• ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        6·
        29 days ago

        Technically Correct. It’s official name is not “Republic of Taiwan” it’s “Republic of China”, which officially consists of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

        Currently, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, are under rebel occupation by the so-called “People’s Liberation Army” commanded by the “Communist Party of China”. Taiwan is the only remaining area under ROC control, along with the Kinmen Islands as part of the “Free Area of Republic of China”.

        Well, at least, that’s the official view held by the Government in Taiwan, anyways. They never officially claimed to be “Republic of Taiwan”, but are, nevertheless, a de facto country under the name of “Republic of China”.

    • PaX [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      49·
      1 month ago

      Will he approve cool dog? I am seeking approval for the cool dog

      I have heard from a source on the inside that the cool dog is actually also the woke dog (complimentary, as on negationderogatory) as well wowee

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        5·
        30 days ago

        hexbear user try not to use stupid reaction images in every single fucking post challenge
        (physically impossible)

        • PaX [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          31·
          30 days ago

          :(

          Idk what tone you meant for that exactly but, asking genuinely, why do you dislike them? I just use cuz they’re fun imo and sometimes help clarify meaning of sentences. I do try to be cognizant of where I am on our federated network and avoid using the ones that represent some kind of Hexbear inside joke lol, like those ones don’t. I know I’m not alone in using them for those reasons cuz even Reddit supports inline reaction images these days lol. Besides all the social platforms supporting them (mainly cuz people like to use them imo), even Unicode’s emoji partly consist of a bunch of assignments for common reaction images lol (although, 🤓, cuz they do have to work in a global context they are usually much more strictly semantically defined and unspecific)

          • JoYo 🇺🇸OPEnglish
            2·
            29 days ago

            I don’t like them because they’re often ambiguous or even obfuscation.

            I also don’t like them because emoticons are the superior format.

  • 58008@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 month ago

    Is there a way to gift a subscription/membership to someone? I can just enter their address for the delivery, but there’re lots of other membership benefits they wouldn’t get because they’d be on “my” account 🤔

    • JoYo 🇺🇸OPEnglish
      9·
      1 month ago

      they mailed it to me under the name JoYo so they don’t need the name to be accurate.

      I think I donated under PayPal.