Almost everyone in the family and community in which I was raised believes that human-caused climate change is not real. They believe that all climate change is a wholly unavoidable phenomenon that is just part of the earth’s natural cycle.
You can imply that no one has actually been fooled by the oil industry’s propaganda all you want, but it’s both incorrect & unproductive to do so.
I’m not a citizen of your shithole country
I know, I can see which instance you’re on. My original comment applies to you just as much as it does to any American.
Regardless, I am still definitely making way more of an effort to stop fascism than the average American.
You don’t know that, and we have no reason to believe you, but keep patting yourself on the back while vomiting your unregulated anxiety & despair at strangers on the internet, ig
Eh, it’s not worse on Lemmy than I’ve seen it on any other platform, but yeah, you’re not wrong. If we think there’s nothing we can do, we will do just that.
The only hope left is that there are some true Americans left in the military that are able to work together.
This is not the only hope left, this is just one of the more ideal solutions.
Hopes not high for that either, as it would have happened by now. It’s never going to happen from the general public. Sorry to burst your bubble.
I really need people who say doomer shit like this to:
Reflect on whether their words encourage solution-oriented thinking, or unproductive doom spirals
Learn some emotional regulation
When you discuss you and me that makes it obviously personal, so I’m not sure why the irony escapes you.
Yes, discussing my personal thoughts and feelings is personal, and criticizing your words is also personal, I agree. But I used the word “personal” to describe being offended. I was not offended, as the initial comment to which I was responding was a broad comment about the U.S. I have no reason to take offense at that.
when I clearly said voting and protesting would be the solution in a civilised society.
You did not say this in your initial comment, you said it in your response to my comment. My original criticism of your original comment stands. You did not speak of any solution until I criticized you for not being solution-oriented in your comment.
I agree with you. My contention, again, is with the logical inconsistency in lucidlethargy’s original comment.
If you read their comment in its entirety, they are very clearly talking about how they think that people should have voted for Harris in the general presidential election, and praising Morello’s recent words for seemingly supporting this perspective.
This ignores Morello’s previous statement that he did not vote for Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
Every new “feature” I see from Amazon makes me so glad I decided to wean myself off Amazon a couple years ago
Regardless of how he may have secretly voted, he told people not to vote for Trump’s opposition.
My contention is with the lack of logic in your reasoning for elevating Tom Morello.
His words are not only at odds with your stated position, but they are at odds with his own words.
I don’t give a fuck about how you feel about Macklemore.
Of the two musicians, Tom Morello is the only who has expressly said that he did not vote for Harris in 2024, which seems inconsistent with your reason for elevating him while judging Macklemore.
In my personal experience, especially in recent years, cashiers are often not even faster than self-checkout (though I’ve often experienced bagging pressure, lol). They’re either chatty extroverts who slow everything down because they’re socializing too much, or they’re new employees who don’t seem to know how to do their job yet (I assume this is prevalent due to high turnover, which is increasingly common).
“Butthurt” implies that I took your comment personally. I didn’t, because it wasn’t personal — it was a comment about the U.S., to which I feel no particular loyalty, and my issue with it is what pessimism like yours does when people express it out loud to strangers without offering solutions. Negativity akin to what you expressed has a paralyzing effect rather than a mobilizing effect.
Notice you answered my critique with a (poor) guess at the motivation behind my comment rather than a logical defense of your doomerism. Ad hominems only work on insecure people.
The DSA has been a pretty big topic in U.S. political news for at least the past year, lol
EDIT: adding the caveat that both the right wing and establishment democrats/centrists are actively trying to suppress DSA popularity, as they have always done with socialist movements, so that could be a big reason why you might not have heard of them.
I really need people who say doomer shit like this to:
Reflect on whether their words encourage solution-oriented thinking, or doomer thinking
Learn emotional regulation
Considering I think Putin and his ilk can & should get absolutely bodied & the fact that you thought I was a fan of Xi, yeah, I’d say you’re making assumptions when you should be asking clarifying questions.
lol, no I don’t. Make fewer assumptions, ask more questions.
And I agree, Xi can fuck all the way off.
If you think I’m wrong, feel free to tell me why
While I think studies like this are bunk, I think it’s a mistake to assume that there is no real effect on cognitive health.
We know that using LLMs is addictive. I can’t imagine that long term use is going to be as benign as long term use of a calculator.