I got that in HS, too. Took till like college until I started caring about dating. But that was in like 2000 so it was a lot less accepted so it was appreciated.
This is probably sarcastic, but in case it’s not: Applesauce is a vegan substitute for eggs, not oil. There is no substitute for oil as many oils are already vegan. You can definitely substitute animal-based fats like butter and lard for others like coconut oil to make a recipe vegan.
That’s great info and I’ll check it out. But I mean in regard to this meme: what do we do now? Because this meme seems to be addressing the 2024 general election in the US and it makes it seem like there’s 3 voting options. But to my knowledge, there isn’t a popular 3rd party that meets progressive or anarchistic values. So is this suggesting not to vote? Other direct action like a strike? And if so how does that address the issue of the election this brings up?
It’s more of an open question. eg “You need to do something else because voting will not stop fascism.”
In the FAQ there are questions like J.2.9 “What do anarchist do instead of voting?
So this was an undercurrent I wanted to address: are you suggesting that Americans not vote in the 2024 general election? Because I feel that’s incredibly short-sighted and damaging. I agree with your points of working to get ranked choice voting and other measures passed in all states quickly. But people still need to vote against the obvious fascist candidate in the short term. Damage control is important because if Trump gets elected, no one is going to have time to organize. The last 4 years I only occasionally check the news or when I see stuff on Lemmy. When Trump was President, I was checking the general news feeds multiple times a day to ensure that he didn’t do yet another insane and damaging thing that I had to immediately plan for. And I’m in a privileged class. Vulnerable people have to do so much more to stay safe and a second Trump presidency will get thousands killed. No one’s going to have time to campaign against FPTP when they are organizing just to stay safe from government and militia persecution. If Trump gets elected again, it’s pretty much over. And anyone eager for a civil war hasn’t looked out enough to see what hell that is.
Anarchist Library: At its most basic, voting implies agreement with the status quo.
This is silly and reductive. Voting is damage control. Not voting is handing one of your only means of change and your voice away to your worst enemies. I’ll look into it more, but that’s a false premise to start on. It’s idealistic to the point of self-destruction.
You can vote, but that won’t make a meaningful change.
Medicine doesn’t stop death forever, either. And until we can cure the fascism or put in enough barriers to prevent it, we still must survive in the short term. Diatribe over.
My personal (european (although it shouldn’t matter)) opinion is that americans should try do build communities outside of government control so when things go bad they have someone to rely on.
Do you have any suggestions on what that looks like? Because Americans have all the same communities and groups Europeans do: unions (lesser extent), religious groups, community organizations (school based, local government), LGBT+ organizations, local political orgs, hobby groups, etc. But I don’t see how that directly helps matters. They will provide community and potentially safe spaces, but only if they aren’t infiltrated. And if there’s a fascist government, there likely won’t be any groups outside government control. They will seize control of everything and make illegal anything they don’t control. So I guess I don’t understand what type of groups you are referring to.
It really needs to be a disqualifying factor for generative AI. Even using it for my hobbies is useless when I can’t trust it knows dick about fuck. Every time I test the new version out it gets things so blatantly wrong and contradictory that I give up; it’s not worth the effort. It’s no surprise everywhere I’ve worked has outright banned its use for official work.
Vampires? They’ve got a ton of guards and are probably nobles so you’re looking at a real quick execution. Especially since their resting place is likely a stone coffin in a stone basement. It’ll be dark by the time they emerge from a burning wreckage or definitely by the time the rubble is cleared away. Then they slaughter witnesses and appear a few days later from “out of town” and ask who torched their house.
Thieves guild? Likely own some politicians and have bolt holes in a dozen rooms to get out. Then every underworld person in the city has a fat bounty on your head.
But the big reason arson in a city is bad is that when you have a dense city of wooden buildings so crammed together, arson can quickly become a mass murder. The king probably isn’t going to thank you for killing that vampire lord if you killed 400 people in the process.
This is a generalized meme. It’s not really about anyone in particular. But tell me why this really engaged you and makes you feel like you need to challenge it. Perhaps you feel it fits closer than you’d like to believe? Does it remind you of something your parents said?
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Especially when there isn’t clear harm being done to another person.
We have lots of laws to protect people from themselves and from the lies of corporations and such. Seatbelt and helmet laws are the most obvious. We can’t, as a society, expect people to be an expert on every subject. So people make laws to enforce certain actions to protect people from ignorance and misinformation. Hopefully these laws get passed after a lot of scientific evidence shows they are necessary and not political bigotry like cannabis bans and such.
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