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[–] SeeMinusMinus@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then you got to go to church if you want to stay out of hell. God just fucking hates us.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] TheFlopster@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I would have said god is a fascist. There's a real "do what I've decided is best for you, or there will be hell to pay" (pun intended) vibe throughout his interactions with humanity.

But he does always seem to need money, so maybe you have a point.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sometimes they're not that far apart.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Yeah, the fascists currently in control of the GOP are very much capitalists too, for example.

[–] 30p87@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago

He himself does not need money, he's just too stingy to finance his representatives on earth raping children.

[–] Logh@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why not both?

(Couldn’t coun a proper portmanteu)

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A workday was also like 4 hours or less in biblical times though.

The idea that people in the past worked long, grueling hours due to lack of technology is a myth. People had way more free time in those days.

[–] Prunebutt@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago

I've heard this a few times and wholeheartedly believe it. But I don't know any sources, when I'm asked. Do you happen to know any?

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wish my industry had unions lol

[–] Thepinyaroma@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Start talking to your coworkers!

Even if you don't convince your workplace to unionize, you're laying the groundwork for the next person who tries.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That's true, but it's easier said than done. As someone who already experienced job loss once this year, I'm not looking to go through with it again. I have to look out for myself and my family first, unfortunately.

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

you can always have it in the back of your head and prepare for a future optimised rollout / means to be anonymous

[–] Surp@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can someone link actual facts of this info so I can argue it with my boomer family that doesn't get it?

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 41 points 2 years ago (3 children)

When they tell you that your lazy and expect to have everything handed to you, this is what they mean.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 10 points 2 years ago

You are savage... but truthfully

[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

"I ain't seen a white man beat like that since Abraham Lincoln... dude."

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago
[–] lorez@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And in a few more decades neither will unions. I'd laugh if it wasn't so sad.

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

that's not remotely true. The union movement is quite robust and actively serves a real need. The only thing that could actually kill the union movement would be a fully communist society and unions subsequently becoming redundant

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[–] SamboT@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (6 children)
[–] primalmotion@lemmy.antisocial.ly 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let me rephrase. "There is no evidence that god exists". Better?

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[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Is there a source for this quote? My googling failed me

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's a meme. Dale Earnhardt (probably) didn't say tthat.

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Yeahhh. That writing, too, lmao. As a Carolinian, the little faded "comrade" was a good one. Down to earth and huge hearted as he was said to be, I don't think the christian republican co-owner of Dale Earnhardt Inc. is your friendski, pal

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[–] kucing@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Best I can do is this Wikipedia article.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

In H3 Podcast lore, it stems from this clip

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I like the facts, but know nothing about Dale Earnhardt. Was he not a typical Republican?

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Dale Sr. never really spoke about politics one way or the other, but it's worth noting that his son is an open progressive in an industry that appeals almost entirely to the Conservative crowd. Is there any reason in particular you think Dale Earnhardt was a typical republican?

Edit: after a little more research it seems that Dale was probably a traditional Southern conservative but not what we would call today as a MAGA conservative. An excerpt from this article reads:

Dale’s daughter Kelley recalled an incident that occurred in her childhood, when her father placed a bumper sticker reading “American By Birth / Southern By The Grace Of God” on the rear of his truck. The family’s black housekeeper mentioned that the sticker, which featured the Confederate flag, made her uncomfortable. Dale immediately took a pen knife and slashed the flag off his truck, leaving the expression of Southern pride while divorcing it from the region’s sour history.

[–] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's hard to say, while he did grow up stuck in a western town, outside of racing there's not much else known about his life outside of what's been show by him and his son.

You can't make assumptions based on the stereotypes.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

I know, that's why I'm asking, for all I know he was very liberal. I'm not a NASCAR guy by any stretch and don't know anything about these guys, but I know what the fans tend to be like.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah, seconded. He’s in a business surrounded by right wingers and right wing fans. It would be highly unlikely that he didn’t lean hard right, but sometimes these guys surprise you. Like Garth Brooks being a super-popular country singer back in the day but being very liberal - of course that political stance wasn’t talked about at all during the height of his fame.

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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Come in on saturday? Come in on saturday? I think the fuck not, my clipboard-carrying friend. People didn't die at Blair Mountain, Virginian coal miners and their families didn't walk through chlorine gas and machine gun fire, so that your ironed shirt ass could ask me to come in on a saturday. In fact, you know what, pass me that Springfield rifle, I need to talk to the boss.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did I miss an internet? What's with all the Dale memes lately?

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[–] GreyYeti@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Didn’t this dude work every Sunday?

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

i like to think that it was 6 days of play and 1 day of self care

[–] sagrotan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

The Intimidator and his 'stache are quite right here

[–] wordskilove@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago
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