Unfortunately, I cannot eat at Five Guy’s or Chick-Fil-A because I am allergic to peanuts and they use peanut oil.
The elitist attitudes surrounding Apple products is so unbelievable. “OMG, I have an iPhone!” Yeah, you have an iPhone, so what? You’re the best? You can FaceTime your friends, despite you and your friends probably having, like, 7 other apps to do so? And no UI customizability or jailbreaking?
I’m just unable to understand the Apple/iOS hype. It makes my eyes roll. I’m content with my Samsung and Android, thanks.
They are putting the community in danger by banning masks.
“It’s pretty much over?” Hey, I don’t mean to sound like I’m putting you down, but this kind of defeatist rhetoric isn’t exactly helpful. After all, it reflects the kind of attitudes that allowed oppressive systems to persist for centuries. I’m as anti-fascist as you, but I’m worried that adopting a tribalist mentality will only nurture fascism and shield the privileged from accountability. Giving in to cynicism and analysis paralysis will do little to resolve the ever-worsening environmental catastrophe, and cedes the moral high ground to those prizing individual gain over the greater good.
Instead of wasting energy on Schadenfreude, I believe it’s more productive for us to come together as a species, set aside our differences, and reorganize our social and economic structures for the common benefit. Although it might sound demanding, anyone can help, and we can go a long way just by working together. Small daily choices will aggregate into powerful movements, but only if enough of us opt for sustainability over excess, demand accountability from corporations and governments, and upend the industrial capitalist machine that created this crisis.
The progress may seem glacial, intermittent, or stagnant. But this should not be rationale to give up! Besides, let’s celebrate the positives, and look towards how far we’ve come - more people than ever, especially those most directly impacted by climate change, such as Gen Alpha and/or the Global South - are recognizing the danger we’re headed for, and momentum for a just transition is building. Bottom line: the battle isn’t hopeless, but if we make it hopeless, it will. Stay strong, warrior.
And people still say she’s “politically neutral”? BS.
Also another problem would be that some languages are more character-efficient than others. E.g. Chinese vs English vs Navajo.
Looking at you, Trump.
Me neither. It’s alright to learn superstitions and traditional folk beliefs, but what you shouldn’t do is allow them to get in the way of safety and productivity. E.g. taking herbal supplements with adverse side effects.
I, too, used to have a phase where I went around telling people I was “agnostic”, but looking back, the only real reason I kept saying that was to show an apologist face towards my conservative Christian family. Really I was just atheist, but it took me quite a while for me to be able to confidently say that.
I recommend “folks” or “fellas”.
See, this is why we need more diverse representation in the media now. Manchildren always whine about “diversity ruining everything” when it’s really a truer reflection of America’s evolving demographics.
I still think we should try our best!
Not all people identify with the two-gender labels. For instance, I’m genderqueer, and I’d feel very dysphoric if someone told me “ma’am.”
The right to quit, if things get corporate and greedy and the people, the people who actually form the community only get screwed over. Whether it’s a job, a club, or a social media platform.
I’ll play devil’s advocate: one benefit I could see to Reddit’s karma system is that it can quickly filter out spam or alt accounts from more serious communities.
As long as we don’t allow capitalist corporate greed to ruin the Fediverse like it has ruined (and will continue to ruin) practically everything.
I just looked it up and… lemmy has blocked Beehaw??
You’re 100% right. But my point is, international cooperation is key, and every country has a part to play. As we’ve all seen during the COVID pandemic politicizing natural disasters is a recipe for disaster, and unfortunately, it appears as though we haven’t learnt a thing.
You know, it’s so funny (though obviously not in an enjoyable way per se) how those folks are so selective and picky about freedom. Like freedom is OK when it’s the freedom to enter a supermarket without a mask, but it’s not OK when it’s the freedom to express your gender. And as in this example, when it comes to corporate masters…
Don’t you just love capitalism? And don’t you just loooooove capitalists? It’s honestly frightening how reminiscent it is to the way the fascists took power in 1930s Germany.
And by the way, I’m noticing a parallel with how much they not only embrace conservative evangelical Christendom, but also act like it’s the epitome of freedom and liberty - the American Dream, if you will. If you attend one of the US’s most notorious fundie schools, you’re not allowed to stay up late, mingle with the opposite gender too much, attend dances, or be pretty much anything other than cishet (and implicitly, cishet white male). The irony of how said school is named “LIBERTY” University never seems to die on me.
I like this. It saves resources. And I think we should all start adapting to it.