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The comment seems to be saying they could do better? I sincerely believe this is one of the best novelty t-shirts I have ever seen. I guess I'm maybe looking at this from a different POV?
Idk if you've heard of Krewe du Vieux Carré? Usually just called Krewe du Vieux, or sometimes just affectionately called Krude. It's a Mardi gras Krewe that has a parade every year through the FQ. The point is supposed to be over the top adult humor, and that vibe has always been extended to the quarter in general, especially other neighborhood parades and celebrations.
I would shake my head at someone wearing something like this to the zoo or even an uptown parade, but in context this is like wearing a satirical costume.
The FQ during a parade or festival is one place where you would see a guy in a mustache rides shirt and nobody would judge/think twice bc there's a hundred other dudes in mustache rides shirts or other crude outfits. Fewer women, but it happens occasionally if they are with a bachelorette party. I've seen gay dudes wearing crude shirts, but I cannot recall ever seeing a lesbian in a shirt that somehow openly conveys sexuality and captures the same level of crude. Honestly believe this is kind of a masterpiece and would like to grab drinks with this person bc they look like they would be fun AF to hang out with.
Yeesh, I'm sorry dude, that's awful. I hope you pressed charges.
I don't get why some people have to be such lame ass pieces of shit. Imagine you're drunk and surrounded by music and people just having fun, enjoying themselves and trying to mind their own business, but you just can't pass up an opportunity to be an antisemitic scumbag.
Gotta disagree with you in this particular case. Living here I see a lot of novelty sex shirts 24/7/365. Constant parties and groups of bachelor or bachelorettes. I usually don't think twice about it.
I have to give points for:
A. Originality. I've seen 'I <3 milfs' a million times before, but can't recall ever seeing this one. I imagine if Kenny Powers opened up a novelty T-shirts store in Daytona Beach, he would sell this shirt and attempt to trademark it.
B. Unexpectedness. When I first saw this, I was scrolling through several other pictures and hit this one. It was like rounding a corner and being taken by complete surprise. The randomness of the shirt combined with the person wearing it, and the look on her face, elicited a genuine "Guffaw," followed by me simply holding up my phone in response to the group of people I was with asking "What?"
It simply would have been too difficult to convey the complexity of the image into words, and all 6 people had a similar speechless reaction.
C. Rather than simply making a statement, it encourages one to really stop and think.
They're in the French Quarter. She could be looking off camera and smirking at somebody yelling in a megaphone while telling her she's going to burn in hell, or a middle aged guy in a mustache rides t-shirt raising his cup to her bc he admires the game. Coin toss.
Right, but this isn't that.
This is a pack of lesbians in the deep south, not giving a fuck about what anyone thinks, even as the country is being driven towards civil war by uptight fundamentalists who hate freedom.
They're out to have a good time and enjoy themselves instead of looking to everyone else to see how they can judge them and insert themselves into everyone else's business. Looks like an easy going group of freedom loving Americans with a good sense of humor.
Context matters, so pretty fucking alpha in my book 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Idk, I didn't take the picture, just saw it and felt it would be appropriate for here.
One looks like something about titties? Maybe? No idea about the other.
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Sorry if this is a dumb question, still figuring things our.
How else would you use the platform without joining an instance? Just have a private server?
Lemmygrad.ml seems kinda obvious, but I have a completely naive question about lemmy.ml. Is it essentially the same? Why is it a controversial instance.
Based on just the sidebar description it sounds like a cool instance: A community of privacy and FOSS enthusiasts, run by Lemmy’s developers
But I also see a lot of people saying they have it blocked
I'm definitely not looking for a centrist view, in fact kind of the opposite. Other than bans on bigotry/hate speech, I really don't want to be boxed into a singular way of thinking.
I don't mind if I end up interacting with or hearing views from people who are more centrist or radical, as long as there isn't an all or nothing/hive mind kind of way of thinking about those POVs.
