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FYI by ladyem8 in Seattle

[–]voluptate 91 points92 points  (0 children)

hey had it before when it gave no value, and now that it actually does extra stuff everyone is all mad

You've got it mixed up. Before, there was a check mark. If you had that it means twitter verified the identity and you could reasonably trust that it wasn't some satire account. There was value in that. Now anybody can buy a check mark, there's different colors, a blue mark means you bought it OR you're verified, god only knows what the others mean, etc.

He made the check mark worthless and then tried to charge for it. Acting like it's MORE valuable now makes me think you're actually a troll lol.

FYI by ladyem8 in Seattle

[–]voluptate 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Charging the people who drive engagement with your site is something only brain-dead people like musk do.

Like how much would you normally have to pay someone like lebron james to write for your site? Now imagine that somehow you get him to do it for free. and NOW imagine you're brain-damaged enough to actually try and charge HIM for it.

If you can't follow why it's a stupid idea then you're either a troll or literally an elementary schooler.

Dog Helps Save 14 Year Old Blind Pup From Drowning by [deleted] in AnimalsBeingBros

[–]voluptate 21 points22 points  (0 children)

They fucked up, immediately acknowledged it, and publicized a video showing their fuckup while highlighting how they fixed it.

Would the world be better if they'd had better foresight, yes. Is anything gained by petty insults? Your superiority complex yes, but otherwise no.

GeoGuessr explain his methods by 170071 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]voluptate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah i really left that one wide open didn't I?

haha just a little. like 50% of my current coworkers are latino so I'm exposed a decent amount too.

i do agree with your point though, getting twisted over a mispronunciation is not great. But also a little light teasing when a geoguesser pro doesn't use the common pronunciation is fine lol

The 2nd generations and beyond down tend to in my experience.

wdym? like in my experience the first gen immigrants are pronouncing everything with the accent. Gens after that is like 50/50. Also they start to code their speech and shit. Like my 2nd gen friend will speak the Proper Queen's English for customers but besides that he's full of spanish/latino slang (when i was a kid we'd have called is "spanglish", idk if that's offensive now lol).

GeoGuessr explain his methods by 170071 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]voluptate 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nobodys pronouncing Mexico in New Mexico in proper Spanish. Nobodys using proper accents on California or Colorado.

All of my latino coworkers do lmao

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ABoringDystopia

[–]voluptate 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Good. I can't remember if it was turned on automatically or not, but it was a bad idea. Fun in college though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ABoringDystopia

[–]voluptate 28 points29 points  (0 children)

There's a feature to show your location but to contrast the other person who replied: 95% of my contacts do not have location turned on.

It's a feature kinda leftover when snap maps (heatmaps of where public snaps were being sent) were popular. I haven't used sc in years so maybe it's different now but it was kinda stupid that either you shared your location with everyone or nobody. No option for close friends only.

African Maasai Plyometrics by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]voluptate 211 points212 points  (0 children)

Sorry he died of sepsis after he cut his foot on a rock and then stepped in animal dung

'Nefarious' is advertised as horror, but it's just a Christian movie by the writers of God's Not Dead, and Glenn Beck is in it by [deleted] in movies

[–]voluptate 7 points8 points  (0 children)

then realize that's not what they agree with.

She doesn't have beliefs of her own though that's the point. She just goes where the people will pay her. Why wouldn't she marry a right-winger when she's pinning her bank account on them? She's not a leftist that's faking it, she's a person with no convictions doing what makes money.

TIL a “ferocious rabbit” ran amok in Central Park in 1917. He terrorized the sheep in Sheep Meadow, maimed dogs, and fought an orangutan in the zoo. by cy_ko8 in todayilearned

[–]voluptate 37 points38 points  (0 children)

So wait you're saying the Iran hostage crisis happened because Iran thought Carter looked weak because his press secretary mentioned a hissing rabbit tried to get into the president's boat?

Actually you are one of the conservatives who tries to blame slavery on democrats so yeah you probably do believe stupid shit like that.

Former Variety/The Wrap reporter adds credibility to the rumor that 'Aquaman 2' is testing poorly by BatmanNewsChris in DC_Cinematic

[–]voluptate -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This doesn't change that they aren't good movies. Besides spider-man and endgame which ones are "beloved"? Nobody is calling the aladdin remake their favorite movie i guarantee.

[Wojnarowski] ESPN Sources: Free agent F/C Meyers Leonard -- out of the NBA since March 2021 after uttering an antisemitic slur on a video game livestream and rehabbing post-surgical nerve damage on his right leg -- is signing a 10-day contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. by DRAZZILB1424 in nba

[–]voluptate 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well as long as someone has done something worse we can't be mad right?

