Yeah no. Great post though!

Are you the one then who gatekeeps who is allowed to be a gatekeeper, and whether something is acceptable? An example: I really like the aesthetic of upside-down 5 pointed stars. Is there some sort of meaning and history behind them? Don’t know. Am I allowed to like them? Or should I feel shame for not looking up the symbolism in everything that I like? Do I really need to educate myself on the occult in order to like something that might hold meaning to someone else?

Purity tests for fandoms are gross. No one, save for those who take these things way too seriously, cares about how hardcore you are.

Great unpopular opinion!

Come on, man. Decorum.

So many immigrants support this lunacy. My old best friend’s family are all big Trump supporters—None of them were born here. Some have citizenship, and the others have green cards. The one’s who can vote, vote red.

It’s so fucking stupid.

Let’s remember the polling data.

Another question asked in the aChord poll was to what extent respondents agreed with the statement that “there are no innocent people in Gaza.” Sixty-four percent agreed with it to a large extent (describing their agreement as between 4 and 6 on a scale in which 1 is total disagreement and 6 is complete agreement). Among supporters of the governing coalition, 87 percent agreed with the statement to a large extent. Among supporters of Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu party and other right-wing voters who don’t support the coalition, 73 percent largely agreed. Among voters for centrist parties, the comparable figure was 67 percent, while among left-wing voters, 30 percent largely agreed. Among Arab Israeli respondents, 92 percent disagreed (meaning that they ranked their agreement as between 1 and 3).

If there are no innocents in Gaza, then why would the average Israeli even feel shame for what the IOF does? It’s all a part of the genocide. It will not end voluntarily. It seems that there must be force involved to stop it.

Learning in my 20’s of what Israel, the righteous land that we praised in song during Seders, had done in the past, is part of what turned me away.

Never Again is an absolute. There can be no genocide allowed, regardless of who the people are.

“Children in solitary confinement” should be a sentence that no one has ever uttered. Well, according to a significant number of Israeli’s, that kid was going to become a terrorist, so they should nip it in the bud.

Israeli ministers can fuck right the hell off. Murderous snakes. I long for the day of their downfall.

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Will there be blackjack and hookers?

Literally? There is no reason for life. Which scares people, so they develop superstition (theology) or ascribe it to emotions (happiness, suffering, etc). There is no reason, for life. The reason for life existing or how it came to be is certainly up for debate, but there is no why. We are alive, we are conscious. Eventually our bodies give out on us, and our life ends.

About 25% of the time I will start writing a comment only to find that I don’t think my argument is compelling enough, or otherwise is not something I feel makes a good point.

It could really tie a room together.

He’d be a hero to his stupid base when he had to have the courage it would take to renege on the pledge, blaming it on a conspiracy against him.

This is because his supporters are amongst the dumbest, most gullible and hateful people in the nation.

They’d much rather watch a video of a doofus asking him questions that had been provided by Trump himself. They don’t have any interest in hearing anything others have to say, just their god man.

One would think it would get boring hearing the same, obviously fictitious, dribble from the same angry man all the time. But again, his supporters are idiots, and it’s an exercise in futility trying to understand them.

We shall see!

I am was an Apollo user, and decided that Reddit killing it was too much. I switched to Lemmy, and while it has been an adjustment, I am reminded of the days of forums past. I dig it. Using Voyager (formally Wefwef) has helped preserve most of the UI of Apollo, which is nice. I had never heard of Progressive Web Apps before, and am super interested in the topic now. This makes me want to pick up programming again, in hopes of eventually being able to contribute to open source projects.

My clue’s pointing over here now

You should have met his wife in college.

I love the idea that there is IFTTT in the Batman universe! IFTTB, if you will. Web hooks ftw lol.

Agreed. If the crowd your with is big Wayne’s World fans, it slaps. But I’ve found more often than not, the 20 minute solos kinda kill the momentum. I wish it was better received, as I am a HUGE Queen fan.

My gotos:

• Hall & Oates - Out of Touch
• Billy Ocean - Suddenly
• Lionel Richie - Hello
• Bon Jovi - Livin’ on a Prayer
• All 4 One - I Swear
• Brian McKnight - Back at One

Old school == Best school, IMO

So many people across different demographics get into older songs, regardless of genre. The best songs to sing are ones that you can hit the notes and not put the crowd/your friends to sleep to.

Have fun with it!

I agree with you that there needs to be a robust system in place to provide resources and other support for women that feel like surrogacy is one of their only ways to make money. However, the legislation in Italy is targeting LGBTQ families specifically. Right wing/fascist ideology the world over is experiencing a renaissance in support of legislating LGBTQ folk back into the shadows. It’s working, btw.

In Italy, it is already illegal for same-sex couples to adopt. Now they are trying to make surrogacy punishable by jail time, no matter where an Italian citizen goes to do it. Should the government be allowed to tell you that you cannot have a family? If I proposed a law that would effectively outlaw your ability to have a family, would you support that? Is this new law really just to protect women?