I can see how that makes sense. I’m not anti-psychedelics in general (if presented with a binary choice of being anti or not), but I’m also not of the experience level nor comfort level to be offering them to my son. If they would become something available to him clinically I’d support it if recommended by his doctor of course. (not that he needs our permission at his age)

Nonetheless I appreciate that you took the time to make that detailed write up. Thanks!

1.) I grew up in this line of thinking (but also deeply religious, so it’s a little different) and it dissipated due to two main things: psychedelics and losing weight/becoming more confident and in-shape. In my case, I hated myself because I was unattractive and very overweight. I saw other people getting girls and resented how easy it seemed, while I felt invisible.

My GenZ son is in his early twenties and lockdown and covid impacts on his health and school have really thrown him for a loop. He has not been overcome by fascist ideologies, but we seem unable to inspire him with any motivation. He’s the same sweet person he’s always been, but I think he is content to just play video games in his room and do D&D with his friends a couple times a week forever. (I understand that, but we won’t always be here to put a roof over his head, and we are not wealthy people. He’s going to need to support himself when we go.)

He is also very overweight (the entire family is, but he’s really accelerating it) and although he doesn’t seem very very bothered by it, I know he’s aware of it.

I understand the need for exercise and I understand calories. Those things don’t need explaining. But I’d love to know how you got over that hurdle to start doing something about your body. I feel like some successes there could easily translate to greater confidence and motivation in other areas.

We spend lots of time together, we enjoy him just like we always have, he just seems rudderless and we’re trying to help him without controlling him, but with limited success.

Anything you might be able to share about your turnaround could be helpful. Though I’m not offering him psychadelics. 🙂

There won’t be a mass deportation. There might be an attempt at a mass deportation, but there’s no way a bunch of guys who can’t figure out how to book a room at the Four Seasons are gonna figure out all the problems. There’s just not the resources or other places to detain, move, and deposit that many people.

You are right, and it’s not like there isn’t historical precedent showing them that deportation is just not a workable final solution for what they are trying to do. When they figure that out, they’ll probably make the same choice the other guys did.

Let’s not cherry pick users then. I don’t care about your normal users. My experience is better on Linux.

Now imagine how self-fulfilling it becomes when you overpolice a particular demographic to the point where a very high percentage of them experience an event like this. Imagine what happens when you do it for decades. Centuries maybe?

Then imagine what that means for their likely outcomes in society compared to other demographics.

Then imagine what an absolute piece of shit you must be as a member of another demographic losing your shit when someone starts to talk about systemic racism or white privilege, or when you fight against justice system reforms, social safety nets, and efforts at rehabilitation.

https://www.sentencingproject.org/press-releases/new-report-finds-imprisonment-rate-of-black-men-has-fallen-by-nearly-50-since-2000-but-pushback-threatens-continued-progress/

FUCK YES. So many people fail to understand this based on numerous conversations I’ve had. Cops especially don’t seem to recognize what even a minor brush with incarceration or arrest can do to someone’s life. (Or they like the power they have over the people around them. Maybe a little of column A a little of column B in that case.)

“Accidentally”

I thought they meant “Not if you are still on Plasma 5” but maybe I misinterpreted it.

You replied to OP with that spammy mess in two different posts? And then act all snotty when called out?

(Apparently also not noticing the name of the account you replied to nor its profile pic? - someone who does NOT need conversion)

Here’s a tip from a longtime Linux user: You’re making us look bad. Find a different way.

That was really Cheney, his handler.

Don’t worry though, Dems are buddies with the Cheney family now. Those Republican votes for Kamala are going to turn up any day now.

I’m sure if the US could have vetoed the warrant, they would have.

Trans people?I haven’t heard this at all.

There’s support and then there’s I don’t give a shit what you do I will back you balls deep.

We’re in the post-consequences part of our timeline for any elected official with R next to their name. As long as the god emperor isn’t angry, legality no longer matters. Merrick Garland spent four years proving this to us. (And the election results sealed it.)

If Democrats had anything resembling a spine…

I’m becoming increasingly convinced that Israel either has blackmail on Biden or that somehow every damn conspiracy theory about them (Israel, not jewish people at large) controlling the US is actually true.

They either have Biden by the short hairs, or some kind of leverage that gives them the US Executive Branch by the short hairs.

EVEN NOW they are blaming progressives, not her nonsensical attempt to woo Republicans while moving right so fast it left vapor trails behind her after announcing her candidacy.

I thought this was going to be a great article. The title made me think it was going to be all about getting tough with Republicans and actually fighting.

https://www.salon.com/2024/11/19/how-democrats-can-move-past-low-dominance-messaging/

SURELY, Salon of all places will rightly criticize her for deciding to run as a Republican. BUT NO:

Harris also failed to bear down on her hard-edged prosecutor-versus-felon narrative, which figured prominently during the early, effective stages of her campaign. Maybe she yielded to the far left, which admonished her for stigmatizing felons. That’s what she did in her bid for the Democratic nomination in 2019-2020, which helps explain why her first campaign folded before she could even get it off the ground.

YIELDED to the far left? With Cheneys on stage at the DNC, more talk about her glock than about climate, no movement on palestine, and not even a willingness to let a pro-Palestine speaker have 30 secs of podium time at the event?

In what fucking way did she “Yield” to the far left with a campaign very clearly and transparently designed to woo Republicans into voting Democrat?

M. Steven Fish is a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley.

I have to question your grip on reality, Professor Steven Fish of UC Berkeley, if you think what you saw in recent months was Kamala “yielding” a damn thing to the left.

Like every four years there is an election.

So far.

Like 90% of lemmy democrats don’t get that I’m not motivated to vote for being waist-deep in shit vs chest-deep in shit. Yes, one is worse than another, but I prefer to vote so I don’t have to be in shit at all.

The reason people keep trying to say the same thing over and over is because your vote to “not be in shit at all” results in all of us being chest-deep. I want the Dems to change too but it isn’t going to happen as a result of folks withholding their votes while we’re in a two party system with FPTP voting. So since I would rather be knee deep than chest deep, I voted knee deep.

I’m not going to shame anyone for their voting choices, but let’s not try to deny - not voting results in chest deep shit, not no shit, and we’ll all get an object lesson in this every single day for about (at least) four years starting in January.

If you are going to proudly stand by your principled choice (which I support), at least be honest about the effects.

Oh you are right - I didn’t chase the context up high enough to confirm my recollection. Still - no better, arguably worse. 😬