They are raised in an atmosphere of negativity and hate that’s so pervasive they don’t even realize it’s a thing and that there are other options.

I come from a white catholic family and I lived in a properly rural area up through first grade. Like I lived in a trailer and my yard bordered a farmer’s corn field. And we knew the farmer because his land was nice for my dad to hunt deer.

The cynicism, persecution complex, and of course the casual racism & xenophobia aren’t something you are taught. They are just how the world works. It’s an assumed part of the culture and the social dynamic just like religion is.

That shit takes root deep in your neurons, and it takes conscious effort, compassion, and self-reflection to work your way out of it. And even then, some of the subconscious programming and visceral reactions persist and require a level of ongoing mindfulness about one’s right processes and behavior.

Oh is this an excuse to hop on the Mint praise train? Don’t mind if I do!

For me it was smoother than windows to install, it runs much better moment to moment (it’s like the people that made it were worried about making nice software rather than the business goals being pushed by their managers), and most importantly the fact that it is the “beginner” distro doesn’t compromise its capabilities. I am in the terminal all day every day and I use the machine to work on software for embedded Linux systems.

¿Por Qué No Los Dos?

You can just use a graphical file manager in Linux like you might have been used to in Windows. When I open mine I see my windows partition and my USB drive listed on the left side.

I know Mint has one that I use all the time, but I’m not familiar with what’s in Ubuntu out of the box.

Oh my sweet summer kiwi friend. If we are going to teach my fellow Americans that other countries exist, and that global commodity prices affect them too, and that they are often more expensive than our “high” prices here, I don’t think we can start with the country that gets left off the map all the damn time by people who should already know better!

Yeah, Trump not having his horrible decisions and actions held against him is kind of how we got here in the first place. :/

I’m not even sure what world be the worse outcome, more fraud and cheating from Trump or that so many people genuinely voted for him.

Sadly my gut tells me that real votes are the worse situation, and also the true one.

Ooh, kudos for finding wording that both fits the image perfectly and triggers superstitious old republicans.

They just thought that was the magic word he was going to use to set gasoline prices back to what they were in 2016!

It legitimately looks like the cop on the left is giving that guy tips for next time.

Yep, I think I still have 3-5 other clients installed that I haven’t used in several months. I bounced around more in the wefwef days and a bit in the early Voyager days just to make sure I wasn’t missing something even greater. But this one always felt right and had some settings that I loved.

This beautiful FOSS app that collects no data about me is by far the most used “social media” app on my phone. More than all the others combined, most likely.

Edit to add: Today is the day I’m gonna go find that tip button… and done!

Something about CUCK ARSE on his shirt there?

I heard she was last spotted sailing West, bound for Valinor.

Yeah, oblivious sums it up. Despite all the stuff that’s happened, and all the information and video evidence that’s readily available to anybody who cares enough to look at it, their team is their team. If you fancy yourself a smart responsible Christian, especially a white one, your ignorant ass is just a Republican.

the American family as the centerpiece of American life and protect our children

That would be a really nice notion if they actually meant it. But they have no interest in helping or supporting all American families in any way, and definitely not doing things to protect or help children.

But if they don’t help ANY families, and actively hurt the families that look the wrong way, the rubes eating up their BS will feel a little more superior in a relative sense while ignoring that they are still worse off in the absolute sense.

Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism

Jesus fucking Christ. I don’t know where to start.

Many humans saw it and said “ooh, look at that natural beauty!”

Some humans saw it and said “ooh, look at those resources I can profit from!”

I assume that the red giant sun engulfing the earth will produce enough drag that earth loses momentum and falls into the sun permanently. We’ll still be gone by then, but noting is forever, even the earth itself.

Yeah here on Lemmy usually the worst it gets is “your operating system, my choice.”

He got more votes than he ever did in the previous elections, and won the popular vote for the first time. God damn.