And it's gonna suck for most of us in a lot of ways. Like I moved up north partially because of politics back in 2014. Now some are eventually gonna follow and move up here as well. Plus, I can't afford a house. A lot of people can't afford one. But when more and more people come, we won't have enough. Unless we see some real, meaningful changes in the way we handle housing, it's gonna be a shit show.
I was talking to my mom back in I think 2020 and the subject of the cost of a home came up. I told her how much they are here, and she said me and my boyfriend should move near her and some other family in St Louis. While I would love to be near family, I'm gay. I'm not moving to a red state. And I'm not looking to buy a house I will eventually need to abandon with no one buying it. That's a lot of money to just lose.
I don't remember which forum I was on, but it was around the late 2000s. Me and some people were joking around, the subject of wrestling came up, someone asked what Triple H's name stood for, so a bunch of us started making fake answers. I really like one that I said, so I just made it my user name. Haven't really felt the need to change it since.
I play games for the games. I might have a preference on the type of TV and shit, but that's all personal preference. If the game is good, it's good on either one.
If you find the idea that queer people have the right to exist to be too much of an echo chamber for you, then that's a bit telling.
"But the bias!"
Maybe it's just me, but if I wanted to know what was going on in the queer communtiy, I would say queer people are the best people to listen to. Just like how if I wanted to learn about the struggles of bring black or a woman, I would consider them the go to source. I wouldn't go to the people causing the problems. Like I wouldn't go to David Duke to learn about what black people go through. Or Andew Tate on how to treat women.
In those case, the article calls out the lies from the sources you say we wouldn't take, so of course I'm not gonna listen to them. Because they're not just biased. They're lies. In this case, it's things such as tuck swimwear being sold to kids. That was heavily reported on, despite being false.
To help explain what a bias actually is, think of it this way:
One article says Bill punched Jim. Billy is a bully. We have someone saying they saw it.
The other article says Bill did not punch Jim. He is fine. We have the video to prove it.
Now, both do have a bias. Yes. One says he's a bully, the other says he's not.
But one of them makes a claim, says they have someone who saw it, but it turns out it was a lie.
So one of these is a bias, one of these is a lie. It's slander.
Should we find articles without a bias? Arguably. But for starters, if the non-biased articles agree with the biased article and all the facts, and they do show with the same video that Bill did in fact not punch Jim, then I would argue the bias isn't the issue. If Bill didn't punch Jim, then there's no real reason to say he's a bully.
Similarly, it is a fact that right wing news sources lied about the swimwear. And they have an anti-LGBTQ+ bias. But we know it was a lie.
So when an article calls it out and has a bias that trans people are fine, there's no reason to beleive its not. And the bias that the right are being bigoted ans trying to take away the rights from trans people then becomes less of a bias and more of just facts.
So we can find another source for this, but when they simply just list the facts, it will only back up this article.
I might check this one out later. I usually use audiobookbay, but half the links are dead if it's more than 5 months old. And i keep forgetting to try and log in at the right time for Myanonymouse.
My boyfriend only has a year left of nursing school. With so many countries having a shortage, we are thinking that might help us. Like apperantly in Japan they have a program to get people in for nursing and you can buy a house for cheap. But I'm not sure if I want to love in Japan. About 3-4 months ago I actually had some people from Australia on reddit giving me a lot of good info to help us get over there, and one person was talking to me about New Zealand.
So here's to hoping. I'm gonna miss my family and friends. It's gonna be hard, but I'm tired of this place.
So I prep the food for my roommate every day. This happens usually around the same time every day. My roommate has gotten into the habit of coming into my room and waking me up vocally every morning, usually hours before my alarm goes off and demands food. So during the day when my roommate is napping, I’ve been getting up in...
In a world of role-reversal, it would perhaps make the most sense to embrace the 21st century where the leftwing no longer seems to be the rude, vulgar, authentic force and instead insist that law and order is threatened by right wing terrorism as it bit by bit seeks to cast us into chaos on every front....
Yup. It's the same affect as with a lot of other things. Like when I see someone say "Think of the children." Sounds great, and we should be thinking of the children. But I usually don't see it used by people who want to actually protect children.
Yup. This was it for me. Ordered a burger from a no name local place. It came in a Red Robin bag and container. Apperantly they gave no fucks. Since then if I found a place, and it turned out to be real, I just marked it with the heart. Anything not marked it either a big name chain restaurant, or it's suspect. Especially since we also know about ghost kitchens where it's one place posted under at least 10 different restaurants.
Edit: Just for shits and giggles, I just loaded up the app. First place I didn't recognize I checked and Google shows it in the middle of an industrial complex. No restaurant signs anywhere to show where it's at.
Then I saw "the burger den", which another person said is Dennys. Google maps takes it to Dennys
I'll probably stick with my current one for now, but if they start opening up and bring their future phones to the US , I might consider switching over. Depends on the specs, but the idea of being able to just get a new battery once the old one starts dying is a major plus.
I also feel like it's become more right wing. Or at least now that some people have left, the balance has shifted further to the right. I went on yesterday, and r/WhitePeopleTwitter, a fairly left wing sub, is now having a lot of Republicans. Really killed my desire to go back. It was something I know a lot of people predicted would happen, but still sad in a way to see.
