mako

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[–] mako@lemmy.today 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

The people downvoting you don't want to be burdened with the understanding that their yelling at clouds in online forums isn't just worthless, it's the best possible response a fascist coup could hope for.

People get to feel like their shock and anger are being heard and their likes and upvotes comfort them that they're not alone. Then they go to sleep that night telling themselves that with a post that got that much traction, surely someone out there is going to go out and change something. But they're not, because they're making their own posts and comments, believing that they're also doing their part.

The Civil War, The Women's Suffrage Movement, Civil Rights - none of these things would have started much less succeeded if social media had existed then. People would still be posting today about how it's so reprehensible that white people can own another human, get their upvotes, and wait for someone else to do something about it.

[–] mako@lemmy.today 13 points 3 months ago

I can't believe people don't want to drive their own swaskicar.

[–] mako@lemmy.today 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Big, tough words from another armchair revolutionist. It's easy to tell other people to put themselves and their families in harm's way when your "contribution" to the fight amounts to screaming at clouds. You call other people fools when you've thoroughly fooled yourself into believing that all your anger and hate in internet forums is comparable to real sacrifice.

[–] mako@lemmy.today 4 points 4 months ago

Rules only matter when people demand their enforcement.

[–] mako@lemmy.today 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how that's possible. He appears to be the weakest, most fragile coward one could imagine.

[–] mako@lemmy.today 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure she's not as amenable to all the biblical rights that men have over her.

[–] mako@lemmy.today 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Jesus Christ, get fucked

[–] mako@lemmy.today 40 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Jesus you're dumb

[–] mako@lemmy.today 13 points 5 months ago

As of this comment, I'm guessing the 3 people who down-voted this post do.

[–] mako@lemmy.today 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's literally what the song says. On the first day, I got a partridge in a pear tree. On the second day, I got 2 turtle doves and a partridge in a pair tree.

If you think the gifts weren't given recursively it's because you believe it should be that way, not because you're paying any attention to the lyrics as they're written.

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