surewhynotlem
@surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
- Comment on If I wanted to, hypothetically, guarentee that I shit my pants 2 to 6 hours from now, how should I do it? 2 hours ago:
This, plus your username backwards, makes me think this is the voice of experience.
- Comment on If somebody spends the whole day watching fox or religious propaganda, gets worked up and all he can think of is owning a liberal or converting an unbeliever, is this person a victim or just gullible? 3 days ago:
People should grow up and take responsibility for their lives.
We SHOULD all get free unicorns too.
But if you actually want to fix the problem, as opposed to just should’ing it, that requires that we see these people as victims. And this means we don’t blame the victim, we help them with their situation.
The wonderful part about the train of thought that you’ve started, is that eventually you realize that people not only need to take responsibility for their own lives, but also need to take responsibility for the society they impose on other people’s lives. And if we’re unhappy with that society, we have to actively do something about it. That is our responsibility. Just as much as it’s our responsibility to fix ourselves.
- Comment on Astounding absurdity 4 days ago:
You get what you pay for
This hasn’t been true since the 70s. Back when the price of an item was dictated by things like material cost and labor.
My wife followed this influencer who was selling an $80 necklace. This influencer had sold hundreds of them. It was from her “personal” style collection. My wife was hoping to find something similar for cheaper so she reverse searched the necklace. She found the exact pendants and chain for sale for pennies. The $80 necklace cost my wife $5 to make, with shipping.
Cost is not an indicator of quality anymore. Things cost whatever the company thinks you’ll pay for them, and not a penny less.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 6 days ago:
Do people say that in restaurants? I’ve actually never heard it.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 6 days ago:
Do people say that in restaurants? I’ve actually never heard it.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 6 days ago:
Then what would we call someone who makes the dietary choice but none of the other lifestyle choices? How would they identify in a restaurant setting? The answer is “vegan”. In the same way that I’m vegetarian but don’t care if I wear leather shoes.
I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’m saying that English lacks the words that would let you be precise. We need a word for people who are vegan in diet, and don’t care to bother the rest of the world about it. That’s why OPs question keeps coming up.
- Comment on [Serious] Do you know of any processed snack foods with some vitamins? 6 days ago:
I don’t know your experience, but parents have the moral obligation to keep their kids safe and healthy. That sometimes requires that you get your kids to do things they don’t want to do. You can either do this with manipulation or with force. There’s no third option because kids don’t have the proper coping mechanisms to suppress their emotions and do what they’re required to do, even when they don’t want to.
That isn’t to say your parents did the right thing or that they were trying to keep you safe. I don’t know you. Maybe they were abusive. My point is only that manipulation is often the better of two bad options.
- Comment on Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth? 6 days ago:
I think it’s valid that he chose the #1 food source problem to talk about first. Once we fix that, let’s discuss #2.
- Comment on [Serious] Do you know of any processed snack foods with some vitamins? 1 week ago:
Dried mango was big for us. We also supplement with Flintstones. There are also vitamin drops you can sneak into their food.
Also, eat something and casually tell him he can’t have any. My kid (AuDHD with PDA) wants anything they can’t have, especially when it’s mine.
- Comment on [Serious] Do you know of any processed snack foods with some vitamins? 1 week ago:
He’ll eat when he gets hungry
You never were so focused on something that you forgot to eat all day?
- Comment on Check mate, creationists 1 week ago:
Those are some gay lions
- Comment on Draw your own conculsions 1 week ago:
Because the study is clearly talking about goats. You only use the word “women” when you’re talking about humans.
- Comment on Oddly specific question 1 week ago:
I’m not a Democrat. Fuck capitalism .
The reality is that the Democrats want to win, and chasing the left isn’t how you win. There just aren’t enough people on the left in the US to make it worth it. And many leftists who exist have the same attitude as you mention. I.e. the Dems aren’t doing enough so fuck them.
If all you wanted to do was win, what would your strategy be? How many leftists do you think are in the US to even be rallied? I think if there were that many, we’d see third parties winning at the state or local level.
- Comment on Oddly specific question 1 week ago:
They’re not stupid. The know it’s not worth chasing the left. The left is relatively small and HUGE into purity culture. Not the religious kind, but the kind where they’ll reject you for not being perfect enough. Just look at all the people whining that Biden is only reclassifying weed and not legalizing. The left as it is today will never be content with half measures, and will happily protest and not vote, so they arent worth the effort of chasing.
So Dems have to chase the other end.
If we want change, it’ll have to be leftists joining the Democratic party and changing from within. Because strategically, the left doesn’t help Dems win.
- Comment on I don't really know how to deal with coworkers who emotionally dump their issues on me 1 week ago:
I like to ask “why” over and over into they get to the core of their ideas, which is always hatred, and then they get embarrassed by it.
- Comment on So sweet 3 weeks ago:
Do you pick up phone numbers you don’t recognize?
- Comment on Pick! 3 weeks ago:
Look, there was no way we could know it would summon a Lake Troll
- Comment on Giving someone oral is the most intimate thing you can do for someone. (IMO) 3 weeks ago:
Sure, head is great. But have you ever actually cared about someone? That shit’s tight.
- Comment on catastrophy 4 weeks ago:
Cat ass trophy = Catastrophe
- Comment on This is a Test 5 weeks ago:
We have 15 guns per person
And this is why statistics classes are important. Only 30% of US adults own guns. So at 15 guns per person, that means most of those people own a fuckton of guns. I’d hazard a guess to say most of those people are not in the medical field.
Most American adults do not own a gun, probably have never fired a gun, and their only training is from video games.
- Comment on Which would you rather do, create art or summon rain? 1 month ago:
Rob McKenna.
- Comment on Guinea pig production for consumption 1 month ago:
Like a more gamey version of lemur
- Comment on Putting the pop in popcorn chicken 1 month ago:
Who said the gangsters were black? It was Al Capone. Racist.
- Comment on How Trump is Following Hitler's Playbook | Robert Reich 1 month ago:
We have millions of people that already do that, and they have done nothing so far.
There won’t be a day where someone announces “we’re fascist now!”. It’ll be gradual. The people will do nothing.
- Comment on If the us government bans asbestos what else will I wipe my ass with? 1 month ago:
I find a little salt and lemon clears that right up.
- Comment on If the us government bans asbestos what else will I wipe my ass with? 1 month ago:
You just need to chew it first
- Comment on I still don't get why people spend money... there's tons of it for free 1 month ago:
Buy local from small producers
- Comment on What's your favourite colour? [Non-political version] 1 month ago:
#FF00FF
- Comment on What are y'all buying on the steam sale? 1 month ago:
Stealth Archer Simulator?
- Comment on Tint 1 month ago:
At least it’s not jeans