What's the weirdest way a teacher tried to help the class understand a concept in school you encountered? in c/askchapo@hexbear.net
[-] lilypad@hexbear.net 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I think maybe your teacher just wanted to watch The Notebook vivian-shrug

Libs trying not to blame communists for the holocaust challenge (impossible) in c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net
[-] lilypad@hexbear.net 18 points 5 days ago

I think its post-dialectics dubois-finger-guns

Libs trying not to blame communists for the holocaust challenge (impossible) in c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net
[-] lilypad@hexbear.net 26 points 5 days ago

How do you argue with them? Genuinely, i could feel my brain seeping out my ears just perusing the comment section.

Also good work stalin-heart

Libs trying not to blame communists for the holocaust challenge (impossible) in c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net
[-] lilypad@hexbear.net 53 points 5 days ago

Theres one person there whose actually making sense, and I think theyre a hexbear poster (its cowbee).

Is it ok to vote for Kamala, just make my chud family members miserable? in c/askchapo@hexbear.net
[-] lilypad@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

Just my thoughts, maybe I'm real wrong, but:

Every candidate will be at minimum slightly different than ones platonic ideal candidate, but a vote for them is still a blanket endorsement of their politics and policies. We cannot vote for someone and say "I only support this aspect of their policies", rather, we can only say "I believe that this aspect of their policies outweighs these other aspects." In this hypothetical case of a government worker, that statement becomes "I believe that my continued employment for the government under this future administration outweighs the continuation of the genocide being committed and inflicted upon Palestinians".

It is important to recognize and grapple with the fact that by existing in the US and participating in the social systems of the US we are contributing to this genocide, some of us in small ways some in large; we must critically consider how we can minimize our contribution and how we can actively work against the states actions. However recognition of our being held hostage like this does not justify explicitly supporting genocide. A vote is an explicit act, and is an endorsement of the politics of the person and party being voted for.

people don't like my bot, it's going to be against TOS to be against it in c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net
[-] lilypad@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago

Is duckass their admins pale attempt to immitate ppb?

I'm feeling great and have been a total menace this week in c/chat@hexbear.net
[-] lilypad@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago

rat-salute-2 living vicariously through your post, so many asshole drivers out there

If Ur Username Was the Name of a Pokémon What Kinda Pokémon Would it Be? in c/askchapo@hexbear.net
[-] lilypad@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

Literally just lotad

NYT: "CIA Network of Bases in Ukraine at risk if US does not pass aid" in c/news@hexbear.net
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How do you write cover letters for entry level basic jobs? (hexbear.net)
submitted 7 months ago by lilypad@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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How do you write a cover letter for a job doing very basic tasks? I feel like Im either shmoozing and being way over the top, or being realistic in a way that will keep me from getting the job. For reference the job is to package coffee and make other products. I guess i just dont understand. I need a job, they need a worker. This work can be done by most people, its not some field thats relevant, its putting beans in bags and brewing coffee, how can I say "i really want to work here" when in reality any job will do, this is just the one that vibes best with my social capacity and is offered by the least offensive corporation. Like what am I gonna say, "I love brewing coffee, i spend every day constantly brewing coffee and moving my coffee beans from one bag to another, because I just like handling coffee"?

I have also been studying or doing self employed things like tutoring for the past 10 years and my cover letter skills were shit before this and have only gotten worse.

Cant I just write "job. Me need job. You have job. Me need money for survive. You need worker for labour. You give money, i work. I work good." and be done with it?

I wonder what that shark lemmy instance is up to. in c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net
[-] lilypad@hexbear.net 33 points 8 months ago

Uhhh yeah id like some materialism with a side of dialectics. But no Marx! If its Marx or his dialectical materialism, i send it back!

For our trans/enby comrades: if you don't know someone's preferred pronouns is referring to them as they/them/theirs appropriate? in c/askchapo@hexbear.net
[-] lilypad@hexbear.net 27 points 9 months ago

So my conception (at least, as it relates to me) is that they/them is fine, until you know my pronouns, at which point it becomes misgendering as I dont use they/them. I wont be upset with people for using they/them, but if someone only uses they/them for me even after knowing I use she/her i will be a bit upset.

What should be the official theme song of Henry Kissinger dying? in c/askchapo@hexbear.net
[-] lilypad@hexbear.net 17 points 10 months ago

He got knocked down!

He cant get up again!

Thank god hes staying down!

He got knocked down!

He cant get up again!

Thank god hes staying down!

He dropped a 'nam bomb,

He dropped a 'bodia bomb,

He dropped a laos bomb,

You know he loved to bomb!

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Im so tired of the casual transphobia (hexbear.net)
submitted 10 months ago by lilypad@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net
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Its just so exhausting and upsetting.

excerpt from a conversation from yesterday (CW transphobia)Transphobe 1: its too tall!

Transphobe 2: what is?

Transphobe 1 gestures at me

Transphobe 1: that thing

The conversation continued with additional transphobia.

And like i get it okay, im not a person, not even a human, but can we just skip the whole conversation? Or is the whole dehumanization and inflicting pain thing the enjoyable part?

I guess a positive is that it shows who the fake and fairweather allies are, like i was surrounded by people i thought were allies but no one said a damn thing. It was transphobe 2 that actually called out his friend cause 'you just cant say that stuff anymore' 🙄. Transphobe 1 proceeded to try and defend his actions by claiming he was using gender neutral language cause he didnt know how to gender me. Like, no motherfucker you fucking werent! Gender neutral language isnt dehumanizing language! Now i get to go organize an event with these same "allies" who said nothing. I demand that you shoot me now, so i dont have to do this.

Im not sure why im so upset about this. Its not that bad, really just par for the course. Not like he was beating me or anything. And allies should be assumed to be false unless otherwise proven. Its just so tiring. So damn exhausting.

Thanks for listening to me

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