Comrade Spood

All I hear is that those in power are all evil because they refuse to help the homeless. In fact both sides in government work actively to attack the homeless.

Attacks against the homeless are perpetrated by evil people, its just the people you voted for are also evil

It was definitely created by millenials, but that doesnt mean it wasn’t used by gen z. Generations aren’t as clear cut as people like to pretend

Some of this was Gen Z slang. Like ROFLcopter. Early Gen Z was part of the stuff like Gay Luigi, the troll song, nyan cat, yeeee, rick rolling, swag, 360 no scope mlg, etc

Nietzsche vs Nietzsche

I probably will do both. And nah I have no moral issues with piracy. Thanks for the suggestion

I feel like audio books might help me, but I also really prefer having physical books (one reason is I distrust digital media services).

Personally I find it a kind of privileged and toxic perspective. You never know why someone isn’t taking medication. I am not and gave my reasons in a reply to the original comment. How people cope is their business as long as it isn’t harming themself or others. And posting memes in communities to feel heard and not alone is an entirely valid way to help cope.

While I don’t know the context of your ban, it doesn’t sound like it was a valid reason for it and I am sorry for that. And while I don’t think the original comment that we are replying to deserves to be deleted (definitely not banned), I wouldn’t be opposed if it was because I do see it as toxic and privileged.

I used to be on anti-depressants, and I won’t deny they are a great tool to protect yourself. But don’t pretend like there aren’t cons to taking these types of medications, ADHD meds included. When I finally developed good enough coping skills, and healed past the trauma that caused my depression, I got off the anti-depressants because I did not like how they made me feel (or lack there of). I do not take ADHD meds because I would rather learn how to cope without meds. There are plenty of reasons why someone wouldn’t want medication, and it feels more like you are the one shaming people for how they cope. I am on enough medications as is, I do not want another one, and I do not need another one as I am learning to cope without it.

I’m so sorry your friend is going through that. Unfortunately, generational trauma is real and its slows if not full on stops progress. I hold this same sort of hypothesis for the education system. Why teachers continue to repeat the mistakes of the past and continue to use teacher-centered strategies despite most teachers believing in student-centered philosophies. We model our behavior off of those before us, and that leads us to make the same mistakes as them. Slowly shedding one or two things, but holding the majority. It requires an insane amount of deprogramming and self-reflection that we are not trained to do. I hope your friend is able to get away from all that toxicity and find a happy and healthy relationship. For their own sake, but also for future generations to learn from and hopefully we can collectively as a society work to break down these toxic habits

Here’s my hypothesis. Relationships have historically (with some exceptions) been patriarchal and dominating. Men held power in society, but still needed women. So emotionally absent, toxic, authoritarian men looking for women, not for real companionship, but for reproduction and to have a servant basically. Women being forced into this role couldn’t openly express their issues without facing abuse so this culture of body language and subtle communication developed. This purely utilitarian and authoritarian style of relationship has been degrading in place of relationships built on mutual love and desire, but we still are influenced by how our parents treated each other, and each generation is slowly breaking away from this tradition. Some individuals more than others.

But this is not based on any sort of research or anything. This is my own uneducated guess and should be taken as such.

Ok boomer

No one WANTS to play that game. I get it can be frustrating to deal with, but you also need to understand how frustrating it is for your wife. Maybe talk about what both of you should do when the need to play the game arises so its less stressful for both of you.

I think followers and chat are a good idea because I could follow my friends and share memes directly to them through Lemmy rather than have to download and share it externally. But besides that yeah

Copyright is stupid, but besides that I agree. We should be developing our own identity, not trying to copy reddit

Fascists coopting a meme to spread racism and overall bigotry is not at all the same as leftists using Luigi as a dog whistle to signal violence towards oppressors. Its like equating the far right and the far left. The far left want equality for all, and the far right want to fucking commit genocide. They are not equivocal at all.