Wait till he learns he can push it!

Fucking love watching my kitties learn stuff, almost guaranteed to be some funny chaos 😀

Let’s just make this a lil cookies n cream party! Here is Spot hoping I woke him up for treats.

Ugh, yes, mass picketing (unless/until everything has entirely broken down) I don’t see as a US possibility. As you said, those with the stratigic positions don’t seem interested. Way more of the country has people working in restaurants, fast food, retail, call centers, all kinds of “essential” but severely underpaid work. Factory labor being replaced by prison labor, folks terrified of losing their healthcare, because it’s tied to your employer, losing their homes as most are 1 paycheck away from homelessness.

It’s been decades in the making to remove our abilities to feel enabled to fight back. So many accepted for so long the “We’re the best!” while distracted with their sports and shiny baubles with their decreasing free time for thinking and learning and real socializing.

I will take all sparks of hope. I will believe that more than one pair of people will meet, and have ideas ignited that could bring energy and spirit back to fight against the growing tyranny.

I am often called a pessimist, I always say realist. HOPE for the best, even better than expected! Plan for the worst, it’s often inevitable.

• Have not read, I’ve bookmarked it but I am going back to school at an old age and have much reading material to slog through in my off hours now. Have not gotten much enjoyment reading in, in quite awhile. …Unless you count my breaks reading memes… is that reading?

From the blurb, I feel I am familiar with material related. I remember being very young in Sunday school and being taught the whole “turn the other cheek” and forgiveness unconditionally, and the confusion when I asked “no matter how many times?” - I had gotten “picked” on a lot, real early (I now know the word nuerodivergent, didn’t exist then or at least there). They were adamant, everytime, all the time. Then their disgust and horror when I said that “was stupid. That won’t make them stop.” …Babbling about riches in heaven, heathens in hell or some shit, as they removed me so we could “have a talk with my parents”. …With suuuch a far spread, fast (or I’m old and everything just seems fast anymore?) soo far right, I’ll fight the liberals again once the fascist are squashed back in their stank hole.

Most people are dumb, at least half of 'em out there (why I referred to the Carlin quote earlier) and, are not on lemmy.

Anyone knowing things doesn’t help those who are dumb or just ignorant and sheltered learn them. They don’t even know to go seek the information, they accept what they are given.

There are a LOT of rural areas in the US, a lot of home schooled kids who never leave the towns they were raised in. Those younger folks, at or near adulthood, could actually be revolutionized with knowledge provided. Going to town to grab stuff not available at the local seed-n-feed, SEEing crowds of local people gathered in protest could cause a couple to finally think a thought. That could start a wonderful chain reaction.

I grew up in a sheltered “Christian” nowhere town. Information is HARD to come by out there in those places, anything/everything quickly demonized, and from perspective there, very popularly by everyone. It is a very weird distorted feeling coming out of, and getting to a level of actual reality. The brain resists. Having the internet available doesn’t even help anymore, every side has “proof” the other sides are producing “fake news!” and the masses are funneled into their social echo chambers.

I just don’t think bringing folks down for at least attempting to do something positive and en masse is going to inspire any further actions.

Media, and much social media, paints the picture that “anti-trump” is a minority view. For people in small social circles it may be very reassuring to be able to SEE that their neighbors aren’t all maggat supporters, could even be encouraging and hopefully inspiring to now want to do more.

Think of the average person you know. Half the world is dumber than they are. - badly quoted George Carlin

Wait. So you are doing nothing yourself and in fact, aren’t even in the country of the people you are derriding for not doing enough?

Well this seems like a great way for all these folks to be able to safely meet up in public and and spread their information on their local organizations and coordinate goals.

And I wasn’t going to make a sign that says that but not the worst idea.

Not sure about the “like asbestos” for sure, but our bag has warnings about keeping away from pets, avoid inhalation, keep out of eyes, wash hands, etc. etc.

I don’t get it. There is sooo much bullshit that all these fuckers do that is morally abhorrent, disgusting, and all around gross… How is everyone supposed to keep up with all of it?

I too normally think of treating doggos the best, I think that’s a good human reaction to have. And that phrase was a nasty one that humans have used for quite awhile, and often does mean the opposite. Outside of use on dog abusers, I would not engage further with someone who used that phrase, and didn’t mean it in a dog positive way (at our house, being treated like the animals, is best treatment!).

Bet some folks who aren’t in the US, and others who are even, appreciated the reminder on what flavor of shitty she is. Even if it was from rude comments responding to you. It’s just hard to keep up with all of it all the time. I’m sure there is some jackass who will show up in the news tomorrow that I won’t remember what disgusting thing he did or said was, until I’m reminded.

Well, I chuckled when I reached the end of your comment. …and then a bit more at that exchange over not getting it.

Then, woke my dog and spooked a cat with the snort-honk sound or whatever that was I just did, seeing a second one AND downvotes over folks not getting it. Even with you explaining it. Wowza.

I appreciate ya! I need these random smiles amongst the heavy news.

…left *there

My dumb trick for checking, in case it helps another: T(here and there), which also helps with here and hear.

English is dumb, and after writing this out and spelling it several times, needing to correct the autocorrect… it all looks wrong now, and I am questioning my spelling abilities entirely.

I was thinking it was Tiny Toons that introduced me to this one? Though, so many years ago… not so sure anymore, with as much as I watched all the toons back then.

Who exactly does he think has that kinda free money to throw around besides him? Does he think Zuck or Bezos turned on him?

I feel like David Lander was the more popular of the 2 back in the day, but I’ve seen Michael Mckean show up in more things after. I wonder if he found it hard to shake that character? … or if I didn’t watch the right stuff

…that’s Lenny tho

I am using Thunder, if I tap the image for both of yours (to make full screen) I can see the alt text on both. Not while I am in the post though, scrolling through replies.

I may have to tap on more images from here on. Thanks to you both for the info and examples!

Oh that sounds like a fun time!! Hopefully at good places where the patrons wouldn’t get too rowdy about it.

I worked with a heavy (very heavy and growl-ey) metal band that was mis-scheduled with a bar, they had advertised their Reggae night that weekend instead. Many many angry drunk patrons. Did not use that venue again.

I saw it as a metaphor for being able to express yourself and your likes visibly. Really, using a different item than a corporate mascot probably would have been a better choice too. But… I got it, in a way that made sense to me.

I do have some corporate things I enjoy… and even feel they have formed who I am from exposure. Still get flack about “when are you gonna grow out of that?”

So sorry! Their bright little lives are too short by far. I have a little girl names Dorito who is in her end stages. Trying to make her comfortable and happy for the last bit she has left with us. Known lots of cat people, yours was the first that had a name close to hers that I’ve heard!

Imagzle. There are “buy more levels” but there are plenty on the main one. It gives a picture, more or less, abstractly related to something. Art, movie, book, many random things