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snowdriftissue

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  • What’s your most controversial opinion?

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  • This is a really bad take. Not all vegans are vegans for the same reason. Often pets are adopted from e.g. shelters to protect them from a worse fate. You can have a pet while providing it with freedom.

  • What’s your most controversial opinion?

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  • The senior vote has practically enabled fascism

    This is just false. The 50-64 year old vote was far more pro Trump than the 65+ cohort. Older age does not mean more pro trump overall.

    https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/06/26/voting-patterns-in-the-2024-election/

    There's honestly too much else going on with your arguments for me to sit here and pick it apart, but it essentially boils down to (1) it is not every old person's fault that things are the way they are (spoiler: the rich and powerful are to blame) and (2) the stripping of rights you describe would disproportionately impact marginalized or poor groups of people. I highly recommend this podcast episode. Pretty much everything else I would say is in it:

    https://srslywrong.com/podcast/265-ageism-misopedy-adult-supremacy-child-liberation-childism-adultism-child-rights-etc/

  • Leak confirms GrapheneOS & Motorola partnership for non-Pixel hardware

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  • Leak confirms GrapheneOS & Motorola partnership for non-Pixel hardware

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  • HW is mid at best and overpriced

    GOS has strict security requirements and so far Pixels have been the only devices out there that both allow GOS installation and meet their security requirements. Simple as.

    Personally apart from repairability, I see very little meaningful difference in phone hardware these days. And a series Pixels are very reasonably priced.

  • Leak confirms GrapheneOS & Motorola partnership for non-Pixel hardware

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  • Unfortunately the first device from this partnership is unlikely to be cheaper than the a series Pixel lineup. The GrapheneOS team already confirmed it will have a flagship snapdragon SOC. Have you looked into used a series Pixel devices? The 8a can be had refurbished in the low $200 range, and it will have software support for 5 more years. The 9a can be had for about $250 and will receive 6 more years of updates.

  • Leak confirms GrapheneOS & Motorola partnership for non-Pixel hardware

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  • GOS already confirmed it's shipping with a flagship snapdragon SOC so it won't be a budget device. Maybe a future model though.

    I think most of those other features are a long shot as well. The GOS team hasn't really specified any preferences for non-security related features and I doubt Motorola would suddenly change their hardware design/direction.

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    The people who believe "progressiveness is just a fad that one grows out of" are the same people that grew up getting brainwashed into regressive politics. The belief is only true for them.

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  • Interesting podcast on this subject: https://srslywrong.com/podcast/ep-346-does-parenting-make-you-more-conservative/

    The conclusion they come to is that becoming more conservative with age generally only applies to low information apolitical people who are sort of vaguely left leaning when they're young. As they age they become more entrenched in the system, acquire more wealth, etc, and those vaguely conservative ideas they had in the back of their minds become more pronounced. There's also the overton window shifts that may mean someone who thought of themselves as vaguely liberal in the past may now consider themselves socially conservative in the current climate.

  • "Being vegan is unnatural"

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  • Not a vegan but if you think what happens to cows is a medical "treatment" then you are a dumbass

  • "Being vegan is unnatural"

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  • If the recipient asked for it and the donor is giving it out of free will

    ...and it's medically indicated

  • Reddit car crains at it again

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  • Victim blaming is victim blaming. Kindly fuck off with your smooth ass car brained bullshit.

  • Reddit car crains at it again

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  • The OP on Reddit literally admits they didn't look at the crossing in their post lol and this is what we're focusing on? In the fuck cars community? Watch the video. There's no way that would have played out any differently even in broad daylight. And no amount of vigilance would have helped that pedestrian.

  • Reddit car crains at it again

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  • Literally "look at what she was wearing. She was asking for it!"

    Obviously, it's a good idea to look out for giant hulking death machines when your environment is crawling with them. That in no way means the blame should be focused on the victims of the death machines. Fucking car brains.

    Also I just watched the video and I would be very surprised if that situation would have been any different even in broad daylight. Cars regularly make turns like that without looking for pedestrians at all. The OP even admits that they didn't look properly at the crossing in the post.

  • Ad-blocking is piracy, and that's okay

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  • Piracy is not stealing/theft. That is a corporate lie.

  • Ad-blocking is piracy, and that's okay

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  • Downvoted cause I agree. Adblock is based and so is piracy.

  • Ad-blocking is piracy, and that's okay

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  • Ads are an unwanted local infection that brings malware and brainwash people. Blocking ads is the sane behavior

    ? I agree but that doesn't make it not piracy. Are you implying piracy is not sane behavior?

  • A Tesla illegally parked in the Chicago Avenue bus lane at 5pm. Chicago, Illinois.

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  • only drive rarely and when I essentially have to, or in the winter because my local bike infrastructure is seasonal.

    You should look into studded bike tires. I was in a similar situation but figured out how to ride in the winter even in my town that completely half asses snow removal. Sold my car and started using uber/lyft and an hourly car rental service (zipcar) to fill in the gaps. I've saved thousands of dollars in no time and now I don't have to maintain a car anymore.

  • FR#153 – What does a Discord replacement look like?

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  • when it actually gets some uptake for more than just Fediverse instance rooms.

    Matrix has been used by FOSS projects for years

  • FR#153 – What does a Discord replacement look like?

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  • Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy

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  • Unpopular Opinion @lemmy.world
    snowdriftissue @lemmy.world

    Vote with your dollar/ethical consumerism is not effective at bringing political or economic change

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Good place to find uncensored stuff?