SayJess
@SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- Comment on How to deal with people who obtusely miss your point on Lemmy? 5 hours ago:
Everyone at one point is going to get triggered about something that they feel passionate about, and waste time writing paragraphs in replies. Once you recognize you are in that mode, move on. Find some silly cat videos, or fascists getting beat up.
This is the internet, where the positions are made up, and vote counts literally do not matter, at all.
- Comment on Saw this at the store this morning, took a double take 3 days ago:
Look at the text on the beer can. It’s gibberish.
- Comment on Time flies 5 days ago:
So is this meme from the future because 20 years ago my friends pool
- Comment on Does Israel have a right to your tax dollars? 1 week ago:
Nothing. There is literally not one single thing that can portray Israel in a positive light, next to the backdrop of the wholesale slaughter—bought and paid for by the west.
- Comment on Are there any technology-oriented content creators that are still good? 1 week ago:
Bringus Studios
- Comment on Local Walmart just installed cameras in the aisles… 1 week ago:
Funny thing is, the regional grocer in my area has cameras up all over the entrances and parking lot. In my situation, there is less surveillance at Walmart than the “other guy”.
Surge pricing, here we come!
- Comment on Netflix is garbage 1 week ago:
Plex. Jellyfin is fine too, I am just used to Plex and prefer it’s interface. I don’t mind paying a few dollars per month for it.
- Comment on the Home Alone house then and now 2 weeks ago:
Look’s fine?
- Comment on Are we really doing this again? 2 weeks ago:
Unfortunately yes
- Comment on Why do some people identify with a political party even if many of their views don't align with that party's platform? 2 weeks ago:
Having a racially diverse church does not necessarily make that group of people liberal.
There are plenty of liberals, especially the religious, that will not share their discomfort, or even disdain, of LGBTQ+ folks in public discourse. They will give performative answers, so that they can show the world that are enlightened. I’ve heard coworkers, as recently as 2 nights ago, saying homophobic or transphobic things whilst unaware that I was nearby. When I confronted one of them about it, he said “my sister is a lesbian, so what is the problem?” Guy calls himself an ally, who happened to vote for trump. I explained why calling oneself an ally is more than just a self-proscribed label, but I know it is lost on him. He is an idiot who blames those people for his problems.
Conservatives are hypocrites at heart. Those with money, and their working class useful idiots, will do and say the exact opposite of what they impose on others, as it suits them. Out of state abortions? Grindr hookups at CPAC?
Christians don’t see that those of us looking in from the outside see no such thing as liberalism in these house’s of worship. This is why it makes news when the extreme minority of church’s allow us to participate.
LGBTQ+ people are certainly capable of and demonstrate hypocrisy as well. (LGB Drop the T, WLW TERFS, bisexual erasure, racism, etc)
Being anti-Trump is not a monolith. Plenty of people dislike the man, but still stand for all of the bigoted conservative views he and his ilk have co-opted. I cannot understand why the “log cabin republicans” exist other than that they want to fit in so bad, they are happy to be one of the good ones. They think they have a seat at the table, when in reality they are pets begging for scraps. They are used by the right to point to and say “we don’t hate the gays, just the freaks that shove it in our faces.”
No different than with people of color—not a monolith. Look at how many Asian and Latino immigrants who are fervent republicans. People of color can absolutely be racists, as it is a human condition. Latino’s voted for the brutalization of their brothers and sisters, for reasons I will never understand, because those are not my lived experiences. For the many years where I hung out with VN folks, I’ve witnessed SE Asian racism against minority SE Asians, but it certainly is a very different beast than white supremacy. It ultimately is a we are better than them worldview.
All people are capable of bigotry and hypocrisy. They’ll claim to be independent while voting straight ticket only one way or the other for their entire adult life. People have voted against their interests for as long as elections have been held. If they did not, the republicans would have lost their grip on the wheel once minority groups started to grow.