Edit: Also the fact that the main niche subs I went to are dead. They used to be pretty active, but since they reopened, a lot of users were not happy. So now it's a post every few days. I think one of the subs just got completely deleted. Sadly they're not as active here.
Actor Michael Imperioli has something to say about the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling in favor of a Christian web designer who refuses to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings.
The first amendment is the thing you're missing with all of this. People can discriminate against gay people. But only if it takes away their first amendment. The courts ruled that art should not be forced. So they don't have to serve gay people. But if someone is selling a car, that has nothing to do with art.
There's a huge difference between having food to eat
And having millions of dollars doing nothing
Or me living in an apartment
And someone living in a building that could take up a whole city block
It's not the fact that they have money. It's how they get it and what they do with it.
I have money, but I don't have enough to save. I don't make enough to do much outside of maybe buy a small amount of food for a homeless person. I'm not solving shit. However, living in the city I have had people ask for some change, and I've done it. But I can't do shit.
However, there are people who can actually help that won't. They get more money than they need and then just sit on it. Many of them get it through exploiting others.
But if we want to ignore things scaling and just reach, if I give a homeless person a dollar, should he not share that?
The White House cautiously endorsed the idea of studying how to block sunlight from hitting Earth’s surface as a way to limit global warming in a congressionally mandated report that could help bring efforts once confined to science fiction into the realm of legitimate debate.
Pretty much. Guess I should have Saud "work on the problems." Like we could be trying to do better, and instead of working on the things that got us to this point, a lot of them were left alone. And instead the plan is to work on blocking out the sun.
Yes, it's obviously more complex. And yes, there has been a bigger push for green energy. But we could be forcing even more change instead of this
So if I want my freedoms as a gay man I should just move? Rather than us just being better? It's cool to praise the US and our freedoms, but the second we see the opposite we just tell people to leave, and yet we are supposed to be the good guys? Lol
AAA pulls back from offering insurance in Florida, following Farmers (www.cbsnews.com)
More insurance companies are fleeing the state because of the growing threat from natural disasters.
What's the story behind your username?
And did you choose decent one this time or Rimjob_stew one?
A fatso CRT is what you guys need, not handhelds :/ (i.imgur.com)
‘This is a death sentence for me’: Florida Republican women say they will switch parties after DeSantis approves alimony law (www.orlandoweekly.com)
7 GOP attorneys general threaten Target over Pride display (www.lgbtqnation.com)
They sent a legal threat to Target for selling “obscene matter” because, in part, the store sold a T-shirt with a drag queen on it.
Sources for audio books
Does anyone have good sources for audio books? Finding a specific book can often be hit or miss on torrent sites.
Time off and a healthy lifestyle are driving some young Americans to Europe: 'You are a person first and a worker 2nd' (www.businessinsider.com)
Some young American workers are moving to Europe in hopes of a healthier and happier life.
Musk and Zuck may fight in court: Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: vlemmy.net/post/553347...
The cringiest presidential campaign ad video you will ever see, courtesy of Ron DeSantis (twitter.com)
Few days old so you may have already seen it but what the fuck is this lmfao
AITA For Waking Up My Roommate?
So I prep the food for my roommate every day. This happens usually around the same time every day. My roommate has gotten into the habit of coming into my room and waking me up vocally every morning, usually hours before my alarm goes off and demands food. So during the day when my roommate is napping, I’ve been getting up in...
The left must embrace law and order | Slavoj Zizek (www.newstatesman.com)
In a world of role-reversal, it would perhaps make the most sense to embrace the 21st century where the leftwing no longer seems to be the rude, vulgar, authentic force and instead insist that law and order is threatened by right wing terrorism as it bit by bit seeks to cast us into chaos on every front....
TIL That Chuck E. Cheese Secretly Sold Pizzas on Delivery Apps During the Pandemic Under the Name “Pasqually Pizza” (www.foxbusiness.com)
Chuck E. Cheese is now selling pizza under a different brand.
rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
From the other site
Fairphone 4—the repairable, sustainable smartphone—is coming to the US (arstechnica.com)
Not much to add. Saw it in another technology forum and thought it also belonged here for the solarpunks
The official reddit app is not even supported on my device. (lemmy.world)
Well i am certainly not using reddit on my tablet anymore.
Stressed rule
Yuzu emulator new update (Early Access) (lemmy.world)
Release Notes:...
Not a story a redditor might tell you (lemmy.world)
Nazi lives don't matter (rule) (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Michael Imperioli forbids 'bigots and homophobes' from watching his work following Supreme Court ruling (www.cnn.com)
Actor Michael Imperioli has something to say about the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling in favor of a Christian web designer who refuses to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings.
Can a rich person be a good person?
I don't mean doctor-making-150k-a-year rich, I mean properly rich with millions to billions of dollars....
Best place to download Nintendo Switch ROMs?
What is the best place to download Nintendo Switch ROMs?
White House cautiously opens the door to study blocking sun's rays to slow global warming (www.eenews.net)
The White House cautiously endorsed the idea of studying how to block sunlight from hitting Earth’s surface as a way to limit global warming in a congressionally mandated report that could help bring efforts once confined to science fiction into the realm of legitimate debate.
US Supreme Court blocks student loan forgiveness plan (www.npr.org)