I’m giving up on Lemmy. Too many toxic users. Too many bad mods who fail to remove the toxicity. And toxicity seems to be part of the culture here, judging from how everyone acts like it’s normal. Also, why is everyone a programmer?

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  • HomerianSymphony@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlWe are programmed to receive...
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    1 month ago

    I knew a woman who took a job in a porn shop while she worked on her book (a children’s book), and depression set in when she realized she hadn’t touched her manuscript in 2 years and her career was being a porn clerk.

    She ended up becoming the manager of three stores.

    Edit: This was back in the ‘90s, when people bought porn in stores.












  • because you’re fucking moron that forgets things easily!"

    It’s more that the worst thing you’re willing to accept becomes the new normal.

    And then something that was previously unthinkable becomes thinkable. And then if you accept that because it’s the lesser evil, it becomes the new “new normal”. Continue in a downward spiral.

    Look at the state we’re in now, with Trump and Biden. That’s the result of decades of picking “the lesser evil”.

    At some point you have to say “no more”.



  • HomerianSymphony@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldStay Mad, Tankies
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    3 months ago

    Right. So, part of the problem with “Voting third-party means supporting Trump” is that it presumes I would have otherwise voted for Biden.

    And I wouldn’t have. Because he’s committing genocide.

    Also, when third-party candidates start to get traction, they can pull votes away from Trump as well as Biden.

    And if enough people vote third-party, we can start to defeat both Trump and Biden. Even small amounts of support for third-party candidates can lead to a third-party winning seats in congress if that support is concentrated in particular districts, like college towns. And in an evenly divided congress, a few seats can control the balance of power and have a big impact.