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ToastedPlanet ,

Server GF! =p

ToastedPlanet OP ,

No, I am serious. If people have an ethical concern about voting in the US, this is my response. It's comparable to no ethical consumption under capitalism. Vaush explained the idea in one of his streams.

ToastedPlanet OP ,

I'm thinking about the people who could lose their lives and families because there is something that can be done about that.

ToastedPlanet OP ,

We need to change the United States into a socialist country with unimpeded majority rule before it is too late. Our only chance to do that is by delaying the fascist takeover for another four years. The United States becoming a christo-fascist dictatorship would be disastrous for everyone not just the US. Authoritarian dictatorships would start carving up the world into spheres of influence. Millions of people would die from dictators enacting genocide and ethnic cleansing in their spheres of influence.

ToastedPlanet OP ,

I think the Democrats are not a great political party. I'm registered independent. They are the only mainstream political party for pursuing progressive change that we have at the moment. We have to take our chances with the Democrats because it's the clearest path to a better future that we have.

We do need to adopt socialist policies as a country in addition to that though. If we stick with neoliberalism then we are going to keep having this problem. The fascist movement will inevitably grow as the wealth disparity gets worse in the US. People are going to be looking for solutions to their problems, but neoliberalism inherently denies them the tools to fix the systemic issues they face. Neoliberals cling to civility politics and value property over justice for people to name a few. Fascism will provide them with easy, but incorrect, solutions in the form of out-groups to hate. The answer to our problems is socialism, but we need time to convince people.

I know it's a long shot, because people are effectively conditioned from living in a neoliberal society to reject socialism without any evidence. But we have to try. The only way this gets better is convincing people that socialist ideas have merit while neoliberal and fascist ideas do not. People's lives depend on nations developing and maintaining inclusive political and economic institutions. We are going to need to have this ideological reckoning at some point, so we might as well have it sooner rather than later.

Trying and then failing presents the same consequences as not trying. So we might as well do it now.

ToastedPlanet OP ,

The Democrats are not going to get us out of this, but we need time to convince people that socialism is the answer to our economic problems. We are going to have to elect socialist politicians. We need our democracy, as flawed as it is, in order to do that.

ToastedPlanet OP ,

Vaush isn't perfect, but no one is arguing party loyalty is what is important here. There are no ethical choices in FPTP voting so we have to make a decision that reduces the most harm.

ToastedPlanet OP , (edited )

This isn’t harm reduction.

It is harm reduction. Fewer people will be harmed if we elect the candidate that will do the least harm.

Stop co-opting real leftist terms for this crap.

I am a social democrat which is a leftist political position. This is a real leftist term. Gatekeeping won't get rid of this idea. Internalize it.

edit: To be clear, I'm referring to: There are no ethical choices under FPTP voting. I hope that clears up any confusion.

The USA has always been fascist and will always be so until it is destroyed.

There has been a fascist movement in the United States since the 30's. Hitler and the Nazis copied off of the US's Jim Crow era laws. But the US as a nation state has never been fascist. If Republicans win this November then the US will become a christo-fascist authoritarian dictatorship for the first time and probably for a long time.

You people won’t learn till you get all of us killed for the little bit of privilege afforded to you thru this colonist imperial hellhole

The people who are going to get us all killed are the privileged accelerationists who think they stand to benefit from sacrificing us all to fascism. They think they going to accelerate social change, but there won't be anyone left to benefit from it.

ToastedPlanet ,

Thanks for the rulecommendation. I found this gem because of it.

ToastedPlanet ,

Thanks, but I don't like tomats. I'll be happy though and then the next person can have the tomat. =D

ToastedPlanet , (edited )

This is from the trivia section of the Nether wiki page. I remembered it being different too in the past. I think I played on a small or classic world where the ratio was only 1:3.

In Legacy Console Edition, the size of the Nether is limited, with bedrock walls surrounding it on all sides. The Overworld-Nether ratio varies depending on the world size: it is 1:3 for Classic and Small worlds, 1:6 for Medium worlds, and 1:8 (the same as Java and Bedrock editions) for Large worlds.

Edit: Removed link to outdated wiki to avoid SEO pollution.

ToastedPlanet ,

I didn't even know I was on the fandom wiki until the other commenter pointed it out. What's wrong with fandom?

ToastedPlanet ,

Frog harder.

ToastedPlanet ,

They come to feast after the frenzy. Once my species passes on its genes, it dies.
- 🦞

ToastedPlanet ,

The last panel on its own could be one of a few different things.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/types-of-gender-identity

Androgyne

A person who identifies as androgyne has a gender that is either both masculine and feminine or between masculine and feminine.

Bigender

A person who identifies as bigender has two genders.

People who are bigender often display cultural masculine and feminine roles.

Polygender and pangender

People who identify as polygender or pangender experience and display parts of multiple genders.

But I think Genderfluid is still correct for the last panel in the context of the comic as a whole.

Genderfluid

A person who identifies as genderfluid has a gender identity and presentation that shifts between, or shifts outside of, society’s expectations of gender.

