Shard

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[–] Shard@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The founding fathers were correct. A pure democracy is also known as mob rule. Anytime you can get 51% to agree with you, you can do whatever you like.

If 51% vote to take the homes of black people, that's decided and done.

Which is why modern democracies are all some form of representative democracy. Which in theory is supposed to act as a sort of check and balance on the system.

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I appreciate your nuanced answer. That's something a lot of "why not just pay for YouTube premium" guys don't

You raised good points and if you're happy to pay for the convenience, I'm not going to fight you on that.

While I don't fully agree with paying for a service that doesn't listen to their customers(bring back dislikes), I can still see where you're coming from.

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Except those mosquitos with antifreeze for blood. God damn GMO monstrosities

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 142 points 6 days ago (30 children)

Alright where are all the YouTube premium apologetics that keep appearing everytime someone discusses any sort of Ad-blocker?! What do you guys have to say now?!

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Fines sound like a good idea.

After all, if you live in a democracy, voting is not just a right, its a responsibility. You fail to meet your responsibilities, believe it or not, fine.

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 99 points 1 week ago (14 children)

RIP democracy :(

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Yes technically almost every number is divisible by another in some way and you're left with a remainder that spans plenty of decimal places.

But common parlance when something is said to be divisible is that the end results is a round number...

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] Shard@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Male bear or female bear? My decision could be different...

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Holy shit. That's mildly terrifying...

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 50 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

So will the bowling ball gravitationally attract the earth to itself there by reach the earth an infinitesimally small amount?

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Anon used the word rizz. QED, anon is autist

 
 

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