chumbalumber @ chumbalumber @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Thanks -- I'm familiar with some of Engels' analysis on it, but will have a look at this. Seems interesting!

This is patently absurd. For one thing, the nuclear family itself is not currently what the vast majority of the population wants; if you look at the global population, both now and historically, the extended family is dominant. I might as well argue that children abandoning their parents and home is an unnatural construct, that's replacing the 'tribal' way of living that was natural for humans for millennia. I could further argue that (since the nuclear family only became the most common type in the US in the 1960s and 70s), it was done in corporate interests to sell more cars and suburban houses, and that it is in fact YOU that is slobbering all over corporate cock.

But I wouldn't make that argument, because it's reductive and, frankly, a bit silly to let a narrative take the place of actually reading some sociological studies.

Hope that didn't come across as supercilious; it was intended as ;) rather than :(

Ok obviously no zuck, but that image do be kinda hot like yes make me lick your boots zaddy 🥵

Yes, how could we forget about Bella Ciao?

Han Bladerunner???

Pulp fan?

And then was in a mysterious plane crash that definitely wasn't caused by Putin.

👉👈🐛

Thanks -- looks interesting. What would the difference be between that and playing e4 followed by the fiancetto (as is popular?)

Swiping on grimr --> muk everywhere

What if some of us don't want to lose our chains and quite like the idea of being owned uwu can we still have consensual ownership in the catboy utopia?

What? The first picture in the article is a mycorrhizal mushroom (the fly agaric). If you mean edible fungi, then all of the members of the boletus family (which includes porcini) are mycorrhizal.

Stewart Lee did it too, but I think it only works when the audience is 'in' on the joke -- that is, they are expected to realise that the insult to the audience is itself a joke, rather than the comic actually meaning it.

Or just use inspect element on a Twitter post and change it.

Someone forgot about logsday smh my head.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhiza for general interest

My mind drifted towards those posts about equality in fantasy armour, with either everyone slutty, or everyone covered with an inordinate amount of steel plate.

This leads inescapably to an image of a Shoney's staffed entirely with metal clad medieval knights of indeterminate gender.

"Does anyone here have enough humility to understand there's a similar checklist of things an automobile solves?"

Firstly, this feels a very confrontational way of phrasing the question. It carries with it the assumption that you are right and everyone else is wrong, which I don't feel is a helpful way of approaching a discussion.

Yes, of course people realise that car ownership is the only viable solution for individuals at the current time. You have engaged with a community who are passionate about and engaged in urban planning, so they are going to be more switched onto the challenges than most.

The entire point is that on their own they are not a sustainable solution long-term. They are hugely inefficient energy and space-wise, their infrastructure causes massive damage to the communities they carve through (see this Guardian article for a breakdown of some NA case studies), and they currently cause a huge amount of environmental damage.

So, the question becomes: how can we remove the need for car ownership? There's a host of ideas, from better high speed rail links to eliminate long-distance trips, to micromobility and demand responsive transport for short-distance, to better constructing our cities to begin with to allow for amenities to be walkable. Are we going to eliminate car use in rural areas? Of course not; there's no point running a bus service for a village of 10 people and a goat. Can we eliminate 99% of car trips for those in built up areas, improving air quality, walkability, and accessibility? That should absolutely be the goal.

TL;DR: hurr durr fuck cars