ToastedPlanet ,

I think that is a separate circumstance all together. A person with multiple sex characteristics could have any possible gender identity like any other person. The whole point of gender identity is that there is no guaranteed link between a person's sex and gender. A person with multiple sex characteristics could identify as nonbinary and that is completely valid.

ToastedPlanet ,

How so? They are a shapeshifter, I don’t think intersex forms would be off limits if gender swapping and animals/non-humans are fine.

I was referring to human persons, not ice giant persons with shapeshifting powers. Which is what I assumed the question I was answering was referring to since they were responding to a comment I wrote that was answering a question that I assume refers to human persons.

ToastedPlanet ,

That's mildly weird, but mostly seems like a good time. It's not hot like the spicy weird stuff I'm into. 😊

I'll never be able to unsee all the mermaid transformation and djinnification stuff I've seen on the internet. Some of it's really good, but even still it feels like I've managed to have some of the weirdest, most out there kinks. I think it has to do with me being a trans woman. I love mermaids. I've liked genies since I saw Eden in the Aladdin Disney cartoon as a kid. I am also weird regardless.

ToastedPlanet ,

I watch Carbot's videos instead. Here is the Diablo 4 playlist.

196 Stands with Palestine, but those of you in the US should still vote in the general election.

I've been seeing a lot of anti-voting sentiment going around. Can't believe I have to say this, but you need to vote. Not only is there more to the election than just the president. (State policy, Senate, house), but not voting is not an act of protest. C'mon guys

ToastedPlanet ,

The Republican Party is not the party of small government. They are a fascist death cult and they will bring their anti-trans bills from red states to the federal government. Trans people will be erased from public life. Trans people will be discriminated in the work force and undoubtedly find it difficult to pay rent as a result. Trans people are going to end up homeless on the streets if Republicans win in 2024.

The Supreme Court is hearing a case about homeless encampments. Homeless encampments may soon lose the current legal protection they have under the Eight Amendment. The current logic being that chasing away people who have no where left to go is cruel and unusual punishment.

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/city-of-grants-pass-oregon-v-johnson/

Even blue states like Oregon and California asked the Supreme Court to review the case.

https://nypost.com/2024/03/09/opinion/the-supreme-court-could-soon-outlaw-homeless-camps/

Multiple prominent Democrats petitioned the Supreme Court to review Grants Pass, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, San Francisco mayor London Breed, and Portland mayor Ted Wheeler.

It is not guaranteed that blue states will be safe havens for anyone. Here is an official statement from Governor Gavin Newsom.

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/01/12/governor-newsom-statement-on-u-s-supreme-court-agreeing-to-hear-case-on-homelessness/

“California has invested billions to address homelessness, but rulings from the bench have tied the hands of state and local governments to address this issue.

“The Supreme Court can now correct course and end the costly delays from lawsuits that have plagued our efforts to clear encampments and deliver services to those in need.”

If Trump wins in 2024, he wants to make homelessness illegal. Homeless people are going to end up in death camps.

Trump said his proposal calls for creating "tent cities" and relocating homeless people to "large parcels of inexpensive land" with access to doctors, psychiatrists, social workers and drug rehab specialists. He claims his plan will once again make cities "livable" and "beautiful."

A trans homeless person is as least as likely to end up in a death camp as a cis homeless person. And trans people have a good chance of being homeless if they can't get a job because Republicans allow corporations to discriminate against them in the work place. Trans people will be worse off no matter where they are in America.

ToastedPlanet ,

If the Democrats are also pushing to make being homeless illegal why is that an incentive to vote for them?

My point is Democrats want to overturn the status quo. The blue states assume they are going to get to decide what happens to homeless people next, presumably for the better. Unfortunately for them, a second Trump term would undoubtedly render homelessness illegal at the federal level. Best-laid plans gone awry thanks to Trump.

If the Republicans win in 2024 they will have control of all three branches of the federal government. They will be able reshape America how they see fit, and states rights are not going to stop them. States rights were only ever a justification from Republicans to turn their states into authoritarian christofascist workshops. Now they going to take what they've learned and practiced to the federal level and won't care about state rights whatsoever.

ToastedPlanet ,

The blue states are joining the SCOTUS case because they will not build shelters.

Again, here is Governor Gavin Newsom's official statement. He seems intent on providing services to homeless people. Presumably that would include shelter.

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/01/12/governor-newsom-statement-on-u-s-supreme-court-agreeing-to-hear-case-on-homelessness/

“California has invested billions to address homelessness, but rulings from the bench have tied the hands of state and local governments to address this issue.

“The Supreme Court can now correct course and end the costly delays from lawsuits that have plagued our efforts to clear encampments and deliver services to those in need.”

It's fair to not trust what someone says. At least with Democrats when they outwardly claim to have homeless people's interests at heart, since they are neoliberals as opposed to fascists I am inclined to believe them. However, I disagree with the need to remove homeless camps in order to provide services to people. If the services are good and this is effectively communicated to people, I think most people in need of those services will take them voluntarily.

This is opposed to the fascists in the Republican party who want to put homeless people in what will no doubt turn out to be death camps.

They don’t need the other two branches of government to do this. They’ve already got the only one that matters and are doing it now even with a Democrat in the Oval Office.

