That’s the spirit! One of the great things about the Internet is we can build our own alternatives, like with Lemmy and DIY servers. My friends and I have our own little Internet ecosystem. Outside of some Lemmy time, my personal Internet usage is largely served by our arrangement.

Before any Americans get upset at this comment, keep in mind that liberal ≠ progressive for much of the world.

Wow, I’d never heard of floating solar panels before. Very cool!

50-250 feet, depending on the water table.

Way to be a giant douchebag.

Thanks for continuing to prove why weevils are the best beetles.

Or bleach. I can destroy 100% of cancer cells in vitro with a common household chemical that only costs pennies!

Your friend either hasn’t told you the entire story or is lying. Viagra, Cialis, and other ED meds won’t cause your penis to burst - human blood pressure is insufficient to pop a penis like a balloon. What may have happened is a penile fracture, where the outer sheath of erectile tissue tears in response to physical injury. Typical drivers of penile fracture are situations that cause the erect penis to bend forcefully, such as falling on an erection.

Taking ED meds without ED will just result in a very firm erection that will likely persist awhile after ejaculation.

I do notice users here snapping back at jerks a lot more.

You’re 100% right. The conservative groups always try to attract two types of people: nostalgic idiots pining for a past that never existed and braindead idiots who are easy to convince that one or more minority groups are responsible taking one or more things away from them. Sometimes these idiots overlap.

What matters most is the fact they were different times. You grew up!

Holy fucking shit, we agree on something!

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I think some are more exploitative than most. I work in a field that isn’t directly exploitative but effectively facilitates exploitation by others. Fields like advertising directly exploit others.

I heard all the hype, so I read it. I now don’t understand the hype. It has three main elements:

Dragons

Magic School

Romance/light erotica

It doesn’t do any of those things particularly well. There’s nothing interesting or particularly original about the dragons or magic school stories. The plot is full of ham-fisted exposition (the protagonist “reciting facts about the world to deal with stress”? Really?) and the characters are two dimensional and boring as well. The romance is super cringe:

Plus this really short video nails the entire book and not in a flattering way. It may not be the worst book I’ve ever read, but it’s amongst the top ten.

We absolutely need to vote for third, fourth, and even fifth parties AFTER voting reform gets rid of first past the post voting. Not before.

Same here and seriously. It’s not that I disagree that whatever is bothering them is bothersome, it’s usually just something I wouldn’t notice.

Like people cutting me off or speeding on the freeway. I really couldn’t care less as long as they’re not putting me directly in danger. I really just don’t notice but it drives my wife nuts. I’m just happy I’m only driving my car, not living in it.

Not my fault they decided to work in an exploitative field.

Abolish slavery? But who will employ the slave masters?!

Many modern humans are a bunch of entitled little shits and it applies across the political spectrum.

I strongly believe every person needs to experience serious adversity at some point - homelessness, joblessness, food insecurity, chronic health issues, or chronic pain. I have had most of the above (and still have some, yay chronic health issues) and that made me a better person by giving me perspective. I don’t give a shit about losing plastic straws; on the contrary, I welcome their loss, they’re stupid and polluting. I can walk and I have a warm place to sleep at night, losses like plastic straws seem as trivial as they truly are.

All the best people I know went through some shit or are empathetic enough to understand what it’s like. The worst people I know either were protected from adversity, lack the empathy to learn from others, or went through an adverse situation but didn’t have the tools to properly work through it so it made them worse.