I am definitely more left, I wouldn't call myself a radical, but if I talked to someone who identified as a moderate, they might consider my opinions far left compared to their own POV, whereas somebody who is extreme left might consider me left of center.
I understand there are some people who truly have all or nothing beliefs, but I am also suspicious that movements on the left are often hijacked by bad actors in order to keep people as divided as possible.
Even the idea of a "tankie" as it's used online, seems like it's often just meant to further divide the left during a time when extremists on the far right are trying to keep people divided and distracted in order to maintain the power and control they have achieved.
It's almost like union busting tactics being used against political beliefs instead of labor. As long as people have a core set of values they agree on regarding human rights and liberty, I feel like it's in our best interest to unite against extremists on the far right, even if we don't always agree 100% on everything else.
I may be overthinking the specific instance thing, and I think somebody already answered this, but I guess originally I was thinking, if I joined an instance with say a focus on technology, would I still be able to create a community with a political focus, or would I need to join an instance with a focus on politics in order to do that?
If I did need to join an instance focused on politics, would I then be 100% constrained by political beliefs of that instance to fit a narrative? Like if I felt there was evidence that justified a criticism of someone that's normally placed on a pedestal, would I be free to say that.
It seems like most instances would allow political communities even if the focus of the instance isn't political, so probably a moot point anyway.
I'm not really looking for any one specific perspective, I just don't want to help strengthen an echo chamber whether it's spreading disinformation, edge lords saying shitty things to make some kind of Fred Phelps like point about free speech, or just set on ignoring valid information in order to keep pushing an agenda regardless of facts
I feel like a "good balance" inherently means accepting that you will probably see some things you don't agree with or support, but you can also present your own case for why you don't agree without attacking the person who posted it, or just keep scrolling past that to something else.
A bad balance would be just imbalance where everyone in a community is trying to push one single opinion/agenda, and if anything contradicts that opinion, even if it's well supported by evidence, it results in removal of content or a ban.
That seems to be the real root of suppression of information. Like if someone is told from the time they join an instance or a community that bigotry/abusive speech isn't allowed, and then they use a bunch of slurs or abusive language, they've violated a rule, and it seems like that really shouldn't surprise anyone that would need to be addressed.
If someone can't present evidence contradicting a popular narrative, or critique an argument, idea, or a public individual without getting banned, that is an issue.
People can disagree with what is said/downvote it/present their own evidence why they disagree/or ignore it and block the person, but if it's not intentionally violating a rule, you shouldn't have a bunch of people reporting it as being a violation just because they don't like it.
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That is like the weirdest attempt at an argument I've ever heard. Somehow we have to make even this stupid fucking discussion about trans people and bathrooms bc apparently that is all some people obsess about. JFC.
Do you let every stranger that asks to use your bathroom, use your bathroom? No.
Do you let people who are guests in your house use your bathroom? Yes.
Would a customer be the equivalent of a guest in a business? Yes.
Do you consider trans people to be humans like anyone else? Yes.
Simple. Mind fucking blown. 🤯
Omgaaaauuuuhghhd bruuuhhh, one group was shitty and wouldn't take a firm stance against Israel bc they didn't have a fucking backbone. They're shitty people that need to step down. They are not essentially the same.
The group you're comparing them to:
•has said they wanted to bomb Gaza into oblivion and build a resort.
•are currently snatching students who attended pro-palestenian protests off of U.S. streets and shipping them to detention centers hundreds of miles away, (these detention centers are located in my own state in the desolate middle of nowhere, where even lawyers are afraid to even go protest because of threats of harm or being disappeared)
•are dismantling 3 civil rights offices for getting in the way of their immigration policies, one exists to provide benefits to refugees, one that exists to investigate claims of inhumane treatment in those detention center, and the third isn't even focused on immigration, it exists to protect civil rights and liberties for all Americans dealing with DHS agencies and had to be created after the patriot act was passed by Republicans following 9/11 and too many rights were being violated
•have repeatedly openly ignored and publicly joked about just tossing due process, which is a constitutional right that anyone in this country is supposed to be entitled to, regardless of citizenship. When asked a little over a week ago if he needed to uphold the constitution, Trump said he didn't know. Not like a joke. He really didn't know if that was something he would be expected to comply with as president, as long as his lawyers told him he could ignore it.
