Balerion
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Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Does total privacy entail isolating yourself from 99% of people?English
41·6 months agoThis is part of why I’ve given up on most privacy measures aside from basic ones. The cost is too great, the government will most likely never look into my shit anyway, and if they did decide to look into my shit, they have the tools to find whatever they want no matter how careful I am. Also, being excessively privacy-conscious is itself suspicious and tends to attracted unwanted attention.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why are there not any super well known nsfw community's on lemmy?English
2·6 months agoIf you’re only looking for videos of two or more real people fucking, that may be true. But for other kinds of porn (hentai, erotica, audio porn, solo), there seem to be plenty of posters who do it just for the love of the game, so to speak.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Technology@lemmy.world•Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmareEnglish
53·6 months agoNo one is saying THAT’S misogynistic. We’re saying there are a bunch of stupid misogynistic comments in this thread, not that the app is cool.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Technology@lemmy.world•Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmareEnglish
1325·6 months agoYeah, this app sucks for a variety of reasons, but holy shit the misogyny in this thread.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Technology@lemmy.world•Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmareEnglish
157·6 months agoThese alleged high standards women hold are largely imaginary. It’s only kind of like that on dating apps, and that’s because they’re 80% male, so women HAVE to be picky.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Technology@lemmy.world•Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmareEnglish
235·6 months agoThat was ONE OKCupid survey from years ago, and it also showed that women were more likely than men to message people they didn’t rate as attractive.
In reality, women and men rate male facial attractiveness about the same. https://datepsychology.com/can-women-identify-an-average-face/
Disgusting. Violating everyone’s rights and privacy “for the children” (who will just use VPNs anyway).
In addition to the issues others have pointed out, reddit was like this back in the day too. It’s not that weird, even if it is true.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What would happen if the eugenesists had their way?English
31·6 months agoThat is also wrong.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What would happen if the eugenesists had their way?English
6·6 months agoHonestly? Nothing except a lot of pointless suffering. Eugenics isn’t just immoral; it literally does not work. The nazis did their damnedest to kill all people with schizophrenia during the Holocaust. Schizophrenia numbers were back up to normal within a couple decades.
See this video (linked to the correct timestamp) for more on why eugenics doesn’t actually do anything.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What would happen if the eugenesists had their way?English
4·6 months agoBoth are unjustifiable. Governments should never get to decide who’s allowed to reproduce.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•[Politics] What is, in your opinion, a necessary set of minimal restrictions on freedom of thought, speech and expression?English
21·6 months agoRight, but there are degrees of abusable. There’s a difference between “yes, you could abuse this thing” and “this thing will inevitably be abused.” In my opinion, hate speech laws fall into the latter category. I know of too many cases of them being abused… and worse, they don’t even seem to do much to prevent hatred. See this article.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•[Politics] What is, in your opinion, a necessary set of minimal restrictions on freedom of thought, speech and expression?English
21·6 months agoSay what you like, but I just can’t think of any way to write hate speech laws that isn’t incredibly abusable. Handing the government an excuse to punish to people is inherently dangerous. While it’s certainly necessary in some instances, I think we should be very, very careful about adding to the list of things you can get thrown in prison for.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•[Politics] What is, in your opinion, a necessary set of minimal restrictions on freedom of thought, speech and expression?English
21·6 months agoYou claim these laws aren’t a problem, then mention that governments are in fact abusing them literally right now.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•[Politics] What is, in your opinion, a necessary set of minimal restrictions on freedom of thought, speech and expression?English
23·6 months agoI think speech that depicts a real person being abused–e.g CSEM, revenge porn–should be prohibited. Credible threats should also be illegal. Otherwise, I don’t think there should be many state-enforced restrictions on speech. I think hate speech laws are a pretty bad idea, because the people in power will inevitably use them against marginalized people. Laws intended to protect the vulnerable can easily be used to oppress them further. We’re seeing this with pro-Palestinian groups being labeled hate groups right now in the name of “protecting” people from “antisemitism.” (Antisemitism is a real problem, don’t get me wrong, but a lot of people who get prosecuted for it haven’t actually done anything except support Palestine.)
I do think that communities should enforce their own speech prohibitions, though. For example, social media platforms shouldn’t tolerate racism. Even if you think racists have a moral right to spread their racism (they shouldn’t), you have to understand that some forms of speech inherently suppress others. If you’ve got a neo-nazi screaming racial slurs at an event, obviously the people of color there will not feel safe to speak up, and their voices will not be heard. You have to decide whose speech you want to protect.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What book should I read to my new rescue dog so he becomes accustomed to my voice and presence?English
21·6 months agoI’d say to pick something light-hearted that puts you in a good mood.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Our parents promised us we would feel like fools for thinking we were smarter than them as kids. When exactly does that start?English
6·6 months agoI’m 29. My opinion on my parents has not changed much since I was a kid. My dad has a lot of practical knowledge, but his worldview is pants-on-head stupid. My mom is a far better person than my dad, but her technical knowledge is limited.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How long have you been journaling for?English
5·6 months agoI journal pretty much at random. I want to do it, but I struggle a lot with habit-forming (ADHD), so it’s not easy.
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's something you started doing arbitrarily that's been really positive for you? English
8·6 months agoI tried intermittent fasting for like a year. The hunger never went away.

AI is great at helping me multitask. For example, with AI, I can generate misinformation and destroy the environment at the same time!