PeriodicallyPedantic

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[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago (6 children)

There is no way that those prepaid postage meant for a letter is gonna be good for 70lb.
The postal service has to have lower cost options

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I don't really like any of these.
Ideally, #3's head on #1's handle

Edit: I'm torn between the head of 2 and 3
2's head is more satisfying, but 3 is more practical for spoon-adjacent tasks like scooping rice

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think this is a "fight fire with fire" type thing.
Conservatives won't respect us for being above the shit that they do.

Oh, you think JT had a bad economic record? Well then let me show you this. Oh this happened during the 08 crisis? You indicated that we weren't making allowances for crises.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Because they get their invulnerability from rapid regeneration.

Their flesh still burns, their bones still break, but they heal quickly, just to be burned and broken again.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

But then so will also talk like that, making it indistinguishable once again

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 35 points 4 months ago

I was skeptical until you said the entire letter was in Spanish on the other side.

It seems pretty unlikely that they're sending out mass letters in Spanish rather than French, unless they're targeting people they know are Spanish speaking.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

"use" might be a stretch.

I have a mastodon account I check occasionally
I have a pixelfed account I use rarely
And a loops account I think I logged into once

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

The problem of manufacturing weapons would be significantly less controversial of LM (for ex) had even a few scruples.

Defending yourself is fine.
Making tools to defend yourself is fine
Making tools for people to defend themselves is fine

Making and selling those tools for use in attacking is not fine.
Profiteering from harm is not fine.\

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago

That number is shrinking alarmingly fast

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The entire premise seems too preachy for me. They really kinda beat you over the head with it. And are usually kinda victim blamey, from the bit I've learned beyond the one episode I watched.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago

I think history is full of rulers who were hated by their people, but were deposed by their peers for selfish reasons, rather than by uprising.

But there is lots of wiggle room in that argument, I admit. My point was more of a technical one than a practical one.

I think that a rigid class/caste system can probably work purely on jealousy rather than on propaganda, but this isn't based on real world example.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Likely true by example, but not by definition.

Overthrowing power may be hopeless, but propaganda may still be used simply to prevent the masses from causing slight discomfort to the people in power.

Propaganda is a tool, not a last resort, of the powerful.

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