This is only tangentially related, but the best thing you can do is make stuff instead of buying it. Somewhat ironically, community building and self sufficiency will be more important than ever. Yeah everyone is going to say electronics but I feel like we all have enough of those already. Forbidden knowledge is far more valuable. Kind of doomer but… that’s where I’m at lately.

I guess that is only fans?

This is a good meme template

Pro max plus

The Fifth Risk is a very good read for anyone who might be interested in a finer grained look into the lesser-known functions of our government 👍

Peanut butter and butter? PB and mayonnaise?!?

Gross

Cocaine and good wine and sex and honesty

Use the vibrator around the thighs and top of the pelvis. Tease it

Lemmy.world users generally hold ridiculous, unrealistic leftist positions and do not have any concept of people who might have any other more moderate left positions

How did they make the earth look like a sphere?

Drugs

Waiting on Brighter Shores to come out!

You seem angry and I am not sure why

This comment thread is great. @op good luck; people on Lemmy have little interest in real discussion. If you say anything pro-ML or anything less than far-left, you’ll get screamed at.

This looks amazing 🤩

I will argue into oblivion and keep someone unblocked

Put yourself on public camera streams first as a test. I bet this guy is not always on his best behavior

This is great suff and I agree for the most part.

I have not been occupying right spaces online. Don’t have the time / energy. And I don’t really put in the effort to try to change anyone’s mind Online because people are change resistant online.

But

I do argue politely IRL for things that would help. Better infrastructure, trains, good jobs, love everyone, let people do what they want as long as it doesn’t hurt others, transparency in money and government, and make good things in America. Still unlikely to change minds but at least making friendships with people different from me.

I guess my overall thesis would be: online discourse is has proven unproductive. I’m tired of reading vitriol and “other side is so dumb wow.”

Disappointed to see the echoiness of the echo chamber on Lemmy

Thanks! Good response. I think it is always worth the effort to try and understand and talk to people and use words to convince them. I think everyone can be convinced, we just have to pull the right levers.

But if it’s the community’s opinion that that is not an option, and only violence is the answer. I have very low hopes for our country’s future.

Well I honestly think there is more nuance than that. And writing them off doesn’t help.

We should take time to listen and educate people.

Same as anything else you ever learned. If your math teacher called you a dummy, are you more or less likely to pay attention next class?