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In light of recent controversy and its handling, the twice-a-year FediForum unconference for April 1st and 2nd has been canceled by its organizer.

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[โ€“] BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's pedantry. If I said "the difference between cars and bicycles is 4 wheels versus 2" someone will feel the need to shout out about some 6 wheeled Mercedes or unicycles and tricycles.

[โ€“] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago

Her comment was meant as black and white. To use your analogy, she would be arguing that 6 wheeled cars don't exist, and insisting that all vehicles have two or four wheels, and that's how we distinguish them