lurch (he/him)

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Cake day: October 4th, 2023

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  • I disagree. New smartphones may have a few better specs, but are overall worse than older models.

    For example, they are getting bigger and bigger and can’t be operated one handed any more, even with Androids one-handed mode, because the zoom makes everything tiny.

    Newer phones become hotter, batteries more likely to turn into spicy pillows.

    More bloatware preinstalled, like AI stuff or “AR Emoji” etc.

    The camera notches are growing too, even though most people would be fine with notchless cameras.

    They are getting heavier and thicker too. In 2015 we had 5.1mm 98g phones. Not even a notch. It all went downhill from there.

    And don’t even get me started on the prices.


  • yeah, that’s a weak reason against violent protests. stronger ones are:

    • the violence is often misdirected at people not able to bring change, eg. small businesses or cars.
    • the violence exhausts protesters. many of them being crippled or killed by police, until the protests are suppressed by too few motivated protesters being left.

    btw cops love violent protests. they get to kill maim and torture more people than usual. it’s what many of them signed up for and look forward to with excitement. sometimes they have off duty cops in plain clothes infiltrating protesters to start the carnage. all it takes is throwing one stone near a collegue with shield and helmet to give him an excuse to go on a rampage against innocent protesters, while the infiltrator sneaks off








  • That’s not the point tho. In Germany, to prevent another dictatorship, there are laws that forbid going against the constitution, which also guarantees free speech and the right to a personal opinion (Art 5). This medium is constantly publishing unconstitutianal propaganda and sometimes even trying to incite coups that would lead to abolishment of the constitution. So they are actually attacking free speech among other freedoms, like equality and religious freedom.