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  • Otter@lemmy.catocats@lemmy.worldFind the cat
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    5 months ago

    Makes sense, it doesn’t seem to render as a spoiler on the default web UI or on the apps I’m using (which I think are trying to be consistent with the default web UI)

    It would be nice if these tags were consistent, the default spoiler tag method on Lemmy is a bit weird. Other tags are fine for the most part, but they aren’t as important as the spoiler tag IMO








  • On Friday 2 February, a post from Pandey’s official account, which has more than 1.3 million followers, said she had died from cervical cancer at the age of 32.

    However, Pandey has now shared a series of posts and videos announcing that she is, in fact, not dead, and that the report was a publicity stunt supposedly intended to raise awareness of cervical cancer screenings.

    I feel like there was a similar way to achieve the same outcome more respectfully…

    For example, highlighting someone the same age who has passed away and then telling people to talk to friends and family in the screening group. Or even just getting the screening done and sharing that with people. It goes a long way when celebrities help out, as long as it’s done properly




  • I skimmed the article, and I think this might be the key bit:

    Kwak Young-shin, a researcher at Semyung Graduate School of Journalism, who has studied the prejudice against students from provincial colleges, said that the university someone goes to is seen as a fast and simple way of defining who a person is.

    “Having a degree from a prominent university is considered a direct signal that the person is adequate for a certain level of ability and diligence in Korea," Kwak said.

    He gave Koreans’ recent obsession with MBTI as an example of their tendency to want to categorize and identify someone quickly.

    As universities are ranked using Suneung test scores, which they see as a comparatively objective barometer, people form a set image around an individual depending on the name of a school, he said.


  • Otter@lemmy.catoaww@lemmy.worldBeekeeper
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    6 months ago

    I don’t have enough experience in this field, but I found that a lot of beekeepers are great advocates for the other bees and pollinators. Stressors that affect the honeybees affect other pollinators, and the future of their business depends on having the ecosystem intact.

    Similar to other fields (fishing comes to mind), I’d imagine that there are people that farm sustainably/advocate well, and there are those that selfishly put their own needs ahead of others.

    Overall this story sounds like a good thing, and I hope it helps all the pollinators out there. At the very least, it might further our understanding of diseases so we can prevent outbreaks in the future



  • I think part of the issue the user is describing is the wording of the article, and how it starts by talking about prices of consumer goods in Europe.

    It’s a very complex situation, there are a lot of interconnected factors, and this probably wasn’t the intent of the writer. I assume the article has been through a bunch of edits already

    Still, wording choice and the order of points might make some readers feel a particular way