• otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 days ago

    Seems like you’re doing only half the work, then. Dehumanizing doesn’t help any of us, least of all those who need it. I’m not saying we should not hate nazis/fascists/bigots.

    Failing to keep compassion as some part of the equation only sets an exploitable standard to fuel more Us v Them™ bullshit from the top down.

    Sticker the fuck outta these cuck-buckets, sure. Keep your bruised flame of silent pity alight for those fellow poors that got suckered, though. 🥹🙇🏽‍♂️

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      9 days ago

      Cyberbrick owners are doing well enough to buy that monstrosity. I have endless empathy for people who are barely scraping by.

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        9 days ago

        We’re all at varying stages of “momentarily embarrassed millionaire”, and arguments to the contrary are rooted in propaganda blindness & similar coping. We’re all fucked, and splitting hairs only benefits the fuckstains perpetuating it. Hate the players, not the victims.

        edit: Downvotes are for that other place, fellow beasts of others’ burdens; read comprehensively or at least recognize that you’d “prefer not to”. Clicking a dopamine button is just showing off your shiny collar.

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          9 days ago

          momentarily embarrassed millionaire

          Buddy, I have a few months of mortgage payments saved up for emergency but I am still seconds away from being homeless if everything goes wrong but decades away from being a millionaire if everything goes right.

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            9 days ago

            I presume you’re unfamiliar with the phrase, then.

            I have less than $100 to my name and the abyss to welcome me. Thafuq difference do you really think there is between us? Time? Patience? A couple more dollars? Each of us is living every waking second as if somehow none of all this affects us directly, personally, immediately, and thus as a collective of livestock (ie “human resources”) we’re calm as Hindu fucking cattle — but only sacred to ourselves, in actuality.

            Stop reacting to minutia. Act.

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              7 days ago

              Ah, yes. More and more like that ol’ shit-site of yore: the auto-fellating abounds in silent anons. This species is totally gonna make it through the next century, yep. 🤣🖖🏽

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        5 days ago

        Are you high & replied to the wrong comment? Considering one of my colleagues-in-political-arms back in the day went to prison for blowing up an SUV dealership, and yet I generally hold the ELF to be sus-AF-at-best, you can breathe easy knowing you’ve fingered the wrong citizen for this flippant blurt of hurdur. Thanks for playing, though.

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          6 days ago

          No, but you seem awfully sensitive for having such a hardcore friend. I’m sure glad they’re locked up so they don’t hurt me.