Many years ago on reddit, you could get given gold. It gave you paid benefits. My comments earned me literally years worth of gold, and my karma was similarly increasing.

Then I came out as trans. Suddenly the gold stopped and my karma stagnated

That kind of bias is built in to the karma system. It doesn’t just punish shit takes, it also sidelines visible minorities

Just call it the X social media site

Imagine my surprise when “What could Hamas do to end the violence” wasn’t just an innocent question…

Australian/British slang. It’s a disparaging term for Americans

Starts with rhyming slang

American = Yank Yank = Tank Tank = Septic Tank Septic Tank = Seppo

As I said, yes, a lemmy that bans folk like you is a lemmy that is doing something right

“What could Hamas do to end the violence?”

Nothing else.

And I got immediately banned.

Making excuses for genocide being something that gets you banned is a lemmy I’m fine with

Seppo is a really unfortunate name…

People barely survive on their income as it is, that’s why

Your language settings are probably hiding a lot of content. You need to enable any languages you speak and also enable undetermined

Nope. Cunt as a singular can be a term of affection. Cunt as a plural is only a positive when used with some adjectives like “crazy” or “mad”. Used without an adjective like that, it’s a harsh put down.

It’s both. They’re the same trains in Sydney. It’s mostly an overground network with several underground parts in the city centre

There are double decker subway trains in Sydney, Australia

Nope.

Not real.

You’d expect any kind of ritualistic practice that widespread to have some sort of historical record related to the practice

I have many issues with hexbear, but transphobia is not one of them. They are explicitly and aggressively trans inclusive

I’d watch that show

It’s a hoverfly. They’re bee mimics

Yep, Iguazú. I likely felt it because my Spanish is not great, so even though I could make myself understood by Argentinians, the poor Brasilians stood no chance as I murdered Spanish in an attempt to communicate :)

I speak a little Spanish, but no Portuguese, and my time in Brazil right near the border with two Spanish speaking countries was a challenge, because most folks there didn’t speak Spanish despite the location.

Some folks do of course, but most people I encountered didn’t have any Spanish

I have zero idea how representative that is of other borders

Forgot what it’s called

Penis. It’s called a penis