prole

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[–] prole@hexbear.net 2 points 1 hour ago

I disagree pretty hard with dense urban areas being optimal and that leaving land outside of cities "untouched" would be a good thing.

Humans are nature and the entire planet is our home, which must be maintained regularly. This idea that we need to separate ourselves from the so-called natural world in order to protect it seems incorrect based on history. Many indigenous groups maintained thriving forests, grasslands, etc for centuries before colonizers showed up. Many other animals maintain their environments as well; beavers, elephants, etc. Humans are pollinators too!

Obviously we do many horrible things to our environment, but that's not an innate human behavior. We learned to be destructive of our own environment over time and then it was spread everywhere through colonization. Many people went from being just another animal to seeing themselves as special and, largely through religion (not saying religion is bad, just saying it was used as a tool by the ruling class to indoctrinate people), were taught that everything and everyone existed to be exploited for resources. Capitalism is born out of this idea that we are not part of nature.

I think alienation as described by Marx and others after him explains what I'm saying here in a different context and certainly in more detail. I also don't think we shouldn't mostly live in cities of some type, but we absolutely need people out in the world taking care of it. Moreover, I think at least a not insignificant number of humans simply cannot thrive in dense urban environments.

[–] prole@hexbear.net 26 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (23 children)

So idk anything about solar punk, but I did an image search for it and about half the images have people in them and none of it seems particularly fascist?

[–] prole@hexbear.net 31 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I feel old because I don't even know what this is about

[–] prole@hexbear.net 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Magnets are the most lib way to do this, so it makes sense

[–] prole@hexbear.net 15 points 22 hours ago

Are they actually asking for ads or am I misreading this? I will do an adventurism right now if people are actually asking for ads

[–] prole@hexbear.net 34 points 22 hours ago

Yeah, this is definitely the reason this isn't constantly being talked about. The ruling class is involved in the pedo ring regardless of their politics or industry. Tech, oil, weapons it doesn't matter these rich fucks are doing monstrous things and the ones who aren't still won't speak up

[–] prole@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago

Ha, I didn't read the OP carefully! The best part is it doesn't really matter which one we're talking about, they both fucking suck and started wars for money.

[–] prole@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Ok it makes more sense to me then. A lot of people have made Bush Jr look way better than he was and played up the "he's just too dumb" angle a lot, especially liberal media after Trump showed up. If someone isn't purposefully looking for information critical of Bush they're probably only going to see very gentle criticisms in today's media.

All anyone needs to understand is how they lied to start a war in Iraq, allowed extreme forms of torture at Abu Ghraib and other sites, and their response to Katrina. Iraq war alone is literally responsible for 100s of thousands of civilian deaths

[–] prole@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have a 2019 Toyota and when we got it a year or so ago, I was reading reviews and stuff. One of the biggest criticisms was that the interior seems outdated. I've never had a vehicle with any kind of touch screen, but this one just has a smallish one and a bunch of the normal knobs and buttons around it.

I'm typically not opposed to learning new tech or whatever, but touchscreens in cars is just the worst idea. Capacitive touch instead of buttons and switches is the second worst idea. All of this shit is just cost saving and not actually better, it just looks fancier

[–] prole@hexbear.net 23 points 2 days ago (4 children)

GW Bush isn't bad is a fucking wild take. Is this person too young to remember it or something? Bush admin is easily one of the most evil groups of people in modern US politics. Honestly I think they were worse than Reagan.

[–] prole@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

I'm not expressing faux outrage, I'm not even trying to express real outrage. I suggest you look up what projecting means if you don't think telling someone they are projecting is telling them how they feel.

Sorry, I don't really want to have this conversation with you anymore.

[–] prole@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I mean, I think I explained my position pretty clearly if you read both of my comments. I don't have a problem with male nudity (or any nudity), I just know that many people use their own nudity as a weapon against others (in countries where it is taboo). I know this because I've seen them do it with my own eyes, I've had them do it to me, I've heard them brag about it, etc.

Simply because it is appropriate in a given setting doesn't mean people cannot have ill intentions. A space where it is expected sounds like the perfect place to do it without consequences. But seriously, if you have never known a male to show their genitals to others intentionally in a locker room then you just aren't paying attention or you've never been in a men's locker room.

I'm also obviously not saying every single man or even most of them are doing this. I very clearly said it's just non-zero. You're welcome to disagree, but suggesting that I'm projecting and telling me how I feel is not welcome. I literally even said it's coming from a puritanical place, I can't figure out why you'd even suggest this.

 

Recently I've had some frustrating conversations with people. Someone said Oregon is "deeply red", which sounds like an absolutely unhinged thing to say when you consider all branches of government in OR are controlled by Dems.

I'm sure I was rude to the person, but I tried to explain how ridiculous that is. If Oregon is deeply red then what is Alabama? Just because the rural areas are conservative? I spent way too long on this one.

Anyway how do you handle this kind of nonsense in the world? I usually just say what I'm thinking to people these days, but more and more it's feeling like I should just stfu and let people believe whatever

 

I've looked at a few lists here and there, but it seems like there just aren't many co-ops that recruit strangers online. Anyone have any experience working for a co-op as a dev? It seems like it would be an awesome way to structure a small web/app dev team. Part of me wants to try to start one myself, but it's hard to imagine maintaining the motivation needed for a task like that when I can barely function as it is.

Anyway, what's up with the lack of cooperatives? Sorry if this is the wrong comm, seemed like the best place

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