- Comment on Trump on LeBron James: ‘Maybe He’s a Racist’ 2 weeks ago:
Hoooooo boy! I cannot wait to ask one of the brain dead Trump supporters at work (who is constantly rambling about James being the GOAT over Jordan), how he feels about his daddy calling his biggest sports hero a racist, who is inferior to Jordan!
He’ll look away, while kind of trailing off, and then change the subject by blurting out some other brain dead talking point.
It’ll be nice to see a couple of chips in his head burn.
In other news:
That’s nice, let’s talk about Epstein’s Ranch
- Comment on Can you explain like I am a child terrorism without the whole good vs evil schtik? My sister in laws kid asked me about it. He is 9. 3 weeks ago:
We are talking about a 9 year old here. Should we show them videos of the Israeli’s sniping children, point, and say “that is terrorism”.
Read the fucking room.
- Comment on Can you explain like I am a child terrorism without the whole good vs evil schtik? My sister in laws kid asked me about it. He is 9. 3 weeks ago:
Jimmy doesn’t like it when his class talks about wizards. He’s asked them to stop, nicely and then very angrily, but the class said they will not stop.
The next time someone started talking about wizards, jimmy put gum in that kid’s hair, and stomped on their foot. Everyone is now scared that if they talk about wizards, Jimmy will hurt them.
Jimmy used hurting someone to scare everyone else to do what he wanted them to do.
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When a child is 9, it can be difficult to discuss the nuances of whether violence is justified or not. Perhaps the wizard’s were racists, or bigots that discriminated against people with immutable traits that Jimmy has. Perhaps Jimmy disagrees that the wizard’s support allowing warlocks to also be called wizards, stating that he believes this is a moral wrong. Giving a black and white answer to politically motivated violence is impossible, and providing context and nuance at that age is difficult at best.
The ultimate message should be that harming others should never be the answer. As they grow up and learn more about historical context, they can connect that back to the definition of hurting someone to get what you want.
- Comment on Is Nord VPN worth it? 4 weeks ago:
PIA has never steered me wrong, just saying.
- Comment on Hypothetically if I found a suitcase of money by the side of the road, is there a legal way to claim it on my taxes? 4 weeks ago:
If I buy my groceries each week, and pay with cash, how would the IRS know about that?
- Comment on Hypothetically if I found a suitcase of money by the side of the road, is there a legal way to claim it on my taxes? 4 weeks ago:
Why would you let the government know you found a suitcase full of money? So that they can take a cut?
- Comment on Why does dried pasta have an expiration date 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Why does dried pasta have an expiration date 5 weeks ago:
Brilliant!
- Comment on Why does dried pasta have an expiration date 5 weeks ago:
Marinara Massacre
- Comment on Alarm over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police 5 weeks ago:
Under terrorism charges, no less.
- Comment on Why does dried pasta have an expiration date 5 weeks ago:
New metal band name: Death by Pasta
- Comment on This Forth of July, Stay Dazed and Confused 5 weeks ago:
Got ‘em!
- Comment on White nationalist group marches as US celebrates July 4 5 weeks ago:
Surprised that ICE was willing to give so many people the day off.
- Comment on Lemme live 1 month ago:
Sun’s out? Ball out!
- Comment on Weird 2 months ago:
At what point does being carded go from “come on man” to “bless your heart”?
- Comment on Anon is incompatible 2 months ago:
USB-A to USB-C adapter. They’re inexpensive, and you don’t have to get one for each of the 30 flash drives you have.
- Comment on Valve hikes Steam Deck prices by more than 40%, blaming rising costs 2 months ago:
I could barely afford your rates before the increase, and now I am expected to shell out more? Dirty pool, internet person…dirty pool.
- Comment on Choose chicken. 2 months ago:
If you want less chickens, then you need to do your part, and eat more.
- Comment on Find Cow 2 months ago:
It’s right under COCOOW
- Comment on Why Ireland? 2 months ago:
Pretty sure the map could’ve been of Florida, and he wouldn’t have known any better.
