ADKSilence

Oh, I just mentioned it as a point of interest when discussing banning “acronyms”. Wasn’t meant to call you, the OP, out or anything. Just found it funny that mods would ban for acronyms, yet in the messages, use an acronym.

I mean, if in the context those posts were low-effort and didn’t contribute to the thread in any meaningful way, I could understand. Like sharing nothing but a reaction gif in a discussion heavy community could be seen as “low effort”.

But common acronyms? Yeah, that’s definitely a strange thing.

Also, isn’t GIF itself an acronym? something-or-other Image Format?

You’d get more for developing the land, yes. But depending on your area, and how you develop it, you might not profit from it.

Land with trees on it looks nicer, and draws a higher premium, but usually only if those trees are mature and provide benefits in the form of shade, use, etc.

A scraggly patch of undeveloped land with some scraggly new trees won’t see much of an increase.

Really depends on the market, and the effort you’re willing to put in if making money is the goal.

Just throwing an anecdote out there, but just went to nasa.gov myself, entered “Sally Ride” in their search box, and it pulled up several pieces about her. This is as of February 7th, 2025 for a reference for those that see this comment at some later date.

I don’t know if it’s wanting to see “The End” as you put it, but at least in my case I’m just tired of all the “We’re this close to doomsday!” stuff and think to myself “Holy crap, just get it over with already” - the idea being that after everything turns to absolute crap, the only direction left is back up.

Like either the world is going to end soon, or we’re going to figure out how to get along as a collective, global society. But while we’re stuck in between the two, it’s annoying.

People want spaces about a certain topic. It makes sense that people then “censor” things that don’t fit said topic.

Even if that topic is “Be kind”.

Just as with “free speech” in real life, online there are also limitations. If you disagree with those limitations, you have the freedom to go elsewhere. If you find that nowhere fits the kind of place you want to be in, make your own.

Just as people don’t have to tolerate being around others mouthing off in their face, so to can they take steps to avoid/prevent that online.

In my opinion, people that can’t fathom that concept are the ones most in need of that oversight.

I can say for certain that they dont. At least not all of the firearms. And “or else”? Really? Are you intending that to read as a threat, or merely a warning about said dumbfucks?

Because that sort of “threat” is a nice indicator of the type of person that shouldn’t have access to firearms.

Those dumbfucks are a vocal minority. We tend to forget that the internet is not necessarily representative of a population. So pretty much every “extreme” really ought to be taken with a grain of salt.

Spitwad blasters. Hard to get a good distance without some sort of directional control and air focus.

You’d think there’s enough global support that something might kick off elsewhere in the world. But those not having to deal directly with the nonsense going on in the US have the benefit of being able to sit back and spout off.

Sorry we’re not revolting fast enough. Kind of hard to do when things are generally equally split in the country, and the majority of folks need to keep going to work to keep food on the table.

Probably all as designed, but we’re all too damned tired and those doing things we don’t like know it.

I feel like if the nurse knew the instruction was false, following “orders” makes them just as complicit. And yes, obviously there are risks associated with telling someone with authority over you “You’re wrong”.

So I’m not a doctor, but I assume knowing basic anatomy is a requirement, right? Like, I just recently had an ultrasound and could tell what my liver was compared to other organs. Surely if an untrained eye can pick out a liver, surely a doctor should be able to…

Simplest way to put it is that prisons exist because some people simply cannot be allowed to live in “normal” society. Unfortunately, people have decided that this fate is no longer reserved for the worst of the worst/those that pose imminent danger, but now include “moral” offenses.

This is one of those topics where there is no “good” solution - only “less evil” options. And until humans as a species no longer have the various hold-over traits from our time before “civilization”, we’ll have to accept that we have to collectively make shitty choices.

Given the state of the world these days, 31 days is long enough for at least 3 very particular tasks. Any left over time, I’d probably just be bored and procrasturbate.

Hey all,

The dude that set that community up here. I just want to say to any that the topic might interest: Welcome. I look forward to seeing what others might have to share about Upstate whether news, events, or even just a “Man, this cold is brutal” commiseration thread.

Feel free to hit me up on kbin.earth, PieFed, or several other federated platforms. My username is spread around as I was working on getting my various federation feeds gathered in one spot.

See you out there,

ADKSilence~