If there’s one thing Japan loves, it is economical competition. There are like 40 different ways to pay at a shop, it’s absurd.

Obviously not great if it’s punitive, but if it introduces new creative gameplay or story branching, it could be cool.

I know.

And for 1000000 times the cost of normal extraction probably.

You said this:

Arguing without the understanding that they have alternatives facts is wrong

I’m asking you why would you think that is not already integrated in my way, since I think it is implied by what I explained.

Honestly, it makes me wonder if you’ve actually interacted with these sorts.

Not the MAGA people since I don’t live in the USA, but French conservatives, mostly through the diversity of background that exists in sports activities.

The best approach that I’ve found is to beat them to the punch of saying things. Basically, make points before they can say stipid shit, they’re very easily manipulated if they haven’t already taken a stance in the conversation

I think this could work, but it limits the number of opportunities quite a lot. I see no reason to not try both.

Why would you think it’s without knowing they got intoxicated by fake news?
That’s the point, you think they have wrong ideas, so you push them gently to increase the chance that they will question them by themselves.
If that’s a poor way to do it, maybe you have a better way, what is it?

Yes, the fuck.

Just gently question those: oh, why do you think this? What do you think of those people who have another opinion? Keep pulling on whatever they give.

Try seemingly open-minded questions about what they think. Gently introducing questioning will avoiding confrontation can work to shake their beliefs. It can be satisfying to see them become more nuanced as they try to explain.

1. Human rights as a consensual starting pooint of what is good.
2. Rational skepticism, ranking knowledge/belief based on the proximity to an international scientific consensus.
3. Expressing my opinions and questioning others opinions in a polite and nuanced way that allows civilized discussion. It increases the chance of common progress rather than strengthening tribal bubbles.

I DONT KNOW MAYBE AN AMBULANCE WILL COME

I don’t think anyone slightly left will ever be happy with a Pope’s social policies because they are inevitably decades or centuries late to adjust to society. Francis started to open on welcoming homosexuals in the church, but he still said it’s a sin because any sex outside of mariage is a sin, and gay mariage is not allowed by the church.
Maybe Leo will make some new timid move like “maybe it’s not a sin after all, gotta think about it” but nothing revolutionary will happen.
Progressists as defined on Lemmy will never be elected pope.

It’s funny to imagine that they implemented the 51% rule because someone may have tried to scam the bank by trying to get a replacement for each half of the same bill.

Don’t Let Me Down, Just Don’t Start Now

I thought it was the Parisians you hated rather than the city.

I can confirm, we say Paris.

It is a real river, but it got suffocated by the Japanese concret folie. Here’s a 1847 view of the river, ukiyo-e by Hiroshige.

How many here are working for these tech bros or putting money on their companies?

Je pense qu’il y a beaucoup de sympathisant de gauche qui seraient d’accord avec le programme de LFI mais ne voteraient jamais pour, tant que Mélenchon est au commande. À mon avis, ils sont coincé entre le fait d’avoir un leader charismatique qui assure un cœur de fans solides et les parts d’ombres de ce même leader qui les empêchent de réunir le reste de la gauche ou quelques centristes.

I don’t think it will happen. Imgur used to be well supported by reddit because it was created for redditors. But since then they have done their own things, making the host function less convenient and they are not a reliable long term image storage anymore.