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rug_burn ,

I am horrified by this

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Stephen King’s latest novel, “Worm Semetary”

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When i…

Woke up this mornin’…

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That’s not an empty double barreled shotgun, fired twice in the air from his doorstep to frighten away any would-be intruders

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youtu.be/2_LEfNFMAys?si=g_LxMZBdbz22xEAf

rug_burn OP ,

Man I didn’t know Saab made a V8 corolla, I’ve only ever seen the diesel inline 6

rug_burn ,

Holy fuck where has this lemonade been my whole life???!?!?!

If you never see me post again, tell my mom I loved her!

rug_burn ,

Hate to break it to you, but 100% of people who drink water either have or will die.

rug_burn ,

Reminds me of this, and why you can’t easily get powdered caffeine anymore;

cbsnews.com/…/powdered-caffeine-death-fda-legal-a…

rug_burn ,

It’s heavily diluted compared to what you used to be able to buy

rug_burn ,

I deed nawt hit her, I deed nawht!

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/37c989ea-d7dc-4ef5-8a57-ee6b9a309337.jpeg

rug_burn ,

Apparently “So I can show my friends” is the wrong answer. As a bonus, you may receive violence instead

rug_burn ,

How many Republicans do you know? Pretty broad brush you’re painting with. I find that Democrats are more than generous… with other people’s money.

Can we PlEASE stop pretending these political “memes” are anything other than pro left propaganda? I get that the majority of Lemmy is packed with left leaning, if not hardcore far-leftists, but sometimes someone who just wants liberty might want to chuckle at something, and comrade Earnhardt isn’t funny.

Now I’ll just sit back and watch the hate pour in.

rug_burn ,

Please tell me Hannah Montana Linux is based on arch…

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🙄

At least show us the neofetch

🤣

rug_burn OP ,

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/1f8ba32f-ee69-4e84-8dff-44691549ca20.jpeg

rug_burn OP ,

Made me laugh more than my post did

rug_burn , (edited )

#1 1st app installed is neofetch and some sort of screen capture software

rug_burn OP ,

Fuck, I always thought this was a myth, but I guess not… from my extensive three minute Google search, turns out it’s 100% real

rug_burn ,

Literally fucking happening to me now. Fuck my company for pushing updates on Friday

rug_burn ,

Not gonna lie, you had me in the first half

rug_burn ,

This cracked me the fuck up, thanks for that!

rug_burn ,

Ding dong, you’re wrong.

I have an older retired mother who uses a cane and can easily move about once she gets into the store by using the cart to stabilize herself. Taking public transportation is a no-go where she lives, because the one thing that I haven’t seen mentioned here yet, is crime. As an older woman with a walking aid, she’s the prime target for criminals, who also know old and elderly tend to not trust banks and use cash.

I do what I can to help and support her, however this is not always feasible, and in her words, she’d “be damned if she wasn’t able to get out of the house and do her damn shopping herself”.

And she’s able to drive just fine. But I guess she should give up her car, her freedom, so you can feel better about, whatever the fuck you think it is that getting rid of cars will fix.

rug_burn ,

I don’t mean this the way it’s going to sound, but…

I’m happy it works for you, and you’re happy with it. It doesn’t work for everyone.

rug_burn ,

Cities could be so much better, and we know this because there ARE cities that are better. It just takes effort and time.

And eminent domain, to take the land to build that infrastructure. And money. Lots and lots of money. And way more time than you think. Effectively having to level homes for miles, grade the surface and then, finally getting to build this utopian vision of public transportation, which will then need to be fed, sorry, maintained, by taxes that will shoot through the roof. Then, the displaced will need a place to stay, so enter yet more eminent domain to take more property to build vertical, because there is a finite amount of land. And this would be jn just one small to mid sized US city.

Look, I’m happy for anyone who’s happy in how they do their daily. You chose it, and it works for you. Some people don’t chose that life, and it doesn’t work for them. I respect your way of life, it should only be fair that you respect mine. I’m not driving a 3500 turbo diesel that gets 12 gallons to the mile, stomping on the gas “just because I like the sound” and throwing cheeseburger wrappers out the window.

Difference is, I’m not trying to force my way of life on others…

rug_burn ,

Walkable isnt “walkable” for someone who has trouble walking. Brainwashed? Hmm. Explain. And twat? There’s two reasons you’d use that word, you’re either European or Australian, and if that’s the case, I’ll take twat and wear it as a badge of honor. The other case is you’re American and around my age or older where that word would be in our vernacular, in which case, at least you didn’t call me a cunt, because then I’d be really sad.

