BigBenis

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Apparently, acknowledging that things were better in a previous decade is essentially the beginning of, "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! FUCK YOUR FEELINGS! YOUR BODY MY CHOICE! DEPORT ALL BROWN PEOPLE! LET'S GO BRANDON! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

I would add something like, "But this is important and the people need to know about it." at the end. It highlights the gravity of the situation and subtly encourages recipients to do the same.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'll take "things actual vegans never say" for $500!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Tariffs incoming

[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The current majority of Congress not only enabled this; they want this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

O Canada! Our home and native land!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I hate to be pessimistic but just how do you expect us to fix this? The only institutions who have any authority over his actions are controlled by people who have shown us time and again that they're willing to enable his ascent to autocracy and now they see the last election as proof that that's what the American people indeed want. This train effectively has no brakes.

Edit: typo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

In theory, the election cycle acts as that mechanism and they'd fail to get reelected. However, a combination of the 2-party-system and general voters' apathy when it comes to politics means that in the vast majority of cases an incumbent just needs to slap a D or R next to their name and they're in office for as long as they want.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago

Just guessing, but eggs are a major staple in the average American diet that don't have a whole lot of comparable alternatives like grain or milk. So when there's a shortage or prices go up, people don't have something to replace it with so it's more apparent that they're missing out on something and that gets attention.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Generally, I believe the convenience of cheap shit delivered to your door comes at the invisible cost of exploitative labor practices and/or excessive consumerism by the means of low quality crap that will need to be replaced regularly or through "buy more and save" deals. If you want to avoid supporting that, you're probably going to have to spend a few extra bucks buying from a smaller business or buying secondhand.

Convenience isn't free and if we want to reduce our dependence on harmful institutions we're going to have to make some sacrifices.

[–] [email protected] 205 points 3 days ago (57 children)

Easy fix, don't buy from Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Because there's just enough "plausible deniability" that they could face costly legal challenges by oligarchs who have endless money to throw at bogus claims

 

My summer squash has taken off over the last several weeks and overtaken the neighboring carrots. So I hadn't checked in on them in a while. Found a few good ones this morning!

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