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Fuck capitalism. in c/leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Mean world syndrome has reacted a fever pitch. in c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
Mean world syndrome has reacted a fever pitch. in c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
Mean world syndrome has reacted a fever pitch. in c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
Mean world syndrome has reacted a fever pitch. in c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
Mean world syndrome has reacted a fever pitch. in c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
82-year-old U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is running for reelection to a fourth term in c/politics@lemmy.world
[-] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 40 points 4 months ago

I agree he's too old, and I wish by now he would have mentored someone to stand behind to replace him.

It's not like we aren't already irreparably fucked, but losing having any rational voice in the Senate will feel like another blow to our corporate owned zombie of a nation.

That said, not like our single digit collection of leftist Congress people are able to do anything but spin wheels. The Neoliberals have more respect for their old guard Republican opposition than for people like Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez.

How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money in c/technology@lemmy.world
Imagine denying other living and breathing lifeforms agency to thrive and change lol lol lol in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say in c/science@lemmy.world
[-] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I don't mean it that literally. I mean just observing swaths of people putting straws into drinks, putting ointments on scrapes, etc might make them extrapolate and try similar actions using what's available to them.

It's not much of a reach for a primate seeing a human manipulate and dig with a shovel, and use that as inspiration to manipulate a bamboo shoot to scratch their own back.

We homosapiens spent 180,000 ish years wandering around in the dirt like idiots before it occurred to some of us that we could grow food in one place, thus beginning the path to civilization. Even we need examples to extrapolate from.

A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say in c/science@lemmy.world
[-] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The difference might be in primates in captivity learning from humans using tools around them all day every day. Primate see primate do trial and error.

One seen doing it spontaneously in nature might be more significant.

Israel tells U.S. it will punish Palestinian Authority if ICC issues warrants in c/politics@lemmy.world
[-] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 43 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"Cancel D-Day or ve vill gas all ze Jews!"

Kind of an empty threat considering that's what you were actively doing anyway...

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"We totes promise we're also the cure!" -The Disease (lemmy.world)
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Hi, I just poisoned you. Would you like to buy a possible cure? It's very expensive and probably won't work, but trust me, its the only way!

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On consistency... We have no consistency... (lemmy.world)
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At least one society is decent enough to take out their antisocial billionaire parasite trash... (lemmy.world)
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Good thing we (the US) lost the war, or this lady would probably have her own team of lobbyists running their country.

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The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are fucked. Difference. (i.imgflip.com)
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Hi, I poisoned you for cash. Want to buy the cure? who knows, it might even work. Cash up front. (lemmy.world)
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We hit one third of boomers being dead in the last few days. (lemmy.world)
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https://incendar.com/baby_boomer_deathclock.php

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George Carlin accurately diagnosing the core reason our species is failing in less than 2 minutes (interview) (youtu.be)
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This was in 1992. I like how George's example, that we only help one another after a flood, no longer even applies in the US, as you have people arguing some people from some places shouldn't be helped even after a natural disaster.

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George Carlin - I Gave Up On My Species - George's GENUINE, eloquent perspective (youtu.be)
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George's comedy specials helped raise me from a young age when no one else was doing any raising. I consider him to be one of the greatest minds, social commentators, and philosophers of the 20th century, and I've yet to recognize a contemporary near his level. I'll always be grateful to have had the honor to see him twice before he died.

I see a lot of people enjoy his brilliant bits, but with the way the world is and where its going, imho in the name of enthusiastic greed, I personally find a lot of peace, and a lot less depression when I choose to aspire to George's genuine divorce and detachment from "caring about the outcome."

Enjoy the freakshow, folks!

Bonus: I've seen so many comments in his bit videos wishing for George's perspective on smartphones, well this was near his end (2008), smartphones were just arriving, and his opening words briefly address in passing what he thought about the latest tech obsession.

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Just an idea that has stuck with me in life since this episode aired. (lemmy.world)
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If you're unwilling to earnestly, critically examine/scrutinize your beliefs, and discard them in failing that scrutiny or in light of new information, you are doomed to stagnate as a individual.

An important sentiment in these times of belligerent, entrenched ideologies imho.

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Rate of suicide in the U.S. peaks among older men, a hard demographic to reach (www.usatoday.com)
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Welcome to Pottermerica. BRING MONEY. (lemmy.world)
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Just so we're clear, the villains won and had the heroes taken out back and shot a loooooong time ago. ❄️Happy Holidays❄️

(and in all seriousness, go watch It's a Wonderful Life if you haven't. It's a great time capsule of the competing values of its time that, imho, provides a lot of context for how we got... here. And it's a really good movie.

It couldn't be made today by a major studio, and if it got remade for name recognition, the core message would be completely gutted.)

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Suicide rates rose in 2022 overall but declined for teens and young adults (www.npr.org)
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