Meursault

I don’t think that word means what you think it means.

Lemmy has replaced reddit entirely for me. I only go on reddit every once in a while, just to see how bad it’s gotten.

Um… applied context?

They can swear man if they want to!

We are so fucked.

I’ll believe it when I see it.

Well, my terrier is going up my ass, apparently. Sorry, boy.

Baba Yaga, is that you?

I can stop my ears from ringing on command.

They’re all wrong. I don’t see a Blackwing up there.

Italian here. That’s not a bug; that’s a feature.

A loss meme that didn’t make me cringe? Well done.

The reason you see little official pushback from within the US is because things are far more dire here than you might imagine, as an outsider. The US Republican Party (aka GOP - Trump’s party) is currently in control of all three branches of the US federal government. Ever since Trump took office, it’s been one step toward constitutional crisis after another, and apparently the Republicans don’t give a shit about rule of law when it comes to policing their own. The Democrats (our nominal “opposition” party) can’t really do shit right now except at the local level. We have an unelected CEO compromising every branch of our nation’s government with all the Republicans looking the other way. To be honest, I’m past the point of expecting a fair election in four years. As an American who grew up learning to value the ideals of personal freedom and liberty, to see what is happening to my country leaves me OUTRAGED.

Who said we aren’t mad?

Not sure why you’re being downvoted for being right. If the people who voted for Trump:

1. Had 8 years to see exactly what Trump was like, and
2. AREN’T wealthy business owners

…what other conclusions are there?

If this were reddit, they’d just be reported and banned.

Eh, on Lemmy, users can really easily switch to a home instance that isn’t doing that, so it’s a little more self-correcting.

And I thought $6 was expensive.

Ffs, am I the only one in this thread who can identify a monarch butterfly?

You would use a semi-colon in places where a comma and a colon would be equally suitable, pretty much.