afronaut

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[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I think the staring is a sign of curiosity. The problem is, our emotionally stunted parents did not teach us how to ask questions and show sympathy which could be a solution to that curiosity.

I remember parents scolding their children for asking “out of pocket” questions about people that embarrassed the parents, and this resulted in them just suppressing their children’s curiosity about other people and their unique life paths.

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 30 points 12 hours ago (6 children)

It’s one thing to claim racist bigots voted for Trump as a retaliation to the Obama administration. It’s another thing to claim it’s Obama’s fault that we got Trump.

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Running around 1963 Dallas muttering,

“Last week I had the strangest dream where everything was exactly how it seemed where there was never any mystery of who shot John F Kennedy. It was just a man with something to prove, slightly bored and severely confused. He steadied his rifle with his target in the center and became famous on that day in November…”

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 1 points 16 hours ago

You’re right which is why I gravitated toward Alamo Drafthouse which makes some attempt to crack down on phone use or excessive disruption during a movie. But, ticket and concession prices on top of parking are becoming more of a luxury each day.

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 1 points 16 hours ago

China has 400 million “Millennials” compared to 280 million “Gen Z”. I put quotation marks around those terms because they do not use those terms locally. Their “Millennial” is technically two categories combined (Post 80’s and Post 90’s). Their Post-90 gen would be equivalent to mid-late millennial and zillennial.

I’ve done a bit of research into how other countries categorize their generations. They don’t all perfectly overlap age-wise. But, if we’re looking at people born around the late 80’s to mid 90’s, they all follow similar trends and behaviors, including the decline in sexual activity and birth rates. In the East, you also have Vietnam’s “Millennial”, 9X, and Taiwan’s, the Strawberry Generation.

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 1 points 21 hours ago

Yea lmao. Obviously they don’t care during sing-a-long and quote-a-long events.

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 3 points 22 hours ago

Did not know this. Thanks for the heads up.

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 5 points 22 hours ago

Hell yea, Canada.

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 6 points 22 hours ago

Yes, here is some Lemmy Points that will only apply to this comment and nowhere else :)

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Sorry, geographic distance actually is an important factor that you conveniently wish to ignore; it’s the reason many military campaigns have resulted in failure. And, majority of the people do not live in a major city. They commute at least an hour in for work using their personal vehicle, not public transit.

Never mind the fact that Americans still have to work their multiple jobs lest they get fired for attending a protest.

America is spread out, including the cities. There are protests happening across the country and corporate media is suppressing coverage of them. This is not a “weak” argument, it’s a reality that you nor OP actually live in, so you choose the only one provided to you: an artificial reality created by elites to further divide the masses.

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 28 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Because referring to Canada as the ‘51st State’ is mostly meant to be simply symbolic of Trump’s imperialist goals.

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Millennials are still the larger demographic (ever) by about 3.5 million people.

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