What if we Holy Roman Empire and the feds just become a figurehead element?

I can't believe it's so little. Do they not know what's happening here?

Is this 30% down in foreign tourist (like people crossing border with the intention of a tourist visit) or 30% down in tourist industry revenue?

If it's revenue that's huge. Because a lot of tourism is just Americans going to tourist destinations. Though I'm sure some of that drop is coming from Americans also not being able to afford vacations.

If it's 30% down of actual foreign tourist travel that's less than I'd expect too. But still beyond devastating to the tourist industry. Between that and the explosion of online gambling, I know Vegas is hurting so much right now.

Does this hold true if you don't use any meta apps? Or maybe no meta apps except WhatsApp or something which is not a public discourse medium anyway?

I am well aware of the bullshit that the politicians are using abused kids to push through.

Only if you actually use it.

Every app that asks for my face I either don't sign up or turn on the VPN.

Although the airport takes a face scan now so maybe it's a moot point

No, I know they were there, but I didn't watch the event as I had better things to do with my time.

The snazzy European uniforms?

Luckily you guys have land borders. Unluckily they might start patrolling them for people escaping too.

I dont use social media.

..on a social media...

Probably, or at least a lengthy interrogation

But how else am I supposed to pet the alligators? Do you seriously expect me to go all the way to Africa to pet the crocodiles in the Nile instead?

they almost never fully repeal any invasive piracy legislation when they get into power, which is why they are called republican lite.

I've only used Reddit (also not anymore) and here. None of the more traditional social media such as Facebook, Xitter, TikTok, and whatever else people are using these days.

Oh, I do have a LinkedIn. I only update it when I change jobs.

Posting.

Porn.

Weird porn.

Furry porn.

Backing myself up in arguments.

One for serious posts that you don't mind being linked back to you professionally, and one for shitting all over trump.

See ya in five years if there is much left to see 👍

to spread out , risk mitigation of reddits tendancies to ban people. i had accounts for certain niches that doesnt want to interact more "controversial" subs. unfortunately this year around reddit filters targeted all accounts at once as potential spam, ban evasion.

Change every so and on to maintain some sense of privacy, it won't work against reddit or th US gov, but at least may avoi that people look too far in my comment history, then I had to deal with a ban... for telling people to move to lemmy

Lots of mods will dig through your history and ban based on activity in other subs. Having themed accounts helps segment your content. I had separate accounts for hobbies, anything political, and local stuff. I don't want those things linked.

I also deleted accounts every so often to start fresh. Except for the hobby one, that was neutral enough that I let it stay until I completely left Reddit.

This is what I've been thinking about. What do they do with people that intentionally avoid social media? Is it simply presumed they're hiding something? To that end, would it make sense to run a 'fake' social media account where they just post and share the most politically neutral/milquetoast memes and commentary just so there's something in their history? I have always disliked the idea that one simply has to interact with social media or else be labeled an outcast/weirdo/suspicious person.

It feels like it comes from the same school of thought that the Internet and/or computers need to be used for everything...i don't like the way society continues moving away from "real" methods of paying bills and handling important personal affairs by replacing the old ways with "better" online alternatives. There are definitely benefits to both approaches, i just don't like when a "paper option" gets eliminated entirely in favor of electronic.

Just having a senior moment over here, please forgive my rambling 👴

I could see them detaining you simply for having linux on your laptop. If they can't navigate around it then you're obviously up to no good. I don't use a display manager and could see them cuffing me simply because you need to login to my machine via TTY and know which WM i'm using.

Unfortunately, some of us have family there. I indeed shat my pants at the airport this March and it only got worse since then.