I’m sorry mate but if you read anything sarcastic as earnest, it’ll mean something totally different. I just think you’re inventing an enemy here 🤷‍♂️

God I wish this dork would fuck off already, along with the rest of the AI bullshit currently making investors and other business-wankers the world over cum themselves dry. It’s fucking embarrassing.

You know the comment you’re replying to confirmed that they were being sarcastic, right?

It always blows my mind that people would get offended by something like this. Like, who cares? You’re going to go get teacher because someone you barely know said something that is honestly barely even mean?

This presumably didn’t happen, but similar things do! People just get upset over nothing, it’s wild.

Apologised in private for calling for the bombing or gassing of the UN in public on a show watched by millions of nutters.

Watters is a coward, a Tucker Carlson-wannabe, a loser, a creep towards women (slashing his current wife’s tires and then offering a ride to her home before they were together).

He’s stupid, he’s malicious, and he’s loud.

Actually, on reflection, he’s perfect for the USA.

Sure, slavery was generally accepted until very recently - so would you say the bible endorses slavery, or denounces it?

Right, it’s the Lord commanding people to wipe out those groups. Whether or not the command should be reflected in the current day, that passage was written. That passage contains the Lord commanding people to wipe out groups - would you agree, or disagree?

I loved the idea of that podcast but I just couldn’t stomach it. One of the hosts is constantly shouting. It’s like he doesn’t understand how microphones work, and instead thinks he has to shout to be heard by the audience. It’s been maybe a year since I tried them, and my ears are still ringing 😂

The first one is an instruction to the enslaved telling them to obey their masters, whether they’re kind or cruel.

1. Does that sound like the Bible says slaves should not be enslaved, should rise up and free themselves or be freed by others?

To your second point, the passage names Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. The bible actually refers to these groups separately, and collectively as the “nations” that are encountered by the Israelites. These groups do (generally) have distinct identities and practices.

2. The passage Deuteronomy 20:17 commands followers to “completely destroy” each of these groups. How does that not constitute any sort of genocide?

I am absolutely happy to be wrong, and I’m not intending to be hostile - I know these beliefs are deeply held and are personal, and I’m not attacking you for your faith. Just want to make that clear! 👍

Which bit?

Slavery: 1 Peter 2:18

Genocide: Deuteronomy 20:17

Obviously these are just little tasters, there’s definitely more in there :)

Chappelle Roan’s Subway (?); it’s on the radio at the moment constantly in my office and it honestly just sounds like wailing for like three minutes. It pierces straight through my noise-cancelling earbuds, and is just genuinely very annoying. Unfortunately, her last one, Pink Pony Club, had a similar effect. I think the pitch and power of her voice is impressive but it’s just the right level to be annoying. No hate to her as an artist, it’s not like that, it’s just those two songs make me want to vomit.

Wait, so why wouldn’t they (and others trump goes after) be willing to cave without a fight?

We just watched them cave immediately without a fight, and then revert their decision after having “thoughtful conversations” behind the scenes that we’re not privy to.

We haven’t seen any victory, any pushback against this trampling of free speech, any principled disagreement. We’ve seen an immediate kowtowing.

I don’t know what those conversations behind the scenes entailed. I don’t know the future. But I’m going to predict the show that gets returned to air will be (even more) neutered. They won’t upset the administration again.

Looks pretty steady to me. Not optimal, or good, but steady.

Lol, and now we get to watch everybody buy their memberships again and the company will move forward like nothing ever happened.

A. I’d sooner pop my clogs than not have my rice pudding, black pudding, beans on toast, Eton mess, spotted dick, coronation chicken, and vindaloo.

Honestly I find their use of “dogpile” very offensive. A pile of dogs?? How rude. Besides which, my sister is a complete and utter dog and I don’t believe the mod in question has any right to talk about her hemerrhoids that way.

Seems like you took that pretty personally 😂

Beep boop 🤖🤖

Oh fuck, I recognise like… Four things here? I’m old.

What’s the buckle my shoe thing? That’s a really old song, no?

What’s brainrot girlfriend?

Personally, I block people who espouse things I believe are genuinely spiteful, hateful, or shitty. Generally, I use the block button to “curate” my experience with the intention that I can use Lemmy as brief escapism when I’m in the bathroom or on the train without having my mood affected by somebody posting something shitty.

I don’t block anyone for normal disagreements, because I’m a relatively normal adult and as such that sort of thing doesn’t bother me.