Hmm, can real users be tagged as bots? Surely they'd complain and have it fixed quite quickly?
I saw this bot reply and just instinctively downvoted and blocked it, can't stand Reddit/Lemmy bots that don't serve a useful purpose (like unit conversion or haiku's) haha.
Yeah it's normal, it's one of the first things I ask or get asked when I meet new people online.
It's cool to meet new people from all around the world, so knowing where someone's from is really interesting and gives people stuff to talk about too!
Plus, it's very helpful, because once you know where someone's from you know their timezone, what sort of weather they deal with, you might have some insight into their culture etc to better ensure you don't offend them, or maybe you've visited or love something about their country so again you now have new things to talk about :-D
Anyway yeah, similarly with wanting to know someone's age, location is often one of the first questions we as strangers ask each other in online conversation.
Age is also super useful to know, are we talking to a 12 year old? A 20 year old? A 60 year old? Knowing their age will better inform us of how to have a positive and respectful conversation, it'll inform us of what part of their life there in and thus we can take guesses to their generational cultural norms and interests, if they're likely to have a career, or be married, or if they're likely still in education studying for their masters, etc etc.
You don't need to know an EXACT age, just as you don't need to know an EXACT location, but "I'm in my 20s from England" is a more than appropriate response :-)
Bottom line: Always trust your gut if someone seems weird online (especially if they're pushy for info you're unwilling to share), but don't assume they're weird just because they want to know some basic details like A/S/L 👍
A ritual dance is physical intimidation? I suppose you'd say having aggressive body language (looking angry) is physical intimidation too.
We should put all government officials on valium so they don't accidentally get too emotionally invested in what they're discussing, lest they accidentally physically intimidate someone with an angry face.
Obviously ministers with resting-bitch-face will have to be permanently barred from attending parliament, for the safety of their colleagues. We wouldn't want such blatant physical intimidation on the day to day after all.
The point being, if you think a native ritual dance is the same as being physically intimidated, rather than seeing it as their culture's way of expressing their feelings on some important matters, then you're entirely missing the point and showing a lack of understanding of your own nation's culture at a basic level, and probably shouldn't be representing those same citizens at the government level.
I imagine politicians that clueless would just say "Oh my, the natives have gone feral! Look at that display of raw physical intimidation! Jeeves, fetch my musket and don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes!"
If you feel physically intimidated by what is essentially some well known and well respected people in a debating hall being angry about the current topic of discussion and telling you they're angry in a recognised and common cultural manner, then I can't help you.
Okay, now that you're past the initial outrage stage and able to think with a clear, focused head about this emergency, what action are you going to take?
(Unless you're not from the USA in which case my apologies)
I dunno, that looks like the USA and their butter sucks, man. It's not even yellow, and they sell it in "sticks". I was so glad to find Kerrygold there.
I've called them when a man was getting scary loud and literally physical with an equally hysterical woman trying to protect her baby, from him in her home and their response was to send a car over... 6 hours later... then decide nothing was happening so they just left.
I've called them for various other crimes over the years too (I live in a rough crappy area sadly), and most of the time they don't show up at all. At this point I've just given up bothering to call them if there's a crime taking place.
They exist to protect property and the ruling class, and only occasionally help us lower classes out if doing so aligns with those priorities.
E.g. they will show up for a murder in droves, as those drive down house and business values in the area and thus hurt the landlords pockets. Can't have that!
Are these guys Labour like the UK's Labour (basically a centre-right wing party in disguise these days), or are they legitimately a left-wing pro socialist workers rights party, like Labour should be?
If the latter, good for them! They deserve good things over there.
But an extra SIM card with data is only like £6 a month on a monthly rolling account, all one would have to do is have one or two less lattes to make up for is and it's all good.
I would love to see more connectivity options in our devices, including tablets!
I watched a match of American Football (kinda rugby with body armour).
It was soooo boring and went on FOREVER. They had a few tiny exciting parts, but they've got more than one referee and they're constantly stopping the match to put down flags and discuss things and just generally do nothing, it ruins the flow of the game and leaves the observer with nothing to watch or do.
INCREDIBLY boring. So glad there was a model aeroplane show going on right behind the pitch and a bar, I was able to enjoy my pint and watch the planed fly around whole I waited for the American thing to get going again every time.
2 has an annoying bulbous handle that upsets the balance and the tines take up too much of the fork space, leaving too little room for the little shovel bit at the back that can hold things that might fall through the tines a bit better,
hahahahahaha