I’ll go first. Mine is that I can’t stand the Deadpool movies. They are self aware and self referential to an obnoxious degree. It’s like being continually reminded that I am in a movie. I swear the success of that movie has directly lead to every blockbuster having to have a joke every 30 seconds
I have had a tendency since my earliest days on social media where I will get halfway or more through a response, and end up just cancelling it. Sometimes I feel like I’m just being to over the top with snark or otherwise don’t want to be that kind of person, but a lot of the time I’ll decide I just really don’t care...
Don’t be naive. What’s happening now is the result of a pattern in human behavior which has played out countless times before. It may be cathartic to throw your arms up and say “nothing matters and everything is a lie, burn it all” but that’s not productive and it will allow the greater of many evils to win.
Sometimes I will use something and realize I’ve owned it forever. It’s a nice change in our throwaway reality. I think my personal record is a bicycle multi-tool I got for one of my first bikes, ~25 years ago. Still have it, still use it. When it comes to electronic devices I have a Panasonic mini Hi-Fi from ~2005. Never...
I’m a heavy emoji user, texting is such a poor medium for communication, many times people get the wrong message, but with an emoji you’ll get an idea of the face I’m making, so less chance of misunderstanding...
You’re not wrong, but this thread is the first time I’ve seen someone make that argument and not immediately dive into a bunch of alt-right talking points.
Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, in his first remarks after being elected Wednesday afternoon, told Members of Congress that “Scripture” and “the Bible” are clear that they have been “ordained” by God.
That’s honestly been the most frustrating part of this whole affair. It feels like the left would rather jack themselves off over their moral and intellectual superiority than get down in the dirt digging these lunatics out. This isn’t something to laugh about and it’s not going to go away. There is a very real risk that we will lose our basic freedoms and possibly lives to a bunch of fascists within the next few years, and all these armchair socialists can do is point and laugh.
Let me begin by saying that I don’t know if it’s even possible at this point to reverse the course we’re on. I’m not a political scientist, or a historian, or a lawyer. I’m a white guy in my 20s who was born and raised in the rust belt.
There needs to be an effort made to understand the underlying factors that are driving these people into a fascist death cult and address them. Yes, they’re racist, uneducated assholes, but they’re also poor, desperate, and in many ways culturally marginalized. There was a massive brain drain out of the rust belt in the 70s. The money flowed out and the drugs flowed in, just like what happens in the inner cities. It’s been decaying ever since. This decay has create a breeding ground for extremism that was first ignored by everybody, then harnessed by Republicans into a potent political weapon.
It’s reached a point where we may be forced to solve this kinetically, but efforts need to be made to draw as many people out of the cult as possible. The thing that kept me hooked in (I was involved in a lot alt-right spaces back in 2012-17) was the persistent notion that “the left doesn’t want me”. We need to be offering opportunities to leave the Trump bubble, and to show them that we genuinely want to help and work together.
That was a lot of rambling but I guess the gist is we need to learn to extend the right olive branches where possible, and prepare for a fight because it could easily turn into the largest war this hemisphere has ever seen. They’re anger is borne out of real frustrations, and their threats are unignorable.
It was a combination of a lot of things. In 2018 I dropped out of college and on a whim signed up for AmeriCorps. I ended up working with my local Habitat for Humanity affiliate and found myself surrounded by people from all different beliefs and backgrounds, many of whom were recent immigrants or refugees. I made new friends and ended up in a lot of left-leaning spaces which, at the time, was very uncomfortable. Through these people, I learned that those I had feared and hated were just that: people.
As the Trump presidency wore on I became more and more disillusioned with the far right and their incompetencey, while simultaneously becoming more receptive to leftwing solutions to the political anxieties that had lured me to fascism in the first place. By 2020 I was off the Trump train and ridin’ with Biden.
It has taken me years of work to pull the hooks of fascism out of my psyche, and the scars they left behind will take years longer to heal. It is an ideology devoid of love, which takes a lot of effort to relearn. I don’t know how to do the same for the millions of others who have been inducted into this cult. Years of deliberate self-reflection and dis comfortable may be too much to ask, especially without a healthy support system to fall back on.
There may be nothing we can do to stop what is happening now, but I suppose we can try. The number one thing is we need to do is offer them a way out. They are not irredeemable for having been magats and we don’t hate them. We need to show them that we’re on their side and offer real demonstrable solutions to the problems they face. We need to treat them real like human beings with legitimate worries and fears. We need to flood their spaces with leftist ideals that don’t punch down at all the “stupid racist hicks from flyover country”. As corny as it is, we need to love this movement to death, because that’s the one thing they need more than anything.
I first heard about FX’s “Archer” in the ready room of VAQ-135, a navy squadron who were serving an interminable deployment aboard an aircraft carrier somewhere near Midway Island. (This sounds very much like a humblebrag that Sterling Archer would obnoxiously drop into conversation). It was 2010, and the pilots had lost...
I would highly recommend rewatching Vice. I wasn’t a fan when it first came out, but when I went back and rewatched it last year it becameone of my favorites. It’s got a different style than the first few seasons, but it’s great in its own right.
