In fairness, the US tech industry made it extremely hard to discuss them without discussing politics too, since they’re getting themselves more and more involved in policy.
many with more than 100 points, some with > 1000 points and >1000 comments.
[flagged] just pushes them off of the front page, they're still highly active and [showdead] can show you the comments being killed - largely they're hyper-partisan (either side), full nazi, crazy kill the rich, etc. Not many polite reasoned comments being killed regardless of stance.
I'm Australian BTW - it's all a sideshow to me, aside from the crazy tariffs and nuclear threat parts, etc.
minor at best given my age, location, and general setup.
I was probably in more danger in Rajasthan on 11 May 1998 when India suprise detonated three nukes within our visual horizon and impounded our aircraft on landing.
Risk is relative.
My father is down the hall watching TV ATM, he was born in 1935 and caught rabbits and such to feed his younger borothers and sisters when his father went off to WWII, Singapore fell amd trade in and out of the state ceased for a few years.
Don’t you think that’s selfish? I don’t live in most countries of the world (obviously) but I can still empathise with fellow human beings struggling elsewhere in this globalised planet. I don’t believe other problems are unimportant because they don’t directly apply to me.
Considering all the environmental protections being rolled back, you and your family will be affected sooner than you think.
