Thistlewick

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[–] Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

For example, a person can be black which is considered inferior by most

Sorry buddy, you lost me in the first paragraph.

Your suggestion is to ignore all of the injustice in the world and fix the economic disparity? As if racism, sexism and homophobia haven’t influenced that disparity from day one.

You are rich, by admission, so I understand that you assume everything is about money and manipulating people, but if the Left’s sole aim is to manipulate people into voting for them, we have that party already, and they suck at it.

Why can’t we strive for equality in all forms?

[–] Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ha. Hahaha. You think the same people that wrote that trans healthcare is not viable have an innocent and sex positive take on HIV/AIDS?

[–] Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 57 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Implying that the “childrens” websites of the early 00’s weren’t fraught with sexual innuendo and swearing, and home to predators of all kinds. Neopets, Club Penguin, Habbo, RuneScape, IMVU. I don’t think this poster is remembering them the way that they were.

I will say that growing up with these sites, and exposure to some of these things, I have become a savvier citizen of the internet. I understand wanting to protect kids, but they have to get out there on the real Internet someday, and losing all your rare painted neopets to a scammer makes you real unlikely to give your details to someone claiming to be your bank.

[–] Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This one I’m not such a fan of. The number of times I’ve found an interesting bulletin board community, and been told I had to wait 48 hours before I could comment once on the introductions board, before waiting another 24 hours to comment once per day on another small set of allowed forums, but only if my introductory comment was approved by the moderation team….

Yeah, the alternative is a bot and troll riddled mess of a site like reddit, but at least I can usually ask for the source of that furry scat porn without being instantly banned for speaking out of turn to the ruling elite of the forum.

[–] Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 1 month ago

Always a bit of a shock to realise that Bob is still chucking along, angry as ever.

Might have to catch up on 15+ years of comics.

[–] Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 month ago

My eyes drifter right past the words “daughter of” in the headline, and I was very confused why “dead man doesn’t eat chocolate” was newsworthy.

[–] Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 50 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Selling their house for $4,500,000 and paying $750,000 in taxes still leaves them with $3,750,000 for an over-55s, healthcare, and investing.

I think the multi-millionaires will be fine.

[–] Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 60 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There is apparently an action scene in which ice cube needs a thumb drive, so orders one via Amazon drone delivery. The drone goes down in all the chaos, and our characters have to barter with the homeless man who found the downed drone by offering him Amazon gift cards. The man is a conspiracy nut who thinks the government is tracking him, but a $1000 Amazon gift cards convinces him to risk his life for the characters.

So yes, it is worse than Borderlands.

[–] Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 31 points 1 month ago

“He’s not that bad, he’s only actively choosing to be a nazi in order to reach his own selfish goals”

I would argue this would make him worse than he seems.

Musk isn’t taking you to mars with him, no matter how much you try to fellate his ego.

[–] Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It’s a stereotype. Why do many people instantly think of Texas when talking about conservative states?

[–] Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately, the rich can hold out longer than you, and they’ve set the game up to make sure that this sort of dissent is deadly to the poor.

[–] Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I see the counterargument that “I only use gay as an insult because that’s what would offend them. I’m not homophobic, I just say homophobic things to offend homophobes.”

Nevermind the young men and women out there who are being told that their identity is just ammunition to bully people, we got to be mean to someone on the internet!

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