bitwaba

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[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I think it's mainly just conventional thinking showing up: there's an assumption that everyone that is going to vote will vote, therefore if team A is behind team B, the only way team A can win is if they take votes from team B.

I hear my colleagues speak like this all the time (and they're quite educated and intelligent). I don't think it's the media trying to paint a picture where the left needs to be more right/center, I just think they're writing articles in terms that their audience understands (or at least understands well enough to be able to sum up in a headline to get that valuable click for advertising)

Obviously our election numbers are more complex than that. You can convince eligible voters that werent going to show up to actually show instead. Convincing the other side to stay home is another effective method. Passing legislation that prevents the other side from showing up is even more effective, which is why we see a lot of voter suppression things going on.

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like Pesto without as much smashing or grinding, and more olive oil.

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

The devs feel a moral obligation to show you Yennefer's tits

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Except for the fact that I didn't in mention any specific product, so I literally didn't market anything.

Your response also reads like a bot, using the rule of three then punctuating it with your conclusion.

Effective means of communication are effective. It's only sensible bots would be written to use the most effective method possible to get their points across.

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

So ... every day?

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

they are usually only at governme t buildings

Unless there's a football match on, then they're literally fucking everywhere

And there's always a football match on...

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You think bots talk about their own personal odor issues?

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He's a man in eyeliner. He can categorize broads however he wants. /s

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It's all tied to the old military thinking.

Russian soldiers are not fighting for Russia. Russian soldiers are fighting for their generals. Similar to how Roman armies worked, or... well, really like any army worked until we got to the nationalism level that eventually lead to WWI. One of the most effective ways the generals got their troops to follow them was allowing them the "spoils of war". Good ol' raping and pillaging.

By comparison the Ukrainian army is unified in their fight for Ukraine. They're not fighting for a person, they're fighting for their people. All the fighting happening inside Russian borders isn't to secure loot, it's to end the war so they can go home.

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The difference between regular soap and antibacterial soap is that the antibacterial agent is usually something like triclosan or triclocarban, which is meant to slow the growth of new bacteria.

This gives soap a 1 2 punch as when you wash you kill pretty much 100% of the bacteria, but bacteria is everywhere so you almost immediately start picking more up as soon as you start coming into contact with other surfaces (the shower knob, the door handle, your phone, etc) so the antibacterial agent will help prevent the explosive bacterial growth after you've acquired it.

To be clear, I'm not defending antibacterial soap. In 99% of cases regular soap does exactly what people need. As a regular person, if you're worried about bacterial contamination that much, you shouldn't be using antibacterial soap in place of regular soap when you wash - you should just be washing more often.

I personally do have a very specific benefit that I experience when I use antibacterial soap: it takes longer for me to start smelling after I start sweating. The difference is noticeable for me. Presumably it is noticeable for the people around me as well. I could fix this problem by showering more often, but when I already shower once a day I'm not gonna go grab a quick one after lunch just for the hell of it, especially since excess water use is a problem anyways. Also where the fuck am I gonna find a shower that I'm just free to use at lunch time? So, antibacterial soap, and deodorant, fills that time gap for me.

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

When I was in Dubai for work it was explained to me that while it is prohibited to drink alcohol for Muslims under normal situations, they are allowed to have alcohol as part of business meetings/dinners since they court an international audience for various business prospects which is crucial for their economic future as a county.

Supposedly, that's why everyone has a "business", and you always see 2 bros in white robes chillin at a restaurant having drinks for a "meeting".

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He's far from a typical C-suite.

He's decided to use his 25 billion to create a startup for AI powered zero-coms suicide attack drones.

That's not normal.

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