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[–] ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

motorcycles are way too efficient. should be them in a giant SUV or pickup truck, both of which they don’t need

[–] NotErisma@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] ihaveibs@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How did you get a pic of my rear view mirror (I'm already going 10 mph over the speed limit)

[–] tripartitegraph@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

drove 6 hours back home yesterday and goddamn you're not even joking

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 16 points 2 years ago

What do you MEAN you don't need a Hummer for going to Walmart and back??

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Never ask an old person about their politics lol

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I take it you didn’t ask Xi Jinping (70 years old) about his politics?

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 2 years ago

i have been utterly defeated 😔

[–] axont@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One of my greatest joys is that my grandparents never had Facebook accounts

[–] GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

my grandparents refused to get internet. Other members of my family bitch about it, but considering my grandpa's become more racist with time I'm happy he's not on any dogshit messaging groups.

[–] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did they became more racist with time or did racism just became less acceptable with time and they just stayed the same?

[–] GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

more racist. It's possible he became more willing to say what he was always thinking, but he said things which he would not have tolerated us saying in the past.

[–] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Interesting… I wonder if it is because the mental faculty of the elders start detereorating and they start becoming more tribal?

[–] GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Based on the decay of other relatives, I think it's an aimless anger at the world, and general boredom, that needs a focus, and this was a traditional hate that wouldn't affect family members, more or less.

[–] betterredthandead@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago

My mother's grandparent are thankfully not like that

[–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago

If grandma can ride a motorcycle sidesaddle then she can do whatever she wants

[–] Buchenstr@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I really do wish I asked my grandad his opinion on these people (he was a dire-hard communist and worked in the engineer's trade union as a wire factory worker).

He really was the best guiding figure for my child years, he introduced me first to socialism, taught me about working hard, and told me reading must be crucial to my generation. Never harboured hate for anyone, even people who wronged him.

[–] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Sounds like a great man!

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My grandpa used to be a very active Christian Democrat (more center right over here) member. He died before I joined the communist party and I'll always be curious to know what he'd think of it.