[01:04:08] the annoying orange lasted longer than the confederacy [01:09:05] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/615786602454581249/1500665536445415615/Screenshot_2026-05-03_210844.png?ex=69f94330&is=69f7f1b0&hm=157f005c6fca9ef9c2b18050c3abc116efabe466401ae483d96ac85938ac8a56& [01:17:51] annoying orange being started by a trans woman will never not fuck with me [01:21:50] https://tenor.com/view/slendytubbies-gif-8082108445899402227 [01:22:45] SlendertubbyScream.mp3 [03:11:50] Well [03:11:55] 10000 members [03:12:03] What an achievement [03:13:42] 👀 [04:10:10] Once again 10K members [10:08:46] Can someone help me make my wiki's table into mobile freindly cards? (posting here as it is not a miraheze wiki)_ [11:02:59] [1/4] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/615786602454581249/1500814996584796210/DSC_0431.jpg?ex=69f9ce62&is=69f87ce2&hm=59050f405473c8a0b58d923644c1784a70cd8a3358a62eee5cfbdb7788b0baab& [11:02:59] [2/4] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/615786602454581249/1500814997180252183/PXL_20260407_014756_803.jpg?ex=69f9ce63&is=69f87ce3&hm=9a139956bbe3d44af5394084cf9ce513788f03ecebace0c3b53ffc43776990eb& [11:03:00] [3/4] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/615786602454581249/1500814997612134480/IMG-20260421-WA4902.jpg?ex=69f9ce63&is=69f87ce3&hm=a59e5eb42d576ccae995cc28d719d83acc9bf97edd63500adcf2c201a48151d0& [11:03:00] [4/4] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/615786602454581249/1500814997939425421/20260502_055833.jpg?ex=69f9ce63&is=69f87ce3&hm=0e656cf2d833d846e10230f43a0ceff57c00974ffd7a638c3a4ec1c2f90357d5& [11:35:53] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1433206632120062104/1486749816418472076/no.gif [11:54:05] we've got some scary people with a van if you wanna go down that route [13:44:19] https://tenor.com/view/fox-think-math-gif-27225206 [13:44:23] let me think here [14:04:02] uni feels like the biggest own to my parents btw [14:04:11] i'm legit getting free dresses and cat ears lol [14:04:20] along with hrt and compliments [14:04:30] [1/2] > I’m glad my college has a lot of progressive people despite being a fairly conservative place but also I’m going to college at an older age than most 😓 [14:04:31] [2/2] It’s just really weird to see people in their late teens/warly 20s with Invader Zim merchandise and I’m like “I watched that show when I was 7 when it was still airing.” [14:04:55] yay [14:05:03] Are you sure you live in the "conservative" part of your area? Frankly it seems more socially liberal imo. [14:05:06] i mean, i know somebody who wears a mcr shirt [14:05:17] haha this place full of young queer people will not have an effect on my queer child, not at all [14:05:28] legit [14:05:39] but like, even just walking about or in the bathroom, i get compliments [14:05:44] I live in north central NC. It’s weird. [14:05:51] slay 💅 [14:05:53] my mother would probably explode if she knew that i'm on prep lol [14:05:57] frfr [14:06:02] -# I mean there's a reason why conservatives want to defund the DoE. [14:06:09] i should repaint my nails, but it is 12 am 😔 [14:06:16] im not in the usa so i don't really know what yall are saying lol- [14:06:18] (oh, and i got most of my nail polish for free as well) [14:06:20] i did mine at 3 am so [14:06:25] i'm in australia [14:06:26] Like all my neighbors are die hard confederate sympathizers but th near by cities are less hostile on that [14:07:22] Well the cities make sense, they're always more liberal-leaning as they have the most diverse cultures [14:07:48] Well I mean bigish cities [14:07:52] the liberals (us) vs the liberals (australia) makes for a fun distunction [14:07:59] The actual local cities are still pretty right wing [14:08:07] Yes, the big cites. [14:08:22] Rural cities, like my dump town, def ain't like it. [14:09:03] i got 2/5 of my dresses for free lmeow [14:09:20] Yeye [14:09:34] meow [14:09:39] meow~ [14:09:44] I mean I’ve worked in Charlotte NC before [14:09:48] That’s the gayest city [14:09:59] My boss was a vtuber [14:10:06] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/615786602454581249/1500862085863575703/voice-message.ogg?ex=69f9fa3d&is=69f8a8bd&hm=bf2e5a6ff93c9ff2f6ed70c6ed0c9e80e6adefbafe065902a7c686e3a6a66aab& [14:10:27] Well we (the US) can't really say the "left-wing" party since there's not necessarily a "left" party, despite the Democratic Party