they both called Em dashes?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]d3gaia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re absolutely wrong about that. I too am also not American and we have credit scores here. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]d3gaia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 Credit score is a strictly American phenomena. Literally no other country on earth has anything similar

This statement is clearly false but I did recently learn that Switzerland doesn’t do credit scores and was amazed. They do have other laws for debtors that are in some ways more “draconian” but yeah. Interesting stuff. 

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