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ah yeah I figured it wasn’t quite right, I just remember seeing the codec on the details and figured it was tied to it, thanks.

On codecs and bitrate? It’s basically codec = file type (.avi, .mp4) and bitrate is how much data is sent per second for the video. Videos only track what changed between frames, so a video of a still image can be 4k with a really low bitrate, but if things are moving it’ll get really blurry with a low bitrate even in 4k.

I never understood why this was seen as a good counterargument. I think the hedonist would say just say “yes, hook me up” assuming people aren’t suffering in the real world that they would otherwise be helping. The reason for wanting to make change is if people are suffering, so if no one is suffering the hedonist would just say sign me up, no?

This is what makes it feel pretty unfair to me, because many people that’s just not their personality. What if the person I really want to be is someone pleasant to be around but MOST people wouldn’t really want to date? I.e. being really esoteric, being quieter, really standing up for what they believe in (to the point where it’s annoying for 99% of people), whatever.

I know many people like that and I’m like yeah this person is nice fun to be around and pretty cool, but they’re too extreme in one way or another. Don’t get me wrong they COULD still find someone, but if you’re weird/different then your pool is a little reduced, and if you don’t want to be the center of attention it’s reduced multiplicatively. It’s like them being nice and pleasant and being the best version of themselves is great, but it can still be really really difficult for them to find someone.

Nah it’s just an example of “Republicans do something illegal then say something stupid to try and get people arguing about that instead.” You can replace the epstein files with no kings protests, trump breaking laws by deploying the national guard, anything that actually matters. Point is don’t take the bait and pay any attention to asinine stuff like this.

Any time someone mentions this:

You’re comparing the fringe even on lemmy to the average maga voter. The top posts on lemmy are saying that not voting is voting for fascism, so vote for kamala even if it’s just the lesser of two evils. Block lemmy.ml and lemmy.grad if this is what you’re seeing, those are loud but minority voices.

Even assuming your argument were valid, it’s still not true. Some experts have said Israel is committing genocide. Kamala supports Israel. Someone voted for kamala, therefore they are supporting genocide. This logic is faulty, but there is SOME logic there.

Compare this to, we want to help the economy, coal is good and solar is bad…? We just tore down all the solar and hurt the economy…???

If I’m mistaken please show me the logic in the 2nd case?

As to not knowing anything about Palestine or Israel, there is research showing incomplete information is often worse than no information. Someone knowing a few events and being able to point to it on a map could mean LESS than nothing. We need someone who fully understands the history of that area, so for the average person that means either spending 40+ hours researching it, or looking at what the experts who have already done the research and know MUCH more about that entire region were saying, which was “Israel is committing genocide.” Taking the majority opinion of experts and forming an opinion based off that is not illogical at all.

To quote you exactly:

They have distanced themselves so far from an alt-right ideology- that they have circled all the way back around to being comparatively identical in their absence of logic.

If you are talking about the specific instance of “labeling all protestors as antifa” vs “supporting Israel is supporting genocide”… some experts claim Israel is supporting genocide, so the logic is “if someone is supporting Israel they are supporting genocide.” and the protestors all being antifa “members” is just… false. These are not even close to the same level of illogical.

If you mean more generally, my points show they are not comparatively identical in their lack of logic.

The alt right claims to care about the rule of law yet they are breaking the law and disregarding due process, and deporting american citizens as a result. They deployed the national guard to a state against the state’s wishes, illegally, to stand there and do next to nothing. There is no logic here.

The alt right claims they want to help the economy yet their president just threw away a solar project that was already underway to get coal that will be more expensive. There is no logic.

The left claims people who support Israel are supporting genocide. You can disagree with this but there are experts who claim the same. The logic is “some experts claim Israel is committing genocide, therefore if someone supports Israel they are supporting genocide.” Again, you can disagree with the logic, but there is at least a single thought being had, which can not be said for the far right examples.

The right: we just scrapped a major solar farm that would be cheaper than coal, then lied to everyone and said coal would be cheaper and the environmental impacts don’t exist. Also, we have unidentified ice agents wearing masks raiding peoples houses, sometimes kidnapping American citizens, and the national guard deployed unconstitutionally. We have 80% support for this.

The left: if you don’t support hamas you support genocide

Truly both sides are the same level of illogical here, you nailed it.

It is extremely difficult to get people to do ANYTHING. Earth day was likely the most widely covered and supported protest in US history and only got 10% of the population. Being the 2nd largest protest in US history signifies there are a huge amount of people who can’t / aren’t motivated enough to go to a protest but still agree with the message. I can’t say it’s a majority from that, but from the 37% approval rating for the current president I can say most people don’t want our king president

and 75m voted for kamala and 40% didn’t vote. Every poll shows he has one of the lowest approval rating of any president and it keeps going down, so that 77m number is dropping quickly. These protests show doomers that maga is not America, and there are millions willing to fight.

Same I’m just being conservative (number wise, not politically) since there’s no 3rd party source yet

You’ve lost the plot brother. Showing your fellow Americans that the people who hate this are not the minority makes people willing to fight. Your senators and your governors are seeing millions of people don’t support this. The last protest was one of the biggest in US history. The previous protest may be part of the reason democratic senators are putting their foot down for the most recent spending bill. They know they have the backing of the American people to fight this. If things get worse, I know I have at least a couple million other people who are willing to fight with me.

Can’t believe how many people haven’t even heard of it when it’s one of the biggest protests in US history. Those left-leaning news channels sure doing their job by covering it for 5 minutes I guess. None of my friends nor 3 other people I talked to today even knew what the protest was or that it was happening until I told them about it.

Based The enemy of fascism is people feeling empowered to enact change. These protests show all of America that their fellow Americans don’t support this.

7m is what the organizers said but that’s probably including people who signed up and didn’t show up

Source: googled “no kings” and clicked abc news or something

Rip well next time you get a chance to talk, I’d just say do it when she’s not actively playing something otherwise it feels like complaining rather than hey this is important to me 🙏

Idk some of the worst comments I have ever seen are from .world users, maybe not super toxic but definitely redditor type responses. Maybe that’s just because .world is the most popular instance that I see it when I check a bad comment though ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I would say try asking her to hang out at a park or something BEFORE she is playing any game, so there’s nothing to be pulled away from. If she goes / the next time you both are alone say something like “hey it’s really fun hanging out like this but I feel like when you’re playing games so often we can’t do it as much, and it’s really important to me to be able to hang out with you.” And just be ready to emphasize that it’s important that it’s 1 on 1 time.

It also depends on the game because some are super high dopamine like league, in which case they kinda just need to be away from it for a week so other stuff becomes more fun.