🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@tchambers @jerry

While i agree thwt survelance probably isnt their biggest goal it is important to note this would be the only way to datamine your follower only, dm, and private content. Without an instance there is just no way to get at that data.

That said i woukdnt block meta for the sake of it.

While undressing to shower in my hotel room I found an old used bullet casing in my pocket... the maid will have an interesting time cleaning this room tomorrow ;)

Yes #QOTO has been emailed many times by people with money asking to buy influence. Im sure most large instance admins have dealt with it many times... i usually just ignore the emails, nothing new, move along.

#mastoadmin #meta

So im not the only one...

@customdesigned @sdgathman

Yea its 12.7x99mm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.50_BMG

@Pat

> I'm pretty sure this is sarcasm, so maybe the first sentence was, too.

I would never be sarcastic! I swear sometimes its like you dont know me at all!

> Did you ever hear the story about the cat that a spy agency put a bug in, with an antenna in the tail.

No

> They released it and it immediately got run over by a car.

Sounds like a perfect metaphor for government.

@Pat Nope, and please dont bring that up again or I will have to report you. No mine are about perfectly ordinary friendly birds that absolutely dont spy on you. In fact they are so obviously not spying that they are a perfect choice to tell all your secrets to!

@Pat No, actually i didnt read that post till you just linked it now.

@TruthSandwich

Yea, I mean, their views were disapointing to say the least. I just prefer to keep an open dialog with people is all, no reason you have to.

@TruthSandwich That is your right, though disengaging would have probably been just as effective. But no worries, whatever works for you. I cant argue with the fact that he had a disconnect with the technicals for sure.

@Amikke

Actually we have the same amount of hair follicals as our ancestors (chimpanzees)... our hair just isnt as noticable (not as dark or thick).. but thats another matter.

@thor

@Amikke

If it were not about age but rather about advantages of hairlessness then I think we would see naturally hairless adults, which is virtually nonexistant. The very fact that it strictly follows an age boundary I think makes a clear indication it is about age.

We also see this in other aspects, where child-like traits are selected for (such as women who are physically tiny).

@thor

@Amikke

To be fair I think it is completely valid to say that the human instinct to be attracted to hairlessness is completely a pre-historic hold-over from when cavemen used to rape women, and there was genetic pressure to prefer younger women... Now to say you are a pedophile if you like that is just wrong.. but I do think the sexual preference is absolutely tied in with prehistoric tendency towards pedophilia... this is just our way as a more evolved species to indulge in our primal preferences WITHOUT it actually being pedophilia. And we are so far removed from it I dont think anyone who has that preference is also a pedophile, I doubt the thought of small children even crosses their mind.

@thor

@mapto

You ignored my question.. we need a baseline to continue... Is #1 as listed above true or not?

If both people have a gun then they will be on equal footing... good thing the good guy/victim had a gun cause if they wouldnt they would be at a disavantage which is much worse.

How do you expect lawenforcement to replace the need to carry a gun? Do you expect someone trying to kill or rape you to wait while you call the police and have them come? Int he overwhelming majority of attacks you will never even have the chance to call the police, and the incident will be long over by the time they get there anyway.

@freepeoplesfreepress

@mapto

There are two angles to this, and perhaps you just presented yourself poorly:

1) Are there scenarios where a gun can, and have, saved lives

2) Are the cases of lives being saved outweighing the cases of lives lost

#2 is far mroe nuanced and I can understand if someone wants to engage in that discussion...

#1 is trivially obvious and if you question that, then it suggests your biases are so strong as to be futile.

Sounded like you were saying #1, but perhaps it was #2 and just worded poorly.

I assume you recognize a woman having a gun when being raped by a larger male could potentially save her life? I assume you also recognize that should someone want to kill you, having a gun could similarly potentially save your life? If so we have covered the trivial point at least.

@freepeoplesfreepress

Lol, for my #ant people ;)

This has been a PSA!