Seek a second opinion. That doctor is not listening to you. Something other than aging is going on and it should be properly investigated.

edit: is severe arthritis in your family (or any other bone/joint disease)? Are you exposed to large or long term doses of chemical(s) or radiation in your life through work or living environment (industrial zone nearby/upwind, or very old home). These are things I’d be considering.

Well I wouldn’t accept “I dunno” as an answer any more. “you are old enough now that it’s time for you to know because if you don’t people will take advantage of you”.

Every time they say ‘I dunno’ demand a single page report on the answer complete with at least 2 sources. No TV/Phone/Whatever until it is done. They’ll stop uttering that real quick. The key is co-participation though. Telling them something is important is meaningless when compared to showing them it is important by sitting down and helping them figureidout.

How you interact with them is the key to 90% of what your child learns from you. You’re already participating in their viewing. Use this as a stepping stone for dialogue regarding plausibility, and demonstrating critical thinking.

“Do you agree with that influencer? Why or why not?”

“What are the influencers motivations?” Dazzle them with possibilities they had not considered too.

“If I told you I’ve been to space would you believe me? But I’m your parent! Why is my claim beyond belief?”

“Can you verify what that person is telling you through reliable means? This is how I would do that”.

… and so on. Just do more of what you’re doing and up the investigation portion IMO. Don’t be afraid to learn something yourself while they witness it. Just be careful to avoid arguments as they’re getting to that age…

If you say anything bad about linux, or star trek, or github, you get downvoted to hell

If not simply moderated out of the community because ‘fostering dialogue is an important goal’.

Wasn’t saying you were. Just I’d be unable to answer without doing so.

lemmy.ml and other instances under that domain.

So for official project pages and lemmy.ml, but individual instances can have their own.

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4. Unacceptable Behaviour

• Violence, threats of violence or violent language directed against another person.
• Deliberate intimidation, stalking or following.
• Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior.

The general Code of Conduct includes a subsection on harassment.

Never cosplayed personally, but friend went in an admittedly simple Jedi costume back during the Phantom Menace era. We went to a Star Wars convention and just wow. The vibe was incredible. He garnered us so much attention in what was essentially a hand sewn wool blanket with a light sabre toy (no blade) on his belt with glued cardboard detailing. People LOVED the effort though even if it paled in comparison to the ‘professionals’ out there. Guaranteed conversation in any line or wait area. Great way to meet hot Twi’leks in your area. Cannot recommend enough you get into it if you are at all interested.

Error: question cannot be correctly answered without violating Lemmy TOS

This kinda thing just happened to me 2 days ago. Out taking the dogs for their evening walk and some dude was lying in the middle of his yard splayed out on his back, eyes closed, motionless and alone. It really looked like he had fallen off the roof or passed out so I waited for 10 seconds to see if I could see breathe, didn’t, said loudly “you okay there buddy”?

‘Yup’

“awesome. Have a good evening.”

😳

You and me both. WTF is rule 1 in this context even?

Removed by mod

“can we have your address for warrantee purposes”?

Leviticus 18:22 “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination”. It sounds pretty clear to me and at best could be proscribing both male homosexuality and pedersasty in one statement.

Edit: but ofc I do not know what the og scroll says nor would I be equipped to translate it or debate the true meaning of it.

Chicken shawarma. Simply delicious.

Leviticus’ proscription of homosexuality in the Torah predates Grecco-Persian wars

I don’t know for certain, but I think it is simply looking at what you do with your mouse. If the movement is erratic, imprecise, and delayed it goes ‘yeah, that is either a cat that got lucky which is close enough or a human’. The reason I think this is that I’ve failed same site’s checks if my mouse just happens to be hovering over the checkbox when the prompt appears. Retry, move the mouse, success.

What are you looking at because the instance list shows lemmy.ml using a Beta version, and isn’t the only one.

Dozens are using 19.5 which appears to be the latest stable version. Consider a couple of recent stable versions caused a lot of headaches for users and admins I think waiting to see if a newer ‘stable’ version is actually stable, let alone volunteering to test experimental versions in situ is prudent.

Here’s some more reading for you.

It’s not a matter of ‘being upset with a moderator’s decision’. Moderators are overstepping their mandate and it is a problem. Say something rude? Banned? Fine. Obviously against the rules. Politely say anything a core clique in that community disagrees with, factual or not, and there’s a non-zero chance you get your comment deleted at best because a mod+ disagrees, and it happens way too often.

But how is that different from any other website?

In other places there are extrinsic factors that influence how moderation is done. Reddit for example is concerned first and foremost with ensuring it is a place Ad agencies are comfortable working with. Reddit would strip moderators of their roles specifically because they weren’t doing their job right, and upsetting the community or ad agencies. More to the point: they have a Code of Conduct that is standardized for the ENTIRE platform. (AFAICT the problem with the mods being so problematic here is likely due to this mass exodus of incompetent mods from Reddit, but that is a hypothesis that needs further testing and out of my ability to research.)

At best this whole problem is that the Mods can’t be bothered to actually investigate reports, likely due to inadequate mod tools. Someone reports misinformation, or a troll, or rudeness and the accused gets punished with zero thought as to the veracity of the claim. I do not think that is it though. There are a couple mods who have a MO of abusing mod powers after verbally abusing a user just to get the final word, at least that I am aware of or experienced first hand.

And finally, I find the argument to ‘join the cartel of corrupt Mods if you don’t like it’… counterproductive. I personally do not want full control of moderation. I want moderation to be regulated/standardized because Lemmy atm is very much like the Old West.