MindTraveller

I'm not going to name names here, because there's multiple places doing this and also I forgot what instance I saw it on, but I've noticed something disturbing with the automated repost bots. You know, those bots that copy whole Reddit communities over to Lemmy with tons of automated posts? I don't like them in general because when I reply to a post I like the OP to actually see my reply, but this issue is more ethical. It's the automated duplication of porn from Reddit to Lemmy.

Now, I know that these models have consented to their images being shared on the internet. However, in my own personal opinion, porn models should have some amount of control over the manner in which their image is shared on a public forum. In this case, the people posting their naked bodies do not have control over how the image is shared. They can't decide to delete it if they revoke consent later, and they can't report creepy comments on their pictures. In most cases, they probably don't even know what Lemmy is, and yet their images are getting search indexed and shared with people. There's no creative control over the distribution by the person whose body is in the picture. I consider that a form of non-consensual intimate media. I don't think these bots should be allowed to repost porn without asking the permission of the user who originally shared the media.

In the debate last week, Vice President Harris insisted that she was pro-fracking, and under her administration America has expanded its oil production to a level higher than ever before. It's disgusting. She says she's pro-environment, and her administration invested 1 trillion dollars into climate initiatives. But what's the point of investing money in sustainable energy if you won't use it, and you just end up drilling for even more oil? Harris is trying to solve the climate crisis the same way someone who's trying to lose weight would spend an hour in the gym and buy a big mac to reward themself for the hard work. It's not going to work.

I'm desperately biting my tongue until after the election because we need to prevent Trump from bombing the West Bank, and if I didn't think about the consequences of what I was saying, I wouldn't be doing everything I can to prevent genocide of Palestinians. But I need to vent, and this community is pretty small and hasn't had any posts in two weeks, so I'm venting here. I'm not happy with Harris. The day the polls close, I'm going to be posting about her bad climate plan like hell, I think.

I heard european vegans like pasta, so I decided to try it. I put some pasta in a pot and boiled it, and put it on a plate, and then I ate it. And holy hell! This is the most bland, tasteless food I ever had the displeasure of eating! I couldn't make it through a plate of the stuff. I heard europeans were into asceticism and temperance because of their religion, but this is ridiculous. I'm not going vegan and punishing myself with this crap! I'd probably starve to death if I was expected to have pasta every day.

I'm going to keep eating meat. In fact, after that ridiculously bland meal, I'm going to go have a seafood bowl with prawns, udon, and tofu! Now tofu, there's a yummy food with lots of flavour possibility! You won't catch me eating that bland vegan crap from europe.

My understanding from pop culture and various moving pictures is that thermoses' most popular use is for drinking hot things on the go. You unscrew the lid, and it functions as a cup. I have a thermos, and indeed the lid functions quite well as a cup. I enjoy using it at home.

However, a problem occurs to me, in that the cup does tend to get dirty after you've drunk something out of it, unless that something be plain water. That's fine if you're using the thermos all day in one place. You drink, then you fill the cup back up, you wait for the drink to cool down, and you drink. And if you do decide to save the rest of the drink for later, you can simply wash the cup.

But how are you supposed to keep the cup clean when you're out doing things? If I have a drink of something hot and yummy during a meeting in one location, and subsequently move to a second, my inclination is to screw the cup back on for storage and transport. But won't that make a mess? If I have a series of engagements across the day and would like to have a hot drink at various times throughout that day, what do I do with the lidcup all the rest of the time?

You used to be able to hold ALT, and your mouse would unlock and you could mouse over your abilities and read about them. You could also ping the map to communicate with teammates with ALT. You can still hold ALT and press the number keys to upgrade your abilities, but ALT doesn't let you mouse over stuff anymore. You can still unstick the mouse with TAB, but that brings up the whole scoreboard UI. Why did Valve straight up remove a functionality from the game?

17 days ago, @[email protected] banned @[email protected] from [email protected] for 2 weeks. The cited reason was Admitting to being a troll: "I'm an agent of chaos." lemmyshitpost does not have a rule against trolling, so even if this claim is true, there are still no grounds for a ban.

https://lemmy.ca/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&modId=729060&userId=391830

While we no longer have access to the thread in which this quote was allegedly said, the modlog would seem to indicate that it was related to this post, which shows a man complaining that he's never been privy to private conversations between girls and their fathers, and a dad mocking him in reply. The body furthermore elaborates in meme form that people are being misogynist in the comments.

Misogynists and other varieties of bigots often complain that the inclusion of women and minorities is political and divisive, and thus that we should not discuss feminism in polite company. Track_Shovel's meme is feminist, and FlyingSquid's problem with Track_Shovel appears to contain the same essence - that Track_Shovel's feminist posting is apparently intended to create conflict; the definition of trolling.

FlyingSquid's association between being an agent of chaos, and posting with intent to create offense, is an unfounded leap in logic. Chaos is actually an important religious concept, so influential that it forms one of the pillars of the morality system in Dungeons and Dragons, alongside Law, Good, and Evil. Back in the real world, various religions have painted chaos as either bad or good, depending on the values of the religion. Many religions describe chaos as a primordial force predating the gods' creation of the world. The Greeks venerated, or at least respected, the chaos goddess Eris. Discordianism, a cult originating in the 1960s, worships both Eris and the concept of chaos.

FlyingSquid has a history of mod abuse when the topic of religion is raised. In this post, FlyingSquid violates the rules of a community they themselves mod, concerning hate speech against religions. This ban fits into that pattern. Track_Shovel has the religious right to worship and to act on behalf of chaos, however they see it, as long as they do not harm anyone else. Their post to lemmyshitpost was not harmful, and was offensive only to misogynists. Supporting women's freedoms and safety is consistent with the values of Discordianism and other chaos-worshipping religions, and is not trolling. FlyingSquid's analysis of the situation as being intended to get a reaction out of misogynists, rather than as intended to affirm the safety of women, dismisses women's safety and silences feminist speech.

Just played a match with Bebop and I felt very limited by my powerset. It was great at first, me and my lane buddy were dominating the game. Most pushes, most kills, most souls. But once the game got to the teamfight phase, it all fell apart. The enemies stayed as far from me as they could, and I couldn't get enough burst damage in with my hook before they ran away, and they usually had better move speed than me. It felt like my only good ability at that point was the hyper beam. And sure, I was surprisingly survivable in 1v1s, and the hyper beam could really help a push, but any time the hyper beam was on cooldown I felt like I could do nothing unless I caught an enemy alone.

How do y'all play bebop in the midgame? Are there any upgrades that make up for bebop's weaknesses? I followed the suggested build up until I started getting my ass kicked, then switched to lifesteal. Lady Gheist and Shiv were the biggest pains in my butt.