Disclaimer: I am not trolling, I am an autistic person who doesn’t understand so many social nuances. Also I am from New Hampshire (97% white), so I just don’t have any close African-American friends that I am willing to risk asking such a loaded question.
I feel like this all hinges on the assumption that black people do not proportionally like watermelon and fried chicken more than other groups of people. I'd be interested in some stats on that. A quick search brought up this study which shows that they do https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9884589/
However, now I have to wonder if they eat more chicken than other ethnic groups due to generational poverty and the fact that chicken has been historically the most affordable meat. I didn't have any success finding the answer to that question.
Regardless, those foods are delicious and I'd be happy if a tradition of eating watermelon and fried chicken for Juneteenth became more popular. What really matters is if any significant amount of people actually feel discriminated against for it or if the social justice warriors are picking this fight on behalf of people that don't actually care.
A Quebec court judge has issued a scathing decision identifying major long-standing problems in youth protection services for Inuit children in Quebec's North, in a case where a teenage girl was sent to 64 different foster homes in less than 10 years....
Iranian police have arrested more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading satanism, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday....
the traits that we today associate with health will become disadvantageous in the future.
Yeah I can think of a few, like aging. 10000 years from now kids will be saying, "wow, those poor unevolved savages lived such short lives and only really got to enjoy the first little bit of it before they started falling apart. They even had genetic engineering at the time! Imagine how many people would be alive today if they hadn't been so scared to edit their genes to prevent aging." Then their teacher would come over and explain that it wasn't so easy at the time. There were still so many other problems they had to solve and related genes that need to be modified to avoid undesirable consequences, and let's get back on topic: how many planets fall under the rule of the galactic empire including our own planet Urth?
A familiar horror reached Pooja Kanda first on social media: There had been a sword attack in London. And then Kanda, who was home alone at the time, saw a detail she dreaded and knew all too well....
But if the rate of knife attacks are currently the same, then logically it would make sense that knife attack rate would be much greater in the US than UK if guns were to be banned because some percentage of the current gun crime rate would convert to knife crimes. I guess the US is just a more violent place in general.
The best controller I arguably thing is the 360 controller. It just feels right to use in fighting games and fps. I like xboxs layout with the analog sticks....
I really like the ps5 controller. It's comfortable, and the haptic feedback on the shoulder buttons is a really cool feature imo. The resistance is variable on the shoulder buttons so depending on what you're doing in game, it can be harder or easier to depress the button. I thought that was cool.
Yes, this is in relation to the closing of Tango Gameworks and Arcane Austin. Is there some immediate monetary benefit behind it that I have no idea about? Is it so they can keep the IPs and not have to deal with the developers? Are the Studios too expensive for anyone to buy? I honestly don't understand how these executives...
What's stopping the employees from the shut down studio from simply making a new studio and continue making good games? They would have to come to with a new IP but it's still a strong position.
It bugs me when people say "the thing is is that" (if you listen for it, you'll start hearing it... or maybe that's something that people only do in my area.) ("What the thing is is that..." is fine. But "the thing is is that..." bugs me.)...
Ah yes, the super chad of its console generation, tons of great games, dvd playback, and PS1 compatibility! What's not to love about this legendary system?...
Louisiana's new "Ten Commandments" law actually contains eleven commandments ( boingboing.net )
Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day? ( old.lemmy.world )
Disclaimer: I am not trolling, I am an autistic person who doesn’t understand so many social nuances. Also I am from New Hampshire (97% white), so I just don’t have any close African-American friends that I am willing to risk asking such a loaded question.
Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” ( arstechnica.com )
Canada’s rich getting richer, StatCan report finds, with 90% of Canadian wealth now in the hands of homeowners ( www.thestar.com )
https://archive.ph/JxZih...
He has cancer — so he made an AI version of himself for his wife after he dies ( www.npr.org )
Company he works at eternos.life
The Russian destroyer "Admiral Levchenko" is on fire in the Barents Sea - Pletenchuk, Navy spokesman ( sopuli.xyz )
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/hJkTbmKqwsBKdqWe/
I think this was the little reprobate that woke me up at 1am screaming for its mama. ( pixelfed.crimedad.work )
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/702253073847662361...
Google has more than doubled Play Store's app price limit to $1,000 ( www.androidauthority.com )
Neverminding the evidence to the contrary. ( lemmy.world )
Judge slams Quebec youth protection after Inuk teen placed in 64 different foster homes ( www.cbc.ca )
A Quebec court judge has issued a scathing decision identifying major long-standing problems in youth protection services for Inuit children in Quebec's North, in a case where a teenage girl was sent to 64 different foster homes in less than 10 years....
DuckDuckGo is down. Is there any info about it?? ( lemmy.world )
Update: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-outage-affects-bing-copilot-duckduckgo-and-chatgpt-internet-search/...
Ocean water is rushing miles underneath the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ with potentially dire impacts on sea level rise ( www.cnn.com )
Iran arrests 260 people for spreading 'satanism and nudity' ( abcnews.go.com )
Iranian police have arrested more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading satanism, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday....
Platforms wonder why piracy is spiking ( www.skynews.com.au )
It's not even surprising anymore platforms do this & act all Pikachu face why piracy is spiking...
A bit of a weird question: Can modern medicine be a threat to humanity long-term by greatly reducing effects of natural selection?
OK, I hope my question doesn't get misunderstood, I can see how that could happen....
UK petition of "Require videogame publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state" just got thrown back to the Government
I just received this email saying that the response "did not respond directly to the request of the petition"...
Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training ( arstechnica.com )
"I lost trust": Why the OpenAI team in charge of safeguarding humanity imploded ( www.vox.com )
Nacho is a Dapper Man ( lemmy.world )
Cat sitting while our friends are out and my wife snapped this fantastic photo. Such a funny and loving guy
Rise in UK knife attacks leads to a crackdown and stokes public anxiety ( apnews.com )
A familiar horror reached Pooja Kanda first on social media: There had been a sword attack in London. And then Kanda, who was home alone at the time, saw a detail she dreaded and knew all too well....
Ghost of Tsushima, on Steam, will be unavailable in countries without PSN ( nitter.poast.org )
Twitter link...
Polyamorule ( files.catbox.moe )
Gonna need to be a full on poly commune at this rate if prices keep going up.
Favourite controllers
The best controller I arguably thing is the 360 controller. It just feels right to use in fighting games and fps. I like xboxs layout with the analog sticks....
What is the benefit of closing Studios? Why not sell them?
Yes, this is in relation to the closing of Tango Gameworks and Arcane Austin. Is there some immediate monetary benefit behind it that I have no idea about? Is it so they can keep the IPs and not have to deal with the developers? Are the Studios too expensive for anyone to buy? I honestly don't understand how these executives...
'Underwater bicycle' propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed ( newatlas.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/159545...
Don't forget to tip your doctor for a good service ( lemmy.world )
What linguistic constructions do you hate that no one else seems to mind?
It bugs me when people say "the thing is is that" (if you listen for it, you'll start hearing it... or maybe that's something that people only do in my area.) ("What the thing is is that..." is fine. But "the thing is is that..." bugs me.)...
The PlayStation 2
Ah yes, the super chad of its console generation, tons of great games, dvd playback, and PS1 compatibility! What's not to love about this legendary system?...
Added Bugs to Keep my job ( sh.itjust.works )
There's no place like `[::1]`
I bet all those people that got tattoos of "There's no place like 127.0.0.1" are so embarrassed now that IPv6 has been adopted globally.
Not like that ( sh.itjust.works )
Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads ( apnews.com )
Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature. Biden expected to sign on Wed. ( apnews.com )