[-] protist@mander.xyz 0 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Look dude, I'm not here to argue about the US's absolutely fucked foreign policy, and in absolutely no fucking way am I saying any one conflict is not driven in whole or in part by capitalism.

But "Capitalism is the primary driver of wars" is a fundamentally false statement. Just because it's a driver of some or even most modern conflicts does not make it "the primary driver of wars." War is a well documented and studied social phenomenon that predates capitalism by thousands of years, maybe millions. Fucking chimpanzee tribes war with each other. There are thousands upon thousands of wars throughout human history that prove your statement wrong.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 15 points 10 hours ago

Yes, every non-capitalist country throughout history has been a beacon of peace lmao

Humans are human. Capitalism is absolutely a driver of some conflict, but conflict is driven not only by economic interests, but also political, ethnic, religious, and other interests.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 15 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 33 minutes ago)

Despite there being no evidence for what you're claiming here, if you think about it for a second, you'd realize the spike protein isn't some sort of artificial substance being put into your body by a vaccine, but is atom for atom identical to the spike proteins found on different variants of covid.

If you get sick with covid, your body contains unfathomably more spike proteins than you would get from a hundred covid immunizations. And, if you've gotten an immunization, your immune system can keep the amount of virus in your system much lower.

It's ok to just not like the idea of the covid immunizations. Making stuff up to try to justify your belief, however...

[-] protist@mander.xyz 16 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Bennett was a badass bad guy. Commando is a badass movie.

"I’m not going to shoot you between the eyes. I’m going to shoot you between the balls."

[-] protist@mander.xyz 10 points 14 hours ago

I think there were a number of power users for whom that was the case

[-] protist@mander.xyz -4 points 22 hours ago

It's always en vogue to report on every batshit-crazy bill filed by Republicans in the Texas legislature, and while there's genuinely some terrible legislation that gets passed, the Texas Legislature is where bills go to die, and this will definitely be one that dies. This bill will never get out of committee, and this headline is a lie.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 15 points 1 day ago

I'm not saying correlation is causation, but here's a map of college education by state:

It's all wrapped up in having the knowledge, motivation, and access to eat healthy and exercise.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

You can think whatever you want. That's not true though

[-] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

Dude...he didn't appoint all of them yesterday, this has been over the entire course of his administration

[-] protist@mander.xyz 7 points 2 days ago

Turns out dogs are perfectly fine eating milk chocolate. I know this because I had a dog who jumped up on a table and ate an entire package of Hershey's kisses once. We thought she was a goner, but poison control said she'd be fine and she was. High quality dark chocolate is what poisons dogs

[-] protist@mander.xyz 66 points 2 days ago

you can't brick my cat

Is this a challenge

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It's getting dark (mander.xyz)

so I turned on some lights.

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Garden Grove on Garden Grooves

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submitted 4 months ago by protist@mander.xyz to c/austin@lemmy.world

I know this will sound callous of me, but fuck this NIMBY bullshit, and also KVUE for promoting it. This apartment complex is going up a 60 second walk from the Highland Station on the Red Line. Throw a rock and you can hit both Airport Blvd and 2222. This is the geographical center of Austin near some of the busiest intersections in the city. It's not reasonable to expect the vacant lot behind your house will stay that way.

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"Gwen" means "white" in a variety of Celtic languages

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by protist@mander.xyz to c/connectasong@lemmy.world

"City" in common. Incredible performance of an incredible song.

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Like the 13th Floor Elevators, Grupo Fantasma is from Austin, TX. Also, they're covering a song from over 15 years prior

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submitted 7 months ago by protist@mander.xyz to c/mycology@mander.xyz
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From care to careless

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Shake, baby, shake, sha-shake, sha-shake, work it, work it

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Also a drum corps

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Born or machine, pick your poison

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El Paso is a ballad about the American Frontier, with incredible vocal harmonies

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