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Cake day: July 8th, 2023

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  • I don’t disagree. But we’re living in interesting times.

    I don’t like most of the people on the ticket I’ll be given in November, but you know what’s objectively worse? Actual fascism. Fascism always ends in genocide, and these white Christian nationalists aren’t even trying to hide it, going mask-off even before they have the power to back it up.

    When fascists can be this bold and still keep their seats of power, that’s quite worrying.

    As I saw someone say earlier, we’re in democracy triage.

    I’d vote for Biden’s corpse before trump or not voting. We must wrest all power from the fascists before we can squabble about who’s more left.


  • I hope people stop believing the bullshit that’s trying to get progressives to not vote or to vote for 3rd parties. Progressives absolutely can win democrat tickets, and that’s exactly why there’s so much propaganda trying to convince people otherwise. Progressives have a lot of political power right now, and the whole system can swing left if people don’t just give up. Progressives giving up is the only play the right has.


  • Can’t.

    I’ve had literally insane run-ins with the US healthcare system, and have a bad enough health issue that I’ve been absolutely ruined by it: physically, mentally, financially, and socially. I do mean utterly – that was not hyperbole.

    I have nothing else to add right now, because I have medically-induced PTSD and can’t even think about anything medical without having a panic attack now.

    Just wanted to chime in with how bad it can get, and I know my situation isn’t as bad as it can be. It ruined everything for me and destroyed my family, but I never had to care for a dying child. There are no forbidden depths.




  • These lunatics have a disturbing amount of control in the US government.

    Laughing at them might be fun, and I was doing it until recently, but they’re not joking. The worse our climate disasters become – and they will very soon – the more scared people will become, and the more these groups will take advantage of that fear. We’ll see more climate refugees, more desperation, and more fear. These groups prey on fear, and they’ll amplify it on purpose.

    True fascism thrives on fear, which is why these people amplify it like they do. When climate disasters accelerate, these groups will harness the social upheaval to take control. I don’t know what we can do to stop it, but we should all be thinking about and sharing ways to head it off, because they’ve got plans in place already.

    I know I sound paranoid, but I’ve been watching them and these aren’t my ideas, but theirs. They talk about this a lot, and if we aren’t prepared, their plans could actually work. I don’t want to live in the fascist future they’re planning. If we don’t combat it, we’ll be living in the Handmaid’s Tale before most of us realise.


  • A lot of the thousands of Reddit comments per post were variations of ‘this!’ or inane joke responses, and I don’t miss that at all. It’s not the quantity, but the quality, and I’ve found discussions here to be more like Reddit’s early days when comment threads were more worthwhile.

    But if you’re looking for the Reddit experience, I’ll help:

    Came here to say this.

    Not sure why you’re getting downvoted.

    Username checks out

    This deserves more upvotes.

    I’d give you gold if I could.

    Shots fired.

    Nailed it.

    You. I like you.

    Tree fiddy.

    You had one job.

    That’s enough internet for today.

    Happy cake day! 🎂

    I have the weirdest boner right now.

    Directions unclear.

    Banana for scale.

    5/7 with rice.

    Mom’s spaghetti.

    I laughed harder than I should have.

    Sauce?

    Someone give this man gold.

    Circlejerk is leaking.

    This was not my proudest fap.

    What did I just read?

    Risky click.

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    ¯_(ツ)_/¯

    You dropped this: \

    Woosh!

    This is why we can’t have nice things.