Yeah, famously, the US doesn’t oppress minorities because of all the guns.

He’s a less likable version of Rimmer.

Mediocre executives loathe it with every fibre of their being.

So, I get what you mean, but for me, it’s this kind of fluff that helps make it feel like a community, rather than a curated RSS feed.

Is there an option for “being tortured right now?”

Yeah, the Arch Wiki is incredible, even as a non-Arch user, it’s such a valuable source of knowledge.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/29/nz-mulls-harsher-law-against-refugee-boat-arrivals-despite-no-refugee-boats-ever-having-arrived - we’re trying to be more dickish. Seriously, we’re doing a shit job of it.

You wouldn’t be able to tell based on our quotas, which are some of the lowest per capita in the world.

https://www.matterprints.com/journal/community/the-privilege-of-being-non-political/ - this articulates my view pretty well.

Bear in mind, saying “I don’t want to discuss politics” is a political position, it’s an active endorsement of the status quo.

It’s not “perceived”, it’s measurable.

“At a basic fundamental level, when a Māori patient hits that surgical wait list they’re already far behind their non-Māori counterparts."

Seems pretty straight-forward to me.

This is a great idea. It absolutely triggers the people we don’t want in here. :)

Yup. Decent people have no interest in debating whether or not people have the right to exist.

Pretty sure that describes pretty much the entire planet now.

I dunno. I feel like there was quite a lot of discussion of those events, for quite a long period of time. If you’re wanting to support the anti-vaxers and hate-peddlers, on the other hand, yeah, I don’t think we’re going to be friends.

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