At this point it’s a race to see whether the workers will band together before the magats go full fascist. This decade is about to get really interesting.
Looks good! At some point they’re going to ask if you have any questions, make sure you ask at least one. It shows that you’re interested and paying attention.
I used Ubuntu once a few years ago but had compatability issues so I went back to windows. Not a great programmer but I’d like to learn. I’m not looking to do much gaming beyond DOOM2 and factorio. Mostly looking for privacy and a way to get back into programming (I have this pipe dream of learning Assembly). I’m not to...
I was trying to run some weird nonsensical dream program for a work presentation and it kept opening M$Edge to show me ads. Every time I closed a window, two more would open. Eventually I was fired because “real dudes use arch”. Then I woke up.
I've got a couple of days off, 2 kg of sculpting clay, and zero previous experience of sculpting. What should I make?
Lay it on me, people!
Your partner/mom/cat has been kidnapped, and the only way to save them is to "write a comment that is guaranteed to get downvoted on Lemmy." What do you comment?
What is your unpopular flim opinion
I’ll go first. Mine is that I can’t stand the Deadpool movies. They are self aware and self referential to an obnoxious degree. It’s like being continually reminded that I am in a movie. I swear the success of that movie has directly lead to every blockbuster having to have a joke every 30 seconds
How often to you bail on a half-written post or response?
I have had a tendency since my earliest days on social media where I will get halfway or more through a response, and end up just cancelling it. Sometimes I feel like I’m just being to over the top with snark or otherwise don’t want to be that kind of person, but a lot of the time I’ll decide I just really don’t care...
US vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire (www.semafor.com)
The U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Friday calling for a ceasefire to the fighting in Gaza....
What country are you using lemmy from?
;-)
is there a limit to the point that i will find women attractive?
Context, I’m 30 now and i will find women my age and up attractive, but 15 years ago a 35 year old women would never have been attractive to me....
US files war crime charges against Russians accused of torturing an American in the Ukraine invasion (www.themoscowtimes.com)
european stereotypes (feddit.de)
Five and a half million Germans could not heat their homes sufficiently in 2022 due to lack of money (www.welt.de)
Night vs Morning people (startrek.website)
JPEG (lemmy.world)
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what caused you to get into Linux?
What caused you to get into it, are you an evangel and are you obsessed?
SCHLOP rule (lemmy.world)
[Discussion] Steam Autumn sale is live! What are you buying to llay on your deck? (store.steampowered.com)
What item have you been using on a daily basis for the longest amount of time?
Sometimes I will use something and realize I’ve owned it forever. It’s a nice change in our throwaway reality. I think my personal record is a bicycle multi-tool I got for one of my first bikes, ~25 years ago. Still have it, still use it. When it comes to electronic devices I have a Panasonic mini Hi-Fi from ~2005. Never...
bug rule (lemmy.world)
Which video game did you bounce off of at first, but then tried again later for it to become one of your favorites of all time?
why do lemmy users hate the use of emojis ?
I’m a heavy emoji user, texting is such a poor medium for communication, many times people get the wrong message, but with an emoji you’ll get an idea of the face I’m making, so less chance of misunderstanding...
Please, not again. (lemmy.world)
Edit: good to see I woke the shills
Steam is working on allowing you to mark a game as private and hide it from your friends (both you and Valve knows why) (nitter.net)
Ohio votes to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, becoming 24th state to do so (apnews.com)
Toilet Task rule (telegra.ph)
Phasers set to "Bitch please" (startrek.website)
Why it's getting harder for Doug Ford to sidestep blame for Greenbelt scandal (www.cbc.ca)
Rap battle rule (sh.itjust.works)
Group seeks to clear names of all accused, convicted or executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts (abcnews.go.com)
18 people dead and suspect at large after shootings in area of Lewiston, Maine, authorities say (www.cnn.com)
'Scripture is very clear': New House Speaker tells Congress God has 'ordained' them (www.alternet.org)
Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, in his first remarks after being elected Wednesday afternoon, told Members of Congress that “Scripture” and “the Bible” are clear that they have been “ordained” by God.
Sure it is (lemmy.world)
generational rule (lemmy.world)
Defederation from Lemmygrad.ml
Hello World,...
‘Archer’s’ Final Mission: Sterling and His Frenemies Sign Off After 142 Episodes of Awful Behavior. We Will Miss Them. (variety.com)
I first heard about FX’s “Archer” in the ready room of VAQ-135, a navy squadron who were serving an interminable deployment aboard an aircraft carrier somewhere near Midway Island. (This sounds very much like a humblebrag that Sterling Archer would obnoxiously drop into conversation). It was 2010, and the pilots had lost...
UAW expands strike as nearly 9,000 workers walk off job at Ford's largest plant (www.upi.com)
alien(rule) (lemmy.world)
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I had a dream about windows and have decided to setup Linux on my laptop. What distro should I use?
I used Ubuntu once a few years ago but had compatability issues so I went back to windows. Not a great programmer but I’d like to learn. I’m not looking to do much gaming beyond DOOM2 and factorio. Mostly looking for privacy and a way to get back into programming (I have this pipe dream of learning Assembly). I’m not to...