Personally I block all the meme communities.

Im not looking to be a dictator. I exercise what power I have to push for democracy and human rights. Its been back and forth and on a losing trend but things have been worse and been up ended for the better in the past. I am inspired by the people who have marched and stood by me. There is nothing stopping their tricks but in the end they need the consent of the elected if they want an orderly flourishing society.

we know how. taxation and regulation. Decisions based on rigorous studies that are repeated and funding to do so and also just doing what has been successful elsewhere.

I swear I thought there was something like this last year. Like for some reason rederer sits in my mind as the culprit.

Ive seen circles like that and it aint praying. I wonder who the lucky guy in the middle is?

5 dollar chickens.

my favorite is a crispy one that for some reason seemed associated with christmass.

Im so screwed.

I should have switched to linux a few years back as I was on windows due to having the same system as my wife to ease tech support duties. That changed and lazyness kept me static until windows 11 being forced forward that got me to change in the last year. Main regret was not getting my but in gear and doing it a few years sooner.

Not me. I have 0% layoff anxiety being unemployed and all.

This. I am seeing 40’s for entry level in tech. This pretty much puts it at the point were everything people fled to go to tech was at. Im also seeing larger wages more for management than technical ability.

I find the tone of these articles as desperately trying to point to any negative as inconsequential and every positive as the sure thing. It reminds me of many things like the 08 housing market and such. Trying to prop up sentiment.

dave and busters sorta does that. You get a card which allows unlimited on the green light games. Its meh.

I had a somewhat similar things while waiting at a bank a some months back. I don’t remember the details of the convo but I was wearing a mask which got this old lady asking if I was liberal in a somewhat insulting way (your one of those X type or such). I spoke with her about things and I remember asking if she knew how X worked which again it may have been like progessive taxation but may also have been about a particular political process. Anyway the funny thing is I would say something like don’t you think X in regards to these things and she would mostly agree. Here is the thing. She does not understand how things work, me talking to her im almost sure only brought understanding briefly and I doubt she will retain it, and im 100% that moment she was gone from that interaction she want back to default. I have not yet met a maga person who was knowledgeable about how government and laws work (when they are excersized properly) and most seem to have mental issues. This is why these blatant abuse of powers don’t even phase them. You know I was talking with my brother how maybe it was sorta nice that many folks used to not vote as many of those disinterested in politics can’t really make very good decisions. I think what maga did was make it entertaining enough to get these people to the poles. Its a social thing to them.

Thats not people giving up comfort, that is them losing it. Nobody will rebel due to self sacrifice. Many act to rebel from loss of things that don’t directly cause discomfort but they have the cognitive ability to see the long term consequences that will come of it.

Its easier because your costs are forward rather than in arears. You can’t move before you sell the house because then you will have to pay on it while your trying to figure out expenses in a new place. You need to sell it for more than you owe and you will then need to find temporary housing where you will not have any costs if you need to leave at any particular time which tends to be more expensive. You will need to downsize to a backpacker level as part of this. Not just you but your family. Then you will be applying to try to get somewhere else which may or may not happen. You can start that before but then you might just have to abandon everything. If one has nothing to lose the process is easier. Similarly if you want to have a similar lifestyle in the new country you will have to find an equivalent and likely harder to find job in the new country.

I mean its what they want. This whole thing is not about getting rid of folks as much as making sure any folks coming in are ready to bend the knee and actively support the bs. At a minimum stay silent but that may not be enough. Need to loud the ones in power and how good and just they are. Basically the ideal is north korea.

I don’t think people need to give up comfort. At least not to any reasonable level. We need to make it so that we are doing things efficiently. Passive housing using geothermal/solar/wind and such. People able to afford to live where they can be carless.

Actually the lower class has a bit better chance. If you have no home to sell or money to transfer over leaving is a bit easier. If you have enough to set yourself up and then sell what you have that makes it easy. So its like people barely affording their mortgages or have decent jobs that would be hard to replace that get stuck until its to late.

I often wondered how nazi germany happened given the democracy and find myself caught up in the process despite my best efforts and the efforts of many people I know.