liv @ liv @beehaw.org

I'm new here and don't know what to put in my profile. She/them, living in

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Definitely, but it wore off after two or three years. Perhaps longer for some of the songs.

There was a time in my life where I got one meal a day for a few cents from charities.

On the weekends we had to sit through a religious sermon before they let us eat, and I will never forget how it made me feel to sit there for a full hour listening to this smug arrogant man lording it over us and telling us how he was so powerful he could materialise his body on other planets but he chooses not to because he is more enlightened than we are.

They appear to have set it up that way on purpose.

A single mother of one here is eligible for $399 a month in state assistance, and only if she has a net income of $456 a month or less.

Utah doesn’t do more for those in need in part because a contingent of its lawmakers, the overwhelming majority of whom are Latter-day Saints themselves, assume the church is handling the poverty issue; they also are loath to raise taxes to do the state’s share, a review of Utah’s legislative history demonstrates.

It's well-docmented in Aotearoa, Australia, and the UK that low turnout favours the right so some centre-right parties - advised by Crosby Textor - try to create divisive issues because it puts voters off politics and voting altogether.

But, I think there's often a big difference between engaging politically in your community and society, and debating strangers on social media.

Like @Ignacio@beehaw.org, I block things called "politics" on the lemmy and kbin sites because they are mostly catch-alls for well rehearsed/rehashed arguments relevant to America.

I think it's possible for us to stand in solidarity with Americans without resorting to that, and in other countries their causes tend to come up in social media news so I try to take real world actions based on that, for example writing to our minister of foreign affairs to ask that NZ takes a particular stance or action.

I agree. If the downvote button really was used for sinking content like spam and trolling, that's a point but it's something that can be done with active moderation.

But since it's used for disagreement, I don't see the value.

This is what I think too. Lemmy.world also have a strong downvote culture, which seems to encourage them to pile on to each other.

Too late.

They are living up to their username.

I didn't even realise he is trying to look tough. He looks anxious.

Thanks, it was good to read this and be reminded about positivity.

Thank you! They are a huge believer in positive thoughts so I will tell them they are getting some extra!

Rough patches are rough but it sounds like you are giving them the space they need. Hope it works out soon!

Totally, at times I can't even work out what they are saying.

As a New Zealander I used to be mystified by references like "don't tread on me". In the fediverse it's more... weird images of geese.

It's kind of fun.

Thanks for posting! I like this poem.

When I was young I used to spend a lot of time alone in the city at night but I was always sneaking around and would even sniff the air to see if I could smell anyone coming. So that bit about the sweat really resonated with me.

Um, yeah that guy seems to live up to his name.

It's been funny mentally adjusting to the overton window here.

On reddit the US democrats vs conservatives fight, on the fediverse it's more often the US democrats vs marxist leninists etc. I find it comparatively relaxing.

Thank you! And thanks for starting the thread I like these, though I mostly lurk.

I play online chess and there is this phenomenon where some people decide to "punish" you for winning by letting the clock run out instead of resigning. You still win, it's just you have to wait a few more minutes.

It's really weird because it does nothing. I think they are probably the same people that spam the get help button. Sort of futile people.

I heard they don't aggregate their federated votes, not sure if that's true.