lildictator

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[–] lildictator@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago

Eat well

That is an euphemism for "don't eat anything yummy".

It may or may not extend your life, but it will make it feel unbearably long.

[–] lildictator@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried doing things like that and found it unnecessarily risky, particularly when an Aeropress avoids the problem entirely.

To be fair, you can make a big mess with the Aeropress while you push down on the plunger, so maybe I shouldn't praise its safety either.

[–] lildictator@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I wish I had bought an Aeropress at first and never bought anything else. It's a fast and forgiving way of making yummy coffee ranging anywhere from moka-level strength down to drip level strength. It is trivially easy to clean, too.

Something I love about it is that you can start the kettle and while that's happening you can grind the coffee and get the Aeropress ready, which saves time. With a moka pot you are forced to do the coffee grinding and the water boiling in strict sequence, which unnecessarily increases the time from "I want a cuppa" to "This is delicious!".

[–] lildictator@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I am not absolving people. I am describing a behavioral pattern that has remained for decades, if not longer. If anything, it's a cautionary tale.

[–] lildictator@feddit.nl 13 points 1 year ago

As a Spaniard, I can confirm that this is a great balanced summary of Spanish politics, in my opinion.

[–] lildictator@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago

I understand Martin Luther King's quote in its context, but I fail to see the parallel to the situation at hand. Can you elaborate?

How are "white moderates" who tolerated racial injustice similar to moderate parties who suffer electoral losses to far right populist parties? I'm honestly not seeing how the situation is analogous.

[–] lildictator@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago

There can be no peaceful outcome without the threat of force if demands are not met

History proves you wrong, though. Civil disobedience has worked in the past; it will work in the future. Violence and the threat of violence feeds a vicious circle where nobody wins.

[–] lildictator@feddit.nl 30 points 1 year ago (17 children)

When the middle class struggles, they eventually embrace anybody who promises a break from the status quo.

Moderate parties need to ask themselves what have they done so poorly that these extremists are now becoming popular. We've seen these sort of authoritarian far-right movements across the globe and I'm not seeing moderates offer a great answer.

Personally, I would rather see a shift towards a sustainable future where the necessities of life, such as food, housing, education, health care and public transit were enshrined.

[–] lildictator@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Peaceful protests achieve fucking nothing.

Peaceful protests have been pretty successful in India. Ever heard of Mahatma Gandhi?

[–] lildictator@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

JFC. This one is so much worse, being in the kernel.

[–] lildictator@feddit.nl 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I may...

It is not okay to burn your own book but it is okay to burn somebody else's building

[–] lildictator@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In the absence of evidence to the contrary, presumption of fault should always be on the motorized vehicle first, and then on the heaviest vehicle otherwise. Trucks > Cars > Motorbikes > E-Bikes > Bicycles > Pedestrians.

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