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  • Going to be the spoil sport: that’s a consequence of wanting the fitted sheet not to pop off or slide around. I’ve always just gotten the same size as my bed and found no real issues – timing from first correct corner, on in around 60 seconds. If you have a physical disability or accidentally got a sheet that doesn’t match your mattress (I’ve heard height is usually the culprit, but no lived experience here), I could see that changing.





  • Where the shit are you getting this from? It’s not in the article anywhere. The Europol press release these articles are pulling it from doesn’t mention it either. If it’s just vibes, maybe clarify that when you’re commenting under a specific article.


    Edit: In fact, the resolution mentioned by the press release says the opposite:

    Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and supporting the victims of trafficking, regardless of their country of origin, remains a priority for the Union and the Member States.

    And says nothing about deportation (what the EU would call “return”). That might be possible under 2008/115/EC. But like, ya didn’t cite that specifically or anything, and that resolution establishes rights to apply for asylum. It seems like this is vibes.




  • Man, jerkface, I really appreciate you taking on this responsibility, but I’m really wary of a hard pivot to “no adult content”/PEGI 7. I’d even be slightly skeptical toward PEGI 12, but PEGI 7 is pretty restrictive and leaves out really good content that’s non-offensive to social media platforms like Lemmy where users are expected (not formally in LW’s ToS, but nevertheless expected) to be at least 13. (edit: I’m a dummy; I forgot LW’s ToS were 18+. The 13+ assumption was sort of threadiverse-wide, but I totally whiffed the LW-specific part.)

    I wouldn’t gripe too much over PEGI 12 and allowing for the NSFW tag for exceptions (because that covers 13+), but PEGI 7 is saying “let’s keep it appropriate for users who shouldn’t even be browsing Lemmy unsupervised”.

    Anyway, your diligent moderation is better than beepsville, and I still really appreciate the hard work I know you’re willing to put in.








  • I actually don’t know that it excludes emulation (or to what extent it excludes it). Like I wouldn’t personally count emulating an NES game on a Switch, but when I pop an actual PS2 DVD into my computer, burn it to an ISO, and play it on PCSX2 – when I own two functioning PS2s, dumped the BIOS, and help work on the emulator – I would probably ultimately answer “yes” to this question.

    But it also seems clear that the person writing it knew almost nothing about retro gaming to have not clarified this even a little.