ChonkyOwlbear
@ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
- Comment on is it wrong/selfish to cut contact with my trump-supporting father? 6 hours ago:
Living in white suburbia and cable news mostly.
- Comment on is it wrong/selfish to cut contact with my trump-supporting father? 1 day ago:
When I found out my mom voted for Trump the first time, I didn’t speak to her for a year. I only did then because she reached out to say she was wrong (a first for her).
When I explained (more like yelled) why I wasn’t going to have anything to do with her, I told her in detail how she was betraying everything she raised me to be. She used to sponsor the LGBT club at the school where she worked and I told her she was betraying all those kids she said she cared about.
It isn’t a choice between you and Trump. It is a choice between your dad being the type of man he raised you to be, or not.
- Comment on brain blowing orgasms 1 week ago:
Fascinating!
- Comment on brain blowing orgasms 1 week ago:
I wonder what would happen if you removed the gland? How long could they live and how big could they get?
- Comment on The US Treasury Spent HOW MUCH Illegally? Now You Know Why the Left Wants to Stop DOGE. 1 week ago:
Ah yes, the author that argues there shouldn’t be a minimum wage and that systemic racism isn’t real. He knows how to make money by telling wealthy white people what they want to hear.
Usually when I hear people complain about the government funding “useless projects” it is either something they don’t understand or something that ends up saving money in the long run.
- Comment on The US Treasury Spent HOW MUCH Illegally? Now You Know Why the Left Wants to Stop DOGE. 1 week ago:
Which of the listed programs do you think is a waste and why?
- Comment on The US Treasury Spent HOW MUCH Illegally? Now You Know Why the Left Wants to Stop DOGE. 1 week ago:
It’s not like the people in the government didn’t know about it. If anyone objected to these programs continuing all they had to do was say something. Seems like a bunch of necessary programs nobody in their right mind would object to.
- Comment on This is getting bad. Like, really really bad. 2 weeks ago:
Armed resistance became necessary as soon as Trump won the election. All that is left is to find out if it comes from within the government or from outside it.
- Comment on It was Steve 2 weeks ago:
Told ya so
- Comment on Why is deportation done instead of imprisonment or making people become documented? In other words, why does deportation exist? 3 weeks ago:
Racism.
Deportation has always been about keeping the US white. The first immigration law in the US was called the Chinese Exclusion Act and was passed to keep Western states white dominated.
- Comment on Aardwoof 3 weeks ago:
Aardwolf puppies are freaking adorable Image
- Comment on Is there any way our of the US political spiral? 4 weeks ago:
Yes. All modern human civilization will collapse with the coming climate change.
- Comment on High-profile Dems warned Biden against preemptive pardons before giving Fauci, Milley passes 4 weeks ago:
Lol. They mad
- Comment on Just think about it 4 weeks ago:
This is based on the fallacy that people deserve to be rich because they are more skilled and work harder. In most cases this is not true. Most just use money to make more money. They don’t actually produce anything useful for humanity.
- Comment on Capricorn Two 1 month ago:
During Desert Storm I did something similar. I took an old water heater, jammed it in a neighbor’s yard, and painted it like a SCUD missile.
- Comment on Anon's strict mom 1 month ago:
- Comment on Choosing pink is chaotic evil? 1 month ago:
My first instinct was pink, but on second thought blue. There is no saying that because the pill makes them my friend that it couldn’t ever change. If not, I could always use more hot friends who could hook me up with their hot friends.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
First of all, you actually know what your son is into and want to connect with him which is awesome. That makes you a good dad right away.
He likes cooking and you like outdoorsy stuff, so BBQ sounds like a good overlap.
Anime is a wide enough genre that it has options for you. Blue Lock is a currently popular show about soccer players. That might be something you both could watch. Also, just watch Cowboy Bebop with him. Everyone likes Cowboy Bebop.
For games, Stardew Valley has lots of fishing, foraging, and dungeon delving elements that you would probably enjoy if you game at all. (You might also see if your son just wants to take walks in the woods since it’s such a pastoral game that might appeal) Minecraft is something everyone can enjoy. It’s digital Legos more or less.
Personally I find knitting oddly enjoyable in a lot of the same ways as woodworking. You are making something tangible which is great. It takes a lot of patience and persistence. You are working with a medium that doesn’t always cooperate the way you want but that’s part of the challenge.
- Comment on What Is The Most 80s Movie Ever? 1 month ago:
Dune (1984) and Over The Top (1987) are both strong contenders for me.
- Comment on Sure, WSJ. Next do an article on Selection Bias 1 month ago:
The irony is that I only got that house because my parents divorced and I only got money because my dad was injured badly at work. His bad fortune was my good fortune. I would give it up in a heartbeat if it meant he didn’t have to go through that pain.
- Comment on Sure, WSJ. Next do an article on Selection Bias 1 month ago:
I’m not going to pretend I didn’t get an inheritance when my dad died. I got a little run down house in a farm town and the balance of a workers comp settlement. There’s a big difference between that and people inheriting enough that they never have to work a day in their lives.
- Comment on Anon hates smartphones 1 month ago:
The smartphone didn’t ruin those things. Capitalism did.
- Comment on Sure, WSJ. Next do an article on Selection Bias 2 months ago:
Yeah, because their parents are dying and leaving their kids an inheritance.
- Comment on What Do Democrats Need to Do? Act Like an Opposition Party. 2 months ago:
I think the unspoken problem with fixing healthcare is that they are scared of taking away the leverage job-provided healthcare gives businesses. People would be able to leave jobs more easily and they would start demanding higher pay. It could be a pretty significant economic shock.
- Comment on I bought an HP Laptop with 8gb of Ram...and was suppose to be 256gb SSD. I downloaded one game and its all the way down to 80. Is there any free software to download to help? 2 months ago:
You can get a terabyte SSD for like $50 these days. It might be worth it to just upgrade.
- Comment on Oh... is that what your corporate security detail is for? Passive resistance? 2 months ago:
It was definitely uninhabited. It was the Vikings who founded it. It’s pretty interesting. The icelandic language has changed so little, they can read the original Beowulf text as easily as they read a bus schedule. It’s a really hard land to survive in. The early settlers had to resort to cannibalism several times.
- Comment on Oh... is that what your corporate security detail is for? Passive resistance? 2 months ago:
It’s a lot easier when you find a land that is actually uninhabited. Anyone who has played Civ knows that it is hard to come by late-game.
- Comment on Take Two Puberty Blockers and Call Me in the Morning? Justice Sotomayor Under Fire For Aspirin Analogy in Oral Argument 2 months ago:
Taking aspirin has killed people. Nobody ever died from taking puberty blockers.
- Comment on Causes of Death in London (1623) 2 months ago:
Just snapped right in half.
- Comment on Is it possible to have a "free speech" platform that simultaneously stops "hate speech"? 2 months ago:
Absolutely right, but there is still a limit on speech. Every right must be balanced against other rights
