Well, that’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. (Apologies to my cat.)

Don’t have an answer but I’m genuinely surprised and impressed that the majority of responses aren’t people being snarky about religion and instead, just folks trying to help you out!

Good luck!

In that we murder a bunch of people, other folks weaponize the mob to murder specific people so as to take their stuff, eventually descending into a situation so bad that we appoint a successful general as a dictator?

Maybe?

Dressing in drag had been a staple ofEnglish comedy for decades if not much, much longer In the first world war guys were doing it for concert troupes (essentially, vaudeville acts by and for the soldiers.)

I didn’t know people were allowed to research before commenting! /s

I love it! Really made browsing more enjoyable and I feel like it sort of rewards others for being interesting (in as much as a comment or reply from me could be considered a positive.)

Really well put.

I responded to a “why do Conservatives feel x” sort of of post as I have a few conservative friends and we’d talked about it.

Ended up in a multi day back and forth where I was accused of being everything from Hitler to sociopathic and had one person follow my comments around for a while afterwards.

And in the end? I feel no one was informed and none of it had any reward.

Ha, yeah exactly. That’s one of those where you can kinda guess how the comment section is going to go.

Never heard the term comment sniper but damn, I like it!

Ha, I have a similar process. I use Connect as my app which has a feature for user notes, so if I’ve tagged someone with a good note, I try to respond and vice versa.

Hey wait a sec…!

About 20 years ago I spent the year after high school in Europe. Went backpacking to Italy with friends, one of whom was absurdly handsome, not all that bright and quite forward.

Well, in Rome we met a group of pretty girls who spoke no English but with sign language and a phrase book we figured they were visiting Rome as part of their high school graduation fun. Got a number and promised to meet them in Naples.

Fast forward, we arrive in the evening in Naples with no plan or place to stay hoping to connect with these girls.

We find a payphone, handsome fella grabs it and starts dialing. And then we hear:

“Uhhhh. Ci? Is… Uhhh. Shit. Is your daughter there? Your daughter? Hot daughter? Phone? Fuck. IS YOUR DAUGHTER THERE? I’m the guy from Rome? FUCK!”

Tkachuk jersey for a Flames fan. I imagine a Huberdeau sweater would have the same effect.

This seems to have hit too close to home.

If the rich get nervous, more mass surveillance, more ai people tracking and more law enforcement backdoors into corporate software.

My guess is it’s a combination of things. A lot of lemmy is driven by a few prolific posters, many of whom enjoy star trek. Combine that with a nerdy userbase (linux being the other big subject) and you get a lot of trek.

I like it for the art.

Because Toronto.

I fully excuse folks who are really struggling. Though given thrift shops are a dime a dozen, I don’t entirely think it’s a free pass.

Sorry, this one just bugs me. I absolutely hate that our culture has this huge blind spot to the very real exploitation that so many people engage in but we’ll simultaneously get furious about sins that are, in comparison, fairly minor.

Investing in something evil is reprehensible but I put it on about the same realm as buying an expensive slave made product. At least for the investment, maybe it’s for your kids or something rather than looking cool.

Really appreciate the reasoned response though!

You can invest money for your childrens future and still be struggling. Many people choose to forego a lot for their children but know investing for their education etc is a sacrifice they’ll make.