Clarissa

There’s a more plain phrase for it: Main character syndrome

This is one of those things that makes me so angry about this stuff. We are at an amazing level of technological progress and we can’t even actually appreciate because almost everything they claim it can do is a lie even though what it can do is amazing.

Doesn't seem like it. But he did internships in Germany while studying for his undergrad in India, so his family seems to be either well-connected or well-off anyway unless he somehow got very lucky.

Please recognize that all people from a country aren’t monoliths with all the same opinions. Plenty of them dislike each for various reasons just like people in the US have differences with their fellow countrymen. There as differences of class, region, language, religion and so much more.

This is not a gotcha. There are a lot is differences in opinion between 2 & 3rd gen immigrants and 1st gen immigrants. The ones who voted Trump are less likely to be directly impacted by his policies compared to 1st gen and those in the pipeline who aren’t citizens yet.

Gotta hit all the keywords

The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.

Yep, there’s clear deference to white people (and the money they represent) in India. It also just speaks to the purchasing power of the US dollar/Euro/British Pound.
I work and earn in the US now. It’s insane being able to easily afford things I could only dream of earlier when I visit India.

India, where the Twitter user is based. It isn’t luxury, but you’d have to be upper middle class or top 5% of the country to wear Zara regularly.

To provide some additional context, the twitter user is based in India. H&M and Zara are expensive brands there that the middle class there cannot afford.

The person in the tweet is based in a India where H&M and Zara are expensive and the middle class cannot afford them.

THANK YOU!

The twitter user is based in India. He’s not wrong. I also grew up thinking of Zara as an expensive brand for rich people.

derek, the twitter user is based in India. The middle class in India can barely afford to pay for Zara and H&M. I couldn’t afford to buy Zara while I was in India. I was middle to upper middle class in India.

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

Facebook has figured out that poisoning people’s brains is more profitable than building a God-tier social media network.

> Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

WhatsApp communities, on the other hand, can be social-media-like, but at a smaller scale. My husband is part of one for neighborhood folks interested in playing sports.

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025 YouTube remains the most popular, but adults are increasingly using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Reddit. Use of some platforms varies by age, gender, and race and ethnicity.

Youtube doesn’t. The question just asks whether people use the platform. If you use Youtube 2 times a week to watch clips sent by friends, you’d say yes for Youtube in this survey.

Here’s a link to the underlying Pew Research data: www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...

I wanted to share more than just my personal perspective. Here’s a well-cited article on the issue: www.stopvaw.org/harmful_prac...

I’m an ex-Catholic from a developing country where women’s rights still have a long way to go. I really appreciate you sharing this point across.

In a society with unequal women’s rights and lack of legal protections against abandonment, polygamy, women in polygamous marriages are often exploited.

... 3) The Catholic Church is deeply concerned about polygamy and bigamy in countries with *very* poor gender equity rights, and there are a LOT more Catholics in those countries than in the US.

Sorry to rain on the Tumblr parade but the Church *should* take this position as a *global* Church

I don’t remember when the shift in terminology happened but it’s been one of my biggest pet peeves in recent times. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini etc. are large language models or a form of generative AI. I hate using the generic term ‘AI’ for them which has been around since at least 1980s.

No, it’s just an absurd use of the term “AI” which historically has meant ML, neural networks, deep learning etc. and used in a large variety of fields.
What people dislike is a specific type of AI i.e. generative large language models usually accessed through a chat interface.

If there’s a market solution that is adequate, the state-run program will fail, we will all learn a lesson and move on. But if market solutions aren’t adequate, state-run stores will succeed and hundreds of thousands of lives will have improved. I think that’s an experiment worth pursuing.

So the city-run stores will fail and everyone will learn a lesson?

Great, so if this wonderful option is available why aren’t more people using them?

You are right provided that operational metrics are the same in these otherwise neglected neighborhoods (average order size, average margin on orders, failed deliveries, complaints/refunds).

7. Walmart won’t change it’s subscription terms as a reaction to increased grocery delivery burdens from certain segments (zip codes where delivery is made, hours of operations, additional costs, changes to the $35 limit)

5. Delivery produce will be good quality (I have used grocery delivery and don’t like using it for fresh produce because of poor quality in delivery)
6. You don’t have any unplanned/emergency grocery needs which would cost <$35

Grocery delivery makes may assumptions:
1. Delivery is available (zip code, neighborhood)
2. Delivery doesn’t add additional costs (W+ subscription, service fees, tips, etc. )
3. Someone will be at home during the hours delivery will be made
4. Delivery items will be safe until pick up (1/n)

Dale Partridge on Twitter writes: "Feminist media is BIG mad about me saying that women shouldn’t wear underwear (leggings and sports bras) as outerwear. As Pearl says, “It’s amazing how hard women will fight to be naked.” Immodest ladies, read 1 Tim. 2:9, repent, and follow Christ." Attached are two images. Image 1 headline: “Outraged pastor slams worker at quaint coffee shop for wearing ‘sinful’ leggings and sports bra in front of kids” Image 2 headline: “‘Make sin shameful again’: Pastor sparks row after sports bra complaint”

A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.