There's anti-art hate spewed by the right, it surprised me too but its there. A lot of them usually start their rants with "art isn't political" or "art has no value except monetary" and go from there
In internet slang the /s means they were making a sarcastic statement, so they were being sarcastic when they said "Yeah fascism really ended in 1945 /s".
Maybe from the view of someone who isn't in the LGBT+ community, I guess? But most of us aren't so hung up on that stuff. It's just good entertainment and performance art in my eyes.
Soapmaking. My interest has faded a little in the past few years, but I taught myself how to make soap from just lye and oils. Maybe its more popular now? When I started out there was hardly anyone to talk to about it outside of a soapmaking forum. Maybe it's still kinda niche tho
Nikola Tesla loved a pigeon so much he spent todays rough equivalent of $34,970 on her happiness.
"I loved that pigeon as a man loves a woman, and she loved me. As long as I had her, there was a purpose to my life." Nikola Tesla (according to this biography)
I agree, and I honestly think its the push for individualism over community that causes people to unknowingly become solipsistic like this. I think a lot of people don't even realize how much trouble they have conceptualizing those around them as human, let alone having empathy for them
Hey, as a minority I just wanted to tell you thank you. You may feel like shit when you think of the person you used to be, but I appreciate you for becoming the person you are now. Your only "atonement" is to just keep truckin, friend. Keep working on being the person you want to be
oooooh ok, on my phone the instance name at the top of the profile page overruns the bookmark and settings icons, I wasn't seeing them. That was a quick response and I appreciate it, thanks!
various instances, all from last month:
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/06/12/man-charged-with-murder-accused-of-shooting-neighbor-in-southeast-houston
https://www.wandtv.com/news/police-man-shot-neighbor-because-his-child-left-a-cup-on-the-curb-outside-of/article_fa899432-102d-11ee-99d8-eb517ae34fe7.html
https://nypost.com/2023/06/14/charles-robert-smith-vet-accused-of-killing-three-neighbors-in-parking-feud-held-without-bond
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/you-mexicans-shouldnt-be-here-man-allegedly-killed-neighbor-in-front-of-his-kids-after-fight-over-loud-music
https://www.kagstv.com/article/news/crime/man-arrested-charged-with-two-counts-of-murder-in-late-night-college-station-shooting/499-92629216-69f1-4b0a-9906-f7e558d52275
https://truecrimedaily.com/2023/06/22/south-carolina-sumter-george-gregory-anderson-shot-murder-levon-wilson-neighbor
https://www.wistv.com/2023/06/13/man-accused-shooting-woman-after-argument-with-neighbor