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[–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 64 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Reminded me of this classic:

[–] anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Gotta say that sounds fun, though. Know where your food comes from. Everybody's gotta eat and deserves to know what goes into producing what they are made of.

[–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Depending on the surrounding context, it actually isn't that bad of an idea. I do think a lot of "shit that just has to be done" is better served as collective duties instead of "let the poor people that have no choice do it".

That being said, it often also ends up rife with corruption (see conscription/draft dodging tactics) in current contexts. And it can be used as a punishment instead of a duty.

Also, in this specific case, it would essentially be free labour in service not really of the common good, but in service of privately owned farms, which I think are romanticised a lot. Homesteading is not the standard, most are actually already pretty big, and consolidation is still the name of the game.

I am pretty sure the solution the system will land on with the current trajectory of things will be an even more intensive use of prison labour. (i.e. legal slavery)

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Forced voting would probably have far greater positive effects on the economy and country as a whole than forced labor.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

As always, a big problem with democracy is people not giving a shit.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I disagree. Hard labor in the California summer sounds awful

Not the only reason I wouldn't wanna live in California.

Live where you can work.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago

It would definitely be a great leap forward

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hair plugs are gender affirming care.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

Buttplugs are gender affirming care (?)

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Elmo is a chinless, balding, dickless wonder boy. Dickless because of failed vanity surgery, and it's why all his kids are IVF. You got to wonder at the self delusion that thinks HIS genes must be propagated lol. His First Lady Drumph wears a rug, has shoe lifts, slathers herself in make-up and wears girdle and diaper. They both hate their real selves, which is very understandable.

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

That guy sure has... hair

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Those hair plugs grew roots and infected his brain lol

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nope. The racism, fascism, bigotry, it’s all him. It runs in the family.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

something tells me elon's daughter isn't a big fan of fascism and bigotry

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

His not being in his kids lives is great for them.

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Except for little Kevlar. He already seems disrespectful by picking his nose and smearing it on the Resolute desk LOL. I'm pretty sure he told Drumph to F off, too, which is both funny because Drumph deserves it, and disrespectful because that's the fn president....

[–] Valorie12@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

None of those things are hereditary. They are taught and passed down.

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That’s what I tried to imply. Sorry.

[–] Valorie12@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Political power grows from the barrel of a ketamine pipe (idk how ketamine is ingested)

Whenever I see bald Elon I'm reminded that he's wearing a shit-carpet across his head.

[–] terribletortoise@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Surely we're above making fun of male pattern baldness

[–] RustyShackleford@literature.cafe 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As a bald man, I'm okay with the joke. Especially if it's something he's sensitive about.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Okay. But can you see that others who might be more sensitive about their male pattern baldness could feel unwelcome in this community?

I understand the point that a cruel man does not necessarily deserve protection from cruelty, but what's the point of mocking him for his looks other than cruelty?

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

you're allowed to mock supremacists for their appearance. they claim to have superior genes, they should be held accountable for it. it's always the fugliest motherfuckers too.

this particular post is different too I feel. it's less about baldness per se and more about hairstyle. like wtf is he doing. being bald does not make that hairstyle ok, or immune to ridicule. he was rich back then, he could afford to look better.

too bad he can't do much about his troglodyte face and body.

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 11 points 2 days ago

It feels more like the meme is making fun of Elon Musk.