Majorllama @ Majorllama @lemmy.world

Clowns to the left of me. Jokers to the right.

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This was how I felt when the post about the PS2 turning 25 came by a few days ago. What the fuck happened.

Why is everything worse now lol

I'll just save you the trouble. Ground news probably isn't for you.

Yes I've gone over this with various users on here already. You have me tagged as a Republican or whatever, but every single time anyone has asked me about specific stances they find that I am not.

This is exactly the type of shit I am talking about. The modern left only accepts people who agree with them on all things and think exactly like them. Any slight deviation is viewed as a threat and shoved forcefully away.

It's the internet. Not much we can do. They will read the comments and do whatever it is they are gonna do. Nothing we can do to stop em.

Mind blowing? No lol.

But it does reveal what topics both sides either avoid covering or cover poorly.

It's nothing that should really surprise anyone at this point but it is a good reminder that where you get your news will leave you "blind" (heh) to certain things.

A good example would be like a good guy with a gun situation. Basically any situation that was "saved" by a good guy with a gun doesn't get much coverage on the left or if they do cover it they tend to ignore the 2A aspect of the event or downplay it's significance.

On the flip side any news that looks bad for 2A advocates will basically not get reported on by the right at all.

What blind spot is nice for is reading articles from both sides on the same event since they both report on it differently. Reading both and taking into account the underlying biases of each source make you feel like you get a better picture of the whole situation as opposed to just one view.

TL;DR: Not mind blowing at all, but kinda interesting if used correctly.

You sound like you need some help. Like therapy help.

Based on the way you told the story and your responses to other peoples comments it seems like you might have some undiagnosed condition making you paranoid and aggressive at what seems like fairly normal neighbor behaviors.

Best of luck.

Yeah... I have a rule that I don't take any advice from Australians ever.

They lost a war to some overgrown chickens for fuck sake.

What if I was paid and this was actually just 4d chess guerilla marketing?

JK I wish I was getting paid to say shit like that.

Shit I would do an ad read for the Taliban if it would get me outta financial prison.

Ground news is pretty dope and the only people hating on it seem to be the people that have never used it, but thinks that it's automatically bad because of the whole left/right thing.

It's still a place to consume a large amount of news very quickly and at a glance you can see if one side isn't reporting on something or if they are reporting on it using very different language or focusing on different aspects on the topic.

Nothing will ever be perfect, but as the saying goes the enemy of perfect is good.

No. I'm pointing out how disconnected from reality the far left (Lemmy) is.

Of the two political parties of the US right now only one is going to kick you out immediately for disagreeing with them on certain things. The other one doesn't really care if you have different opinions on certain topics.

The Ideological homogeneity required by today's left/democrats pushes out so many people that I don't think they will be able to win another election again.

I want the Democrats to have viable candidates and run on good policy again, but more than anything I want them to shed this inflexible and dogmatic voter base they have been fostering over the last 16 years.

Yeah keep that up. I'm sure you guys are totally gonna win in 2028 by continuing to alienate anyone who doesn't agree with you 100% across the board.

Fucking progressives.

RAWE CEEK EVERYONE.

I'm not talking about a global scale. I'm just talking about the US and how those terms are used here.

I'm not touching that broader conversation about political scales globally.

Here in the US both parties have been running in opposite directions and in most people's eyes the left has been running faster. Hence the article. One of many that found similar data when polling americans. Most Americans are somewhere in the middle and that is crux of the issue.

My political stances didn't change. I was firmly left in ~2012 and now you guys call me right wing. Who moved?

See that's funny because every single left leaning moderate I know (including myself) thinks they were/are way too left and they need to "come back towards center" so to speak.

For people even sorta in the middle both parties appear to be playing a game where they sprint as fast as they can towards extremism and most people aren't down with that.

They don't need to try and court moderate Republicans. They need to gain back the moderate lefties they lost over the last 10+ years.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/24/politics/democratic-party-left-liberal-q-poll/index.html

I know that Lemmy has very different views on the topic, but you guys are the extreme left. So of course you find the Democrats trying to go back towards getting moderate vote again as the "wrong move". Unfortunately you guys (I am speaking broadly at the general political leanings of Lemmy I know you guys arent all far left) are the minority of the total political spectrum these days.

I should probably ask my mom to write down her recipes for posterity sake at some point. I think my sister knows some of them .

I think my mom's recipe is all in her head. I do know that she tends to add some lemon peel zest into the dumpling mix which gives it just the faintest citrus smell/taste prior to the butter and brown sugar being added at the end.

Bed of luck. Let me know how you like em.

Nothing really.

Some of the greatest racecar drivers built their own cars. Some of the greatest race car drivers literally had no idea how to build a car.

Do your thang and have a good time.

Yes thank you I am aware how stereotypes work. It's not all of them but it's enough that people noticed a pattern.

I don't understand your original comment at all. What about my original comment made you respond with "look it's a cosplay patriot flag"?