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stakes of stakes

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Wow I did not have to wonder about that for very long!

Never knew it was that Freaks and Geeks kid…

Thanks!

I wonder what the guy in this photo is up to now?

Lame

Cry

Commenting to find these presentation app reccs in case I’m ever employed and need to present something again

I ❤️excalidraw

My dad is in his 80’s and has been an atheist and hardcore liberal democrat for most of his life. The only political subject we’ve ever seriously butted heads on is Israel.

The last time we argued about it, his position was basically that, as a state, it had the right to defend itself from all the “hostile” countries around it. According to him, it even has the right to expand outward to protect itself by creating buffer zones. If Palestinians didn’t want their innocent children bombed to bits, all they needed to do was renounce Hezbollah and/or leave the area entirely.

I was pretty dumbfounded hearing him say this. He’s an avid reader and total history nerd, so to hear him hand-waving genocide was pretty shocking to me. I think it comes from growing up a boomer and a lifetime of deep-seated indoctrination that painted post-WW2 Jews as forever the good guy victims who are just struggling to recover from the atrocities of the past. A mindset that people born in the 70s, 80s, (and so on) just can’t relate to.

I know that doesn’t exactly answer your question, but I wrote this out as much for me as for you. I love my dad and he’s an extremely good person, so it’s pretty shocking for me to have this huge wedge issue between us. If he could learn to separate Jewish people from the state of Israel, he might understand, but frankly, at his age, I doubt he’ll ever come around.

It makes me wonder if OP is from somewhere where only religious texts are available in prison

Pssh whatever it’s cuz I’m looking fly as hell

You know those “Buy me a coffee” links on sites sometimes? I like the idea but I’m pretty hesitant to whip out my credit card for some random site, even if I do wish to support them.

With that in mind, the worst thing about ads is that they’re in your face whether you like them or not. So, what about a “Click here to see an image that will magically contribute 25 cents to the owner of this site’s hosting expense” (or something like that, maybe worded better)

Groan

Are you the author? I’m a senior software developer but was just let go at work, primarily because of increasing friction around AI. I’m sitting here drinking my coffee and thinking about stuff and that last paragraph with the quip from the mercenary/artist friend is especially good!

I’m not sure this is the right community for this, but it was a good read.

Fabrige must be the knock-off Chinese version.

Look, it’s an expensive hobby. Don’t judge me for using knockoffs. Or do. That’s also one of my kinks.

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Some people like your typical boobies and such, but sometimes an obscure, highly specific community will get a huge boost of activity by one enthusiastic uploader and the main Lemmy front page will be swamped with posts from c/amputeesPeeingOnFabrigeEggs or something

Buy stocks in companies that you:

1. Know and understand what they do
2. Generally vibe okay with that kinda business
3. See the appeal for consumers in a general sense
4. Ideally don’t have a lot of other companies doing the same thing