I wholeheartedly agree with this. But what about nontraditional marketing? Should be some ways to market to the desired audience?

I think the Internet still has lots of promise. We just did a capitalism on it. If we can get the cancer out it’ll be an amazing thing again.

But I do think some of that early promise was overestimated because mostly smart people were on it then. We thought it was the medium, but it was just techies or people with hobbies or interest that made it that special place, now that your average Joe is there it’s mostly shit, but go somewhere with a little barrier to entry (like Lemmy) and it is pretty cool again.

This is why I left. I saw post about people being banned from communities for things like that, or saying eat the rich, iD’ing Nazis, calling Palestine a genocide and calling for action. It was clear they had fascist corporate donors to appease and had chosen sides.

More legalized. Lobbying was already legalized bribery. Citizens United was just them making sure they get to pick who they bribe.

Cuba is eyeing that straw pretty hard right now.

It kind of sounds like a form of exposure therapy.

I was not able to read this, as I am an idiot, but I upvoted just for the effort.

Cops in the USA, as well as being scum, are terrified. The population has almost no access to mental health care, near unlimited access to guns, and many reasons to not trust the police. The police are also trained as “warriors” instead of guardians with a us vs them mentality. I’d imagine besides the legal ramifications, Uk and Eu police are just not as scared shitless and therefore don’t start popping off when an acorn hits their car or a 13 year old has a stick.

It’s not weird. I would affirm yourself that they did not do everything right, and the things you’re angry about you have good reason to be. But let the anger and hate fade. They were probably trying their best. And the older you get the more you realize that we are all winging it. Now that you are an adult you can set healthy boundaries and interact with them on your own terms.

There’s some stockholm syndrome between children and parents and I think it’s natural to get angry as you move past that. But as an adult you can have a relationship with them where you see them more as flawed peers than omnipotent parents. Of course not everyone will want to have that relationship, but if you can and want to then I think it’s worth it.

There’s laws like you can have bottomless dancers but not alcohol. Or you can have alcohol but then they have to wear pasties. Different laws in different cities and states… Or so I heard.

https://www.wired.com/story/why-everything-in-the-universe-turns-more-complex/

The basis of most modern day US Republican policies is simply might makes right.

Probably toilet water if they don’t keep it closed.

If AI is so smart, why don’t we just ask it to fix the power grid crisis?

Netflix had a few really good ones that showed how the cops lied or bungled things.

The fact that this /s was even slightly needed :(

I know it’s just how the courts work but how can it be the people vs him when the people seem to support him. The state vs maybe.

I saw your incorrect comment on top and though “what is this, reddit?”.

Then you owned up to it and thanked him for the info. Nope! Definitely not reddit.