[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 hours ago

Shit If even one scrap of what Jesus taught connected, you’d feel different

"Jesus said that I'm right, that's it. So do what I say!" Continues to act in ways entirely contrary to what is presented as the words of Jesus.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

And yet millions who should know better won’t care.

They are motivated to know better by the belief that governmental failure will hurt others more than them, giving them an elevated sense of social status when compared against a vast misery that will befall the Other:

If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you. — Lyndon Johnson

Human society fails because enough people will swap treating others with decency for being told they're 'special' because they're not (currently) going to be rounded up and sent to a re-education camp.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 hours ago

True, languages change through use.

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Willy Wonka smiled as Harold Hezbollah came from behind the curtain.

"You! You started all this!" shouted Charlie.

"Calm down, Charlie," said Wonka. "He's working for me."

"Yes," said Hezbollah. "If we kill a few innocent people, the war goes on forever, and we get more and more money."

Wonka held Charlie by the shoulders. "Young man," he said, "this fantastical arms factory will be yours as long as you promise to blame everyone else but yourself, and you keep trying to invent more ways to kill innocent people."

Charlie thought about it for a moment. He did love killing innocent people. Frankly, when he blew up that hospital in Gaza it made him happy for as much as a whole minute, a whole minute of pleasure lighting up the dark cavern of his hateful heart.

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"Yes!" Wonka screamed, as Charlie plunged the dagger into the defenceless Oompa Loompah's chest [text omitted]

THE END

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 11 hours ago

Between Trump and Harris who do you think will result in the most harm?

If humanity keeps having the choice of big harm or small harm, and tends towards the small harm, living beings will keep being harmed, on purpose and by conscious choice.

This is why I don't feel emotionally connected to being human. Humans are machines for making their human world worse, and sadly they bring along the other living beings they share the planet with as they do it.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 11 hours ago

Big "Putting murderers in prison doesn't stop murders from happening, so there's no point" energy.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 hours ago

I don't disagree. However, the same would be true for those in Israel who ask for the bombing of civilians. If we pursue killings in order to appease victims, there will be a lot of people to kill.

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Get some maga signs made up that wash off in the rain and reveal Kamala signs underneath.

Like a clown's greasepaint disappearing in the rain, revealing the middle-aged drunk beneath.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago

Yes. Seriously, those who believe that society exists to entrench power overwhelmingly think men > children, and that this dominion extends naturally, and that law is a servant of that natural dominion.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago

Despite all my mana, I'm just a cat with a banana.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 65 points 1 day ago

In court: "It's my constitutional right to be racist, sexist, and derogatory!"

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 day ago

"You see," he said, "if we work together to make the world worse, it will make us happier."

The crowd started clapping.

"Your wife won't like it," he shouted, "your children won't like it, the future won't like it."

The crowd started hollering.

"We like it! Us! We're assholes, and we want the world to be one giant toilet that we can shit in!"

The crowd went wild, collectively losing their minds.

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Carol Higgins was 15 when she first reported her father’s abuse to the police. They told her he wouldn’t be charged. But she refused to let it rest until he finally stood trial

Higgins gave a 17-page statement, signed it and was given a painful internal examination. At the end of it, she was informed that Appleyard would not be charged. Apparently, the case wasn’t strong enough. There was no forensic evidence. The police told her that because her brother, who was 14, was a minor, his account was inadmissible. They said that, should the case reach court, her name and sexual history would be dragged through the mud. Could she handle it? Higgins said she couldn’t.

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In January 2019, after more pushing by Higgins, who refused to let it rest, Appleyard finally stood trial. It took the jury less than two hours of deliberation to find him guilty of 15 sexual offences against her, including rape and sexual assault. He was sentenced to 20 years. Earlier this year, Higgins also received £15,000 compensation and a public apology from West Yorkshire police, acknowledging that her “extremely serious and truthful allegations took too long to come to justice”.

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Temperatures above 50C used to be a rarity confined to two or three global hotspots, but the World Meteorological Organization noted that at least 10 countries have reported this level of searing heat in the past year: the US, Mexico, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Pakistan, India and China.

In Iran, the heat index – a measure that also includes humidity – has come perilously close to 60C, far above the level considered safe for humans.

Heatwaves are now commonplace elsewhere, killing the most vulnerable, worsening inequality and threatening the wellbeing of future generations. Unicef calculates a quarter of the world’s children are already exposed to frequent heatwaves, and this will rise to almost 100% by mid-century.

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Here is a picture of a frog. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

The frog that is in this picture is the subject of the picture, which is why it is a picture of a frog.

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"Israel presents itself as an LGBT haven in the region, but for Palestinians it offers neither refuge nor solidarity"

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Interpret 'hardest' however suits you. Look forward to your answers!

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