Uncritical, naive, gullible… no, I think credulous works fine there.
Uncritical, naive, gullible… no, I think credulous works fine there.
I know Lemmy is tech heavy, and that still passed completely unnoticed.
ROFL! I’ll see myself out.
I personally cannot distinguish satire from reality. And no, it’s not because I’m credulous, but because every day incredible things happen. I don’t need fake headlines that are just as crazy as the real headlines.
But even the prequels are speaking directly to Lucas’s feelings about Bush-era politics and the erosion of democracy, where the originals straight up talked about Nam and WWII. Idk, I guess I could understand the Andor hate if I hadn’t had a lot of years of people trying to make Star Wars be about the space swords. No cohesive plot, no commentary, no thought provocation, just one cool moment with a space sword leading to the next cool moment with a laser gun. Andor was like “hold my beer.” So refreshing.
Two of those images are definitely tomato-flavored sugar. I’ll understand people not enjoying raw tomato, but at least make homemade sauces and soups from canned tomatoes as much as you can. Then you can enjoy your fries with tomato-flavored sugar free of guilt.
Everyone has innate value by merely existing, so technically Mouse declared a deep personal wellspring of value. Could’ve been worse.
I don’t mind stealing bread from the mouths of decadence
Problem: “Breakfast foods are expensive.”
A: Eat different foods when you wake up.
B: Subsidies to keep people buying the foods and keep the companies afloat.
C: Tips on local, sustainable food production.
D: Any combination of the above.
Solution: “TELL THE POOR TO EAT LESS.”
I keep thinking about that, and I keep coming back to how the ones being lied to will double down on “but the ____ actually are very powerful! That’s why they’ve taken so much for themselves! That’s why they have so many protections!”
I’ve had a conversation like that.
The specific story has been known for years. Perhaps the new details this author offered are in the genetic lineage, which is still interesting. But it doesn’t take much study to understand the origins of the cat-human symbiosis: cats are cute, they only eat meat, and the relationship appeared around the beginning of agriculture.
So many people going “opposite sex does X in relationships” and me just being like “you could stop dating people who do X” and they always look at me like I’ve sprouted horns. Like seriously, people who do X in relationships don’t need to be enabled to continue uncriticized