Mediocre

Americans should worry less about what is or isn't on China's list and focus on addressing their own.

Lake, K. (1911). Codex Sinaiticus Petropolitanus, Oxford (An old ass version of the bible from c. 400 C.E.

Matthew 21:12-13

12 And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those that sold doves,

13 and said to them: It is written: My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you make it a den of robbers.

So, Jesus showed up at the temple and "cast out" anyone engaged in commerce, calling them robbers.

Of the four apostles that mention the incident (Matthew, Luke, Mark, and John), only John indicates that a whip was used.

13 And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 And he found in the temple those that sold oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the moneychangers sitting; 15 and having made a scourge of cords, he drove all out of the temple, the sheep also and the oxen, and poured out the money of the money-changers, and overturned the tables; 16 and to those that sold doves he said: Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise. 17 The disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal for thy house consumes me.

The scourge of cords, with scourge meaning "a whip used as an instrument of punishment".

Saved you 17 Google searches. /s

They still sold that shit, didn't they?

The static yes, the purple no.

Can you explain this a little more?

When you're a teenager, other teenagers are hot as fuck. I guess it makes sense that if you never develop as a person beyond that, then you would find teenagers attractive as an older person. Still gross, mind you.

The choice available to them is suffer in a situation where their needs are met, albeit barely, or risk homelessness in a society that views financial failure as a personal failure instead of recognizing it as a feature of capitalism.

Not everyone can take that risk.

You are overgeneralizing your singular experience. First off, good for you! Changing it up is hard and that fact that you were able to do that is a good thing! However, just because you can do it doesn't mean that anyone can do it. Financial matters are complicated and ingrained generational poverty is not something that the majority of its victims can shake off. Educational, financial, and systemic barriers exist to keep people in these shitty situations.

If someone chose to live in a poor area to live within their means, but then the neighborhood gentrifies and the rent triples in a brief period of time, such that the person now has to work constantly to avoid getting evicted or starving, all the while their manager is perfectly willing to fire them if they miss a single day, then life becomes about daily survival and everything else goes out the window. While some people can move, it is not reasonable to expect that the majority of the population would be able to move.

Moving is expensive. Not everybody can.

Maybe. Depends on what you're into.

If it's suicidal depression and mid-2000s mmorpgs, then I'm your guy!

A third option would be nice.

We must have different diets.

Fecal smearing, if you have tile, works pretty well.

Horns is a really good movie though. It's just, as you said, not representative of the book.

That would have been a boring movie.

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China is totally the evil one though!

Not to get all religous but was not Jesus pissed for people making money in churches? Didn't he flip tables and everything? Then how do churches nowadays explain the collection plate?

Not to get all religous but was not Jesus pissed for people making money in churches? Didn't he flip tables and everything? Then how do churches nowadays explain the collection plate?

Is it normal to see this static when you close your eyes?

If dark matter doesn't emit, absorb, or reflect light, what happens when light hits it?

If dark matter doesn't emit, absorb, or reflect light, what happens when light hits it?

Well actually...

You're given $20,000 USD (or the equivalent in your local currency) to spend, but anything still left by the end of the day you lose for good. What are you spending it on?

How do middle aged family men handle it?

How do middle aged family men handle it?

How do middle aged family men handle it?

How do middle aged family men handle it?

How do middle aged family men handle it?

Is it possible to find a friend or partner on Lemmy?

I get a lot of ideas in the shower. Do any of you use any kind of waterproof note taking pad and pen so you can catch those ideas before they vanish in the steam?

I get a lot of ideas in the shower. Do any of you use any kind of waterproof note taking pad and pen so you can catch those ideas before they vanish in the steam?

I get a lot of ideas in the shower. Do any of you use any kind of waterproof note taking pad and pen so you can catch those ideas before they vanish in the steam?

With how shitty some Christians are, you really have to wonder if Lucifer or Satan is truly "evil"

What's a movie quote that gives you goosebumps?

Why did Thanos, with the power of all the infinity stones, never think to try doubling the amount of resources in the world?

If Hitler’s genocide helped forge Israel, what will grow from today’s persecution of trans people?

I feel like a flashbang went off in my head, so the only question that I can think of is, "What now?" (Details in body.)

Actual Tyrion per AI

How do I sticky a post in my community if I am a mod?