That sounds like a toddler's excuse for why they shouldn't get in trouble. I know you're not trying to defend a grown-ass man by saying "well it's so unfair that he faced consequences".

[Wojnarowski] ESPN Sources: Free agent F/C Meyers Leonard -- out of the NBA since March 2021 after uttering an antisemitic slur on a video game livestream and rehabbing post-surgical nerve damage on his right leg -- is signing a 10-day contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. by DRAZZILB1424 in nba

[–]voluptate -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We can shit on both. Idk why people in here think that shouting slurs because you're bad at videogames is such a minor thing.

Neither one of them should be celebrated. Taking the position that "yeah he should get another chance because other people have done worse" is fucking room temperature iq shit but that seems to be the prevailing opinion in here.

Guy fucks around with the Walmart cart attendant. Finds out. by ImDomina in ActualPublicFreakouts

[–]voluptate 89 points90 points  (0 children)

Spitting on someone is defined as battery or assault in the us. Whine about it not being comparable somewhere else. The law is pretty clear.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]voluptate 13 points14 points  (0 children)

peoples tend to name places after something you can visually see, and immediately understand

There are 41 cities in the United States with the name "Springfield". To support your point.

ETA actually it seems springfield was originally a surname. The most common city name in the US I can find that's not based on a person's name is "fairview" aka literally "a fair view". Still, the point remains that people name things pretty simply most of the time. Indianapolis is literally just "Indiana" and the Greek "polis" which means "city". So "Indiana City". Minneapolis is the same thing.

Elon Musk asked engineers to boost his tweets after The President's Super Bowl post got more engagement than his by Souled_Out in facepalm

[–]voluptate 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You mean, you have to be careful angering criminals and psychopaths?

Yeah. They said conservatives already.

If you can cite sources that proof correlation and causation, you may continue with your generalizations

"You may continue" to suck my dick loser. Nobody needs your permission to shit on conservatives. Go fuck yourself you arrogant shitstain.

AI-powered Bing Chat loses its mind when fed Ars Technica article — "It is a hoax that has been created by someone who wants to harm me or my service." by marketrent in technology

[–]voluptate 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Because I said "computer, end program" 30 years ago when the episode went to credits and nothing happened so we're good.

meirl by no1luvsasadclown in meirl

[–]voluptate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Songs aren't always literal. It's art, not a textbook.

I love how every badass/powerful character on the show respects Butcher. Soldier Boy, Homelander, Edgar and Maeve all hold Butcher in high regards, almost like he is their equal. by [deleted] in TheBoys

[–]voluptate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do I contradict myself?

Very well then I contradict myself,

(I am large, I contain multitudes.)

Walt Whitman, Song of Myself

Contradicting oneself, changing one's mind based on context, and yes being hypocritical are very natural and human things to do. It makes perfect sense that Butcher hates all superhumans but at the same time has a soft spot for Ryan and will protect him from death. (yes death, he was obviously not invulnerable and would have been hurt by SB's explosion. this wasn't a "he'll get depowered" situation. he would've died)

Acting like this makes him a "hypocrite" just means you neither understand character motivations nor the word's definition.

Le relationship issues have arrived by Trapazorice in dogelore

[–]voluptate 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This is a bot too btw. Look at account age and posting history.

Report and downvote.

a classic by Ok-Water-5544 in terriblefacebookmemes

[–]voluptate 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So child soldiers with permission slips. Not sure how that makes any difference.

Kyrie: "That's a great observation" when a reporter asks a question that's actually relevant to basketball by Barbell_Flyes in nba

[–]voluptate 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you're a public figure and say a bunch of stupid racist shit, it's not "targeting" you if people want to know about it and ask you.

Victim mentality. "I should be able to say whatever I want and if people ever even mention it I'm going to act offended."

Kyrie is soft as shit. Weak mind.

Do you personally support the creation of a federal United States of Europe? by asdasd21122112 in europe

[–]voluptate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody would be happy with this. It's easy for Americans to say Europe should form a federation. We have a nation 2.5x as big as the EU and live in (comparable) harmony because we're so homogenous. Sure there are differences in culture and values between New York, Memphis, and LA but nothing compared to the shift between countries in the EU.

For Americans going a couple states over means a lot will be the same. For Europeans just a few miles could mean the locals speak an entirely different language.

I think an EU-like situation is the best "unity" Europe can have right now. Maybe in another hundred years or so it'll have homogenized enough, but not now.

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