[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 33 points 5 hours ago

They're shooting the wrong people!

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 61 points 13 hours ago

Americans are not a monolith, but instead all over the place with regard to a cultural practice like care for the elderly. If you had to summarize it might be fair to say that there is more of a sense of freedom from obligation to care for elders than in some other places, which is also driven by the baby boomer generation being so entitled and the current younger generations encountering ever worsening economic prospects which the boomers are stereotypically blind and unsympathetic towards. Also, there is a greater recognition of abuse and sometimes that leads to the recognition that ones elders have been abusive and therefore can go fuck themselves.

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

In philosophy, ressentiment (/rəˌsɒ̃.tiˈmɒ̃/; French pronunciation: [ʁə.sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃] ⓘ) is one of the forms of resentment or hostility. The concept was of particular interest to some 19th-century thinkers, most notably Friedrich Nietzsche. According to their use, ressentiment is a sense of hostility directed toward an object that one identifies as the cause of one's frustration, that is, an assignment of blame for one's frustration.[1] The sense of weakness or inferiority complex and perhaps even jealousy in the face of the "cause" generates a rejecting/justifying value system, or morality, which attacks or denies the perceived source of one's frustration. This value system is then used as a means of justifying one's own weaknesses by identifying the source of envy as objectively inferior, serving as a defense mechanism that prevents the resentful individual from addressing and overcoming their insecurities and flaws. The ego creates an enemy to insulate themselves from culpability.

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

Take my up-vote!

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

He probably hates apple pie too.

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

George Will is a conservative commentator whose name is familiar to us olds. He used to write in Newsweek when it was a prominent magazine back in the day and was on TV. I imagine he is a never-trumper so what is surprising here is not that he would refuse to vote but that he will vote for Harris. That can only mean that the old guard conservatives recognize trump as an existential threat to the country which he is.

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, me either. I made a mistake. I meant "far right". I'll edit it to fix.

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's the strangest thing when people who were targets of Nazi persecution become Nazis themselves (Loomer is Jewish). But then again, it also seems to be a feature of far right personality organization to behave this way. Like Roy Cohn (Trump's long ago attorney/mentor) was gay but denied it including when he died from AIDS. Some kind of self-hatred and projection combined. As though ones sins could be pushed off onto something other which can be persecuted as a scapegoat, which as I think about it is a well known narcissistic family dynamic. In any event, it's Weird!

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Endeavour is really good

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I don't really care, do you?

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Others said it first, but Firecracker from The Boys.

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled. Yes, brave Sir Donald turned about And gallantly, he chickened out. Bravely taking to his feet, He beat a very brave retreat, Bravest of the brave, Sir Donald.

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