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Why can't we have our own little party here? Why do we have to have lots of users? in c/askexplodingheads@exploding-heads.com
[–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Main site has following rules:

  • No abusive language

  • No bigotry

  • No advertising

  • No pornography

Obviously last 2 aren't relevant here. First two, strictly as written, I wouldn't have issues with but I have seen sooo many leftists sites use the same language to basically virtue signal that they don't like conservatives, conservative ideas, or speaking out in any way against minorities.

Like I can understand not wanting slurs or personal attacks. But not being able to voice the opinion that affirmative-action hurts minorities or that gender-affirming care harms the patient as well as society without being called a bigot seems practically impossible on reddit or 99.999% of Lemmy instances.

Could be these guys interpret those rules literally like I do or could be they interpret things through a Critical Race Theory / leftist lens. I have no clue but I usually put it in reverse when I see this cuz it's so often the leftist interpretation.

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    • I REGRET NOTHING!!!!! in c/freeforum@exploding-heads.com
    [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    fwiw, we got a quasi-reddit like sub on nostr here: https://satellite.earth/n/explodingheads (mostly just people from here but you do get some crypto bots still if going thru browser than than app using MOB's relay but no human crypto fags as long as you stay in the sub. but gotta be honest - the UI is complete shit compared to lemmy or reddit). not expecting that'll change anybody's mind, just figured i'd mention tho

    Anyway, got plans for where you going instead? Ive made accoutns at a few places like gab and have been hopping around a few places. not much on lemmy... EH has spoiled tf out of me for wanting free speech again. but just curious if there's any more good places i missed 😃

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    • Why can't we have our own little party here? Why do we have to have lots of users? in c/askexplodingheads@exploding-heads.com
    I'm frustrated and sad in c/freeforum@exploding-heads.com
    I'm frustrated and sad in c/freeforum@exploding-heads.com
    [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    can fuck up your spine on any of them. i see people mess up their neck especially on phone/tablet, laptop, and desktop

    wish i had known what 'ergonomics' was before i spent my career on a computer messing mine up

    but yeah, i like bigger screens too 😉

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    • I'm frustrated and sad in c/freeforum@exploding-heads.com
    For anybody else that watched all or part of the debate: thoughts? in c/freeforum@exploding-heads.com
    For anybody else that watched all or part of the debate: thoughts? in c/freeforum@exploding-heads.com
    [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago

    yeah that part wasn't so great. i guess the thing I liked about her was pointing out the limitations of what the position of president can actually do. I feel like a lot of the debate is basically what amounts to "I'm for this" but realistically if you had house or senate packed with dems, then a republican pres would still be pretty limited. was just refreshing to see someone actualy acknowledge that i guess.

    But like I said, wasn't my 1st or 2nd pick or anything.

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    • For anybody else that watched all or part of the debate: thoughts? in c/freeforum@exploding-heads.com
    Somewhat cleanish source for 2024 Republican Debate (and offline backup instructions) in c/freeforum@exploding-heads.com
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    For anybody else that watched all or part of the debate: thoughts? (exploding-heads.com)
     

    I think I still prefer Trump and DeSantis is probably still my second pick.

    I don't really trust Vivek cuz he seemed to duck out on a straight answer to the 2A question. Since I'm a bit of 2A fanatic that was a major red flag (pun intended). Probably didn't help that I saw something online earlier about him having taken Soros money for business school.

    I went in not knowing jack shit about most of the others but especially unknown to me were Nikki Haley, Asa Hutchinson, Tim Scott, and Doug Burgum. Fuck; I probably wouldn't even have known who Christie was either if it wasn't for Alice making fun of him all over here lol. Don't think I'm a fan of Hutchinson at all.

    Was kinda surprised that I mostly liked a lot of Haley and Burgum's points. Not sure I agreed about Ukraine/Israel but she did make some fair points even on that. But if Trump and DeSantis weren't there, I'd consider them.

    Still wish my boy Josh Hawley had run tho

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    Somewhat cleanish source for 2024 Republican Debate (and offline backup instructions) (exploding-heads.com)
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    Not a huge fan of fox but everything else I saw on youtube on searching either had some streamer fags, wasn't the actual debate shit, was some other live stream that had other bullshit on the screen etc. If anybody has a better source, feel free to link to it cuz apparently i'm a retard and can't find it.

    https://www.foxnews.com/video/6335464873112

    BEGINNING NERD SHIT - YOU'VE BEEN WARNED

    This is the command I used to grab an offline copy in Linux (assumes you have yt-dlp and ffmpeg installed):

     yt-dlp -i -f bestvideo+bestaudio/best -S res:720 \
  -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' --progress \
  --windows-filenames --trim-filenames 140 --restrict-filenames \
  --no-warnings --prefer-free-formats --merge-output-format mkv \
  https://www.foxnews.com/video/6335464873112

    For me, it took a little over 15 minutes (cuz vpn) and I ended up with a 1.4 GB mkv file. You will probably need at least 2-3x that much free space for temp files but it cleans those up when done. If you want more/less resolution, try changing -S res:720 to -S res:1080 or -S res:480 or whatever. If they have that res, then it should work.

    Why would you want an offline copy? Maybe you want to take screens or run it thru mkv-merge-gui and grab meme clips. Maybe you want to be able to jerk off to Christie. Or you just like archiving shit. How tf should I know.

    All the tools I used are open-source and should have windows ports. I don't use windows/mac but the commands should work the same on either. android and ios i have no fucking idea, sorry.

    I asked 100 trans people... in c/freeforum@exploding-heads.com
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    [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    yeah, totally get this. replace 'phone' with 'computer' and 'sad' with 'bored' and you could be talking about me too.

    some advice i got secondhand from a fren's therapist was to try to do at least one thing different from your normal routine everyday just to break established patterns. drive a different route, exercise, clean something you don't have to, try something new for dinner, reach out to a buddy or relative you haven't talked to in a bit, whatever. friend had been going thru depression when he got the advice but i tihnk its good regardless. i just need to kick myself in the ass and actually follow it lol

    i listened to one of the jordan peterson audiobooks last year and it had some similar stuff in there. i think one of the examples was if you had let your paperwork pile up and were overwhelmed by the task, then start off with 1 or 2, just do some small piece and force yourself to come back to it and keep doing small pieces. probably can be adapted to a lot of stuff but my brain is shutting down for the day and can't really think

    another friend swears by getting a dog. i've thought about doing that too. if you actually take them out to dog parks, exercise, etc could even add to social aspect. i like big dogs but am horribly lazy. especially since i'd probably want a retired police dog or something similar

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    Am I understanding the claim right for the DeSantis and Soros thing? (exploding-heads.com)
     

    Was talking with an uncle today and at some point we were talking about backup choices if Trump doesn't run for whatever reason. I mentioned De Santis and unc said he heard something about DS getting endorsed by Soros. Did some googling and I think this is probably bogus but my uncle seems convinced for some reason or another.

    found lots of stuff, like here, saying that the whole rumor started cuz The Gateway Pundit basically fucked up and misinterpreted something soros was saying.

    and also this saying desantis suspended some soros prosecutors: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ron-desantis-suspends-second-soros-linked-prosecutor-for-alleged-neglect-of-duty/ar-AA1f16R8

    What do you guys think? Something to it, or my uncle's full of it? I did see this about Ramaswamy taking Soros money and gonna ask him tomorrow if he was thinking of the wrong guy maybe

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