Lukewarm, chilly…

Lemmy has actually made me more thoughtful about this. Like a lot of people here, I was previously on reddit, where most interactions were pretty toxic. Now I do try to think about how my contributions make the platform better or more useful for others.

I was a “top 1% poster” on reddit (according to them), but it was mostly garbage and reposts and “zingers” so even though it got a lot of updoots, it was not really helpful to people. There were some communities that were exceptions, where I put a lot of effort, research, etc., but they were more niche.

But if you don’t thoughtfully respond to every strawman, then the internet WINS!

Now what were we talking about? Something about how content impacts us or what?

Boooooooo

(take my upvote)

Not every law, but there are some policies that create bad situation when they are illegal in some states but not others. Historical examples are slavery, prohibition, voting rights, marriage equality, and abortion.

Slavery being legal in some states but not others led to the Civil War, prohibition led to mob wars, etc. States still have the power to legislate within the law, but setting federal limits is sometimes necessary so the States can remain United.

This is one example that I think makes sense. Different states have different fire risks and other reasons to prohibit or permit fireworks. Also, fireworks don’t tend to be an essential or regular part of people’s lives. Abortion is essential healthcare. Marijuana is a daily or frequent part of many users lives (and essential for some medicinal users).

Things like this, marriage equality, slavery, prohibition, voting rights, etc. function better when regulated at a federal level.

Exactly why marijuana policy should be federalized. (Probably not through the courts)

Of course. Iran is more like a monarchy. The king is still the king, but if the people are unhappy enough, the king might be compelled to give up influence to parliament.

Not a perfect analogy by any means, but I think it helps.

Truly superhuman.

More states need to do this.

This is also exactly why Roe v Wade made sense – not just because it was the morally correct decision. It ensures that you don’t have radical changes in laws from one jurisdiction to another. How can you have something be legally regarded as a felony in one state and standard healthcare a five minute drive away.

That’s the exact lead in of the Atlantic article about this (paywall)

The only way to stop a bad guy with pellets is a good guy with pellets.

Iranian elections are generally considered fair, although the candidates must be approved by the Supreme Leader, and wield very limited power, so it almost doesn’t matter if the elections are rigged or not.

If the Reformist candidate wins, it would be the first time that the president and Ayatollah are not in lock step. It could be interesting.

“I’d rather kill 100 innocent kids than retreat from one dangerous criminal.” /s

Sorry, your submission in “Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers” was removed for Repost https://lemmy.world/post/17029482.

Dunno, I think it was already pretty famous. The movie likely increased its notoriety a bit though.

Betteridge’s law of headlines is an adage that states: “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”

Anecdotes aside, prison stocks skyrocketed after Trump’s election. Anybody wonder why?

See, this is the most frustrating part of the American homeless crisis. Literally the cheapest solution is to just build free housing.

The cheapest solution is to just fix the problem, but instead we choose to do more expensive things that don’t do anything to address the issue, but may possibly make it temporarily someone else’s problem.

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