favouring more "left" policies, so we use liberal as a distinction, Liberal vs. Conservative. [14:10:54] (yes i sure love seeeing an entire 3 line spanning link whenever someone sends a voice message) [14:11:07] two lines here [14:11:16] but yeah, half of that is the timestamp signing lmeow [14:11:17] An embed here [14:11:41] fair, i just interpret liberal as either progressive or conservative based on the context [14:12:44] i thought libreal was just progressive- [14:13:25] in australia, liberal is the conservative party, labour is the centre-left party, and i think the greens are more progressive [14:13:31] i can't exactly vote here though 😭 [14:14:08] I think when we also refer "liberal" as a short hand for "Social Liberalism", during the Progressive Era with Teddy Roosevelt and FDR whom re-shaped the Democratic Party, where outside of the US it stands for "Classical Liberalism" which is more conservative. [14:14:40] that's another politics hole i am not going to bother with searching [14:15:08] the US Democrat's are closer in line with the UK's conservatives [14:15:16] Than they are Labour [14:15:18] lmaouch [14:15:21] -# Because hell, the Democrats were the "conservative" ones and the Republicans were the the "liberal" ones. [14:15:47] i just want the party that doesn't want me dead 😭 [14:15:50] Reform would be inline US republicans which is borderline extreme right wing here at times [14:16:31] I'm not particularly sure anyone is doing a fantastic job from your perspective [14:16:50] i understood about 70% of that [14:16:58] meow [14:17:05] i mean, australia is basically one of the best in terms of english-speaking countries [14:17:44] Yeah, that's why I said that there is no "left-wing" party in the US, as both Dems and Reps try to favor the right. [14:17:47] i've had like, basically no discrimination lol [14:18:12] my girlfriend basically exposure therapy'd me into using the women's restroom [14:18:19] haven't had a transphobe in there so far [14:18:39] Seems like the "transvestigators" was all a fluke. [14:18:42] random question are you trans [14:18:48] me, yes [14:18:55] oh cool (i am too-) [14:18:58] depends on the area ofc [14:19:14] victoria is much different than florida [14:19:40] I work with a trans girl, and no one ever suspected her being assigned the opposite gender at birth. [14:19:50] i should voice train lmao [14:19:54] They just treated her like any other woman. [14:20:14] Once I finish my nursing degree Australia or Ireland are the two countries I want to flee to lol [14:20:46] i live in a country with amazing transgender rights.,, uhh i sure hope the new PM doesn't mess it up [14:21:02] I've been thinking of Norway, but ehh... I dunno if I have any business there, career wise. [14:21:37] [1/2] uni is giving us $50 to help with cost of living [14:21:37] [2/2] ignoring the fact that $50 is fucking tiny, i can say that my uni is now subsidising my hrt- [14:21:55] Dunno how good their job market is, but if that fails, there's always Vermont which has the most progressive polices in the whole country. [14:22:17] If I stay in America it’ll probably be Vermont or Minnesota [14:22:31] (the new pm here is right wing) [14:22:48] ngl, if i were in america, i'd probably be "where the fuck is the public transport??" [14:22:59] That is me rn yes [14:23:13] -# Damn Bernie bros not tryin' hard enough, DNC (grumble grumble) [14:23:22] I have struggles driving because a minor eye disability I gained at age 9 [14:23:28] Very fun! [14:23:57] ||it ironically involved a toy car|| [14:24:23] Public transport? Fah! That's a more hilarious joke than Single-Payer Healthcare. [14:24:34] our public transport is free this month. [14:25:01] Does Australia have decent transit where you are? [14:25:17] i mean, i basically get everywhere by public transport [14:25:31] I asked around my other Australian friends but the answer was wildly different based on their city [14:25:42] aside from late at night (as in, 8 pm or 12 am), in which case, we may use a friend's car or uber [14:25:48] Granted a lot of them live in podunk villages in the outback [14:25:53] blankeclair if i were in america i would be like "why are they spending the taxpayer money on useless defense"\ [14:26:08] 8 pm was today; i can _probably_ get home with public transport still, but friend has a car, sooooooooo [14:26:16] Paranoia is a strong marketing factor in the