Has anyone else been trying to break their reddit-era habit of downvoting?
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    ButterBiscuits
    1y ago 100%

    Hard disagree. Down votes shouldn't be disabled, and I'm disappointed that Beehaw has chosen to do this.

    What about comments that give dangerous advice to an unknowing audience?

    That's one good reason for down votes. People may upvote it not knowing any better, and when someone comes along to correct them, the damage is done. Other knowledgeable people can't downvote it to make sure that dangerous advice gets pushed to the bottom, they just have to hope those that upvoted come back, see the rest of the discussion, and remove their upvote.

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  • Would you buy a new battery for a very old laptop?
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    ButterBiscuits
    1y ago 100%

    What does that have to do with anything? You gave dangerous advice to someone with unknown skill levels for handling batteries.

    But yes, I do, and if you don't know what you're doing and puncture a cell trying to take the wrap off, you'll have a bad time. Li-Ion fires are terrifying, and it makes no sense to replace a few cells when you can just get the whole damn battery for a few dollars more and mitigate the risk of burning down your house.

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  • Would you buy a new battery for a very old laptop?
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    ButterBiscuits
    1y ago 100%

    What kind of terrible advice is this?

    Absolutely do not start ripping apart your old laptop battery to replace cells if you don't know what you're doing. Depending on the battery size and type, you might also not have many cells at all to replace.

    You would be better off buying a cheap replacement battery, especially if it's already 10 years old. Any cells that aren't bad today will likely be very soon.

    Telling people to pop open a Li-Ion battery is asking for a fire.

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  • You can quite clearly tell when the Reddit apps stopped working on this graph of lemm.ee traffic 📈
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    ButterBiscuits
    1y ago 100%

    If you cave everytime someone gets offended, you won't be able to write anything. Ignore people like that that are purposefully misconstruing your intentions just to make themselves feel better about their boring lives.

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  • You can quite clearly tell when the Reddit apps stopped working on this graph of lemm.ee traffic 📈
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    ButterBiscuits
    1y ago 83%

    Jesus fucking Christ chill out. Shit like this will just turn people away. Get off your high horse and understand that nobody is making light of anyone's situation by using that term. So annoying.

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  • The Supreme Court Has Killed Affirmative Action. Mediocre Whites Can Rest Easier.
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    ButterBiscuits
    1y ago 100%

    People here will disagree with you, but you're absolutely right, and this is how it has worked for a while. Swinging the pendulum too far in either direction.

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