Kirk

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sarek felt that he could have demonstrated more affection towards his human wife in a way that was meaningful to her. That is not the same thing as saying that Vulcan culture is unaffectionate, or that other Vulcans would consider Sarek as not affectionate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not in New York City apparently but yes hopefully they're more affordable for smaller libraries.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

OP is referring to Vulcan culture. Sarek's displays of affection would probably not be considered "restrained" in a Vulcan-Vulcan relationship.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good advice, also Fedora's "atomic" distros are both bleeding edge and extremely stable!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I agree with you completely. No disrespect to Mint, but immutability is (IMO) possibly the most important advancement for Linux adoption in its entire history. I would love to see more distros release immutable versions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I don't know if it's correct to say that Vulcan culture is unaffectionate, just thay they don't express affection in the way you are used to. Remember: Spock was played the way he was in the 1960s to demonstrate the distance humans are willing to go to tolerate other cultures, no matter how (literally in this case) alien.

There's definitely a lot to unpack in suggesting that their culture deserves to "fail" because they do not assimilate (lol) into your culture.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Am I taking crazy pills or does the first panel does not reflect reality whatsoever? In my experience, Americans (the citizenry) regularly, openly, and loudly criticize and/or mock dictators and oppressive regimes, the federal government historically does not allow for normal business or trade to occur with them, and in several cases in recent history (for better or worse) the military physically intervenes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

The function of accounts like the one you are replying to is to encourage cynicism and inaction among otherwise anti-fascist people.

Failing that, they will try to exhaust you with “debate”.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I know what some of those words mean!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Your points are all correct, but I feel it's also important to remember that nobody owns and operates "Lemmy". It's entirely volunteer operated and while it has two full-time devs, they're paid by donations (and not very much). There is no budget or UX/UI department to do A/B onboarding testing or anything.

What I'm saying is that if there is something you feel needs changing nobody would stop you (in fact they would welcome you!) from rolling up your sleeves and trying to address it (like @[email protected] is doing with this community)!

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