U.S. [14:26:36] amelialoveheart can you elaborate on that [14:26:38] 12 am was a couple weeks ago; for some reason, trains stopped running after midnight, even though they were supposed to be running hourly after 12 am, so we uber'd [14:26:45] Since America is very car-centric heavy. I don't think we'd be investing in public transport that heavily. [14:27:18] It’s wild there are multiple states that just don’t even have AmTrak access [14:27:29] (this is melbourne btw) [14:27:30] (Not just Hawaii or Alaska) [14:27:50] Is the Miraheze wiki on hotels in Hobart still active [14:28:04] I don't even know what AmTrak is [14:28:19] It’s our train network [14:28:20] this would be a very bad time to move to the "united" states of america [14:28:30] https://ballaratpubs.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page [14:28:33] It is [14:28:37] yeah, i'm ignoring the gestures vaguely at the federal government [14:28:49] It has been since 2020, you're not missing much by not touring us. [14:29:02] The Grand Canyon is still there. [14:29:54] the american healthcare system seems more stupid than the australian one, even as a temporary resident [14:29:56] this year gave me even more of a reason to not go there [14:30:01] Arguably since 2001 tbh [14:30:31] Ehh... There had been some moments in history where it wasn't that bad. Just avoid the South. [14:30:57] 2001, 2008, 2020, and 2024 are dates where I would consider not good moments. [14:30:58] meow [14:31:13] -# Major not good moments. [14:31:24] 2001 is obvious enough [14:31:32] 2024 kinda is too [14:31:45] 2020.. idk about anything there except covid [14:31:51] 2008 i also don't know [14:32:46] 2020 is during President Biden's regime where the country solidly split in twain after Jan 6. And 2008 was the housing market crash and depression. [14:34:03] i just searched the date up [14:34:15] average right wing activities [14:35:08] -# The storming of the Capitol, wasn't that really average at the time. [14:35:23] It was still very surreal to me [14:35:33] Opening my phone on lunch break on the first day do my new job [14:35:35] To see that [14:35:55] And the person behind it is somehow still in office. [14:36:01] they lost so they proceeded to make absurd stuff up [14:36:43] ah yes we're gonna "save america" by causing even more damage [14:36:54] But, I've been seeing some conflicting reports that the mid-terms will put 47 in his place... And the gerrymandering giving him an advantage. [14:38:01] -# All I'm sayin' if the Supreme Court ruled it, it also affects Blue states too... jus sayin' [14:38:13] Super not looking forward to midterms [14:39:32] No one is, but if the Democrats get off their asses for once, then they may have a chance like they've been spouting on Reddit and Bluesky. [14:40:05] As long as the SAVE Act is still stalled by then. [14:40:16] 2 months ago i saw that uh [14:40:41] a governor signed a law to prohibit 3d printing guns [14:40:49] free they say [14:41:28] nah, i'd rotate the print by 15.8 degrees and break them into parts [14:41:32] can't catch me now [14:41:51] I don't see what's wrong with that? It doesn't have any unique identifiers nor is it legally sourced by any gun manufacturer. [14:42:35] The ability to easily manufacture guns is contrary to the principle of gun control that Democrats champion [14:43:29] yea i get it firearms are dangerous but like why are they banning plastic guns in the first place- [14:44:11] Gun control is still a messy policy to implement for the Democrats, trying to limit access of acquiring illegal guns is a step they can achieve. [14:45:12] Would it stop it? Depends. [14:45:38] do i join the discord i guess- [14:46:09] Implementing that would require searching just about everyone's cars for illegal guns, which is a blatant violation of the 4th amendment - illegal guns are obviously not sold in ways that are trackable a lot of the time [14:50:09] Which is why I said that it's still very messy to try implement any form of gun policy. I don't really know how to lower gun crime myself of course. [14:52:03] You got the Republicans who will spout the 2nd Amendment time and time again, so I really find it difficult for the Dems. [15:00:34] [1/6] On the topic of general U.S. politics, the purpose of a system is what it does, and what the current election system does is enforces a political duopoly (which can then be easily controlled by lobbying