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if you devalue trans people in any way, including nb people, please block me

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  • What common grocery item(s) is it absolutely fine to buy the cheap/unbranded version of?

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  • See, this is what people say, but now that I've been reading labels I don't believe it.

    For example, I cannot eat Kellogg's Rice Krispies, but some off brands are made with a different formula that doesn't include gluten and is manufactured in a safe environment.

    Conversely, I can eat Cheerios, but not most store brands, Lucky Charms but not most store brands, etc.

    And that's just cereal! Even drugs vary wildly. Sure, the active ingredients are the same, but the other contents can really vary.

    Some foods have similar ingredients, but are either manufactured on shared equipment with wheat and dairy, or not.

    I now believe that most store brands are made in a unique environment. I'm open to being convinced otherwise, but if you need more examples, I can check my cupboard and tell you all kinds of things!

  • There is a third option

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  • Some people in this thread make me wonder how centrists and status quo defenders manage to find their way into a leftist meme forum 😂

  • What common grocery item(s) is it absolutely fine to buy the cheap/unbranded version of?

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  • My provider claims generics can have different fillers and such. The active ingredients have to be the same, though.

    If I really wanted to be sure, I'd ask a pharmacist.

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  • They're not. I have celiac, and I've learned from reading labels that they often have completely different ingredients/manufacturing conditions.

    They're not QC rejects, but they're also not the same thing repackaged.

  • There is a third option

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  • Wrong on all accounts. It is the hierarchical system and the state that exacerbate bigotry.

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  • You are literally the person this post is about.

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  • But it's not the only alternative to authoritarianism

    Tell that to the people this post is about. Also, as you have mentioned, the current system allows this. The majority of people could support ICE, and it would still be inequitable and oppressive. The majority may oppose returning land to tribal control, but it is still colonization and genocide.

    Only ideologies like Anarchism preclude this, since they by definition oppose such hierarchies and don't rely on a glacially slow system that winks while people suffer.

    It doesn't matter what the majority want. Often, the majority want to harm other people. If you don't believe me, then you haven't heard from enough American liberals who will make batshit claims such as this being the best system in the world or that they "have no other choice" but to force oppression and genocide as long as it's sanctioned by the law.

    Clearly, this is not a good system. Never has been.

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  • My instance already blocks those, otherwise I'd add those as well

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  • LemmyNSFW (nothing against it, but I'm not here for that)

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    These are the only two

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  • Thank you! I've been rapidly losing faith in people lately. My dad taught social studies, and this is exactly the same things he would say. Seems we've lost sight of this somewhere along the way.

    Might I add that it is so important that we not treat any person, including the president, as if they are beyond reproach. I find this trend of deflecting any criticism of one president with wild unfounded accusations of supporting an even worse candidate to be extremely troubling and, quite frankly, anti-democratic. I wish I could persuade more people to support equity and oppose systemic oppression, but it's frustrating when the very people who proclaim to care refuse to engage in good faith.

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  • Oh, please. One of the first things Biden did was open more concentration camps. He's continued Trump's wall (guess it's Biden's wall now). Millions of people die due to lack of healthcare access, and all liberals have is Obamacare 2.0, a slap in the face.

    Sure, they're not as bad as Republicans, but that's a dismally low bar. They're still complicit in fascism and genocide. They're still defending capitalism.

    Want to talk about strawman? Let's talk about how every time someone mentions these things, Libs deflect with wild unfounded accusations of supporting Trump.

    American liberals are only marginally better than Republicans. And if you're in one of those camps, they're no better at all.

    Edit: I actually thought this was a different thread. I'll still leave it though because it's all accurate.

    This is the kind of shit I'm talking about. By this logic, the anti-trans anti-POC laws in my state are alright, according to liberals. I've heard the same thing from them about the border camps and wall - "Biden has no choice!" Bullshit.

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  • Hi Lemmy 196 community!

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  • The part about EXIF data is true, but they're very upfront about this, and they have a sticky post informing people about this and instructing them how to remove the EXIF data themselves. My take is that it's just a limitation of the site design, it's good that they inform people upfront, and removing EXIF data a useful thing for people to learn how to do regardless.

    As far as privacy is concerned, I'd say that yeah -- they're very pro-privacy. You can still connect with people, though. I've met some people on raddle who I've actually chatted with off site. So I wouldn't say it's anything more than the privacy culture here.

    The one thing that sometimes turns people away from raddle is that people on the site tend to have very well-read and carefully formed opinions, and they can sometimes come off as being aggressive and confrontative. But even the people who may come across like that at first are actually very empathetic, once you spend more time there and observe how they interact.

    I'll just say this: I've personally not seen anything on raddle that would turn me away from using the site, and I've been there off and on since leaving reddit in June.

  • Hi Lemmy 196 community!

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  • I like the 196 on raddle, but I keep forgetting to use raddle

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    Mood rule

  • What's something you're oddly obsessed about? (SFW)

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  • In the winter, tinkering with my magic decks, or becoming obsessed with a video game if one grabs me.

    In the summer, riding my longboard long distances.

  • PC gaming's biggest disappointments of 2023

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  • it "[fell] far short of the greatness" of Fallout 4 and Skyrim

    Hilarious to read this, considering how much trash talk I heard about FO4 soon after its release.

    People also spent years talking about how bad ESO is, and when I finally played it ... it's great, just like FO4.

    I'll be interested to see how/if opinions change about Starfield over time. I'll still wait to play it because I'm a patient gamer, but I've come to distrust anyone's takes about Bethesda games.

  • This toilet paper at my work

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  • Someone else explained this too. It's still mildly infuriating when you have to use it. Can't even pull it out without it breaking before there's enough tissue for the job because of how the dispenser is designed.

  • Death awaits Rule

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  • "When I was a child, the large skeleton ripped through the fabric of space and devoured my siblings, and I turned out fine!"

  • Paul Bunyan

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  • This is in Minnesota. When I was a kid, I begged my parents to drive to see it. They rented a room at some motel in Bemidji and made a weekend of it. The highlight of my trip was seeing the huge Paul Bunyan and Babe statues.

    I thought they were so great and it was like they came to life out of a book, but now that I see them again... holy shit lmao

  • Current state of Reddit

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  • Yeah, I was on that sub as well, occasionally. I respect Bardfinn, the lead mod of AHS, but they used to tell me that accounts were restored on appeal if moderators retaliated by reporting users for "abusing the report button," but my appeal was never accepted, and it was a clear instance of mod retaliation. I finally shared that experience when I was on my way out of the site for good.

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    This toilet paper at my work

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