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Lauchs

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    Is there a "normie" or more mainstream instance for Lemmy?

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  • I'm not American.

    Lemmy is much farther left than any of our national discourse.

    I get that American parties are farther Right than most but the discourse here is much farther Left than almost all political discourse. Edit: I'm happy to be corrected, show me a serious party in a position of power in a Western democracy committed to ending capitalism!

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  • Yeah, this is exactly the childish annoyances and unpleasantness I'm talking about.

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  • Not everyone wants to spend social media arguing with people. We have things to do. It's not a particularly pleasant environment sometimes abd believe it or not, that bothers people.

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  • Thanks, I'll take a look!

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  • Much appreciated!

    Yeah, I think .world is the biggest and so I'd love that to be the "base" but even responses here go to "if you ain't against capitalism, I don't want you here."

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  • Actually that was my instinctual thought as well. Though, I might be primed as a result of some of the responses.

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  • If Lower Decks added multiverses then anything can be canon or not canon according to the viewer's preference! Want a multiverse that's the same but Discovery doesn't exist? Okay, that's the multiverse whatever show is set in until such time as they explicitly bring it up.

    That's how infinite realities work!

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    What do you Trump supporters (MAGAS) think is going to happen in the next 4 years?

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  • A few things.

    I'm not going to correct their beliefs or point out cruelty/hypocrisy, may feel good but that's not the point of the question. Especially now, it's important to understand where folks are coming from.

    Broadly speaking, people vote on emotion and how they view their circumstances. Most Americans, in real purchasing terms are less well off than they were during trump's first presidency. They expect and hope a "businessman" in the office will mean more wealth for them as Americans, financially, did pretty well under trump 1.0

    The big policy one is immigration. Wrongly or rightly, they associate stagnant wages with immigration and are also concerned about crime.

    An end to federal action on climate change. Among conservatives, these actions are often seen as wage/job killers or at the very least increasing the costs of products or taking away things people like (say, giant gas guzzling trucks/SUVs. Fox occasionally also conspiracy stuff about forced veganism etc.)

    Removal of DEI stuff. Any white conservative parent whose kid doesn't get the job/school spot etc wonders if it was because minority applicants were given more consideration. (Even among Liberals you'll hear strains of this. As an animator buddy put it to me while applying for grants "sure, I'll apply but I'm a straight white male, what studio gives a fuck about my story?")

    For the cultural conservatives (think heavily religious) they expect/hope sex education will be limited, avoid talk of gender identities etc. Similar changes, somehow stopping trans female athletes playing in university women's leagues or some such.

    They also seem to expect the deficit to be reduced because "businessmen will run the government like a business, get rid of bloat and get the country not paying more on the interest on its debts than on the military."

    Finally, apparently world leaders respect trump so no more wars etc.

    Again, I'm not correcting or advocating for these beliefs. These are just what I understand Conservatives to want/expect.

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    Can you explain "romantic love" to someone like me?

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  • I'm not you, I try.

    What do you dislike about the concept of free mental health to help the things that clearly bother you?

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  • Not just not open to feedback, but not open to the feedback that he himself solicited!

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  • Except most people aren't buying second hand, so you're complaining about a non-existent problem.

    Edit: As an amazing proof of concept, I'm in a dive bar, saw a pair of gloves in a wicker basket of lost and found and asked about them. The bartender gave them to me, notinf they'd been here for more than a year. These are easily several hundred dollar gloves.

    But if things really got to the point where many people were willing to buy second hand, there are in fact ethical brands as well for those who need new. Myself, I buy few things but as much as I can ethical either 2nd hand or from happy factories. (Though, goddamn I cannot find ethical boxers for a semi reasonable price. If you got tips...)

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  • How is offering to help you find a licensed mental health professional for free trying to piss you off?

    And, more importantly, you keep asking "how do you do X, Y Z?" And people keep taking time to help you out!

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  • Oh, neat! I didn't realize that much like clothes there are ethical internet alternatives. Which do you use?

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  • I don't think "yeah sure, that'd be great but if we all started doing good things it wouldn't work!" is a particularly valid critique. We are nowhere near the point of too many people buying second hand clothes.

    Yes, cheap stores are common.

    But the most valuable brands in America are not at the cheap level, they are things like Nike, Levi's and The Gap. Hell, even in progressive bastions so many people are rocking Arcteryx, REI etc, none of which are cheap.

    Again, go to any downtown, look at the outfits and consider how much they cost. Just the same as people wearing hundreds of dollars in jewelry (yes, there's costume jewelry but that's not what most folks are wearing downtown.)

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  • I mean, I guess misery at least is easy?

    It just seems so wild. This person seems so unhappy but has zero desire to do anything, even when we try to find them free fucking therapy! "Oh no, I might talk to someone who could maybe help me!"

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  • That's a silly slogan, I get the appeal but I think it's just an easy way to avoid taking responsibility for our own decisions.

    At the very least, there is better and worse consumption. It is utter nonsense to say that buying something made possible by modern day slavery is the same as paying a local artisan for something.

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  • Yeah. It just bothers me because you can see so many different people have taken the time to articulate solid suggestions, try to be friendly etc and are, at best, met with a "no." Like, even them complaining about their birthday, so many good people chimed in just to be kind and instead of a thank you or any kind words it's just this petulant "nooooooooo" attitude, except for literally one post where the commenter posits we're all insignificant and going to die.

    It's the best and worst of the internet in a single person.

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  • I like that viewpoint, I just don't think it really applies to most people.

    I'm sure many people have causes about which they care but beyond ranting online, I'd suggest very little of it gets translated to action.

    I think you're right, people are tired, have limited energy etc but having volunteered at a few charities and seeing how desperate so many are for volunteers who aren't retired, well, it makes you a little cynical.

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  • Any second hand store means you're not contributing to the problem!

    And look at what people are wearing on any downtown street and ask how much that outfit cost etc.