groups). The most commonly used voting system in the U.S. ([first-past-the-post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting)) and the leading alternative ([instant-runoff [15:00:35] [2/6] or ranked-choice voting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting)) both fail [independence of irrelevant alternatives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_irrelevant_alternatives) - in fact, due to [Arrow's impossibility theorem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow%27s_impossibility_theorem), no ranked voting system can ever satisfy this criterion. FPTP is a ran [15:00:35] [3/6] ked voting system in disguise, since it awards one point to the candidate who has the most first preferences, with equal rankings disallowed, and no points to anyone else. However, if you change FPTP's ballot to allow voters to mark more than one candidate, it becomes another voting system named [approval voting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting), which does satisfy IIA [15:00:35] [4/6] since it's a cardinal voting system (voters can give any score in a defined range to a candidate, as opposed to points being determined by the unique ordinal position of each candidate). Gerrymandering would also become inefficient since it relies on vote-splitting, which approval voting eliminates; in the interest of fairness, however, states could be required to draw electoral dist [15:00:35] [5/6] ricts to match voting percentages as much as possible. [15:00:36] [6/6] TL;DR: To fix politics, we need allow voters to vote for as many candidates as they want and require districts to be drawn according to voter percentages. [15:02:50] every time I get exasperated on how fucked the uk is I remember america exists [15:14:05] Uk is still on the list of places I’d like to move to over America [15:14:32] I think it’s be kinda cool to live in my adoptive grandfathers home city of Manchester [15:23:25] UK news and US news, might be recency bias going against me, but I think the US news is the top contender of the "How Fucked is Fucked" scale. [16:21:46] [1/7] Based on the appearance of cherry blossom trees in the Ethereal NG mod for Luanti (formerly Minetest), which are characterized by a vibrant pink, dense, and slightly "fluffy" appearance, the closest real-life counterparts are Kwanzan (or Kanzan) cherry trees (Prunus serrulata 'Kanzan').Why Kwanzan Cherries are the Closest Match: [16:21:46] [2/7] Appearance: Like the trees in the game, Kwanzan cherries are famous for having large, double-flowered blossoms with dozens of petals, giving them a dense, pom-pom-like appearance rather than a flat, five-petal look. [16:21:47] [3/7] Color: They offer a deep, vibrant pink color that matches the in-game aesthetic. [16:21:47] [4/7] Shape: They tend to grow in a stiff, vase-shaped form, often appearing quite thick or "bushy" when in full bloom [16:21:47] [5/7] .Other potential, though less exact, matches include the Barbados cherry (Malpighia glabra) for its soft pink color or various types of Yaezakura (double-flowered) cherry trees. [16:21:48] [6/7] -- Gemini [16:21:48] [7/7] I am trying to obtain a "Luanati cherry blossom tree" [23:17:15] [1/5] Wanna buy some Death Sticks? [23:17:15] [2/5] You don't want to sell me Death Sticks. [23:17:16] [3/5] I don't want to sell you Death Sticks. [23:17:16] [4/5] You're going to go home and re-think your life. [23:17:16] [5/5] I'm going to go home and re-think my life. [23:23:23] [1/3] I’m learning how to do this type of dance, and for some reason, it hurts [23:23:23] [2/3] I wonder why [23:23:23] [3/3] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/615786602454581249/1501001324286840903/CD26565F-8E0C-4A0D-8595-90B8BBAB87B7.jpg?ex=69fa7bea&is=69f92a6a&hm=f82c7c48d5fbfbb0bf7e10ee097a2de02ca7773ec67d79f9b6fbd8575cb76d25& [23:24:50] I fear my legs will die by next practice [23:25:12] And that I will trip and die and be broke and be sad since I wear a mask and I can’t see a pixel of a thing [23:25:21] [1/3] But hey, it’s for my culture [23:25:21] [2/3] So… [23:25:21] [3/3] I’m fine with it [23:45:35] meow [23:45:45] Bark [23:45:47] Woof [23:45:50] Oof [23:45:51] Dies [23:45:53] Dies [23:45:56] Gets cooked [23:46:05] Gets forced into a 2x2x2 oven [23:58:40] what [23:59:23] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/997495586179776555/1244901099857641512/ezgif-6-14681e0a8c.gif