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(neuro)spicy take, bigotry 

"Making fun of people for caring about others" is bigotry, actually; specifically because a heightened sense of empathy is a neurospicy trait

Personally I'd go so far as to say that a community that doesn't have this, cannot ever be healthy for me - because if it doesn't, then it's even odds that any 'calling out' is going to be of the "bigotry towards neurospicy folks" variety.

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I think what's missing in a lot of communities is a culture of mutual improvement; the ability to trust that if someone calls you out on something, the intention is to make the place better for everyone, and not to kick you down or 'compete'.

@bananas Yeah that's usually what happens with imported stuff, a translated sticker is put over it

@bananas The ingredient/nutrition/etc. label should still be in Dutch (legally)

@bananas Ah but this one wasn't multi-language, that's the odd thing 😅 It *only* had a German label

@bananas (Which also explains how a German-labelled product ended up on shelves in a Dutch store, despite the label being designed *very* differently)

@bananas Oh they are, but AFAIK that's just down to the regional office thing - every country has (AFAIK) its own national organization that's often subdivided into regional offices, and each national organization is governed more or less independently, but with shared suppliers and infrastructure (IT, logistics, etc.). So each country's Lidl is different 'enough' to adapt to the local market.

@bananas I can't find anything about this - the German wiki also only seems to list the regional office split: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidl#Unt

@bananas Huh? I don't think that's right. AFAIK all of Lidl is owned by Schwarz, even though they have regional distribution offices

Food banks and all variations on that theme should be seen as indictments of a failed state, not something to be encouraged or celebrated. They exist because we have collectively fucked up our economic system.

I've just learned through a mislabelled product that apparently the same product sold at Dutch Lidl will list "Lidl Nederland" as the supplier, but at German Lidl it will list the actual manufacturer

I need a "no technical support will be provided for LLM-generated code" sign

pandemic, subtoot negative moderate 

“i went to a convention and now i have COVID”
gasp. shocked pikachu. how utterly, blindsidingly unexpected! how could /anyone/ have /ever/ seen this coming???

I just tested positive for COVID. If you saw me recently (especially if you were at the Stonewall IO during 38C3, or at my live set at CCCHH) please get tested!!!

The most German solution to pedestrians crossing the railway line due to a missing crossing : a sign.

@onepict@chaos.social I would also add: if you've chosen to go into FOSS, then you've already *acknowledged* that tech is political, because that is what FOSS is. The only question is which politics you recognize and value.

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