i would guess size and population densities, and government stabilization. what country is ‘south america’ ?

theres more people in a larger area in a much more stable form of government allowing those socio-economic realities to exist far longer.

ie the united states is super racist.

its because slavery.

early u.s. was created on the notion that black people werent people. when those that made money on that being fact were forced to think otherwise, it almost ripped the country in half.

that animosity… the desire for non whites to be considered not people did not just suddenly vanish. its festered in america. it is ingrained. it is the ‘southern heritage’ talked about in whispers (and now out loud) with the new fascist takeover of america.

a full 50% of america still hates the fact that non-whites are treated as people.

its because conservatives lack empathy. theres literally no other reason.

if theyre smart, they dump their logs regularly. i think my instance is 36 hours. that data is a liability.

oops, thanks!

theres some confirmation selection bias in that most americans will never have the ability to travel abroad. so the group youre interfacing with are the more entitled, wealthier class which is also a much smaller contingent of americans.

nasa employs psychologists.

or at least they did until conservatives decided to fuck everyone over.

its understandable to feel a certain way, but its the choice of acting on those emotions that separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom.

normal prolly isnt the best term… i think ‘appropriate’ would fit better, and no, its not the best course of action.

if you say so. not sure why it matters

no offense, but mature people wouldnt ask this question. its attention-seeking behavior often found in children.

anyone performing actions that hurt others where its not really about themselves. being mean for no particular reason or reward, especially to themselves.

id eat it. I give it a B

you dont let a nazi sit at your table, even if they share dna. then you have a table of nazis.

most of the lemmy servers block threads outright

is there any particular reason ani.social is defederated? just curious

lsd, ketamine and others arent like regular drugs. many people arent the same person after taking them, even if its subtle. theres an odd experience where when youre coming down you never actually know when its ‘over’.

i have no issue with stevia other than it tastes fucking awful. just a terrible aftertaste that makes me never want to consume it ever, in any configuration.

very interesting. i use mint as a default workstation and i put it on a lot of older machines for older people as a windows upgrade. it just seems to work except for a very occasional audio issue.

cool, thanks for the info!

Ubuntu was pushing snap, interesting… ive not seen anything regarding snaps in mint… flatpak is the other option in the software manager