points at peanut butter and jelly sandwich

this exists

it’s fair game

shut up if you don’t like it. you sound dumb.

“I’m pro AI revenge porn and think it should be legal to create AI revenge porn, to outlaw it is akin to fascism because I should be free to create AI revenge porn. This is democracy, damn it, where AI revenge porn is a pillar of our freedom!”

Maybe you meant to reply to someone else, but as a top level comment, this is what it sounds like you’re saying.

Think I saw another user suggest amex? Idk what it is, but maybe look into that?

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This take is for people that primarily listen to pop music (of any genre, pop rock, pop punk. Stuff that is on the radio). Which is a huge amount of people. But it is unsurprising that on a niche community-based website like Lemmy, where a lot of people probably have an artistic tinge to them, that a bunch of you have a much more involved and active music discovery experience.

More likely that monica is dumb. The photo labs are usually next to the electronics sections.

I think you’re missing the point of what a boycott is accomplishing in this case. I don’t think it has anything to do with their financial situation, the boycott is presumably (from my perspective) to lower interaction and engagement and make it a less attractive instance for new people to get sucked into.

We already have a term for what you’re talking about, it’s called being a tankie lmao.

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I play 5e, but:

I feel that the reason people are hating on 5e is not because the system is bad, it is almost exclusively because Wizards and Hasbro tried to fuck everyone over.

There might be certain systems that some people subjectively prefer because they do certain things in a way they prefer, but that literally doesn’t matter, that is subjective. DnD5e is practically a house name at this point. It is popular and well regarded, especially by new players. Anyone who wants to make the claim that the system is bad will have bang their subjective arguments against the steel wall that is its popularity.

So that is to say… the reason to not play 5e is because it’s important to punish WotC and Hasbro, and it’s important to support rising publishers.

I’d argue the dragon age series died with dragon age: origins and everything since then has been a pale imitation. A “good dragon age game” is a solid CRPG with branching quests and story decisions. Which we haven’t had since DA:O.

https://whyquit.com/joel/Joel_03_31_is_cold_turkey_the_only_way.htm

Important to note that Joel has no citations for any of the claims he makes in this article tho 🤔🤔

Why don’t you pay attention to how medical professionals treat addiction and keep your anecdotal, poorly educated experience out of it?

Okay, I want to dicuss this more later. It’s interesting to me to think about something as taboo as limiting free speech, but I get what you mean. The power the bourgeoisie have to control the news and media and therefore public opinion is crazy. My first thought was limiting their twitter usage, which I do think would be wrong. But limiting their ability to manipulate twitter with money or other, similar tactics would fall under the same umbrella. (Hopefully Ninja edit: but should be prevented, I mean! They shouldn’t be allowed to use their wealth to influence. But I don’t think their literal speech should be restricted! Unless they break the rules or something and get banned or something ykwim)

I know, I see the .ml 🤣

I think the morals of it are important for the sake of optics in the least. If oppression implies a cruelty and injustice (at the very least in some minds, mine included, and probably most people given the dictionaries I read/bing search results) which is not associated with the movement, it might be better to not use those words. Fair?

Okay, so what I’m saying is that the definition I’m reading cites “injustice” and “cruelty” as prerequisites.

“prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control” (oxford)

“the state of being subject to unjust treatment or control” (oxford)

“mental pressure or distress” (oxford- but this is the third definition and seems like a much more general word that isn’t really useful in these conversations when trying to define systems)

“unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power” (merriam-webster)

Merriam-webster then also has 2 more definitions similar to the oxford counterparts.

“a situation in which people are governed in an unfair and cruel way and prevented from having opportunities and freedom” (Cambridge)

I stopped looking after that, but I think that’s fair, no? So then if we DO agree about these definitions, do you really consider it cruel or unjust towards the hoarders of capital?

Anyone who has experienced addiction knows that addiction is a permanent disease and that obviously partaking in the substance again will more than likely lead to continued substance abuse. Jesus christ.

But, and maybe this is a semantics argument then, I don’t think we are in agreement by what oppression means. I’m just using the google definition. Are you using a different definition that makes more sense in the context of theory/academic circles? I am a layman, after all

Also, follow up, it’s not stupid, that’s literally how we ween people off of addictive substances. You have literally 0 clue what you’re talking about and your input provides no value in this conversation. Instead of participating by asserting your (strictly wrong) opinions, perhaps you should ask questions of people that are clearly smarter and better disciplined than you?

Right. You weren’t literally forced to vape. You were left with no other accessible choice except vaping to continue your addiction.

And you completely failed to refute what I said. Your situation was just completely different. The other commenter went into the situation deliberately intending to cut back on their tobacco use. You, on the other hand, went into the situation deliberately intending to find a way to sustain your nicotine addiction. Do you not understand that? Your situation is that you were seeking to dive further into addiction. So that’s what happened. And you can blame the chemicals for your addiction all you want, but as an addict myself, I know that you are self-indulgent and not blameless in that situation. You. Chose. To. Start. Vaping. Because. You. Wanted. To. Continue. Your. Nicotine. Intake.

Did that slow it down enough for you, bud?

I guess I understand that, but separately I take issue with the use of the word oppression? The bourgeoisie cannot be oppressed, really. If they were ever in a position to be oppressed, they would no longer be considered bourgeoisie. No? But yeah the rest of what you’re saying makes sense.