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Public transport simply isn’t suitable enough for them.

Ding dong, you’re wrong. Walkable cities are more accessible for everyone than the carcentric dystopia.

And you literally quoted someone talking about public transport, so there’s that. Can’t wait to see what fun things you come up with to call me this time.

rug_burn ,

Oh, I see now. Sorry about that. Yes it’s possible to use public transport in cases where you don’t need much and the time necessary isn’t outlandish. I think I was conflating several messages in my head when I responded to yours. Glad to see some people are able to be civil here.

rug_burn ,

Uh, ever heard of commercial and residential zoning? You can have a Bodega down the street and a big box store 5 miles away. Both can coexist in the same city. Unless you’re talking in absolutes, which seems like pretty poor city planning. Not sure where you’re from, but in the US such things exist.

Loving the insults too, BTW. Keep them coming!

rug_burn ,

I never said you need one. I make do without one, however there are plenty of times during our winters here the larger wheels/greater ground clearance would be extremely useful. Just because it doesn’t work for you or me doesn’t mean there are people it does work for.

rug_burn ,

Not to argue semantics, but moving people from cars to public transit keeps the same people on the roads, but fewer vehicles. While i get your line of reasoning, accuracy counts.

If you’re willing to give up what you own to move to denser populated areas that meet your needs, great! I’m all for it. That’s YOUR choice.

On the flip side, who decides who is allowed to operate a personal vehicle? To me, that seems like the opposite of a choice.

But once again, the conversation was about EVs. You want dense vertical growth urbanism, be my guest, but I’m really not interested.

rug_burn ,

So by that logic, the Turks should give Constantinople back to the Romans?

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Oh, I stand corrected. A link to a Google doc. Should probably submit that to the Wikipedia article I linked as clearly thier information is flawed. You win an internet today.

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And it’s written by a person, with an agenda and bias just like everyone else. Have a tough time taking anything seriously from someone affiliated with Ward Churchill.

rug_burn ,

Citing one book by someone with a clear agenda isn’t a good look either. You picked the fight, feel free to drop it at your leisure.

rug_burn ,

You don’t have to apologize to me. If he’s someone who would collaborate with Ward Churchill, he’s got a clear agenda. My source for that was looking him up on Wikipedia, as I had no clue who he was. I’m not going to do the effort of sending you a direct link to the article, so feel free to do it yourself. And grant us all the fact that someone who writes a book has an implied agenda to sell the book.

And every time you start a post with “Source?”, it’s a bad look.

rug_burn ,

Clever.

I’m going through the sourced materials in the American Holocaust book, (great title, by the way! not divisive at all!), and considering the sources, it’s pretty obvious Stannard has an agenda, he’s a “cultural materialist”, an offshoot of cultural Marxism. But you knew that, you just didn’t think I’d look 😉

Anyway, with as far as I’ve gotten, I can surmise the sources, the majority of them at least, point to textbooks published by “Berkley; University of California press”. Seems a lot of anti-American sentiment comes out of Berkley. Just to appease my curiosity, I’m going to look deeper into this fellow, who, funny enough, cites his own works as well. That’s pretty douchey

rug_burn ,

It’ll be a while before I can read further but I do intend to read all of it. In my biased opinion so far, i reads like a propaganda piece, the words seleceted in some of the passages are used to elicit a response, but maybe I’ll see differently as I continue. I do have a question, when you say “genocide”, are you also including open conflicts? It’s my understanding of the word that it would not, but I want to make sure, especially when numbers are involved, that we’re using the same metrics.

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Explain. How is it a false equivalent? Romans controlled the city / region for over a thousand years and were later conqured, and their land stolen, to use the vernacular of this thread.

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Oversimplifing an empire being overthrown. Seems legit.

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People. On a land mass. Wiped out. People. On a land mass. Wiped out.

Yeah, I guess I see your point.

rug_burn , (edited )

Oh wait, my fault. I was responding to your comment “We are still here”

Wasn’t sure which part of my anaolgy you weren’t getting. Now we can peacefully argue about that instead.

**EDITED FOR TYPO

rug_burn ,

You too buddy! Would enjoy having rational conversations, even note elsewhere in this thread that I’m taking the time to read American Holocaust, as I told myself “why should I ask someone to do something I’m not willing to do myself?” Granted, being close to 50 years old, it likely won’t change my mind, but I reason that if I do read this book, maybe I can better understand other’s worldview, and maybe, just maybe we can have civil conversations instead of the stupid fucking bickering that’s been going on in a… wait for it… meme thread!

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