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Thanksgiving Dinner
  • It’s not so much that it’s keep things the way they are because we’ve always done it this way.

    It’s more, maintain order while we figure out if the system works. If it doesn’t, change it. I don’t think it’s as much inertia as it is there are a lot of things on the agenda. Let’s change what changes would be more effective first

  • It's snowboard season! Let's hear some hot takes.
  • Ah, sorry I should have been more clear. I mean our “mountains” are all bunny hills - even on the blacks and double blacks

    That being said, I am terrified of going fast. My wife on the other hand is a speed demon

  • Thanksgiving Dinner
  • The thing is, I don’t think my fundamentals have changed at all:

    1. The purpose of a government is to better the lives of its citizens
    2. The constitution is a living document and was intended to be modified as time passes
    3. Nobody is infallible. We can all misunderstand things
    4. We shouldn’t change things unless there is evidence that things need to be changed (this is the conservative part)
    5. You should strive for a moral viewpoint that everyone can apply equally. There is no us vs you.
    6. Political parties are a detriment to the people
    7. You should be able to vote for whoever you want. (George Washington’s viewpoint)
    8. Compromise is generally good.
    9. We should have the freedom to choose ideas
    10. Work within the system to find what needs to be changed. Then, change the system to accommodate
    11. Conservatives and liberals should agree on the end goal, even if they disagree on the me tbh is to get there.

    I’m a bit of a centrist. I think we should always take the middle ground, after passing the options through a moral filter. In other words, the moral middle ground between genocide and don’t kill people isn’t to kill some people. It’s to not kill people at all.

    I don’t like things like feminism, black history month, and pride month. However, I understand their importance. To me, female, black, and LGBTQA+ are just all people. They should all have human rights.

    Don’t like feminists? Join them. The point of feminism is to create a world where feminism doesn’t exist. We’ll just all be humans. Black history is American history and it should be included year round. LGBTQA+ is fine so long as everything about it is consensual - and it is.

    Don’t like the gays? Don’t be gay. You don’t have the right to infringe on other people’s human rights. We don’t need to make a big deal about it, or have a month of celebration. They should be able to just exist. My only objection to LGBTQA+ is porn. I should be able to choose between penis and not penis, but that is easily rectified behind the scenes.

    I have viewpoints liberals hate: it’s okay to address the adverse side effects of marijuana (ie. Disproportionate imprisonment of a distinguishable subgroup — not subclass — of people). It should be okay to research marijuana. It is not okay to legalize it before the experts have sufficient data and have evaluated such data. The best way to battle climate change in transportation isn’t electric vehicles. Lithium ion batteries are unstable. The best way is to let me drive whatever car I want, and provide places to do so (ie. Race track that’s a toll road), and install public transportation. Then, you slowly take away lanes until there is only one lane and the shoulder to get by in case of an accident.

    I have views Republicans hate. While I enjoy firearms, I think the second amendment interpretation ignores the precondition of the militia. The president should not be immune to criminal prosecution of any kind. Fascism because your “team” is on top is still not OK. Don’t like abortions? Don’t get one. Religion should not guide government policy.

    Like, isn’t it better if things are data driven (and filtered for bias)?

    Universal healthcare makes sense by the numbers. The more people you represent, the more leverage you have during negotiation. Sure, your taxes go up - but that’s how government works…

    Fighting climate change makes sense. If climate is change is real and we ignore it, the world becomes nigh unlivable. If climate change is real and we do something about, life is better for all the organisms that live on earth. If climate change is false and we do nothing, cool. If climate change is false and we fight climate change, we can all breathe better. What’s the downside here?

    Fines should not be a fixed amount. It should be based on percentage of income. $300 fine for some making $8/hr for 8 hours a day is, assuming average of 30.437 days a month, is approximately 15.5% of gross monthly income. Whereas if you make, say, $60,000/year assuming an average of is just 6%. And the actual spending power goes down drastically more, the less you take home.

    Etc etc etc

  • Thanksgiving Dinner
  • I agree with the Nazi statement.

    I did try to eradicate them. I voted Harris. The fact that so many people voted Trump after seeing what he did is what makes me question calling myself a conservative.

    But I’m just some person in a some county in some state. I’m not a registered Democrat or Republican. Other than voting, I’m not sure what I /can/ do

  • Thanksgiving Dinner
  • Hi,

    Person struggling to still call self conservative. I don’t like lefties either - they hear the world “conservative” and thing MAGA Nazi shitheads immediately. And they are constantly condescending and judgmental, yes.

    But that doesn’t change the fact that if you voted for Trump, you are either a piece of shit or you’re stupid.

    It also doesnt mean that we who can understand Trump has now determined he can and will abuse his power shouldn’t try to dialogue with Trump voters without being shitty to them. You’re not going to turn a vote (if there still is one next time) by being an asshat. Just make sure they’re not hardcore Trump diehards because time is precious.

  • Windows VS Linux
  • Or you know, gparted, arch bootable, Windows Drive Management, Ubuntu…

    I mean out of all the things I’d THINK you’d have trouble in, partitioning and formatting is…. not one of them.

  • What’s the blood equivalent to “fly crippin’”?

    I am not affiliated, just like music from both sides

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    I like cars but…

    I can’t help but think that cars (EV included) just aren’t the answer. I feel like bikes aren’t the answer either. I feel like the metro and high speed rail are.

    Most people don’t drive because they like driving (US), most people drive because they have to. And that sucks. You shouldn’t feel like you’re forced to drive. Because that’s auto insurance and auto registration that you have to pay.

    You can’t eliminate roads altogether. You need at least one or two lanes for fire trucks, ambulances, garbage trucks, etc. but you can create pockets of no car zones.

    People like me who like cars, should be able to have places we store our cars. We should have places where we can explore the limits of our cars instead of driving through traffic. But that should be a strictly extracurricular activity.

    In the no car pockets, you should be able to walk to a grocery store, hardware store, that has what you need. You should be able to have mixed zoning. Single family units shouldn’t be the norm. If I own a car but it’s not my dedicated form of transportation, I can buy a cooler car and I don’t need a garage next to where I live to store it. I can store it outside no car pockets so that I can take public transport to my car and then take my car to the track.

    Yes, it’ll take awhile to get there but why aren’t we doing more to that end? Am I too idealistic?

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    Is there a way to block an instance?

    …. I have no interest in yiffit.net

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    Why do so many lemmy instances have non-traditional TLDs?

    I’ve seen:

    • .ml
    • .social
    • .world
    • .cuz

    Is it due to cheaper registration and/or renewal fees? Or are there simply more availability on those TLDs?

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    Is there anyway to turn off swipe to upvote?

    I have accidentally upvoted two things that I did not intend. I don’t intend to ever swipe to upvote - but I would like to swipe to go back. Is there anyway to make the swipe to upvote a choice?

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