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[โ€“] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 7 points 4 months ago

Being born to narcissistic parents was extremely controversial in my childhood home. I was the selfish little ingrate in the house who kept asking for things even though they already provided a house and food most of the time, and that was very polarizing for my parents.

[โ€“] pancake@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

You can imagine ;)

Seriously, though, I said (irl) the home affordability crisis in my country can't be truly solved in any way that simultaneously still allows people to invest in homes (rent them out, sell them at higher prices, do business with tourism, etc) to any meaningful degree. Everyone around had very strong, diverse opinions on that.

[โ€“] phoh@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

seems uncontroversial to me

[โ€“] pancake@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 months ago

Objectively, yes. But it was polarizing at the time because some of the people present were investing heavily in real estate.

[โ€“] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

We literally had this situation for decades before a few short years ago. People could invest to a meaningful degree and there was no crisis. What is your reasoning that this is impossible?

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[โ€“] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] ReCursing@lemmings.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Apparently arguing in favour of AI art is pretty controversial, but then the anti-AI luddites are about as intractable as trump cultists, and their arguments about as valid, so fuck 'em!

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (8 children)

the luddites were happy to use the new tech, but not for less pay and worse working conditions, so they trashed the machines - and history has sadly looked down on them ever since.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412/

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[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Ever? That's a lot.

[โ€“] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Joe Biden is a white supremacist mass murderer.

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