No need for. Solar panels and batteries are at an historically low price and will even become more affordable. There’s simply no economical justification for nuclear energy.

How many solar panels and batteries are needed to power every electrical grid on the planet?

Where do we locate all of the panels and batteries?

Where do we get all of the materials for all of the panels and batteries?

What is the total cost to operate and maintain that global power grid?

What is the lifespan of the grid?

What happens to all of the panels and batteries at end of life, and how much does it cost?

Your phone.

Because social media is just that: media. They’re platforms for ads and marketing that are more akin to broadcast media with a parasocial interactive twist. Contrast that with social networking which facilitates connections between actual people.

At some point in the last two decades, those distinctions have blurred, often to great shareholder benefit.

That is one way to say a lot while saying nothing at all, and it is weird how many people want to pretend they aren’t using social media while using social media.

What are you doing to make “connections between actual people”? How is that different from anyone else using a different platform?

Lemmy is not social media to you because there is no one using it to advertise, market, or broadcast themselves to the greater population?

Or is it because there is no “media” available on the website?

Or is it just because you say so?

And? I can post definitions too! Dictionaries are not that difficult to use.

message board noun 1: a board or sign on which messages or notices are displayed an electronic message board 2: a public electronic forum that allows users to post or read messages or to post or download files and that is accessed by computer over a network (such as the Internet)

True, you can post definitions and demonstrate that dictionaries are very easy to use.

Try reading and understanding those definitions next.

When you are all caught up I won’t be here to finish whatever it is you are trying for here.

Because message boards have existed both in physical and online for a god damn millenia before fucking facebook and myspace were a whisper in the balls of the creator’s fathers. I have no fucking idea who any of you clown shoes are and I don’t fucking care either.

Children playing show and tell is more social media than online message boards.

Cool story.

Social Media, noun, forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social media

Social Media, Noun, websites and computer programs that allow people to communicate and share information, opinions, pictures, videos, etc. on the internet, especially social networking websites:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/social-media

Have a good day.

Your claim was “No tax dollars!”.

I proved you wrong immediately.

Justify your support of one genocide and condemnation of the other all you want, but you will be continuing the conversation by yourself.

How did you come to that conclusion?

Seems like they don’t care about tiktok at all Idk if I’d call that support.

China has more trade ties to the US than Israel does.

I see no calls to stop investing in Chinese companies, or buying Chinese products because of the Genocide happening within their borders.

Also, I can’t speak for him here but none of my tax dollars go to the Chinese government

“With data provided by the Congressional Research Service, Senator Ernst and Open the Books determined more than $490 million from U.S. grants and contracts were paid to organizations in China since 2017 and another $870 million were paid to entities in Russia.”

https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-tracks-over-13-billion-of-us-tax-dollars-sent-to-china-and-russia-promises-accountability-for-every-penny

Seems America just loves supporting Genocidal regimes with tax money, and Americans love pretending it doesn’t end up there.

So if hes from a country aiding Isreal like me he has an obligation to say something about it or else be complicit is his labor buying weapons for genocide. Its the same reason US protestors focused on Biden instead of Netenyahu when this stated. We don’t get to vote for or against Bibi, but Biden, we do.

It is morally okay to support, or completely ignore, countries like China according to you and the person I originally responded to.

Can you elaborate on why that is without making false claims about tax dollars?

Social media is bad for your brain. There’s plenty of communities on lemmy

If social media is bad for your brain why is lemmy, a social media site, not?

What is the difference between Israel and China to make it morally right for you to support one genocidal regime and not the other?

I agree with you there. The second hand market is wonderful for finding ridiculous deals on things people just want gone.

The only problem with the second hand market is the effort needed for it. That effort keeps people from considering it a viable option for goods in the same way the effort to find another store made OP B-line to Amazon.

I enjoy this narrative of “being forced” to go against ones own morals and principals by big bad companies because one just absolutely has to have a product for as cheap as possible.

You went to two stores and then straight to Amazon. That doesn’t mean they have a monopoly, that means you really didn’t try that hard to find an alternative.

If you think you have no other choice you are right because you stopped looking for one.

Now let me tell you that Voyager doesn’t show flags.

This is what is commonly known as a “you issue”.

and as a German, I used to use these abbreviations a lot. Just like the Dutch and other nationalities. In fact, I thought it was a non-english thing.

Well we aren’t talking about you, the Dutch, or any other nationality that does not use English as their first language. We are talking about Australia and the fact that they speak English there. Your ignorance on the origins of English slang can be easily corrected with the device you are using to be arrogant and self righteous on.

By now you should have noticed what a massive asshole you are.

Do you know the phrase “the pot calling the kettle black”?

Edit: the use of SJW alone suggests to me that you’re a 4chan incel.

Says the one who posted their comment and came back less than 60 seconds later to edit this little gem in.

This may help you: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/projection

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/muppet

Now imagine muntedcrocodile isn’t a native speaker.

Now imagine that you aren’t completely ignorant to the rest of the world for just a moment and notice the Australian flag at the beginning of “muntedcrocodile”. Doesn’t take a very smart person to know what language is primarily spoken in Australia. Doesn’t take a lot of perception to know those who learn English as a second language tend not to use things like “ur” and “u” excessively.

All that being said, your halo is in the mail and you managed to score 100 SJW points for your comment.

Kudos to you!

Never claimed to be an authority. And being a grammar Nazi isnt an argument based in logic, its sidestepping any substance for the sole purpise of being a right old cunt.

It is not “being a grammar nazi” to point out your complete lack of ability regarding the English language. That is what is commonly known as an “observation”. If you want to be observed differently change what is observable.

As an example, you observe me as “a right old cunt” and I am doing nothing to change that observation. In fact, it was my intent from go to be observed that way by you.

Thank the gods you rolled higher in perception than you did in intelligence or you may not have caught on so quickly.

You should work on your spelling and grammar before acting like an authority.

I find this comment funny.

Care to explain how Reddit shitting the bed impacts your ability to eat?

If you cannot define what a hate crime is you have no business being a part of the conversation. Plain and simple.

Intelligent people debate the merits of ideas, ignoramus’ virtue signal. Pretty clear where you fall so don’t expect another response.

P.S. Take your own advice bud, you clearly have nothing of value to say.