Sounds like you need to learn to mask your data then, can’t steal anything if it’s all obfuscated. And I stand to my point, after spending the past 4 days just chatting with regular Chinese folk a lot of things I’ve heard over here just stopped making sense.

Believe it or not, they’re regular people too (Crazy I know) And no matter what your stance is on it, it’s undeniable the US govt has a massive hate boner for both China and Russia, and has a vested interest in shit talking them, the people I’m talking to are coming to the same realization that Americans aren’t all rich and greedy, and that kind of cultural exchange is priceless and infinitely wholesome.

who knows I may try to break into the Russian internet sphere next and see what else I’m missing out on.

That’s the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard. What do you think happens when you use American apps? 😂 You’re literally just scared of it because you were told it’s bad. Know how I know? Because you haven’t tried it.

Yeah that Chinese propaganda? Memes and recipes for cola wings. Educate yourself and maybe stop listening to all that American propaganda.

Come on over to redNote, it’s literally a gigantic cultural exchange, maybe the biggest so far in history

Can’t wait until they enshittify, the way I see it, everything will eventually, even Lemmy. It’s up to us to not settle too hard in one place

Lol good luck getting the masses on board

Cuck Nation unite

Wouldn’t it make more sense to test aerodynamics of a cat in a dynamic pose?

The hilarious part is, I never even said I would keep calling someone dude if they asked me to stop, that’s just something you extrapolated and have been running with 😂

Did you get on an alt for this?

Nah, an insult would be me telling you “okay boomer” then blocking you to end this dumb back and forth

Yeah that’s not how language works, that’s how pestering works, just because you don’t like to be called Apple and I call you an apple doesn’t mean that apple is now magically an insult word.

I don’t know why this is so hard for you

You’re arguing that the context is subjective to the word provided yes? Yet your example is also subjective, clearly when your friends call you bitch it’s not meant as an insult. I can’t think of a single instance in which using dude as an insult is going to get someone offended on purpose, where bitch definitely can be used purposefully.

That’s because bitch is an insult

Using “dudes” as a common noun, is different from using “dude” as a vocative, apples to oranges my dude

Dude is gender neutral

Yes everyone has this drawer

Luigi, bro, you on Lemmy? Lmk

Reddit is literally acting the same way, I’ve seen cross posts the entire time

Same on Twitter and Blue sky

Hell I’ve even seen it on tumblr

It sounds rough to say, but I genuinely think this is part of a new American revolution, the people have had enough. It shows, I’m not saying we should go out and kill execs, but I am saying I wouldn’t be surprised if something like that happens.

Let me ask counter OP, say a full out rebellion occurred against the corporate oligarch class, ten years from now we have had a bloody and violent change from people who felt they had no other recourse. It was unpleasant but now we are in a society where the general public is much better off and it was generally remembered as a “war on corporate corruption” and the rich are much less willing to tread on their fellow man

In this pretend scenario the killers are now labeled freedom fighters, and public opinion is that it was a necessary overthrow of an unjust system. How would you realistically feel about the man now? I believe it’s all about societal context, and and the line between justice and a slaying does tend to blur after a certain, very extreme point has been crossed.

Now In reality, has that point been crossed yet? I don’t know, that’s yet to be determined, but I feel we will know sooner or later