she complained about it, sure, but she conceded the election the next day, like a sane adult does

the reason she complains is because she won the popular vote (note how it only seems like democrats lose the popular but lose the electoral lol...), and she doesn't go around saying everything is rigged

:( poor phone, he didn't hurt nobody...

a misty morning in the mountains...

#hiking #alpine #cloud #mountain

I feel torn about this: reddit has to bear server costs when 3rd party apps use their API, and those apps aren't generating revenue for reddit, if anything they "steal" revenue by preventing users from seeing ads, promoted posts, etc.

it makes sense reddit wants to charge for API use

but, the official reddit app sucks, and I want more freedom and variety of choice on the internet, not less

maybe the compromise is making the price per call lower?

#art #sehnsucht #nightsky #stars #cityscape

being a good scientist doesn't automatically make someone a good public speaker lol

there's plenty of people who do want to debate on that topic though, but it seems like rogan is ignoring them all

hah thanks, I enjoy the fighting, but yes, I most of the time people aren't gonna change their mind on anything; they're dug into their worldview and there's no facts nor logic which will change their minds lol

what changes are being demanded that you don't like?

the only laws trans people want is to get access to healthcare, and not to be excluded on the basis of their gender

*you* aren't being forced to do anything lol

that's not what discrimination means, this refers to legal protection from exclusion from certain things, like employment, school, etc.

there's no laws saying you have to like or be nice to all trans people lol, the law just protects them in the same way it protects everyone

what laws and regulations are you talking about?

how is it hurting your family that a different group of people gets access to healthcare, or protection from discrimination?

it doesn't seem like your family is involved in this at all, unless one of them is trans, in which case I'd imagine you want them to have legally protected rights like anyone else?

I think "whom" is correct?

whom is objective, e.g. "to whom did you speak", and in your sentence I think "you" is subject, and "whom" is object

prediction of economic performance based on 3 data points and an ideological axe to grind lmao

yeah yeah, "won't someone think of the children," what a lazy tactic

maybe we should protect young people from crypto bros, pretty sure evaporating your life savings on memes is worse for your life than pronouns 😁

I don't think much has changed in that regard, minority opinions have always had power in the American political system, which is by design

it's a blessing and a curse, it takes broad consensus to make things happen, so there's a lot of gridlock if people don't operate in good faith

no, self-ID is stupid, you can't "choose" but being trans is a real thing

when you see a woman out on the street, you know she's a woman based on how she looks, speaks, acts, not by checking her genitals or chromosomes. gender is both a role you play, and a way you feel about yourself

for a small percentage of people, the gender they experience doesn't line up with their biological sex, and this causes them distress. and to alleviate that distress, some people transition: change their name, pronouns, clothes, voice, hormones, etc.

ah yeah, that sounds more believable

it would be nice if people would engage with these topics more honestly, like, there's issues to be solved here but the conversation doesn't even get off the ground when it starts from deliberate obfuscation and misframing

hey remember that one time someone from group x did a bad thing? I guess group x is all bad

if that's how you understand the world, better hope no crypto people ever do anything bad, oh wait...

sounds fake as hell tbh, article is paygated, but seems doubtful an employed UK adult is publicly defending being "trans-species"