Not sure if you actually read that, but the modern Republican vs Democrat political parties have very likely been intentionally polarized and turned into what they are today because of the Heritage Foundation, in order to destroy democracy and create an oligarchy.
I am not a fan of the DNC, but again it's blatantly false to claim the actions of shitty individuals in the DNC are representative of all liberal values. Calling them slightly more benevolent when in power is either an extremely misinformed opinion or a blatant attempt to spread disinformation.
Over the last 4 months (starting literally on Jan 21) I have personally watched the polarized GOP take a literal sledgehammer to publicly funded programs in science and healthcare that (while imperfect) did an extraordinary amount of good for everyday Americans. The amount of damage done to individuals in my state who were dependent on Medicaid (some were patients in the free clinic where I volunteer and some were my own family members) is appalling and inexcusable.
I hope anyone that reads your comment will not be misinformed. I'm sorry if it wasn't your intention, but (even putting aside losing my own job in science) this is something I've watched unnecessarily hurt so many people around me, as healthcare systems begin to ramp down acceptance of Medicaid in preparation for cuts that the Republicans said over and over weren't going to happen. That was bullshit, and your description, is bullshit.
An imperfect system of very basic benefits is being made even worse in order to justify a tax cut (in addition to the billions that were already stolen via "DOGE" savings) for people who already take so much, and don't contribute their fair share to society while leeching off corporate welfare and accusing people relying on those benefits of being the leeches. "Slightly more benevolent," is an ignorant and dangerous way to describe imperfect but expanded access to healthcare vs the the passive aggressive genocide of undesirable populations through Mediciad cuts that are only necessary to benefit the wealthy who have taken so much more than what they have contributed.
I don't have time to argue bc I have to go to my publicly funded job soon that's about to be gone because of Republicans, but as a civil libertarian I can tell you that's a completely BS argument.
If you'd like to read about privatized corporate government maybe check out this information on the Heritage Foundation and their role creating a "free market" in post Soviet Russia
Here you go:
Here is some info about the Heritage Foundation and the first go-between for US and Russia businesses
Here is some information about how right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel has been involved in Trump's privatization of unethical AI since at least 2017
It seems like a lot of the stuff being blamed on Elon Musk was actually Theil's idea, he was just smart enough to be quiet about it and let Elon be the face of taking a chainsaw to government bureaucracy (and consequently any publicly funded goods and services).
Exactly, I feel like this is kind of a BS argument made by the right to say this is why liberal values are fake vs on the flip side they would be showing a wrecked bathroom in a private business to prove why liberals are suckers and liberalism is unsustainable. Like "This is what liberals want for America."
In reality most liberals just want you to fairly tax that business and property owners and use those tax dollars to reinvest in the community by building and maintain public restrooms and other public spaces... It's really not rocket science.
Nobody could reasonably argue it's on you to provide public access to the bathroom in your home, why would it be different for a business? Guests/customers are one thing, but liberalism is not arguing it's on you as an individual to take care of society.
It's on society to take care of people, and on you to contribute to and reinvest in society as in individual to be part of something greater than just yourself.
Why should a private business be anymore responsible for providing a public restroom than you should be for offering a restroom to the public vs reserving it for yourself and guests in your home?
If you pay taxes it should be on the government or local community to provide public availability to restrooms that are maintained with the tax dollars you and people in your community pay.
Why is it on a liberal private business owner to provide a public bathroom? This just seems like the myth people use to show why liberalism is either phony or unsustainable.
It should be on the local government/community to provide public options.
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