🐱TheCat @ WheeGeetheCat @sh.itjust.works

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Somewhere an Elon fanboy is explaining why this is peak free speech

At winco in Arizona these are 89 cents somehow, love employee owned grocery

No just send me to the damn bug planet thanks

Authoritarian attitudes was the #1 predictor of Trump support if I recall.

I haven't lived through an authoritarian regime, but I lived through a terrible parent - so I've experienced the feeling of 'oh shit the structure that governs my life is fucked up and I must escape'. I think that's what made me anti-authoritarian.

I often wonder if there's a way to get people to shift away from authoritarianism. I think I get the appeal of 'simple, easy, you don't even have to think for yourself!' - but everyone needs to recognize those are trap cards.

Just imagine the outrage and slandering of entire demographics that would be going on if there were a gay couple instead, or if this was something that happened at a drag show.

Just something to think about when you see your 'christian' republican relatives play this down

I think we really have to make contingency plans for the USAs fall to fascism. All these old guys in congress are selling us out.

Canada is already doing it

You argued against yourself.

You pointed out that the GOP doesn't wait for dems to do a thing before they do it, which is true. There's no reason for Biden to refrain from doing something that trump has done already

really good points. Thanks for the thoughtful response. I find the forum format the most comfy, but I'm the techy one so I think you're right that others would probably prefer chats

They don't care about the quality of television. Writing a story that goes on and on and offers the possibility of several spinoffs is the equivalent of micro-transactions in video games : they make more money that way.

Capitalism only maximizes money, it doesn't maximize quality. It eats quality to make more money.

I also got into disc golf over the pandemic. I hope the sport sees a lot of growth. I like that courses don't require much upkeep or forest clearing

Tim Gurner, Australian property developer.

Get fucked Tim

I'm also wondering when we should expect more news on Trump. I know the trial dates aren't until March or something right? Although he may have more indictments before then.

good, we wont change our ways until we suffer tremendously

Unity had made their plans clear. Whether they backtrack a bit now or not doesn't matter. We know what direction they are heading: squeeze more money out of indie devs

zulip could work I think. Hadn't heard of it / considered it before now.

What I'm envisioning is smaller communities that aren't open to everyone like school / family / friends based communities.

After making the above comment I started reading about self hosting a lemmy instance with the idea that I might run one for my relatives and I to share photos, plan vacations, help w homework etc

Yup, incentives at publicly traded companies are way out of whack and its killing us all slowly

hmm, I have watch history off. Is that why it keeps suggesting him so much? Im getting the 'defaults'?

okay 'chemically' vs psychologically is the distinction I was looking for, thanks.

Although if we give science enough time maybe they will arrive at the conclusion that its the same mechanism, 'psychologically' addictive just means a dopamine addiction as far as I know. Its still a chemical.