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Re: Laptops with Stickers

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> sacred knowledge? I think you might be romanticizing this, a bit. When you convince the public that not talking about something is the best course of action, they become a lot easier to control. We learned this during WWII with the propaganda machine that was fully employed on all fronts, and arguably before that with the work of Edward Bernays and people like him. If public discourse and debate could be quashed, t…

Where do I say not to talk about it?

I think that on its face the term "sacred knowledge" kind of communicates an intimacy that indicates that it's not something that's shared with people who don't have a privileged relationship with you.

I think the big difference now is that people have a megaphone in the form of social media and they forget just how wide the statements they shout through it can spread.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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post #585

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I'm a long-time Debian user and I have no idea who you're talking about. How much weight do they actually carry? Who is this influencer you're talking about?

Go on YouTube, Mastodon or any sort of social media that is bit techy orientated and you will find it easily.

What? I’ve been active frequently on Mastodon since 2018 and I have no idea who or what you’re talking about. A link would be helpful rather than playing the “oh you know who…” game.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Shameless plug for those who still need more stickers for their laptop: ssh stickr.shop

What happens when my email address contains the letter q?

How did this get through QA?! For now the options seem to be pasting in your email containing "q" or typing a capital "Q" instead.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-som...

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sometimes i forget that other critics of capital can also have regressive troglodyte opinions on gender roles and sexuality. thanks for the reminder!

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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Unfortunately, my company asked me to remove the stickers, as they don’t reflect the company…

When I got an internship at Amazon, I (ironically) plastered my cubicle with all the leadership principles ("LP's"), in over-happy fonts. But the leadership did not realize I was being tongue-in-cheek, and I suspect my cubicle decorations had a significant positive impact on my success there, lol. In the end I even started to believe the LP's, so maybe they knew something I didn't.

I put a framed picture of the leadership principles on my desk for much the same reason, with a similar reaction.

As corporate principles in general go, they were decent, but frequently they were used to excuse poor behavior, so... Yeah.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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I got rid of all mine after getting disillusioned with every one of the causes they represented.

This is the main reason I've never gotten a tattoo - how I feel about whatever it is will almost certainly change.

this is why i only get stupid tattoos, or just cover up the ones i regret with big black boxes.

Re: Laptops with Stickers

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post #432

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> Getting scars on purpose is a quite questionable decision. Interesting. Why? Isn't it a common and longstanding cultural practice, even among indigenous peoples? Intuitively, I'd say body modification is based on the desire to shape one's own body, something we usually embrace in fitness culture and medicine, for example. I don't have any tattoos or scars, but I can't think of anything that would make them question…

Just because something has been done for a long time doesn't mean it's good. We also shouldn't confuse self-mutilation with healthy activities like exercising simply because both "shape one's own body".

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Re: Laptops with Stickers

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I made a kinky interpretation and apparently I'm wrong. The white label with the "Haltungsform" is a standard label used in the German meat industry, showing under what conditions animal was kept before being slaughtered. 1 is the worst, and 5 is the best: https://haltungsform.de/en/ In this one, it says "Käfighaltung" under 2. Which means "caged keeping". So I assumed it's a kinky reference to a chastity cage. Maybe…

Freud would have a field day with you.

For sure, that's what I thought as well!
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