Driving through Nebraska twice nearly broke me. The people who live there must be among the hardest motherfuckers alive.
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My feeble attempt to convince you to read the masterpiece "The Petals Fall Twice"
Narcissism is Like "Flanderization" of Your Parents' Worst Traits
Narcissism is Like "Flanderization" of Your Parents' Worst Traits - Lemmy.World
>Flanderization: Coined from the character Ned Flanders from The Simpsons, refers to a character’s traits becoming their defining aspect, resulting in a one-dimensional character. This can happen over time in long-running shows, with a character’s initial quirks becoming exaggerated and dominating their personality. At first, it just seems like some little quirk, maybe. You joke about it. “Teehee, he/she is proud and just doesn’t like to be wrong!” After years, though, you realize it’s “they literally cannot perceive themselves as wrong, ever.” Which means any behavior can be excused or waved away. Fast-forward a generation or two down the line and, left unaddressed, you can have generations worth of people left defending outrageous abuse, etc… that stemmed from one silly little “quirk” people initially joked about, but that eventually became all-consuming.
This picture should be everywhere. Google Maps view RIGHT NOW of El Salvador prison Trump is sending people to. Look okay? What do you see?
This picture should be everywhere. Google Maps view RIGHT NOW of El Salvador prison Trump is sending people to. Look okay? What do you see? - Lemmy.World
Posting here because this place is already becoming Reddit-y with the community restrictions. Here’s a relevant news article: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/people-spot-mystery-mound-world-200306315.html?guccounter=1 [https://uk.news.yahoo.com/people-spot-mystery-mound-world-200306315.html?guccounter=1] Here’s the link to Google Maps to see for yourself: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Centro+de+Confinamiento+del+Terrorismo+(CECOT)/@13.5345556,-88.805859,147m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x8f7cab0010e2aefb:0x20b92ba5a18de242!8m2!3d13.5335768!4d-88.8051104!16s%2Fg%2F11shscqp7z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQxNC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Centro+de+Confinamiento+del+Terrorismo+(CECOT)/@13.5345556,-88.805859,147m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x8f7cab0010e2aefb:0x20b92ba5a18de242!8m2!3d13.5335768!4d-88.8051104!16s%2Fg%2F11shscqp7z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQxNC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D] What does it look like to you?
…not sure why the YouTube description here is in Russian?
Anyway, I had no idea about Brownsville, where SpaceX is based. Pretty crazy.
We Went to the Town Elon Musk Took Hostage - More Perfect Union / The Class Room
CARDBOARD SESSIONS ~ Marcus King - FUCK MY LIFE UP AGAIN (Skip to 2:32 for song beginning if timestamp doesn't work)
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Why can humans seemingly only imagine like 3 different forms of government in different flavors?
Why can humans seemingly only imagine like 3 different forms of government in different flavors? - Lemmy.World
Setting aside Capitalism vs. Communism (or maybe I just think I am), this structure vs. that. Why is it that there aren’t really huge lists of alternatives? Where are the people who are imagining new government structures? Like electing citizens to office at random, like we do with jury duty (forget the word for it). Or totally different arrangements of legislatures. Or even a pure democracy in a modern sense. That one is especially probably a terrible idea, and they’re not even that unique, but who is brainstorming this stuff? Is it mostly just sci-fi authors? Where is it talked about that isn’t already bending toward a team in the already-existing scheme of things? Even the most radical sorts are referencing back to books/ideas that are a century old. There are ultimately like four ideas and we just kind of gave up? That’s all of them? Why have we seen so few different approaches tried? Or seemingly even imagined? I feel like even in fiction, it’ll be 2,000 years in the future and the whole thing is structured like a glorified city council ruling entire star systems. I feel like it’s difficult even for our minds to imagine anything truly inventive, in that sense. Is that baked into the concept? Is it because we’re just dumb monkeys that only understand “big strong monkey better?” HAS this stuff been written about extensively and I’m just unaware (probably, yes)?