DharmaCurious

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[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 6 points 8 months ago

Reread what I wrote. Every government functions under an ideology. Governments do not exist in a vacuum, they are a collection of people, and those people have a more or less unified set of ideals on how their society should function. Yes, ideologies exist only in the mind, but governments are a physical manifestations of that mental construct. Even when there is a major disagreement within a government, such as the division in the US currently, it's still a difference of degrees. No one in the the US government is outside of capitalism, even so-called socialists like Bernie Sanders. The US government functions under the ideology of capitalism. The Cuban government functions under the ideology of socialism. Even if you argue that Cuba isn't actually socialist, they still function under the ideology of socialism. Governments exist because of those mental constructs.

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Every government functions under an ideology. Capitalism is an ideology, democracy is an ideology, socialism, anarchism, liberalism, conservativism, they're all ideologies. An ideology is just a set of ideals.

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 12 points 8 months ago (9 children)

I just finished TLA. I'd never seen it, and now I have, and it's gone, and my life feels empty. Why would you bring this up? Why would you hurt me so?

Korra is good, but it doesn't hit the same, and 70 years is not enough to fully industrialize a society.

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 2 points 8 months ago

Thank you! I'll start looking into it!

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 5 points 8 months ago

Definitely passed the human vibe check. Please sign up for your existential dread and inability to move freely between nation states!

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 16 points 8 months ago

Getting my bachelor's online, and I just had to use Chicago style for the first time. I'd only used APA before now.

Holy shit did I love it. Erhmhagerd, it was so great.

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Probably should have mentioned I use the air fryer to reheat most things. I have a microwave, but it doesn't get a lot of use anymore. I don't actually have a proper range/oven anymore.

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 88 points 8 months ago (17 children)

Surely women also love seeing large rocks fall into a lake from great height, right? This has to be just a human love.

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 39 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Estrolucidate?

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 7 points 8 months ago

They're tired and would like to take a nap. Do the right thing and make them a sandwich. Getting milked is exhausting, especially if it's a power play thing with post milking overstim.

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago

I know it's not, but it would be excellent cover art for Hello in There by John Prine

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Maybe you can answer one for me, too. I'm not a coder or really great with computers. I use Linux because of the philosophy behind it/political reasons, and because I really love the look and feel of Gnome, and it has just about everything I need. I dual boot Windows in case my college has some program I absolutely have to have, and I'm too dumb to figure out virtual machines and wine.

Do you think Linux phones are ever going to be a viable option for someone like me? I use my phone for browsing Lemmy, gps, streaming/YouTube, audiobooks, et cetera. I don't have a lot of niche use cases, but I also don't have a lot of understanding on how to do certain things myself. I can use a terminal if I can copy/paste or have a guide.

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