Or we can accept the past actually does matter, protect our communities and offenders can be the ones to accept the short end of the stick.

You know, like a sane society

I wish the factions could sit down together and figure this shit out, because the one thing we all have in common is that none of us are happy with the way things are.

I fear they will get the civil war they want, and the country will be destroyed in the process.

Yeah, we can tell. You NEED the grass. And oxygen. And water. And soap.

Then get off of Threads, go outside and go touch some grass.

Then go back to Threads and stop bothering everyone else.

So no one makes little games as a hobby anymore?

That actually sounds kind of good

Because he’s some provincial jackass who thinks anything outside of his personal norm is an unjust and unfair imposition on his right to act as if his experiences are the only thing that dictate what reality is.

He’s the same kind of circus clown that gets angry when you correct him on a factual matter, or on grammar, or if you criticize a popular movie he likes.

He and people like him are extremely self-centered, arrogant, know-it-all crybullies who think they are smart because they are adults. They are clearly not.

I hate how this society has turned something as deeply emotional as cooking and turned it into a factory farm where people think burgers and hot dogs just magically appear with fairy magic.

Then go back to Threads and stop helping corporate oligarchs take over the internet.

It’s all good. I am talking about the shill you were getting goaded by, not you. Don’t sweat it; it happens.

He’s just some paid shill. They’ve been infiltrating Lemmy for months. Don’t even waste breath arguing with them. Just downvote them, jot down their screennames and warn others not to listen to them. Arguing with them directly is what they want so they can convince others there’s a legitimate debate to be had.

Well, I said before I’ll leave any servers that federate with Meta, and it’s looking like that time.

“It’s A Good Life” by Jerome Bixby. It’s one of the best short stories I have ever read, highly recommended.

No Back To The Future? Baww

Wait, so there’s nowhere you can learn it now?

Yes. People are that conformist and petty.

No, it’s more effective and convenient for parents, as it gets them the submission they want and the kid is the only one that paid the price for it.

Which is why the analogy is flawed. It absolutely does work… for the perpetrator.

It’s good they were wrong and the covid dictatorial bullshit fell out of vogue, though.