[-] syreus@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

So you "don't care whatsoever" about fixing the problem you seem so passionate about and would rather winge about it. The rest of us are interested in solutions. You are soapboxing to primarily left leaning people here on Lemmy so I don't know who you are hoping to proselytize.

[-] syreus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Plenty of gun owners are for common sense gun legislation, background checks, mandatory safety instruction, etc. If you want to enact change we need them on our side. What you are doing just creates division and slows any progress we make toward sanity. Mediate your rhetoric.

[-] syreus@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

The one that surprised me is Hooters. They were in Vienna, Budapest, and Prague just to name a couple places. There is a KFC in Venice. There are several Taco Bell in Barcelona including one across the street from La Sagrada Familia. You can see a Burger King and a Subway "sandwich" shop from the Eiffel tower.

My travels in Europe surprised the hell out of me. Virtually every metro area is full of American trash food chains. The one cool thing is they sometimes have local variations on food. I ate at a KFC in Prague out of morbid curiosity and they had an interesting take on the spicy chicken sandwich.

[-] syreus@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Uncle Ben is that you?

[-] syreus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Exterior doors swing inward so firemen can break them more easily. This is a metal door that swings in; pictured from the outside. I assume this is a door to a dorm/apartment.

In the second photo you can see the bottom dial for an electronic lock. That portion is the exterior piece. It free spins unless you press the correct combination prior.

[-] syreus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Reports on the ground indicate Vance repeatedly yelled, "I'm going to be Hokage! Believe it!", while nearby couch enthusiasts cheered.

[-] syreus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Mountains don't grow in a day. We don't feel the ground shifting under us.

I would argue the majority of people react to sharp critique by closing themselves off. I know plenty of people that started by reducing their meat intake to a few meals a week. That kind of conversion is the most likely to get results.

[-] syreus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Because idealistic posturing is for children and getting someone to eat less meat is more helpful than creating an atmosphere where vegans/vegetarians have to spend time apologizing for the loud minority.

[-] syreus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

As a lifetime vegetarian, please utilize that energy in a more useful way. Your cohort makes my life difficult.

[-] syreus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That's the obvious motivation, my comment is to illustrate how the frustration could be relatable and to humanize everyone involved. For those people who don't value their freedoms the entire idea is just an inconvenience.

[-] syreus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

So It's hard to get into the headspace where I could get offended by being called cis but I'll try. Here is a metaphor that hopefully won't be too offensive.

Imagine if vegetarians started identifying non-vegetarians en masse with the label "Omnivores". The first critique would likely be, "But it's normal for humans to be omnivores; It's the neutral state!". That's how most people, including many allies, feel about being cis. It's the neutral state to them and doesn't/shouldn't require a label.

Obviously context matters but I can see how inflection could make it sound like a slight if someone is already loaded with insecurities.

[-] syreus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Not OP but I think the groupthink here is just using tankie as a catch all whereas their main gripe is accelerationism.

Accelerationism is the new Nihilism for the disenfranchised. It doesn't take much to grasp and requires little to no input from its supporters in this phase.

Accelerationism is not the answer. I am old enough to see what the traditional tactics have bought us. That doesn't mean I am willing to watch the world burn so the soil is enriched.

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