I think the Fediverse will be popular. It’s already being adopted by Meta in the way of Threads.

Popularity comes when major companies, like Meta, push for something to be in the mainstream. Will Lemmy be popular and be pushed for the mainstream? Probably not. The mindset of the majority of the admins is against streamlining it. It’s why we have a bunch of instances and why so many of them defederated from Threads (which I agree with). They’ve even taken steps to stop having so many people default to the .world instance in an attempt to diversify it.

Where do you think half the shitposts and memes come from?

Because you’re not rich and powerful enough to have lawyers and public influence sway the judge to be more lenient to you.

Divine beings in a fictitious universe, yes.

These are divine beings. Their speed doesn’t necessarily imply how they got from point A to point B so quickly.

Not for free.

Lol, you got me for a minute.

The assholes who pretend to argue in good faith but just spout stupid bullshit.

Oh, and the idiots who block everyone they don’t like.

Why do I feel like you didn’t just say “fuck”?

Corrected, thank you person with the best and most relevant username :).

It varies by region and country but the big underlying factor is not enough new homes are being built. It’s creating an artificial scarcity which is driving up prices. Some other factors come into play depending on where you live. For example, I’ve read in America that a lot of the homes are being bought by trust funds and big corporations that can just overbid everyone. Now there are even less viable homes to sell. Here in Canada, we have a big problem where our federal government brought in a large amount of immigrants for its Temporary Foreign Worker program and its foreign student programs which created a big spike in population, especially in the major cities. The local governments are responsible for house building and didn’t do anything about accommodating a bigger population despite them knowing it was coming.

I sort by new for my subscribed mainly. Sometimes I sort by active just out of curiosity.

Kind of a strange thing to do, don’t you think?

If it’s widespread, there will likely be some kind of strong smell that is not pleasant.

Are there signs of water damage anywhere in the house? Paint on the wall or ceiling that looks like it got wet at one point? That might be a good place to look for if it did happen.

Do you happen to know any professional contractors personally? Painters or handymen maybe? They’ve likely seen it before and have learned to spot the telltale signs.

The cat actually looks pretty impressive tbh, especially the tail.

We’re both using shitty examples lol, I haven’t watched Succession myself.

It’s more of a case of catering to those who are submerged in the point and incel culture. The point I was trying to make with Game of Thrones was that it had a lot of gratuitous nude scenes. A good chunk of them were rape scenes. And it only showed that. No real comment on how these scenes impacted the characters involved or the overall story. It was practically a porno with a really good storyline. Contrast that with its newer prequel show (House of the Dragon) where instead of showing the actual rape they had the woman recounting the experience and being fully clothed and visibly upset at the whole ordeal. The point I’m trying to make is there is a good way of showcasing sexual violence and a bad way. It sounds like John Turturro found this one to be a bad one.

Its probably in response to the normalization of rape and sexual violence towards women that’s becoming more common in television. Just look at Game of Thrones. I actually wish more actors stood by this principle.

According to Turturro, his decision was influenced by the portrayal of violence towards women in the show, which he found unsettling. This stance is not new for Turturro; he has always been vocal about his discomfort with such themes in his projects.

That’s actually a very respectable stance to take. Good on him. That being said, the episodes out so far don’t really have that much violence towards women so maybe there will be some kind of scene in the future? The only thing I could think of was the torture Sophia endured in Arkham but I would classify that as only violence and not violence towards women personally.

Is it maybe hiding posts you’ve read?

One look at my comment history would show you just how incorrect you are about me. I’m not misinforming anyone. There is a big “Abondan Harris” campaign by the Arab-American population because of what’s happening. And it’s only gotten stronger over the past 12 months because of their continued support of Israel.