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Cake day: December 31st, 2023

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  • Most times my judgment of dishonesty based on dogwhistles is accurate. This isn’t the bogeyman, it’s the norm for conversation, you’re the exception.

    If someone says a slur to me, sure they might mean the best, but 95% of the time a slur means they’re being a dick. So I’m gonna tell good-meaning people to stop using that slur, or they’re gonna get grouped in with the 95% by someone at some point.

    (Not saying that “female” is a slur, but 95% of the time someone uses it they way you did they’ve got some misogyny)







  • This world also usually requires you physically reach your place of work, which is typically inside cities. Long commutes cost lots of money and waste a large chunk of your life. And hey, if those cheap houses were available in cities, people would buy them, but they’re not. You can’t blame buyers for a supply shortage.

    I think you fundamentally don’t understand the issue. The issue is land, not the houses built on top of them. Land is limited, and the investors scalp the land first and foremost. There’s usually enough land to house people well, but scalpers prefer scarcity so they can profit. Also, a lot of land is used very stupidly, just look at American-style suburbs.


  • Rent goes up too as property prices go up, because they know they can get away with it. And those are basically your 2 options unless you’re lucky enough to know people willing to house you for free (buy then they’re still struggling with prices).

    I’m lucky enough that I have the option to fall back on my parents right now, but I need to leave Florida for safety reasons and wherever I go I will not know anybody and hence not get that 3rd option.








  • This is an interesting look into your mind. Do you really think they’ll be the same? Trump will accelerate hit since he doesn’t even pretend to care, is that the same? He’ll also attack more minorities domestically, killing many more people, is that the same?

    I guess in a black and white worldview those are basically the same, but 'cmon, we can have some nuance here.


  • zea@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    “This follows the French gambit archetype, a story that’s been in our culture for hundreds of generations, where women are depicted as subjects who assert their need for fortification from external threats… and that’s why women should be subservient to men.”

    Fake quote, but it does sound like the kind of thing he’d say. Unfortunately, he’s pretty bad at making his reasoning sound, and he likes to cite stories as if they imply anything about what anyone should do.