richieadler

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Never gonna happen, but I would love to see countries removing embassadors from the US and closing their borders to their citizens.

Sadly I would have to be consistent and ask the same for my country (.ar), where our own delirious-in-chief is following to the letter Project 2025's playbook.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

“Lone wolf” attacks will not work

And also won't happen. In the US all the "patriots" who have guns to "fight the tyranny" actually want their guns to kill the dark skinned people they don't like.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I'd bet the percentages are the same all over the world where the right has won and is doing similar atrocities.

In Argentina the vote is mandatory and you only need to be a citizen and have a valid national ID to vote (and we vote on Sundays). The percentage of non-voters is around 20-30% every election.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

We are legion. Argentina is going the same route.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I want to believe that, unless you're financially dependent, you went fully No Contact.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Bye" is a simple word, I'm surprised you don't know its meaning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Well, if nonsense doesn't give you pause, I don't have much to add.

Bye.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The first doesn’t give me pause because it’s pretty engrained into virtually all of Western society.

It doesn't mean that it isn't nonsense.

The second… well that’s sort of the whole point of Catholic communion, isn’t it?

Not at all. The transubstantiation is supposed to turn the wine and bread into the blood and flesh of Christ, "really and truly", in spite of the "accidents" (i.e. the material reality of the wine and bread), and that by ingesting them they receive "the present of Christ's sacrifice". They don't "eat sins"; they accept the sacrifice that supposedly delivers them from sin.

Of course, I think that all of that is nonsense, but that's my opinion of all religious beliefs. I only know a little bit about the Eucharist because I live in a Catholic country.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (7 children)

And the notion of sin, or of eating said sin, didn't give you pause?

Curious.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

Damn, we're refining Fahrenheit 451's "Families" already.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Because they don't have the money and the requisite professions to leave.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You don't think politics should be part of sf, then? Ursula LeGuin would like a word.

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