I didn’t read your dissertation because I don’t care to debate this much. I’d probably agree with most of it anyways. My usage of the term is from that they claim to be communist, and they defend/promote the authoritarian Russian government. They’re tankies.

Doesn’t matter if they’re real tankies or cosplay tankies or fake Russian bots emulating tankies; they’re tankies. Putin’s claimed and actual policies are wholly irrelevant. This is the colloquial usage, regardless of whether or not you think it accurate to your definition.

Yes mostly, but the tankies would disagree

Not definitionally of course, but most tankies I’ve has the displeasure of interacting with on Lemmy have been big Russia (and/or China) stans and act like any English language news outlet besides RT is western propaganda trying to slander dear leader

Where are the tankies who are usually yapping at me about how free Russia is and how everyone there truly loves Putin as much as the votes would suggest?

Real fuckin’ quiet all of a sudden eh?

But let me guess: this is just western propaganda?

Literally the only reason I bought a pixel. If they do this and it isn’t shit, it my current pixel might be my first and last.

2 hour old account with 7 posts all linking to Rebel News, 6 of which mention First Nations.

Nothing weird about that…

I was reading this article and it really didn’t sit right. Odd contrasting and framing, lots of rhetorical tricks to imply much while saying little; didn’t seem like real journalism and it bothered me…

Turns out it’s a far-right garbage outlet. Go figure.

Edit: oh, this two hour old account is exclusively posting rebel news links… 7 so far, 6 of which mention First Nations. Okay, I see how it is…

The AI people are just the capitalism people in disguise

Corpo syncthing by the sounds of it

I’ve recently taken to calling him “flaccid Goebbels”

Stellaris. I cheat and mod to put my empire in the middle of the galaxy and have extremely overpowered player-only technologies. Then I just explore the galaxy and guide the AI; usually picking a favorite and try to help them grow e.g. a peaceful uplifted species in a very hostile galaxy. I’ve also done this in multiplayer where I played a bit of a Game Master role. Built a quest line as part of my custom mod that had lore and let players slowly discover me and the galactic core (cut off from the hyperlane network; this was all custom scripted before mods like the birchworld existed on the workshop)

When I was a kid I would play driver 3 but I hated the driving part and would mostly walk. I also played a skateboard game and ditch the board, dress up like a spy or specops guy, and run around roleplaying various scenarios in my imagination (because I didn’t have any games at the time that would let me stealth or run on rooftops, which is all I wanted)

Death cult

(Read as: the amusement park management)

As the other reply explained, trans people can be closeted in the same sense as hiding their gender identity (as opposed to sexual orientation).

Since you sound genuinely curious, I’ll elaborate to answer your core question. Sex, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation are all distinct and independently variable (tho frequently correlated) dimensions.

As for orientation, it depends on your definition: whether you’re talking about sex or gender as the basis for sexuality. Of course this comes will all the familiar caveats of it not being a binary despite the dichotomy of hetero/homo terms implying such… Gender is what’s most applicable in a social context, so an FtM trans man who likes women would usually be classified as, and identify as, straight / heterosexual. If a trans man liked men, then gay / homosexual. But any combination of the various spectrums is possible.

Oooooh that explains a lot thanks

I’m proud of the mountain for coming out

1. AP, while imperfect, it’s one of the best.

2. Israel bombing foreign journalists and aid organizations is one thing; bombing US military personnel would have a slightly different reaction at home… I welcome this PR stunt.

I’d smear shit on the walls

Hemerrhoids hold the poop like balls store pee

I enjoy using NixOS with Impermanence for servers.

settings can’t be changed if you nuke them from orbit and create them fresh on every boot. To get the same behavior on windows, you’d probably need an image-based system and neutered updating