Manticore

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[–] Manticore@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

28% of Americans thing he's been good for the economy. 31% of Americans voted for him... There's some shift and 'buyers remorse', sure. But not as much as numbers alone imply.

I think most of the people who've been deceived by the rhetoric are too committed. They'd rather convince themselves that their economic pain will serve some greater good, even if they can't see what that is yet.

[–] Manticore@beehaw.org 2 points 4 months ago

So fluid ounces are just metric with extra steps :/

[–] Manticore@beehaw.org 10 points 4 months ago

This trait is so ingrained that anytime an RPG had dialogue to point out what an ass I'm being I surprisedpikachu.jpg IRL

[–] Manticore@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

For many of us overseas, this is seen as the US pulling back the curtain, yes. These ideas have been couched rhetoric for decades, mostly from Reagan or even earlier. The current figures just don't know how to be subtle about it. Or perhaps, feel confident enough to believe nobody will stop them.

This follows with the people. We've seen Americans make excuses for harmful policy for decades already, preoccupied with which individual social tribes to blame. I think many were (or are) hoping this extremity would prompt revolt or rebellion, but are ultimately not surprised that most Americans have simply become even more divided and hostile. Were begging you to stop it. Most of us are already convinced you won't.

The groundwork to make men/women left/right native/expat worker/boss Chrstian/Muslim etc blame each other for the suffering in their own communities has been laid for a long time and is now self-sustaining and making uniting against class difficult, if not impossible.

The ridiculous military funding also makes Americans that do want to resist feel too afraid to do so. You were told it would protect you from the other social tribes, but the tribes being blamed were chosen almost exclusively for the elite's financial or global power reasons.

[–] Manticore@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

Wooden plaque that had the words "I swear it was clean yesterday." From my dad.

I'm not one for impractical clutter. And my dad could be very judgemental. Why I would want an ugly handmade plaque that would imply I was messy, lazy, and dishonest about it?

[–] Manticore@beehaw.org 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If anything they're the opposite. The petitions themselves are not binding, and if they're not directly to institutions then they're probably not even noticed.

...but they do convince signers that they've 'done something', the catharsis of which makes them less likely to do something that actually matters.

[–] Manticore@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago

What the alternative for heating? If it is AC, consider that much of the electrical grid is powered by air pollution anyway (especially coal), so the issue is at best deferred.

In urban areas, I believe the biggest cause of air pollution is vehicles, not woodsmoke.

[–] Manticore@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Either it doesn't get engaged with, or the people who engage with it have the reading comprehension of a carrot.

I noticed you didn't explicitly say in your post that you don't kick puppies, so let me assume that you believe that is acceptable and then vividly describe what a horrible person you are. Also,

Time to start over

...now that I've pulled a tiny portion of comment out of context to make it easier to attack, how dare you.