The whole of those 2% are on Lemmy.

How do I know? Because they really like to tell you about it.

Many Chinese manufacturers don’t have close ties to the government

You sure about that? How do you think all these Chinese companies just magically appeared from without significant investment, most likely from the CCP?

I had zero interest in Concord, because I’m not a fan of hero shooters usually, but I ended up putting 18 hours into the beta and really enjoying it. It reminded me of the FPS games I grew up playing.

People using “was” when they mean “were”.

And the classic “should of/could of”.

I’ve never understood the point of it. So I can send pictures and message people? How is that different from any other messaging app I can use? 🤷

Thoughts with anyone called Al at this difficult time.

Something that costs $3,500 and is very much a “luxury” purchase doesn’t sell loads?

I’m shocked.

This alongside paper straws.

Who thought paper and liquid was a good mix?

Isn’t this basically Buddhism? Apart from the atheistic bit, of course.

If a party is consistently a close third or even second in some opinion polls, the media HAS to cover them more. Not only to be representative, but also to scrutinise.

It’s not wrong, to be fair.

If only someone could have foreseen such a problem arising. 🤔

It’s just the ultra paranoid on here, who think that someone knowing they watch The Mandalorian is going to be used against them in some way.

Don’t update it then? 🤷

What’s wrong with just “not connecting it”?

Why though? You were that gender, and then you transitioned to what you are now.

Just because you weren’t happy as your birth gender doesn’t mean that it didn’t exist.

What they “felt on the inside” is not the same as what they actually were at the time though. Referring to them as he or she is just a statement of fact at the time.

We had this same thing when Ellen Page became Elliot Page. Then there was an attempt to retroactively change all references and make them Elliot Page, even though the work he did before was as Ellen Page.

It’s not transphobic to acknowledge the person they were before transition.

I have mixed feelings on the pronoun use, but having read some of her autobiographical writing I don’t think she would have taken much issue with it.

It’s fine how they’ve used it because it’s referring to the time before transition, so it’s just being accurate and also means the story makes more sense.

“Men have been historically privileged, so therefore no man needs help” is basically the gist of this comment.

Not when he has been creating a narrative since 2020 that he was the real winner of that election and all these court cases are just designed to try and stop him from being President.

His supporters have bought the premium subscription to this narrative, so nothing is going to change their minds. In fact, the more court cases there are, the more support he gets.

Even though going after him for his alleged crimes is the right thing to do, I actually wish they’d just let him fade into obscurity instead. Because all it has ended up doing is helping his campaign.