Eh, trillion is a constant

those who fought against it

Did they do more than just vote?

Reminds me of the “make an angry child laugh” trick. Which I absolutely loathed as a child, because it worked but it also wasn’t taking my emotions seriously.

ju ne sa qua

I think you just killed ten French people

Like a person living in a tent made from hide and bones

Nah, he’s just a film buff

Hey now, they also eat fermented shark

To be fair, mathematics also uses single-character variable names

I wonder if a news community with a “no mentioning the US” rule would work. Not out of any hate, just as something arbitrary like “don’t use the letter E”.

It’s hosted in Finland, by a German company, and has Dutch admins. Was that your point?

Edit: bonus, the Lemmy devs get paid from a Dutch grant and the ones whose nationality I know are not from the US

… the average Westerner also has access to the internet? At most, maybe it excludes those who don’t speak English

Tons of people speak English as a second language, on the internet

I was going to say toki pona is not quite brainfuck but at least somewhere in that direction, with its tiny vocab

What’s next, reacting with 👍 is actually totally fine and positive?

This would fuck me up for life

Lemmy’s markdown does actually have footnotes!^[1]

With statements like this there’s almost always some context left out, but even in the best case this feels like cheering on the death penalty

I usually spend way too much time rephrasing my comment and making it shorter.

somehow doing neither, browsing Lemmy instead

Looking in the oven and seeing yesterday’s food is still in there