I used to work with a Michael Hunt. Brilliant guy and normally pretty chill, but woe betide anyone shortening it to it’s diminutive form. I accidentally called him Mike once and he literally never responded to me again.

Hahaha. A rented Opel was what came to mind for me as well. Followed by Plymouth Crossfire and Chevy HHR.

Not a federal ID, but a federal standard for State IDs. And not “only”, but SocSec card is one of the several forms of ID you could use. Not required and not enough by itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_ID_Act

Between this Anthem, Target, and OPM, it seems likely that most Americans have their SSN out there for criminals to buy.

The same Europe that is home to Orban and Vucic and Erdogan? Yeah, good thing you never elect right-wing ideologues with a penchant for authoritarianism.

Nah, fuck off with your strawman. I was just describing the reality, not suggesting that it is any kind of solution. Holding them accountable would be great, but kids often don’t have that option.

Much of Appalachia is the same. If you don’t talk like a redneck, you get picked on. The smart kids with social savvy will learn to code switch.

Literally everything.

I use a VPN back to my LAN, so my phone always uses my pihole for DNS.

Which is why we should refer to them as “DMs” or “direct messages”.

Lemmy now has export/import for settings, including blocklist.

How am I to tell who is a tankie, vs a wumao, vs a Russian bot troll? It can be hard to tell who is commenting in good faith.

I’m kidding, of course. I just block them all. No one using these talking points is worth my time.

Gotta love tankies unironically parroting Putin’s disinformation.

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its pretty clear. You’re conversing with a tankie.

Of course you can. “Free kittens, call 202.555.1212”

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That reads like ChatGPT used reddit comments to flesh out the “article”.

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