depends on whether i find them attractive

the function never gets called, but the running code reads the source code of this function to extract important constants, and if you delete the function, everything breaks :)

What’s needed is to simplify the government to the point that people can actually understand what it does.

It’s overcomplicated, the laws are written in arcane gibberish that nobody really sees through (if you haven’t studied the laws for 20 years at least), there’s bureaucracy hell, things need to be simpler. that does not mean less government, i.e. handouts should still be paid, but it should happen in a predictable, simple way.

Like, y’all, i’m maximally confused.

How do i even put this …

What even is a good life according to you? Is it one in which you constantly work and that defines your self-worth?

Like, what i don’t get is that i see both people here on this forum, on lemmy, advocating for “communism means workers own the factories they work in” (i.e. workers are solely upheld by their own productivity, example) and “people’s lifes shouldn’t be tied to their productivity” (this comic).

Please, y’all, make up your mind. Do you define yourself as somebody who inherently works hard and out of that draws their self-esteem, or is your self-worth independent of your productivity?

idk it just seems complicated, with all the keybindings and i think it even has scripting inside the text editor … i never bothered to learn it.

the problem with custom keybindings i have is i work on a lot of different machines (i used 3 different desktop computers yesterday) and keybindings presumably only work on my machine.

saw someone unironically use vim the other day. i thought people actually using vim was a joke.

please please no, i don’t want a huge wave of normies infiltrating our space.

well the issue is much more complicated than a 300 word article could express it.

personally, i feel that the whole issue of sexuality (and it’s an incredibly big one) is incredibly misunderstood and misrepresented by modern society.

i think that in modern society, everything is commodified, and that includes human relationships. think about this: human relationships are becoming a product. you sign up on dating apps, then you date at a fancy restaurant (don’t mind the bill!) then you go to a movie or sign up for netflix at home …

essentially, capitalism is killing the people by killing one of their core needs: human relationships. wages are declining, and “non-essentials” get cut out from the budget, and human relationships are that. as a consequence, society loses relationships and falls apart. that prevents unions from forming; a capitalist’s dream.

can we have fediverse mirroring of xiaohongshu?

in my opinion the civil war around 1800 did not actually abolish slavery. it just made slavery more efficient.

instead of killing your slaves through hard work (which means you have to buy new ones) you can just work them longer if they live longer, i.e. that’s why working conditions improved. at the same time, slavery got renamed into “prison labor”. it’s essentially the same thing.

It’s crazy how 13% of the world population dominate the social media discourse so much that i basically see no other people’s opinion ever.

yeah same. also i don’t drink alcohol anymore but it would be nice to have more places to hang out.

I can confirm; when i just lay down for a while with my eyes closed and not moving, i really do feel refreshed afterwards.

Nature will exist with all its trees after human civilization falls, so invest in nature today!

fake: there’s in-person job interviews (/s)

yeah :)

you’re right

huh i guess i could have presented it in another way, but i’m not sure how exactly.

it is said that once every thousand years a buddha awakens spontaneously who understands the world intuitively, without being taught …