Yeah ngl they are… random tangent where I used to live earlier the local shop there, they used to have like plastic boxes with a collection of refrigerated fruit slices (for eg two slices of mango, some grapes, cucumbers etc) without dumping them into syrup… and they used to be relatively freshly cut… i wish it were that convenient to get fruits everywhere… it sucks you can get chocolates and sodas everywhere but not ready to eat fruits

Such a shameless strawman, tell when did i imply that the air was amazing when the other government was in power?

The cloud seeding was just a government stunt, they were already told it wasnt going to work by IIT professors themselves but they went ahead and wasted 3.2cr of tax money cuz why not? It also would only last a few days anyway as the core causes of pollution remain unaddressed

The government itself straight up denies and even allowed things like firecrackers which made the AQI get even worse than it normally wud (not saying firecrackers are the main cause, but it definitely made it much worse), the gov denies its even an issue and is busy campaigning while the citizens they rule over are having insane problems with reports suggesting everyhousehold suffers from some sort of an issue directly attributed to air pollution

India post 2014 tbh is just a great example of how to cosplay as a democracy just enough that the world doesnt raise an eyebrow but at home minorities (and mind you its not just muslims, it includes christians and even lower caste hindus) continuously harrassed and the income gap becoming wider than under the british rule…

All good except the part “new delhi was trying”, nopes they are not, they r just spraying water on aqi sensors and beating up protestors, thats what happens when u elects fascist religious fanatics to run the capital of one of the most complex countries in the world…

Been trying that but it doesnt work for me :( any guidance appreciated

Wait… so ig the illusion works because ur brain has to decide which face is the front face ig…

Uhh… username checks out or maybe (prolly) i am just too dumb to get the joke lol

I tried and u can kinda do that if u focus on the top one and kinda see the downwards one from the corner of ur eye…

Hmm i get ur argument, but still i do believe that banning that app will still have some net positive impact, i understand that this doesn’t really fix the problem by its root, maybe i m biased, but i just want the people around me to get a chance to get off that app, thats why banning it, while i agree with not with so good intentions, still might give some sort of positive impact on people who cant concentrate on anything for more than a minute, i just don’t jive well with the mentality here that the ban in nd of itself is wrong, i understand tho that the US has its own interests and doesn’t give many fcks abt ppl

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I might be killed, but seeing the comments i feel like lemmy is getting too into the zone of umm like judging the action based on the person instead of judging the action/statement itself, yeah the US gov is a piece of shit, and also they probably don’t have the peoples best interest in mind, but the act of banning tiktok, according to me, is a right move, i can see nd myself have felt the humongous mental impact it has on teens (like me) basically killing their attention span, and making them feel like they need to pick up their phone, heck kids cant read 10pages from their physics book, infact reading a page only thoroughly is a tough task for most of them, and i m not talking abt a few select cases, i can see this in 95% of kids (this is anecdotal tho), ever since i stopped using reels/tiktoks/shorts, i can feel my mind improving

Also the whole slew of misinformation and propaganda tiktok is, is another issue

Again I agree with ppl that the US doesn’t hv the ppls best interest, but i do feel this might help atleast some ppl break their addiction, so many I know are aware they r addicted but can’t stop, banning the app altogether might help