I don’t get why loops requires registration. It feels like an instagram pattern and I really dislike it.

It is worse than nothing the longer Russia does it the more they open themselves up to brutal counterattacks.

How so?

A single well timed and planned devastating armored combined arms counterattack could retake all that ground gained in an instant

They could regain 500 km² of ground with one single attack? Are you sure? I really hope you’re right, because that would be amazing, but I’m sceptical.

No, this is Putin/Russia continuing an offensive they cannot afford, this will not work out for them militarily and smacks of someone trying to cheat their way into keeping the territory they gained in a war when they have no capacity to fight an effective defense of that territory

China is propping them up, which is the biggest reason they can continue this war. Without China, Russia probably would’ve run out of steam a very long time ago. If Europe and the US were able to successfully hinder China from helping Russia, I assume the war would probably end very quickly.

To me creeping forward is that: creeping forward. 5% is not a creep. It’s really subjective, which is why to me “advancing” is not a bad term, but a little too big as a word 🤷

Indeed, yes. It’s subjective and we are both somewhere in the middle with a bit of nuance, but there are people who just throw it around willy nilly. The unhinged use is what this post felt like. “I see slop everywhere”. Makes me think of the phrase “if you smell shit everywhere, look under your shoe”.

They factually are advancing though. 0.7% is that. It may be gradual, but it’s something. I would rather read headlines of Ukraine reversing it of course.

I think you’re taking offence at the word “advance”. It does sound “big”. If they wrote “creeping forward”, would that be more acceptable?

I look forward to the football world cup. That’s going to be amazing. Right after a match, ICE is going to walk onto the pitch and arrest non-white football player - if they even get into the country.

From what you say, you perceive the term “slop” as a direct synonym to “low quality”, without any extras.

Slop to me is a simple, low-quality, repetitive output.

If you went to a restaurant that made a high-quality, complex soup, for hundreds of customers per day with the help of machines, would you call it slop? I wouldn’t.

If the restaurant however made ramen from packets, threw in some starch to make it thicker, and they had a nice big ladle to slap that liquid into a vessel with a nice sound, I would for sure call that slop.

That output is what matters, because there’s no way for us to see the input. How are you going to know what words somebody used to generate an AI image?

Slop to me is a simple, low-quality, repetitive output. So, it’s not just one simple, low-quality medium but many. Looks at this video for examples. Or just scroll youtube shorts after searching for anything Indian or even literally “omg look at this” for the search term and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

If you have a hard time telling whether AI did it or not, it’s not slop.

“slop” is being thrown around just like “socialist” and “gay”. Save it for actual AI slop. Just because something is made by AI doesn’t make it automatically “slop” 🙄

Maybe we’re all just waiting for reddit to pull another… reddit.

Glad to know Greece is focusing on the important things. The rest of their country is doing swimmingly 👌

Exposing how centralised bluesky is, once again.

Wow, it’s been 2 years already? Time flies! Cheers to the leavers

Exciting! I don’t play DotA, but this sounds like an interesting idea. You might get a good response from the people on Steam. Just post it in the dota 2 discussions. I assume that’s where the majority of them are?

Ok, what if, and hear me out, they are actually doing this to ban plans and force the reintroduction of, wait for it, trains!?

Nah, didn’t think so either.

It’s fine that you feel upset, everyone has emotions. It’s what we do with them that matters. It’s a good thing you asked here and that the responses mostly aren’t hurtful.

If you don’t feel like you can talk to your girlfriend about it, I invite you to go to a mosque and try to get to know a few Muslims. Or if you have Muslim friends, try to talk to them about relationships and about women dating. Also, if you do want to talk to your girlfriend about it, try to be the listener. Do not push back, try to be understanding, give a space where she feels comfortable to go into the details. Just don’t pressure her.

This is a good relationship to discover how you deal with discomfort regarding the issue of acceptance by others. It will give you an opportunity to practice. You might handle it well, take the advice you got from here and apply it successfully. You might also end up without a girlfriend, but that’s all part of the journey. You’ll get to know yourself better.

Good luck.

Cannabis is not a weed? I think you’re mistaken about that, friend. It literally grows like a weed in Asia.

If your joke might be offensive to anyone, its probably best to save it for outside of the workplace if you share it at all.

That’s not good advice. Any joke can be offensive to someone - especially when people are committed to being offended.

Thanks. No wonder I didn’t understand. The exodus feels like forever ago and it disconnected me from reddit culture.