So up until very recently, Japan was requiring transgender people to be sterilized? 😬

In that sense, it worked. Let’s face it: The people who don’t care about the author’s raging bigotry were never going to be convinced regardless, but there were a lot of us who didn’t even consider playing it because of the TERF.

With all the absurd turns YouTube and Google have taken, I’ve been looking at this for five minutes trying to figure out if this is a shitpost

Same in our house, and we used to have all kinds of Goya stuff. Fortunately, it’s never been that high quality to begin with and can be easily replaced by alternatives.

I remember people on reddit misgendering that antiwork mod for the crime of [checks notes] a botched interview on Fox News that didn’t even fucking matter.

It was an ugly thing to see all that transphobia out in the open like that.

To have a solution, you first must have a problem. This isn’t one. It’s only a problem for racists.

Treating people’s lives like political pawns in a campaign is NOT okay. Stop trying to normalize this shit.

Don’t ever speak to me again. Enabling this shit is a horrible thing to do to people. Let’s put you in a camp or send you into a violent situation and see how much you like it. “BuT iT’s ElEcTiOn YeAr” I don’t care

“Just a few hundreds more people in concentration camps and thousands more deported, and we can finally stop the Republicans from imprisoning and deporting immigrants and refugees!”

Democrats having a normal one about human rights, eh?

Edit: This may be a good place to remind everyone that the people we’re de facto targeting with these policies are people with indigenous roots. This can and should be interpreted through the lens of colonialism and our ongoing genocide against Native groups.

Edit 2: Oh boy I cannot believe I have to say this, but these people with indigenous roots are not limited to Mexico and Central America. Does anyone know anything about history here?? My God, I’d assume if one is going to comment that one would at least have the slightest idea what they’re talking about.

Edit 3: And to the people who think it’s some kinda “gotcha” to point out that I’m disengaging from people who are shit-deep in the anti-immigrant hysteria, you got me. Nearly half my family are immigrants, some of whom have been detained and/or deported by our racist border policy, and I live surrounded by batshit conservatives. So yes, this is a sensitive and personal issue to me. If I wanted to talk to people like that, I’d go to the gas station or bar. Lemmy is my opportunity to talk to people who at the bare minimum agree on certain fundamental ideals, an opportunity I don’t have much in real life. I will block and report you for name calling or other uncivilized attacks on my character.

Every Democrat I know irl is a kind, considerate person with empathetic views.

So it’s amazing to me that the party seems to go out of its way to find the most horrific ghouls and status quo warriors to set forth in a federal election, especially really fucking important elections

One thing I’ve learned living in a conservative state in the US is that everything is my fault by proxy

I should just be rich enough to move, how hard can it be

Ok, but Android wouldn’t have to allow sideloading by that logic, yet…

Same. Those sites simply don’t exist to me. If it’s so important that I see it, then copy/paste the content.

Even naming heroin and LSD in the same breath is laughably unhinged

I live in South Dakota. Kristi Noem is an absolute ghoul.

The 15 states that did not apply are Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont and Wyoming.

Fuck paywalls.

I realize we can talk about multiple things at once, but I feel like this inconsequential stuff like odor and color is completely irrelevant. There can be an absolutely moral, helpful person who smells, looks orange, stands weird, has small hands, etc.

The problem with Trump isn’t his odor or appearance-- it’s that he’s a genocidal maniac who’s the figurehead for an organized and influential group of far-right extremists. Even if he smelled like roses, he’d still be bad.

I don’t give a fuck how he smells. It’s a non-issue.

I’m middle-aged, and Xfiles was great, but some of the best shows I’ve seen have been in the last decade

Thanks, I actually forgot that one can check!

lemmy.dbzer0.com also blocked Threads

In addition to piracy, I’ve also been checking out DVDs from my local library. It’s kinda fun.

Surprised myself because I half expected I’d miss the convenience of Netflix, but I haven’t missed it even a little.

“Was I a good streaming platform?”

“No.”

Companies issuing refunds in the form of gift cards is just straight-up insulting