ID: drawing of a cute rond frog wearing a pink bow tie, who has waved a sparkling magic wand to produce a small fire in front of them, text says: "I will not be having problems this year. Instead, I will be causing them"
Credit: rainylune
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I find it a little frustrating that you think any of this started with, because of, or will end with cheeto.
This:
a fractured nation, a failing education system, crumbling infrastructure, and a healthcare system that leaves millions behind
has always been the case, and it is a feature, not a bug. Always has been.
And it will never change as long as you continue to focus on the things the system tells you to focus on (like team red vs team blue, or the clown at the front of the stage) rather than on the system itself (a state mechanism built on slavery and genocide from day dot, and designed and enforced by and for the rich and powerful, who are the ones actually pulling the strings) and abolishing that.
And before OP gets their underwear in a twist - all states are oppressive and should be abolished, but a country founded on and with the biggest hard on for capitalism on the planet, and who has the power to, and has been since its founding, loudly and aggressively dragging the rest of the world on a race to the bottom (if not directly with war mongering and political interfering, then with profiteering off of their enemies war mongering and politically interfering), deserves all the criticism it gets, and the fact that it's easier for you to create a straw person to dismiss the perfectly valid and long overdue criticism, than it is to hear them and sit with the mild discomfort it causes you to hear the truth and confront reality, is a you problem, not a lemmy problem.
I have to tell you, that Action Park shit is still sitting with me.. 😂
Seriously though, thanks for managing that community, it's a good 'un. I've woken up many a morning to a wiki page you led me to lol
E: also, it's 3:45am now, am feeling a little called out by op (though I had actually gone to sleep at 10pm too, it's just that I've woken up since 😭)
Your brother is on a (specifically designed and heavily funded) pipeline to being a total piece of shit (not just with misogyny, but racism, and probably queerphobia and ableism too), do what you can to get him off it. A quick search brings up what looks to be some good info to start you off:
Misogynistic influencers are trending right now. Defusing their message is a complex task
De-radicalising incels out of the ‘manosphere’ through Reddit
There are also many youtube videos on the subject, though I haven't watched any recently, so I won't link, but look up something along the lines of "manosphere right wing pipeline" and you should see some results.
If you’re really asking what it means, an Alpha is a
pseudo scientific myth that has been twisted and then adopted almost exclusively by toxic men to try and boost their own ego and justify their shit behaviour
FTFY
And you're telling everyone here that you are an ableist.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
being patient like that definitely a skill that is not always easy to get right, and certainly takes practice.
What it mostly takes is mountains of privilege.
Not to mention that tone policing and demanding faux civility (but only from one side, the other gets to openly support oppressive constructs and still be seen as "well meaning" while those defending their humanity and fighting for survival get framed as the problem) are tools that serve to further oppress already marginalise voices, not uplift them.
Do better.
Wow, I feel both seen and very attacked 😂
I do all of this and more. It's constant, and it's exhausting.
Ah, yes, women as possessions owned by their husbands and fathers, and used as objects to inflict revenge on other men with, how enlightened and progressive, and not just as shitty and harmful as when they do it. 🙄(heavy /s)
(and because defensive people like to make up straw people to protect their ego and cognitive dissonance - fuck the entire trump family, this isn't a defence of any of them, it's an indictment of how deeply misogyny is rooted in the entirety of society, including leftist circles that consider themselves "progressive" yet are happy to resort to this kind of counterproductive and harmful bullshit)
He wants to be king of the world, it's as simple as that. He already has the most money (not that that'll stop him from wanting more), now he just needs to have the most power, and actively supporting the rise of fascism around the world (which he has been doing for long before he let his mask start to slip and now completely come off) is his way of getting it.
The fact that you think he bought twitter, or is running it the way he is as some sort of troll, rather than a very real, and very effective, way of manipulating the public as well as politics as a whole, shows how well it works.
ID: Drawing of a single flower growing in a pot, it is looking sparse and only has 3 petals left, 2 more petals have fallen off to the ground next to it. Text says: "It's okay if all you did ~~today~~ THIS YEAR was survive"
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ID: the top half of the image is set on a grey background. It says: "Stop buying your loved ones BORING gifts like: Severed Plant Genitals" next to a crossed out graphic of flowers, "Roasted Bean Bar" next to a crossed out graphic of a bar of chocolate, and "Shiny Rocks" next to a crossed out graphic of a diamond ring. There are also a couple of sad emojis.
The bottom half of the image is set on a bright sparkly background. It says: "Instead get them something they'll REALLY appreciate: Heat Death of the Universe" next to a graphic of the universe in flames with a green tick next to it, "Rift in Spacetime" next to a graphic of that rift with a green tick next to it, and finally "Cursed Knowledge" next to a graphic of an ancient looking book with a green tick next to it. There are also a couple of starry eyed emojis.
ID: A scene from The Addams Family, we see an engraved gravestone, Morticia reads it out to Fester: "Our credo, "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectos nunc.". She adds: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us." "Not just pretty words."
ID: image titled "Health Insurance CEOS and their pay:" above 8 photos of the CEO
Cigna, DAVID CORDANI $21M
WellCare, MICHAEL CARSON $23.5M
Humana, BRUCE BROUSSARD $16.3 M
CENTENE Corporation, SARAH LONDON $18.6 M
MOLINA HEALTHCARE, JOSEPH ZUBRETSKY $21.4 M
CVS Health, KAREN LYNCH $21.6 M
Elevance Health, GAIL BOUDREAUX $21.9 M
United Healthcare, BRIAN THOMPSON $10.2 M
ID: Drawing of a duck billed platypus underwater, they're wearing a rainbow coloured t shirt and a pink bum-bag, and saying: "Ally is not something you can self-identify as, it's a title that you earn. Let your actions speak for themselves!"
Credit: Sophie Labelle
ID: screengrab of a list of tips and tricks for the game Pocket Build, it says:
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When making a circle with walls or fences, make a line in the middle first as a guide then proceed to place the fences while changing the angle one notch at a time. The change in angle has to be consistent for it to be a perfect circle.
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When you place a fish, you can scale the number of fish that appear but not their size.
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Since People and Goblins don’t disappear once they die, you can use their bodies for decoration.
ID: Person A posted: "Gen Z is too afraid to ask a waiter for extra ketchup, but will bodyslam a cop"
Person B replied: "We respect those who actually serve"
Person C says: "BRUH"
ID: An edited image of two people looking at each other and smiling, maybe about to kiss, the background is black and the details are outlines which repeat, slightly overlapping, in neon red-green-blue. At the bottom is stylised text: "Ho Ho Ho mosexual"
ID: the text "tfw you realise trump respects turkeys more than women" above a photo of trump about to pardon a turkey that's in front of him, asking "am I allowed to touch it?"
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No, stop, I can't fucking breath.. 🤣🤣🤣