In a modern society, generation by generation, we choose what tradition is acceptable to keep and what is not. We’ve abandoned many more traditions than we have kept, so they aren’t inherently sacred and unquestionable.

Anyone who wants to keep a tradition that causes harm is just malicious.

But there were plenty of traditions out there that just add richness to a culture, that stuff is good as long as no one gets hurt

Plenty of people are telling him to piss off, it doesn’t matter anymore, he has the keys to the castle.

He’s also surrounded by a cabal of the worst people humanity has to offer, who are taking this opportunity to get as much abhorrent shit done as they can before he kicks the bucket and this weird cult of personality they have dies with him.

None of them are interested in stopping this train, they’re getting everything they dreamed of and more.

Apologies if you took it as judging, that was not my intention. I’m just pointing out they only listen to whatever their authority figure is. The ability to reason about something is not in their toolbox

Using the word “convince” means you might not fully realise what you’re facing.

You can’t convince the brainwashed, it’s not about what is said, but rather who said it. Unless you’re one of the authority figures they take their instructions from, there’s nothing you can say to convince them because as far as they’re concerned, you’re just a lyin’ lib’rul Satanist or some other bullshit.

I’d hope you have more value to your kids than a chunk of money.

Sure money is always helpful, but I’m in no rush for my parents to kick the bucket. I’d rather they run my inheritance down to zero if it meant they got to stick around a bit longer.

Frankly no, don’t even take advice directly from research universities unless you’re a qualified doctor or have cleared it with one. Just because a paper is written in the same language you speak, does not guarantee you will understand it completely, and you may not even realise you’re missing something important.

Your doctor will be able to tell you what is right for your body, a random medical researcher has no idea you even exist. Everyone is different and there are plenty of changes to your lifestyle you can make that could cause problems if they’re not right for you.

You know when frodo trips on weathertop in fellowship of the ring and the ring makes its way to his finger as if it was guided there?

Basically I’m saying you clearly have Sauron’s screen protector

It’s a place that lets people charge subscriptions for blogs.

It also is a nazi bar

Avoid it and encourage others to do the same

I wish I still had time for advent of code…

NK is safe because trump admires it. It’s the deluded model for how he wants to reconfigure the US with him at the top

Conversely, venezuela has oil and wasn’t giving it to America. They have a left wing government. Trump wants to keep the Epstein stuff out of the news, lest the final few people out there who still don’t realise he’s a human trafficking pedo, find out.

I don’t think nukes prevent this one. Frankly I think he would have done it anyway, despite the risk.

When there is a finite amount of something and someone with more money wants it, it makes the price of it for everyone go up to make it so that some people can no longer afford to compete for the resource, making it available for the higher spender. (Yes there’s also infrastructure being built, but they will out compete us for that too)

Same thing with land & property on it, the working class can’t afford to buy housing now, because rich people want to use housing as an investment vehicle.

Food is another (though also tied to land ownership)

Ultimately it’s the same problem across the board and the solution is generally a wealth tax to prevent densely concentrated capital from distorting the market.

Specifically for these companies, they’re simply too big. They need to be broken up and need to be prevented from getting this size again. If they truly cannot be broken up, they should be nationalised.

Failure to address these issues will result in these companies and people holding a total monopoly on all the resources available. More expensive electricity is only the beginning.

I am both

I look more like a scaled up person than a conventional tall guy

I don’t think even the pope can exorcise the foul demons of malort

Pretty good, visiting my parents’ place for Christmas this year

Brother is coming over with his other half and the new nephew in an hour or two for Christmas dinner.

Morning fry up was great (with some genuine, shipped from Scotland, Lorne sausage and haggis!) and we had some really nice bucks fizz from Aldi with blood orange and pomegranate in it.

Some 80s music countdown show is on the telly, as is tradish in my parents’ gaff

I got some beers as part of my presents and I think it might be time to crack one of those in a moment

Oh really? I’ve been having it the same time as my vitamins, should I space them out then?

Well there’s some truth in that it’s not entirely it, the price is reduced because the data they get from tracking your spending habits has a value

They’re not pushing people to these cards for fun

ActivityPub is older, it’s going to have more users and has a much healthier selection of services

OTOH, I’ve got no idea why anyone would use any ATProto services other than bluesky, they really don’t have any users

I don’t think other civilisations would see it as any different to reality television

It’s ultimately just videos of humans doing human things

Donate to Lemmy (or Piefed) development directly, then your home instance. If you’ve still got some cash burning a hole in your pocket, donating to instances that host communities you particularly care about is also something you can do

I was gonna say it was whisky in my house

My Scottish father being completely unrelated to the matter