HobbitFoot
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why did you decide to join Lemmy?English
8·2 days agoI didn’t want to install the official Reddit app on my phone.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Under communism, what incentive is there to pursue highly dangerous or specialized fields?English
3·3 days agoPrestige and desire, likely.
You would probably also see the state require some labor from people in order for society to function; I imagine that certain classes of skilled and or dangerous labor would get them from having to contribute to some manual tasks.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•is it embarrassing to graduate college at 24?English
1·4 days agoMy school had regular pizza and beer nights.
No one carded for the beer, so the underage people got to drink.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•is it embarrassing to graduate college at 24?English
2·4 days agoThey don’t write your age on anything and they don’t announce it, so you should be fine.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Do you record your own voicemail greeting or do you just use whatever default thing your carrier does? If you do, do you make it funny or something?English
3·5 days agoI got mine based on inspiration from Voicemail: The Musical
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's the most recent lie you told?English
4·6 days agoYeah, I’m going to keep working here.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•People who identify as male/masculine, do you feel comfortable expressing your emotions/feelings to people irl? Do people who identify as female/feminine feel more comfortable espressing feelings?English
3·6 days agoI feel comfortable expressing them, but I see others get uncomfortable when I’m expressing them.
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Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.world•‘I Can’t Afford This’ Trump Voters in Rural America Stunned as Cost of Living Keeps RisingEnglish
4·6 days agoTrump is bad for farming, but good on low capital gains taxes.
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Hardware@lemmy.world•Blu-ray hits 20 years old, and it isn't dead yet — optical disc format was introduced to the public at CES 2006English
2·6 days agoMicrosoft didn’t really bet on the HD-DVD. It was a separate add on supplied at cost because that was the best deal they got from either consortium.
In contrast, Sony was absolutely shipping the PS3 as a loss leader to get drives out there, similar to how Sony used the PS2 to make DVD’s standard.
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World News@lemmy.world•The Media Refuses to Call Trump’s Venezuela Attack an Act of WarEnglish
91·7 days agoColombia and Brazil both declared Maduro’s election as illegitimate. They have also been in opposition of the capture of Maduro by the USA.
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World News@lemmy.world•The Media Refuses to Call Trump’s Venezuela Attack an Act of WarEnglish
3·7 days agoThe Venezuelan government could likely consider this to be an act of war based on international law. The question right now is if it wants to.
Technically, Trump performed this attack without declaring war and his war powers without a Congressional declaration. Per American law, the USA isn’t at war with Venezuela. If Venezuela declares that this is an act of war, it gives Trump a better pretense to get war declared on Venezuela. It also vastly changes how neutral powers can treat both countries during the war.
Countries have fought wars without declaring wars before. The military action surrounding the invasion of the Falklands was done without either nation officially declaring war.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Are the majority Venezuelans actually happy trump just stole their president?English
5·8 days agoNot from a moral but a practical matter:
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Iraq had engaged in two wars of conquest against its neighbors in the last few decades. So you had more regional support for the invasion than for current regional support for the invasion of Venezuela. Turkey did refuse to use its country as a staging ground to invade Iraq, but several Persian Gulf states hosted coalition troops.
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The USA attempted to make its case diplomatically before invading. Sure, the case for the invasion of Iraq was built on lies, but at least a case was being made diplomatically. Also, the USA was citing UN resolutions as a justification for war even if it was incorrectly doing so; that hasn’t happened in the taking of Maduro.
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There was a coalition of the willing that was invading Iraq, not a solitary country. The USA wasn’t going alone and was apply to rely on multiple countries approving this action even if it didn’t have UN approval.
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Bush wasn’t threatening to invade several allies before invading Iraq. While there was dubious legality to the invasion of Afghanistan as it was a non-state actor which attacked the USA, the USA was at least and to cite self defense in is invasion.
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The world’s opinion of the USA was a lot higher at the time.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Are the majority Venezuelans actually happy trump just stole their president?English
30·8 days agoI don’t know about the average Venezuelan, but I’ve seen the reactions from the Colombian and Brazilian presidents; they considered the election of Maduro to be illegitimate but also heavily criticize the kidnapping of Maduro.
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Comic Strips@lemmy.world•you do what you eat or something idkEnglish
1·8 days agoEh, it kind of reads as a question of self identity. The brunette identifies with her hobbies first while the blonde has really only thought of self identification via work.
That said, a lot of people don’t have deep hobbies. Having the economic means where someone can identify beyond their paid and unpaid jobs is a luxury.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Are You Emotionally Prepared To Die?English
2·8 days agoI wouldn’t be happy about it.
Edit: I’ve been introduced to the concept early in my life that my life can end unnaturally. I’ve also experienced enough to know that there are cases where extended life isn’t worth it and choosing to die is the preferable option.
Right now, I’m not there. I’ve also had to deal with something potentially fatal and I’ve been mostly emotionally able to handle it because there was a path forward to a healthy life.
If that was to change, I would likely spend my savings enjoying my life before either looking myself or letting whatever sickness take my life without medical intervention.
I expect the hardest part of that decision will be to tell my family because they don’t have the same viewpoint.
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World News@lemmy.world•Pope Leo calls for Venezuela to remain an independent countryEnglish
11·8 days agoHe pretty much is.
The Pope has some soft power when it comes to some morality, but countries routinely ignore the Vatican and it doesn’t really cause an issue.
The relationship is worse with a lot of American Catholics, who haven’t been happy with the last few popes due to their liberalness.


There really isn’t a “profile” of a peace price recipient.
That said, awarding her the peace prize felt like when the Nobel Peace Prize to Obama; they were giving it for people being the opposite of others without any accomplishments.