ShellMonkey

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[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 16 points 3 months ago

Shocking, just incredible, unbelievable even...

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 111 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

The goal, if the old fool can be said to have one, isn't to have a consistent and coherent policy but to present as being dominating on all topics.

Command of the military and police by having big parades and deploying troops in domestic spaces.

Control of money with import taxes and gifts to friendly fellow moneyed people at his sole whim.

Control of people's movement, who stays and goes with their ICE gestapo acting with impunity.

Control of morality, dehumanizing the LGBTQ+ community and deeming anyone not fitting their vision of 'normal' as being undeserving of support.

You know, totally not the strongman/dictator/fascist thing...

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 11 points 3 months ago

Next up the ministry of truth

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 4 points 3 months ago

I can't imagine how you could have predicted that, with the history as an anti-vax nut and the hearings for his confirmation and whatnot...

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I really don't see that happening. The internet and the real people that build it tend to be innovative tinkerers and hackers. Things get built because there's a need and someone tries to say they can't. P2P, darknets, proxies, VPNs, heck the whole concept of the fediverse defies the idea of control by an external entity. So they may try, but the chances are slim it works.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 6 points 3 months ago

Their solely owned passthrough corporations however are free to invest at will.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 8 points 3 months ago

Maybe people will be satisfied when they can put their TV under a microscope to determine the actor's sperm count...

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 10 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It's been observed that the porn industry is often one of the first adapters of new media tech before they become commonplace, but I'm not sure some things need to be shown in that high a resolution.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 13 points 3 months ago

This is one accusation he actually could feasibly back upsince he's probably on the signal chat where they plan it.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 79 points 3 months ago

...of things already known and public while keeping the rest locked away.

Just another distracting smokescreen.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 14 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I guess I would take it being a US judge as a given. Not that this admin listens to our judges anyhow, bit I expect one from another country would hold even less sway.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 52 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Maybe, but immortality also tends to come with things like extraordinary capabilities for self repair and by extension disease resistance, so maybe they get some sort of error correcting code in their DNA replication to go with it.

 
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Ally in training... (lemmy.socdojo.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com to c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org
 

Hey all,

So I'm looking to take an active step here to understand better some things that my straight/white/cis/middle-aged male brain has had a tough time wrapping itself around, particularly in the gender identity front.

I'm working from the understanding of physical sex as the bio-bits and the expressed identity as being separate things, so that part is easy enough.

What's confusing to me though is like this. If we take gender as being an expression of your persona, a set of traits that define one as male, female, or some combination of both then what function does a title/pronoun serve? To assume that some things are masculine or feminine traits seems to put unneeded rigidity to things.

We've had men or women who enjoy things traditionally associated with the other gender for as long as there have been people I expect. If that's the case then what purpose does the need for a gender title serve?

I'll admit personally questioning some things like fairness in cis/trans integrated sports, but that's outside what I'm asking here. Some things like bathroom laws are just society needing to get over itself in thinking our personal parts are all that special.

Certainly not trying to stir up any fights, just trying to get some input from people that have a different life experience than myself. Is it really as simple as a preferred title?

Edit: Just wanted to take a second to thank all the people here who took the time to write some truly extensive thoughts and explanations, even getting into some full on citation-laden studies into neurology that'll give me plenty to digest. You all have shown a great deal of patience with me updating some thinking from the bio/social teachings of 20+ years back. 🙂

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com to c/rimworld@lemmy.world
 

Or, when you get a sudden windfall inheritance from on high.

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A box of Oatmeal (lemmy.socdojo.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com to c/cat@lemmy.world
 
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