Independent thinker valuing discussions grounded in reason, not emotions.
I say unpopular things but never something I know to be untrue. Always open to hear good-faith counter arguments. My goal is to engage in dialogue that seeks truth rather than scoring points.
How do I block a community I've been banned from?
Where the "block" button would normally be now only has a notification telling me I've been banned. I don't want to see said community in my feed if I can't even comment there.
the other guy isn’t really trying to learn anything or even to change your mind. He’s acting for an audience of people who already agree with him.
This is why I argue that votes should be hidden from everyone. Audience capture is one of the biggest issues on platforms like Lemmy. Many users feel like they’ve "won" an argument simply because their broad, nuance-free generalizations get upvoted by the masses.
To add to your point about avoiding engagement with certain types of users, one thing I’ve noticed that really sets some people off is when they take something I’ve said, draw their own extreme conclusions from it, and then start accusing me of something completely untrue. Instead of defending myself against these ridiculous accusations, I now either ignore them or stick firmly to the original point.
What’s fascinating is how often they double down, repeatedly trying to get me to explain why I’m not, for example, a Nazi. When I refuse to entertain their absurd line of reasoning, they seem to lose their minds.
Blocking on Lemmy doesn't prevent them from seeing your "reasonable" takes. It just hides that user's messages from you. They wont even know you have blocked them.
Mullvad seems to be consistently good. I've been on it for +5 years. Before I used PIA but they got sold to a sketchy company.
I too wish the journalist would have stayed in Iranian prison just so that it wouldn't benefit Elon Musk in any way.
I don't even have a diagnosis. I'm here just for these relateable memes.
That's just an example. My real email has my actual name on it.
I'm sure you're never wrong about anything. Maybe you should start a podcast.
We got one winter without snow and I thought it was going to be the new trend but then the next winter there was record amounts of it and the last few have been quite snowy as well. This winter too.
At times like early covid there wasn't much facts and evidence available. Back then masks didn't stop the spread of the virus but vaccines were supposed to. Who decides what the facts are in times like that?
Yeah, but the question was; who decides what is disinformation? If it was some truly competent and unbiased AI system then I perhaps wouldn't be as concerned about it, though I can see issues with that too, but humans are flawed and I see this as a potenttial slippery slope towards tyranny and censorship.
Naturally I don't include my real name in the example.
Man I wish our winters looked like this. I don't mind cold or rain but I don't like snow.
..and? We can't have people having public conversations online then because some might take it too seriously? I don't see how this is a criticism towards Joe.
My email is [email protected] so it's not exactly anonymous.
Edit: My real email obviously has my actual name on it.
It's kind of related to the abortion discussion. I don't think the question is "should they be allowed to" but rather "when are they allowed to" I think that in some situations there's a case to be made for after-birth-abortion but I don't quite feel like "not wanting to deal with it" is a sufficient reason.
He has never claimed to be a legitimate journalist. He has said repeatedly that you shouldn't take him too seriously - he's a cage fight commentator after all.
How rare is it for people to live without anger?
When I look at the kinds of articles people post on social media and the comments under them, it feels like there’s an overwhelming amount of hate and anger in the world - or at least among the people posting and commenting. (Maybe it’s just that non-angry people don’t spend much time in this kind of spaces.)
In contrast, when I think about my own life, I realize that I’m almost never angry. I feel many other negative emotions, sure, but anger isn’t one of them, and even when it arises it's usually quite short-lived. I can’t even name a single person I hate - neither in my personal life nor in the media. I simply don’t spend time dwelling on people I’m not interested in or being angry at the world for not meeting my expectations.
This makes me wonder: is my experience rare or unusual? Or is hate and anger simply overrepresented in the media because those emotions motivate people to engage, making them seem far more widespread than they actually are?
I'm trying to understand rather than criticize. I can't take credit for not being angry because whatever tha skill is doesn't translate into other things like anxiety. I'm anxious about equally trivial things and I can't help myself. I guess I'm just glad I don't need to deal with this constant anger too.
Experiences with insulating eBike battery for cold weather riding?
So, it’s well-known that lithium batteries lose capacity when temperatures drop well below freezing. However, since they generate some heat while discharging too, it seems logical that insulating the battery to retain this heat could help extend range in cold weather. My question is whether this makes a noticeable difference in real-world use?
I’ve been browsing eBay, but most covers seem to fall into two categories: uninsulated rain covers for external batteries or neoprene sleeves for built-in ones. My fatbike has an external battery, so I quickly jerryrigged a cover using a 20mm Armaflex sheet I had lying around. While it obviously didn’t hurt, I can’t say I noticed much improvement either.
Does anyone have long-term experience with insulating battery covers? I’d also appreciate recommendations for a good cover for external battery or tips on how to DIY one.
My latest shenanigans - Studding a fatbike tire with screws
For the vast majority of winter I get by perfectly fine without studs simply by having wide tires and running so low pressures that the gauge doesn't even register. However, there's that handful of trips, especially towards the end of the winter, that I could really use the extra grip you get with studded tires. I decided to continue on the custom / diy theme with my bike mods and used 13mm self-tapping screws instead of dedicated tire studs. It's ones with a wide, flat base but I'm still considering taping over them to protect the tubes.
This is the rear wheel, I think I'm only doing the outside row on the front. I only have about 25% of the knobs studded and the increase in grip is already immense.
My latest shenanigans - Studding a fatbike tire with screws
For the vast majority of winter I get by perfectly fine without studs simply by having wide tires and running so low pressures that the gauge doesn't even register. However, there's that handful of trips, especially towards the end of the winter, that I could really use the extra grip you get with studded tires. I decided to continue on the custom / diy theme with my bike mods and used 13mm self-tapping screws instead of dedicated tire studs. It's ones with a wide, flat base but I'm still considering taping over them to protect the tubes.
This is the rear wheel, I think I'm only doing the outside row on the front. I only have about 25% of the knobs studded and the increase in grip is already immense.
YSK: On the internet you can just freely say what you really think even if you know it's unpopular.
This isn't your college or work place break room. If people are saying something you disagree with you can just say it and you won't be fired or ostracized for it. Yeah, people will probably get angry and say mean things to you but those are just words which can be ignored. Offence is taken, not given.
This is mostly for the lurkers who upvote unpopular opinions but don't comment. You can speak up - you're not alone.
What is a stance you hold that goes against your personal preferences but you believe is the right thing to do?
For example, I don’t use TikTok. I never have, and I never will, and I’d advise everyone else to get off the platform too. I genuinely believe it’s objectively harmful to people’s mental health and possibly even a threat to democracy. That said, I also believe people should be free to decide for themselves whether they want to use it or not, which is why I’m against the U.S. government banning it.
How to get properly high from home-made edibles?
I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or just not using enough weed.
I've tried making cannabutter before but it's a ton of work and all I get is a mild buzz. I'm experienced smoker with high tolerances but people have said that this shouldn't be a factor with edibles because the active ingredient is different when it's processed by your liver. This doesn't seem true on my experience.
I don't care about taste - I just want to get high. Yesterday I made 'firecrackers' with 1g of grinded bud that I had decarbed in 120C (240f) for 40 minutes. I had it covered with foil and was monitoring the temperature with electric thermometer. I then sprinked this on top of a cracker with peanut butter on it and covered it with another one. Again - after an hour I realized I was somewhere at [3] which I could've achieved by just smoking a joint with half of that amount of weed.
What gives?