Meta really seems to want to become irrelevant as dumb as possible

God, we need a new word for narcissism…

I agree with the sentiment, but totally makes those with clinical NPD seem tame when they are most certainly not.

Butt fuck your doctor?

Hopefully we only have to wait for 4 years… or less

This “summary” you have proposed is not an accurate represntation of what the other person in this thread is arguing.

It would appear so. Quite happy to see the lack of environmental damage from other possible outcomes too.

Perhaps this bodes well for the new year… Are we allowed to hope?

Thank you for this reply, was about to spoil my entire Xmas until realizing you’re totally right, we already in that particular boat.

Merry Christmas MIC…

Really love this, me and mine already got a ways down this planning path, but there are some really great tips I hadn’t considered. It also feels nice to know that my thoughts are shared by yet another.

By disabling and downloading Firefox instead?

Old news

Right after news broke of the victory, Mackey said, “I was flooded with dozens of messages, mostly from students in the U.S. who were eager to learn how we did it. That shows there’s still a real appetite for change.”

So.

Fucking.

Proud.

And glad, to read that single line. Go get 'em!

I have found no representation anywhere on any level in today’s politics, so this doesn’t surprise me. As far as I’m concerned, if you’re in politics and you are not demanding a full remodeling of the political system in this country, then you aren’t representing me, queer or not.

Thats said, I guess its nice to see that there was only one who was in favor, I’d have thought there might be more given the current situation.

I mean, he claims responsibility, confirmed the existing evidence, then states his motives which aren’t hard to understand for even those out of the loop. I think the brevity and simple reasoning speak volumes louder than some maniacs scribblings found in a cabin. The fact that even those considered Semliterate would be able to grasp the bulk of his message was likely intentional.

Its actually not shitty at all, presuming his purpose was to inspire a shift in public discourse around the topic.

If he wanted it to be the centerpiece of a dramatic documentary miniseries, then yes, it was shitty.

For me, there wasn’t much available in the vein of live action media that I found to be affirming. I didn’t care for RuPaul before hearing about his less than ideal thoughts of our community, so there isn’t much.

I would say though, there is so much trans-esq/directly trans storylines to be found among Anime of all genres. I also found the dark(er) than real life focus that is most media of today to be a real negative part of my content. Once I stopped consuming dark fictional content, combined with limiting my video-based news, I found that I had sooooo much more room to both examine/appreciate/dream about a positive future for myself, especially my tolerance to withstand dysphoria.

One anime I really found myself relating to almost all of the characters in some aspect, including the very clearl gender-rebel or sorts, was Netflix’s The Seven Deadly Sins (the show). If you like fun fantasy with the right amount of camp and silly tropes, Its a great watch.

I’n shocked, I tell you, absolutely shocked.

Note about the police:

This should really be taken with the understanding that I am a white (trans)woman, who is sober, quiet, who is well practiced in the masking needed to make these types of interactions survivable. I am acutely aware that I am very privileged to have not been treated in the way POC’s have and still are. I feel like POC’s are likely to be safe in MN, but I’m not qualified to really speak anything beyond that.

In total, I would guess I have had ~20-25 interactions with police over the last 1.5years. All but 2 of them were almost identical: Sleeping while parked legally overnight, and lasting all of 3 mins to knock on my covered window, do a quick ID check, and make sure im not drunk / OD’d

The other 2 were fortunately just as uneventful.

Stay safe out there, no matter where you come from, and remember to stick together when you can. 💜

I’ve posted a fair handful of comments about the details leading to my current situation, as well as plenty of details about life since, on various posts elsewhere on lemmy. I’m going to avoid wasting time that I already spent writting what was a better comment than I have the energy to do rn. If you have a question, i’ll be sure to respond, and especially quick to other transpeople who have questions and are considering seeking safety here.

Also, feel free to DM me if you have concerns you’d prefer to not have in comments.

Stay safe out there, you’re worth it!

We all gotta examine our choices from time to time an make sure we are ok with what we considered when made them.

Otherwise we’re likely to end up close minded and arrogant / cocksure and self-righteous.

I’ve had some time to step away, but I do want to address a certain aspect of your comment.

Setting aside your egregious assumptions about irrelevant discussion, your response reads to me 1 of 2 ways:

1. You are not very practiced in regular every day communication, and did not understand the discussion and its nuanced and specific nature. And you just jumped the shark, and skipped right on to debating(why?) the general themes of being a multi property company/landlord.

2. Or you felt the need to toss around your own life’s experience as both relevant (it wasn’t) or morally superior to a total stranger’s. If you need that, then you have my blessing to see it that way, doesn’t bother me.

Now, bringing back the assumptions that are so fucking telling of your privilege in life.

-My family member has never been a landlord and owns 1 home.

-I’m unhoused because I had the misfortune of coming out as trans to my disabled family member I had been helping take care of for 5 years and had been living with, and in the same week was let go along with 95% of the company because of a buyout. The lack of stability I’d counted on to push through the initial problems I knew would happen meant I had to still move out just without any income.

-my financial literacy is far below where I wish it were, but considering that I got to start out adulthood with my credit score already having been wrecked by my abusive guardians I barely made it away from, I’m doing pretty fucking well considering.

You need to read more, and keep your thoughts internal until you get used to speaking to people in real life. If this thread was a conversation in real life, everyone would have already walked off. JFC

This comment reads like a person who keeps being pulled into previous lives, and started hallucinating they were some monkish writer.

Are you ok?