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We weren't verifying things with our own eyes before AI came along either, we were reading Wikipedia, text books, journals, attending lectures, etc, and accepting what we were told as facts (through the lens of critical thinking and applying what we're told as best we can against other hopefully true facts, etc etc).

I'm a Relaxed Empiricist, I suppose :P Bill Bailey knew what he was talking about.

oi turn that tap off

When was it banned?

When I lived in the European Union we had surveillance cameras and microphones in all of our office spaces in the company I worked at.

Yes. I hate myself.

That's a lorry, not a bus.

Whadid y'all call me

I'm curious how they would convert this to be a functional Air Force One plane.

That aircraft is disassembled and reassembled almost entirely on a regular basis to keep it in tip top shape and find sabotage and issues, etc.

It's also equipped specially with military defences, and of course has an onboard suite of equipment and personnel to run a war from the sky, in air refuelling, etc etc.

It's an EXTREMELY specialised version of that very reliable aircraft, is what I'm saying.

How would they bring this new plane up to that standard, and why should they waste tax money on doing so? What's the benefit to the nation?

It all seems ridiculous from the outside looking in. It seems that they're just trying to appease a stupid man who thinks like a dodgy car salesman, and thus is happy to accept big dumb bribes, always getting the worst end of a deal, when the smarter people play him over and over.

...no?

That road is huuuge!

With lanes that wide it's amazing cars ever hit each other haha.

hahahahahaha

Hmm, can real users be tagged as bots? Surely they'd complain and have it fixed quite quickly?

I saw this bot reply and just instinctively downvoted and blocked it, can't stand Reddit/Lemmy bots that don't serve a useful purpose (like unit conversion or haiku's) haha.

Yeah it's normal, it's one of the first things I ask or get asked when I meet new people online.

It's cool to meet new people from all around the world, so knowing where someone's from is really interesting and gives people stuff to talk about too!

Plus, it's very helpful, because once you know where someone's from you know their timezone, what sort of weather they deal with, you might have some insight into their culture etc to better ensure you don't offend them, or maybe you've visited or love something about their country so again you now have new things to talk about :-D

Anyway yeah, similarly with wanting to know someone's age, location is often one of the first questions we as strangers ask each other in online conversation.

Age is also super useful to know, are we talking to a 12 year old? A 20 year old? A 60 year old? Knowing their age will better inform us of how to have a positive and respectful conversation, it'll inform us of what part of their life there in and thus we can take guesses to their generational cultural norms and interests, if they're likely to have a career, or be married, or if they're likely still in education studying for their masters, etc etc.

You don't need to know an EXACT age, just as you don't need to know an EXACT location, but "I'm in my 20s from England" is a more than appropriate response :-)

Bottom line: Always trust your gut if someone seems weird online (especially if they're pushy for info you're unwilling to share), but don't assume they're weird just because they want to know some basic details like A/S/L 👍

A ritual dance is physical intimidation? I suppose you'd say having aggressive body language (looking angry) is physical intimidation too.

We should put all government officials on valium so they don't accidentally get too emotionally invested in what they're discussing, lest they accidentally physically intimidate someone with an angry face.

Obviously ministers with resting-bitch-face will have to be permanently barred from attending parliament, for the safety of their colleagues. We wouldn't want such blatant physical intimidation on the day to day after all.

The point being, if you think a native ritual dance is the same as being physically intimidated, rather than seeing it as their culture's way of expressing their feelings on some important matters, then you're entirely missing the point and showing a lack of understanding of your own nation's culture at a basic level, and probably shouldn't be representing those same citizens at the government level.

I imagine politicians that clueless would just say "Oh my, the natives have gone feral! Look at that display of raw physical intimidation! Jeeves, fetch my musket and don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes!"

If you feel physically intimidated by what is essentially some well known and well respected people in a debating hall being angry about the current topic of discussion and telling you they're angry in a recognised and common cultural manner, then I can't help you.