[-] Alk@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

I understand that the Olympics is very diverse and that's fantastic. But for people who think diversity isn't our strength, would watching the Olympics really challenge that idea for them? In other words, would they actually think that the Olympics being diverse makes the Olympics "stronger"?

I think this tweet is missing the fact that these people would prefer the Olympics if it wasn't diverse, and it would be better in their eyes if it wasn't. In their eyes, its strength doesn't come from diversity.

I can see someone making some dumbass argument like "oh yeah if diversity is our strength why are all the runners black?" or something like that. Racists aren't squirming in their seats while watching the Olympics like this tweet suggests, even if I wish they were.

[-] Alk@lemmy.world 51 points 2 weeks ago

And it still looks and plays like a game from 10 years ago. (Still very fun, but damn.)

[-] Alk@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I tried revolt and... It sucks. None of my friends are on revolt. None of my bots work on revolt. Same with matrix. Matrix is horrible for large communities where discord offers inheritable permissions, forum channels, channels that only some users can see, its just not the same use case at all.

Also please link the original YouTube link. I don't like invidious, I have my own preferred frontend. Don't force people to use the frontend that you like. I use freetube, which is just as private and better for my needs. But I can't automatically open freetube if you don't link the original YouTube link. Same with people who use literally any other frontend than invidious.

[-] Alk@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago

It's not trying to be impressive, just historical. All knowyourmeme pages are like that.

[-] Alk@lemmy.world 36 points 3 months ago

Then so is the question. The answer is yes. The specifics and timeline are what people disagree on.

[-] Alk@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago

They don't require a secondary email address.

[-] Alk@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago

I wouldn't say it's the biggest strain for me, that's rent. But it might be the biggest increase in price lately.

[-] Alk@lemmy.world 43 points 4 months ago

That tends to happen when you get hit by an explosive.

[-] Alk@lemmy.world 48 points 4 months ago

What is everyone's opinions on the sound quality of vinyl?

I understand the collectibility of physical media, and the novelty of owning a vinyl and the machine that plays them. The large art piece that is the case (and often the disc itself). Showing support for your favorite artists by owning physical media from them.

Those are great reasons to collect vinyl.

But a lot of my friends claim vinly is of higher audio quality than anything else, period. This is provably false, but it seems to be a common opinion.

How often have you seen this and what are your thoughts on it?

[-] Alk@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Fun story. I had a flip phone years ago and you could have multiple recipients to a single text. And if the text was multiple pages, it would split into several texts. And you could resend already sent texts.

So one time I put in my girlfriend's phone number in all 20 recipient slots. I then filled the text to the max size, though I don't remember how many it split into. I then resent it over and over. This all took like 2 or 3 minutes.

Her phone was sending notifications over and over for the entire rest of the day. I'd guess at least 8 hours, probably more.

[-] Alk@lemmy.world 37 points 8 months ago

How far they've fallen since halo. It's very sad.

[-] Alk@lemmy.world 47 points 9 months ago

Sell it on ebay for cheap and I'm sure some poor sap who lost or broke theirs will be very thankful for a cheap replacement.

view more: ‹ prev next ›

Alk

joined 1 year ago