Sarah Valentine (she/her)

Some braindead MBA had to justify his salary somehow, I guess.

Why had we been doing all this gaining of knowledge in college all this time?

So someone with the wealth and power to act on that knowledge can use it to fuck over mankind for more wealth and power.

And like many classic bits of nerd silliness, it’s also low-key impressive at the technical level.

The controller doesn’t have a speaker in it. They managed to get this clear, recognizable sound from haptic feedback motors!

From the river to the C:/

A prisoner at the prison she worked in.

It’s not easy because a lot of them are either geared at youth or seniors, which I am neither

At 42 years old I definitely relate to that. I stumbled into a very inclusive group run by people my age (many of whom are LGBT+ in general if not trans), while playing Final Fantasy 14. Their support has been invaluable to me these past 18 months!

For starters, I gotta say I don’t think you’re being silly at all. Your experience is valid, your identity is valid, you are valid. You’re doing the hard work of getting into yourself and sorting that out, which is a good thing. You’re only having this struggle because you’re being brave about things most people would rather lock up in their metaphorical basement and forget about.

You may feel alone but you’re not, you’re only isolated. Stay in touch with the wider world, take opportunities to join small communities geared toward LGBT+ people and see if you don’t find one that fits, with good people you can foster friendships with. I struggle with that part but sometimes tenacity pays off and you wind up with decent people who provide good moral support. Whatever you do, don’t let the isolation convince you that it’s the same as being alone!

YOU WANTED TO!

In a democracy, everyone has a say! Until the majority decides they don’t!

Also the part where they’re definitely not gay but definitely fucking boys.

I dunno. All my life, my kind have never been catered to by politicians. Minor concessions granted in our favor yes, but LGBTQ+ people have had to fight tooth and nail for everything we’ve ever gotten, and what did we really achieve if all of it can be taken away by one shitty administration in the span of two years? My government has been harmful to me all my life.

That said, I still went out and voted against Trump in the last election because I believed not doing so would be tantamount to approving fascism. So you’re right that some states are more harmful than others, even if some people have been given good reason to see them all as intrinsically harmful.

I’m an anarchist so there’s no such thing as a candidate that represents me, because any person who represents me well enough to do the job knows it’s a job each individual must do for themselves. Government is always a casino, and the house always wins, and it boggles my mind that no matter how many times the people lose they keep building more casinos.

If your argument is that Cuba isn’t totalitarian, you’re making a very poor case of it. However, if your argument is that the US and several European countries are far more totalitarian than they’re pretending to be, then you’re doing a great job.

I don’t know if that’s the case, I was just clarifying the notions put forth by the user you were replying to.

What’s the difference between vetted and pre-approved?

The difference is one election has more than one candidate to choose from and the election must be vetted by the state, and one election has just one candidate whom the state has already selected, and your vote doesn’t matter because the winner has already been decided.

Lemmy.world is trash. You’d be better off avoiding the whole instance.

“What’s the problem? This is the kind of dictator Trump is trying to be! You should be grateful we have such a strong Christian man leading the country!”

No thanks, just pass me a bottle of Green.

Anarchism is the revolutionary idea that no one can be held responsible for your actions but yourself. Not government, not god, not a gun to your head, just you accepting responsibility. Anarchism without personal responsibility is just fascism at the individual scale.

Stop getting relationship advice/expectations from 4chan, for starters.