deadbeef79000

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

That's something I just don't get. That's why I included "and wants to".

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 81 points 2 months ago (12 children)

No. It's just that some of us Pākehā actually care about preserving and supporting a people and a culture that our ancestors did their best to eradicate.

Those of us that care enough, will find out the appropriate ways to provide such support.

Auckland Airport has some (IMHO somewhat crass) token Māoritanga in the international terminal. They're quite happy to exploit Māori when there's tourism dollars to be made.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The "full blooded X" argument is an attempt to disenfranchise Māori from their whakapapa. If a person can and wants to trace their lineage (whakapapa) to any iwi or waka then they are Māori.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 16 points 2 months ago

The land court's purpose was literally (as stated in the establishing legislation) to oversee the "extinguishment or Māori title".

Setting conquest as a precedent of losing your land was deliberate.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 49 points 2 months ago (14 children)

Nope. Not even close. That's a myth used to invalidate actual Māori history.

The "moriori" were a Māori tribe on the Chatham islands who were conquered by mainland Māori.

Fun fact: NZ is the last place on earth to be permanently settled by humans.

TL;DR: Polynesians settled New Zealand over the 13th century, slowly lost contact with polynesia and the cultures diverged.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

I've used coreos happily on homelab bare metal.

PXE booting it with cloudinit/ignition automation for provisioning.

It's make for an excellent VPS.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 8 points 3 months ago

They're actually great for wading at the beach.

Near where I live is a shallow (waist deep) bay with a rocky sandy bottom: barefoot not advised. There're great for walking out into the shallows and helping the kids in kayaks or whatever.

Or gardening.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 months ago

Came here to gripe about exactly this.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 57 points 3 months ago (1 children)

IMHO cause and effect are the other way around. They either become or always have been crazy, at some point their partners realise this and bail. Then, unchecked, they go full-crazy.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 6 points 3 months ago

There's a House episode along those lines.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 months ago

adequate: of a quality that is acceptable but not better than acceptable

The default theme is also adequate for my needs. I don't even change the wallpaper from the default.

Themes apparently require better than "adequate".

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