pachrist

First.

I fully understand that it's correlation, not causation, but I believe some inanimate objects want to work well, and others want to work poorly. In that same vein, there are people that inanimate objects respect and work well for, and there are people that inanimate objects dislike or enjoy aggravating.

Because some of the worst dictators of all time said they were communist and socialist, despite dictatorship being fundamentally antithetical to both.

Then a bunch of idiots watched a dictatorship, the USSR, burn up their economy with a space and arms race, so now they think socialism kills economic progress. It wasn't that the USSR didn't invest properly in the populace, or infrastructure, or that they were fundamentally a kleptocracy with a massive military, it's that they called themselves socialist. That's what killed them.

Some kid 50 years from now is going to write a paper on the moral dilemma of calling ICE on a scam center.

I've lived in the southern USA almost my whole life. I am accustomed to racism, unfortunately, but Asian racism hits different. It's wild.

I feel like accidentally commenting there is a Lemmy right of passage. It got me, and continues to almost get me. They generally have good discussion.

There is a difference between giving some a gift you know they don't like and giving someone a gift that they don't like. It's literally the thought that counts, and as someone who has been married a long time, it's important to place the thought first and the gift a distant second.

If (when) I get another tie for Father's Day, I won't necessarily like, want, or need it, but I will still cherish and appreciate it. It's nice to get things you like, but it's much nicer to be loved and appreciated.

Spotify - Brown Noise 12 hours. Blast that nice and loud. Get a fan. Call the super.

Gifts don't have to be something you like, want, or need. It's about the thought, care, and love that goes into them. Whether you like new things or old things, it doesn't matter. Gifts have subtext. Your SO probably will equate your love for the gift with your love for them. Use them both. Love them both. Love the people who gave you both.

I, for one, completely believe that Putin has hard evidence of Trump doing something salacious.

The secret to this, which works on all children, mine included, is to turn it and ask them what they think. Leads to more fun answers as well. Not right, but fun.

It means that if he's held accountable for his actions, he'll be out of the running for the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's biggest pedophile.