NoMadLadNZ

joined 6 months ago
[–] NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 24 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yep. Never use a ten dollar word when a 50 cent one does the job better. The left wing needs to dump it's highbrow (and cringe celebrity endorsements) and use the language of the common people in simple terms that cannot be demonised (or would sound insane to try).

Also, this is a prime example of how demonising words, especially buzzwords, is the strategy they use to make it lose all rationality with the public... the notion of being "woke" originally a good thing, welfare a good thing, etc...

[–] NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 month ago

Sadly all his cronies would still be at the wheel back at the office.

[–] NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 25 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Get off the golf course yourself then you orange turd

[–] NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

True, not AS bad would have been a better wording.

Unfortunately I firmly believe that any form of society is always going to be at the whim of sociopaths getting into power who will fuck up whatever the system is in place. it's one of the defining scourges of our species, we are easily led like sheep.

[–] NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

True that. Sociopaths always win. This is pretty much true of any form of society though.

[–] NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 10 points 2 months ago (5 children)

And even more specifically, hyper consumerism-driven, wasteful capitalism more than just capitalism itself.

Well regulated and not utterly greed-driven capitalism that gets fairly taxed to support the societies infrastructure that it feeds off is not so bad. If that would ever happen.

[–] NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 months ago

Orange guy cannot even manage a gentle slope never mind the coordination required to ride a bicycle, or form a coherent sentence.

[–] NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

That's what I'm saying, it's all bullshit

[–] NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

IMO there are no harmless ones (by that I mean dictionary definition superstitions - not just things like traditions and adages that have a logical reason or basis), if a person truly believes in actual magical thinking no matter how silly it's a doorway to accepting the rest.

Like letting in bullshit like horoscopes, homeopathy, faith healing, yearning for eschatological prophecies...

[–] NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This morning's crisp autumn sunrise

[–] NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 7 points 3 months ago

Yep, the right peddles sexy chest-beating wishful thinking and conspiracy theories which sells itself, the left has to sell the actual hard work that is needed - and yes frequently leans into chasing stupid celebrity endorsements and fluff and getting bogged down in the weeds or getting tripped up by well-meaning labels that get twisted used as battering rams against them like DEI, Woke, Socialist, etc.

Unfortunately we cannot win by being as bad as them, that is the burden of being on the righteous path of fairness, logic and reason.

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz to c/wellington@lemmy.nz
 

Just more clouds, cruise ships, ferries and planes... and coffee

View from my flat that is up for sale, send me a private message if you want the details.

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz to c/wellington@lemmy.nz
 

I love getting up with a coffee, sitting outside and listen to the kākā and watch the clouds. Video in link

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz to c/skeptic@lemmy.world
 

A good dissection of bullshit "science" about vaccines - this dissection also highlights good general points to think about when applying critical thinking to any such out of left field "scientific" claims on the internet or those blathering dolts on TV news segments.

https://theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/anatomy-of-a-failure-why-this-latest

Dig into things before promoting them on social media.

 

On the upside, garden thrives on the mood.

 

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