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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Yep, that's how it goes with the anti-vaxx movement.

Gen 0 - lived with the reality that multiple people they knew died because of viruses and lined up to get vaxxed when they became available. Then went on to get their kids vaxxed because human ingenuity found a way to curb suffering.

Gen 1 - grow up and got their kids vaxxed because, while they might not have seen it first hand, they remember stories from their parents and were horrified. “Thank god we’re found a way to stop it!”

Gen 2 - get their kids vaxxed because they aren't stupid, and it's just become a routine part of raising a child.

Gen 3 - have the luxury of being so far removed from the horrific impact of these preventable virus' that they decide vaccines should be optional because.... "Don't tell me what to do, science nerds"

 

Robert Jenrick, the shadow minister for racism called yesterday for an inquiry.

He was told that there had already been an inquiry and that the results of the inquiry were available

Mr Kendrick, however, disputed the results of the inquiry, claiming the whole process must be flawed.

“There is no way this inquiry was carried out with rigour and high-standards I would expect because if it had been then it would have found that brown people were to blame.”

However, experts believe that the reason the inquiry didn’t find that brown people were to blame was because that brown people weren’t to blame.

Mr Jenrick disputed that assertion.

“Nonsense. If we had another inquiry then I’m certain that it would find that brown people were to blame and if it didn’t then we should have a further inquiry.”

Frankly, I think the only sensible thing to do is to hold as many inquiries as is necessary before brown people are found to be to blame.

Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader for the next couple of days, was unable to comment as she’d got herself stuck in a revolving door.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"OPSEC lol what's that some kind of new meme-coin?" - DOGE

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yeah, reading between the lines, it sounds like the poor guy was not in any condition to take care of himself and likely had no idea what was even happening to him for that week. What a horrible way to go.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (59 children)

Meh, I'm not so sure. We need to get used to the fact that reddit's fuckery is unlikely to ever re-produce the massive influx of new users that the API nonsense did in 2023. That was a one-off thing that drove out all the OG users. The people left on reddit are the types that refer to it as an "app" and probably don't even know old.reddit exists. Those kinds of people will grumble but they aren't going anywhere. And frankly, that's fine by me.

Edit: lmao okay, okay, Lemmy got 6 new users today. I get it. My point that we're never going to see another user influx on the scale of the summer 2023 API changes has been proven wrong. Congrats everyone. Let's hope half of them actually stick around.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, that's pretty damn ugly.

[–] [email protected] 143 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

"From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world." - Donald Trump, Inauguration Day Jan 20 2025.

So much respect.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Link to The Onion's article

It's almost seven years old, but sadly, more relevant today than it's ever been.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (17 children)

Meh. Only suckers give a shit about the “generosity” of billionaires. Tax them. Tax them down to millionaire status. Why should they dictate what programs get funded? It’s never worked before.. it’s not suddenly going to start now.

I mean, your own tumblr link is proof of that. After all, Gotham’s still a crime ridden shithole, isn’t it? Clearly Bruce Wayne doesn’t know what Gotham actually needs.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

Seconded, but they just go by Tuta now.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep, it's from a TV show called Parks & Recreation.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
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