grrgyle

We don’t let individuals own nuclear weapons. We shouldn’t allow individuals to wield financial weapons.

Well yeah, I suppose. But humanity isn’t going to disappear in time to make a positive impact.

Humanity needs to be better. It’s not going anywhere, though.

This comes up a lot, and the comments for these posts always get mired in the complexities of for whom and forwhence and forwhicontext this is good advice.

Basically, there are people for whom this is really fire advice (like people who are unnecessarily repressing quirky aspects of their otherwise lovely personalities), and people for whom this is really bad advice (like people who need to stay hidden for safety, or jerks).

Broad, overlapping categories with many dimensions. Not really something you can wrap up in a prescriptive axiom.

That all said, the thesis of the OP holds up. It may be really hard for some people to find someone who likes them for who they are, and there are people who really should change, but it’s still true that you won’t find many people who like you for you if you don’t actually show them who you are.

Sounds like the perfect way to meet with yourself though

Not nearly enough names. Keep going. I want to be shocked and dismayed. I want to find my blind spots. I want the names of people I thought were allies. And then I want us all to have a great, international cultural reckoning to ensure this doesn’t ever get this far again.

I understand that distinction, thus proving your point ig

So Anti/Christ is like Heel/Face in pro wrestling

why do so many end times Christians view end times prophecies like the Antichrist or the Mark of the Beast as things to be prevented or avoided?

wasn’t raised Christian, but this kind of dissonance is what made me 1) question the faith of so-called believers around me, and 2) question the validity of my own faith / the teachings.

When it comes to most hardline religious people, If they really believed the teachings they claimed are true, they would behave in a completely different manner.

To live in literal accordance with most conservative religious teachings you basically have to act like an unhinged crazy person.

I said it was tenuous.

I’ll admit it’s pretty tenuous, but if it at all helps prevent the US’s descent into fascism then I’ll have been right.

No way to be totally sure without a crystal ball that sees alternate timelines, though.

They are trying to make opposition feel hopeless, but the truth is their continued aggression is totally reliant on foreign support.

To be fair, killing Kirk probably did save some lives

Hmm but they’re so useful.

Cool. But also, https://offpunk.net/

This is not really for your average super-busy html page, but I love it for checking blogs.

Every time I land there because there’s a product or technology discussion that got surfaced as relevant in my search results, all the comments seem to be from 3 to 5 years ago.

I know there must be people still posting there currently, but are they even getting indexed?

Food didn’t actually spill and video doesn’t even show anything breaking. Bah! I’m happy it worked out, but I was kind of hoping to see a tragedy within the bounds of human comprehension for once.

That’s entirely where the perspective comes from, even if it’s second-hand, since most other people don’t have direct experience living in a communist society.

Or Nazi society for that matter, but got the most part we have consensus on that one being universally awful.

For anyone out of the loop (from the AP / quoted in the article) :

Why are people protesting in Nepal?

The demonstrations—called the protest of Gen Z—began after the government blocked platforms, including Facebook, X and YouTube, saying the companies had failed to register and submit to government oversight.

But they spiraled to reflect broader discontent about a lack of opportunities and corruption.

In particular, many young people are angry that the children of political leaders—so-called Nepo Kids—seem to enjoy luxury lifestyles and numerous advantages while most youth struggle to find work.

Genital subscription is premium and coming is premium+ 😞 I’m sorry