Taco2112

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[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Are you this isn’t the documentary that you saw?

I’ll see myself out.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I hope they had enough food and water in there.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

We are continuing the same trends that have always existed.

Well said. Heck, for most Western countries, theater begins with the Greeks and even they were doing that with their gods and heros. The Bible has four different books about Jesus and sometimes even the same story is slightly different between the authors. The stories of English legends like King Arthur and Robbin Hood have been told and retold so many times that we can figure out when certain characters or traits that are common today were introduced.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That’s exactly what you need to do! What others are saying is true, it needs to be a sustained movement and not just stop at 4pm. Thankfully there were organizing tents at the protests in Denver but I was in my hometown, in West Virginia, for the No Kings protest and there was a good turnout just not the organizing.

These protests are great places to meet like minded individuals and do your own organizing if not one else will. Change will not come with once a month protests, change will come from a large movement of organized individuals. You’re the one here who is closest with the people in your area, start talking to them and making strong connections.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I’m pushing 40 so I’m not young but I’ve actually been buying more games lately thanks to being patient and not rushing out to buy AAA games along with switching from console to PC, gotta love Steam sales. I just bought two games I’ve been wanting to play for $30.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I live in Colorado and there are gulls here, we are far from the sea.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

And who would ever use a childish word like “movie”? It’s called a moving picture.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes, this is a bad thing. As you said, visibility is poor and then someone comes to a dead stop somewhere in front of you on an interstate or someplace where you don’t expect stopped traffic, that can also easily lead to a crash. In the event of heavy hail, you are supposed to slow down, not stop, try to use the exit and take cover in a safe place, preferably not in the flow of traffic.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The stock market =/= the health of the economy.

I know, I said as much in my post just a sentence or two after the quote of mine that you used.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Exactly, Rawstory is basically the left wing version of Fox News, telling you what you want to hear instead of actual news. My basic takeaway from his statements is that the GDp is still growing just not quite as fast as it was last year.

I’m not an economist so I don’t know but the the S&P is also nearing in on a record highs again and it seems like most of the turmoil in the markets that we saw at the beginning of April is gone for now. I thought the Iran bombing would spook the market but not really. I know the markets aren’t the economy but it’s a bellwether for how the oligarchs and corporations are feeling about it.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

You’re correct but I haven’t seen anyone outside of the lefty propaganda sites say that this actually moving the needle. The legacy news sites are along the line of “What does this mean?” and “Can someone like that actually be mayor of NYC?”

The way I see it, this could be a momentum swing but we need to capitalize and build around it. I understand why people were saying 3rd party candidates are a distraction during the election but now is the time to be pushing the Dems further left or coalescing around a new party. Get their ideas out there now so that even some brainwashed republicans might see the light before the mid term elections next year.

 

Great comedy and history podcast, one comedian researches a story and reads the story to a second comedian. This is an older episode where the history of automobiles is discussed with focus on ways the car business, propaganda, and the government helped create the current car culture in the US.

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