KombatWombat

I do the same, but I think they were asking for people who can't pay it off. Those are absurd rates.

Fair enough.

Wow! Hosting terrorists on your stream is so perfect! So is blasting propaganda music with flags saying "death to the jews" on them!

The "hosting terrorists" part would be referring to the Houthi soldier he interviewed on stream. I personally don't have a problem with having controversial people on for stuff like interviews but the problem was more that Hasan was trying to make him seem more appealing and only giving him soft-balls.

• The Houthi guy was talking about guarding captured foreign merchant ship crews and making them dance and Hasan was talking about how much fun that must have been.
• Hasan later cut him off and redirected when he started talking about how the knife on the shelf behind him can't be sheathed until tasting blood.
• Hasan ran out of prepared questions pretty quickly so he started asking him about what his favorite anime was and what fast food they had available there. He was just generally trying to make him seem relatable.
• Someone in chat wanted Hasan to ask about if they would release the hostages if peace or a ceasefire was negotiated and Hasan something like "I'm not asking him that, of course he would".
• He later described it as "like talking to Anne Frank".

The "blasting propaganda music" refers to him showing a Yemeni propaganda music video on stream to a guest and viewers. The lyrics were mainly about all the weapons and war supplies they wanted, and what they would use them for. It honestly was just bizarre and left everyone confused since there wasn't really context for showing it.

I love how people (rightfully) called out Pewdiepie for jokingly paying guys to put "death to jews" on a sign, but when hasan does it unironically its okay

Not sure if the "Death to Jews" thing is referring to something specific or just that Hamas is very vocally anti-Israel.

Yeah maybe you're right about Kamala's unpopularity being reflected on Democratic congressional candidates. Everyone's quick to point fingers about why the election results are the way they are (myself included of course), but it's honestly hard to say which factor had the most impact.

And I feel the same way about the electoral + popular vote thing. If the Democrats are going to lose anyway, a convincing defeat can at least be a wake up call for change. And this way we don't have to worry (much) about people claiming it was rigged.

That sucks, but good on you for looking out for others. What community was it? If you want to call out bad mods, you could make a post on yepowertrippinbastards or fediverselore. Besides letting others know about the injustice, hearing about the drama can be very entertaining.

I really suggest people don't block it. Lemmy needs active users and communities engaging with each other and while it is going to have some crazies just from how many people are on it, it should also be the least vulnerable to group think. When I hear of another instance defederating I always suspect it of being a fringe echo chamber.

Honestly though I would defend the man too. Take from that what you will, but I'll just say it's usually good to be exposed to people who disagree with you.

Yeah according to fedidb it has about 36% of users, and over 5 times the amount of the next highest. It will probably represent the general public better than anything else.

This is clearly a silica gel shill. Do not listen to the propaganda.

The dotnet conference is happening right now and I was surprised to hear a couple of the speakers advertising their Bluesky. They had accounts on other social media too, but that seemed to be their main one. These are tech enthusiasts so it makes some sense, but it's always seemed like an afterthought whenever I've seen profiles linked before.

On reddit there was r/comedyhomicide for these cases where someone felt the need to tack on a random reaction to something funny. As if the viewer needs to be guided to what their reaction should be. It always reminded me of a laugh track.

The obvious answer is that it's fast, tasty, and requires minimal effort for the consumer, especially if it's getting delivered. But it also tends to be very cheap compared to dining out. I don't know what you are ordering where a combo is so much but I normally get a bunch of food from Taco Bell to eat over the course of two days. I can get 2000 calories of food I like to eat for $12.

It's true that Trump had a simple majority of votes, but you can win the electoral college and lose the popular vote; this is typically what happens for Republican victories. Kamala lost MI, PA, and WI by 3% or less. If those had flipped, she would have had her 270. You are right that third party votes wouldn't have been enough though. The bigger problem was reduced turnout from people not voting at all.

The fact that Republicans also managed to do so well in Congress to me suggests that the problem for Democrats wasn't really just their choice for presidential candidate. Voters really care about immigration and inflation right now, and those tend to be stronger for Republicans.