What is the 196 sub?

Shitposting community that is expressly LGBT+ affirming and trends leftist (see stickied posts, for example)

Why is the bad guy depicted as a Chad?

Good question lol. Maybe because the person who doesn’t look like a male stereotype is the reasonable person in this post?

Do we get a poem?

Then I’m left with no choice but to depict myself as the gigachad

I was hoping to avoid such extreme measures

I realize most people who would visit 196 certainly know this, but I still feel compelled to point out that anarchism is entirely incompatible with capitalism.

Housing is a basic human right

Every big web site in 2024 looks like the sites people warned you not to visit in the 90s

Every new fact I learn about Stonewall makes me respect the people who were involved even more.

Yeah full disclaimer: This is a screenshot of something my friend posted and not my experience. I’d imagine it would hurt, but maybe I could practice it with … a very trusted friend lol

To have a solution, you first must have a problem. This isn’t one. It’s only a problem for racists.

Treating people’s lives like political pawns in a campaign is NOT okay. Stop trying to normalize this shit.

Don’t ever speak to me again. Enabling this shit is a horrible thing to do to people. Let’s put you in a camp or send you into a violent situation and see how much you like it. “BuT iT’s ElEcTiOn YeAr” I don’t care

“Just a few hundreds more people in concentration camps and thousands more deported, and we can finally stop the Republicans from imprisoning and deporting immigrants and refugees!”

Democrats having a normal one about human rights, eh?

Edit: This may be a good place to remind everyone that the people we’re de facto targeting with these policies are people with indigenous roots. This can and should be interpreted through the lens of colonialism and our ongoing genocide against Native groups.

Edit 2: Oh boy I cannot believe I have to say this, but these people with indigenous roots are not limited to Mexico and Central America. Does anyone know anything about history here?? My God, I’d assume if one is going to comment that one would at least have the slightest idea what they’re talking about.

Edit 3: And to the people who think it’s some kinda “gotcha” to point out that I’m disengaging from people who are shit-deep in the anti-immigrant hysteria, you got me. Nearly half my family are immigrants, some of whom have been detained and/or deported by our racist border policy, and I live surrounded by batshit conservatives. So yes, this is a sensitive and personal issue to me. If I wanted to talk to people like that, I’d go to the gas station or bar. Lemmy is my opportunity to talk to people who at the bare minimum agree on certain fundamental ideals, an opportunity I don’t have much in real life. I will block and report you for name calling or other uncivilized attacks on my character.

One thing I’ve learned living in a conservative state in the US is that everything is my fault by proxy

I should just be rich enough to move, how hard can it be

It’s got a lot of tankies. Also, they’ll ban you if you say you hate tankies because they love tankies on .ml

Companies issuing refunds in the form of gift cards is just straight-up insulting