normalbeet

joined 1 year ago
[–] normalbeet@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

And what if everyone were honest about what these "damages" should be?

Even this fantasy scenario of consequences is an incredibly low-balled Cost of Doing Business of murder.

[–] normalbeet@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I did make the changes personally. Everything must be perfect now in the whole world! You’re welcome!

How ridiculous. We need to be honest about power.

[–] normalbeet@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

Shouting a plain absurdity is one of the clearest ways to demonstrate group affiliation.

Forcing others to be civil about a lie of existential proportions is one of the clearest ways to demonstrate power.

[–] normalbeet@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 year ago (5 children)

They have trained you all your life to blame the victims.

[–] normalbeet@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Billions and billions and billions and billions of dollars of propaganda are just a coincidence.

And a century of research into more powerful and crushing propaganda. Just a coincidence.

[–] normalbeet@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

I find myself thinking back to growing up in farm country, where everyone would just dump all poisons on the ground. I don’t know whether alternatives were realistically in place for nasty chemicals and substances that you didn’t want. I never heard about them.

Farms get cut up into yards, and I think of whoever chooses the wrong spot for their garden.

[–] normalbeet@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On Dates, I Now Look for Climate Compatibility

I wish people didn’t have to read these articles to gain the confidence to ostracize those who destroy a world and everyone on it. (See also: every pandemic story you've read about someone's completely garbage "friend".) But since they plainly do, I hope each such article makes a measureable difference.