I mean if you take the internet as a monolith, you’ll find contradictions every where. Some people will hate A because of B, some people will hate A because of C, but either way A is getting hate for both B and C.

So either there are millions of people online with different opinions but the crowd looks the same, or there is one very, very busy troll who is running all the accounts.

~help I’m so tired they won’t give me a break to pee~

Before this year, I was absolutely anti-gun. I’m a teacher, and it chills me that every time I enter a classroom I think “how the hell am I going to get these kids out of here if shit goes down”. That’s how I start my Monday’s.

Owning a gun at home is statistically more dangerous to you or someone you love than to an intruder.

Most school shooters are taken down by unarmed teachers who work together.

But we aren’t facing intruders or school shooters. We are facing the proud boys, Jan6ers, and now the federal government. I normally don’t believe in violence and weapons either, but the context has changed and now we cannot rely on promises of public officials to keep us safe. We cannot rely on the police to keep us safe (as if we could before). We cannot rely on any market force to keep us safe.

Only we can keep us safe. This shit is getting real, and for those of us who are most likely staring down the barrel of a fascists gun, we can’t just let that happen.

I hate that this is the reality.

I should never have to consider these things.

But in America, every conservative and their mom is carrying, and we in the cities have been complacent. Obviously you are not from America. You don’t understand the sheer amount of guns here. Sadly it’s creating a feedback loop and to sit unarmed is to be a sitting duck in a civil war/ genocide situation.

The time for the idealism of pacifism is done. If you are neutral you are on the side of the oppressor.

We’re not going to take this lying down

The votes were not rigged, more reason for us to be ready.

Well that wasn’t very Mr. Rogers of you, please be kind here.

Ah, still this wouldn’t really apply because the workers/ people don’t own this mode of production because, so they can’t give it up.

The people you are thinking of are the ~400 individuals who own the means of product, and you are correct that they won’t willingly give that up.

Also “Does that mean the people want to give up the means of production?” assumes the people own the means of production which would be communism and/or anarchism. Not sure what they think the means of production is or if it’s just a buzzword they hoped to toss in there.

Can’t trust people. People listen to Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. Can’t trust em.

Yea, I made a post to my people to come to the fediverse. While we have capitalist and communist forums, ultimately the fediverse sits in the anarchist camp.

I like it because I’m suspicious of tankies and hate musk fucks. A nice 3rd option.

Also let’s be frank, it’s a class divide. Boomers had a huge leg up, and then those who amassed great wealth are the ones we see in power making decisions that close doors to the younger generations.

But back to my point, of course those who have had 60+ years to amass and invest wealth are going to be richer, especially when they had something to invest at the start.

I think when we consider that Gen Z men are running to the right, we should rethink boomers as a scapegoat. It’s not the boomers. It’s the rich and the Andrew Tates of the world who are in the boxing ring.

Like I could probably take down a random boomer, but a billionaire could hire Mike Tyson and I’d be fucked in the ring.

gotta kiss your boys

kiss em good night

right on the lips

tuck em in tight

.

you gotta kiss your boys

tender and sweet

from their head

all the way to their feet

.

you gotta kiss your boys

I’m trying to take a cue from Trevor Noah (I didn’t like his time on the daily show but I still think he has some good takes):

Read the news only a few times a week. That’s enough to be informed. We created a 24 hours news cycle that makes us more anxious, angry, and scared than we need to be. Live your life, focus on those around you, stop yelling at people on the internet who have made up their mind.

It seems like a good balance of self care and being informed. You have to set boundaries.

Heaven is a peanut farm

One for you and me

With friends and music, banquets and balls

And a good man named Jimmy

.

Heaven is a peanut farm

Surely it’s the best

There’s a porch with a sleeping dog

One where you can find rest

.

They say there is a man out there

Who made sure every heart he would fill

When God said “it’s okay, you can stop your work now”

He said “no, I don’t think I will”

.

When you come to this peanut farm

You will be filled with this delight

Friends and family, we gather 'round

To wish Mr. Carter goodnight

“my politics are fiscally liberal, socially terrifying”

Latex is a left wing kink (restriction of rights)

Custard pies are right wing (impurity)

Smoking is left wing unless it’s American Spirits

Being trod in with stilettos is right wing (fem Dom)

Wearing a diaper is right wing if a man does it, left wing if a woman does it (gender infantalization)

Last night I whispered “supply side economics” into her ear and she said “you’re a fucking freak”

I’d say the measure of an ice cream shop should be their vanilla. No gimmicks. No cover ups. It’s the industry standard.

If your vanilla slaps, that’s all I need to know.

Trump succeeded on COVID. Solidifying his base to confirm his death cult was his success.

His success is our failure. Our priorities are not aligned.

Well at least you got your shit together.

Where in the immense caverns of your colon did you get that number?

Pretty sure leftists fall in the former camp. They’ll gladly throw Democrats under the bus, and to a leftist there is no difference between the DNC and GOP.

Granted, the take that it’s not a binary is much more reasonable than the assumptions you are making at the top.