If Republicans want to make homelessness illegal at the federal level, they will need Congress to pass legislation and the presidency to sign the bill into law. All the Supreme Court can do is remove homeless encampments' Eighth Amendment protection based on the current question they are trying to answer. They could also assign whether they think the federal or state governments have the authority to write legislation to address homeless encampments. As they did recently with Trump v. Anderson, where they decided not only that states don't have authority to take Trump off the ballot but only Congress does. However the Supreme Court cannot write or sign into law any such legislation themselves.

Not that I assume anyone needs this, but it's catchy and I'll take any excuse to watch it, it's the "I'm just a bill."

I was just going to post this just for fun, but they actually raise a good point. Even with only Trump in office, without a Republican controlled congress, he can do a lot of damage with just executive orders. edit: added clarification to Trump v. Anderson

ToastedPlanet ,

It seems to basically mirror Republican policy.

No, here is the relevant line from Governor Gavin Newsom.

“The Supreme Court can now correct course and end the costly delays from lawsuits that have plagued our efforts to clear encampments and deliver services to those in need.”

They plan on giving services to homeless people. This would presumably include shelter.

You’re acting as though the Democrats are not willing participants in making homelessness illegal, but then linking to an amicus brief where they’re begging the Supreme Court to let them do just that.

This Supreme Court decision will most likely remove the Eighth Amendment protection that homeless encampments currently have. While that will remove their current legal standing, by which I mean how they are currently defended in courts, it will not impact the legality of homeless encampments one way or another. Laws will have to be passed and in some cases laws may already be on the books, that will determine the legality of homeless encampments. The Supreme Court cannot write, pass, or sign legislation to make homelessness illegal. As long as Biden is president, homelessness will at least be a state issue as apposed to a federal issue. If Trump becomes president homelessness will be a federal issue.

If they thought there was any threat from the legislature to actually ban Trump from running, the ruling would have been more expansive.

With the current Republican House of Representatives, there is little chance of Congress barring Trump from office. Under a Democrat controlled Congress they could bar Trump from holding office, but that would of course be too little too late. That is neither here or there though. The point of that example was to demonstrate that the Supreme Court can only determine who has authority in any given case, whether that be the federal government or individual state governments.

To be clear, the difference between Democrats and Republicans on this issue of homeless encampments, is that Democrats want their blue states to be able to help homeless people the way they see fit, which I agree is not the best way to do this, while Republicans want to make homelessness illegal at the federal level. If he is elected, Trump is going to decide what happens to homeless people in California, not Gavin Newsom. Trump is a fascist, so when he says "tent cities" on "large parcels of inexpensive land" he means death camps. So even though Democrats are approaching this with supposedly the best interests of homeless people in mind, it's not going to matter because Trump, if elected, will pull the rug out from under them. edit: typos

ToastedPlanet , (edited )

By “plagued our efforts” he means “we can’t clear camps”. How do you think he wants to do good things after reading that?

Democrats should have recognized the protections granted by Martin v Boise and not joined in Grants Pass v Johnson in an attempt to get rid of them.

Don't get me wrong, I think what the Democrats want to do is not great, just better than what Republicans want to do. Democrats think they need to clear camps first and then provide services to homeless people. I think they should provide services, advertise the services and people will leave the camps if the services are good. But regardless, the point is currently trans people are no worse off in blue states under Biden currently, but they will be much worse off under Trump.

The fact that they’re still supportive of sending things to SCOTUS shows how truly far to the right they are.

There is no denying that the Democrats have been neoliberals since the 90's.

Constantly decrying the SC as a newly-biased institution but still submitting briefs to them. They’re either expecting this partisan institution to magically hand down liberal decisions, or they want the right wing response.

Which do you think it is?

I wouldn't be surprised if some neoliberals among the Democrats have genuinely bought into the states' rights bullshit. They are going to be disappointed if Trump wins. I think most people want the power to do things their way. Gavin Newsom seems too with it to have fallen for states' rights so he probably thinks he's going to do be able to do things his way. He is probably betting on a second Biden term and is going to be disappointed if Trump wins. edit: typos

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    ToastedPlanet OP ,

    I agree with the sentiment in general, however this was specifically requested.

    https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/7092780

    ToastedPlanet OP ,

    Yeah, feel free to delete this post. I think the person had a good chance to see the art.

    ToastedPlanet OP ,

    I know. I guess I felt like showing off. =)

    They made it seem like such a difficult request, but it took one try.

    ToastedPlanet ,

    https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/9651195

    ToastedPlanet ,

    It was AI content, so it was correctly taken down. However, it can live on here. I threw the prompt "Garfield in the style of Tom of Finland" into Stable Diffusion with no style.

    https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/7813791d-e2a8-4e7d-9282-11d682a38a14.jpeg

    ToastedPlanet ,

    The Uncommitted Movement's goal to get high uncommitted voter turnout in the primary so that Joe Biden changes his outdated views on Palestine and Israel is great.

    However if people vote uncommitted in the primaries because they are convinced Biden is Genocide Joe then they aren't going to want to vote for Biden in the general election.

    ToastedPlanet ,

    someone who has the wherewithal to vote uncommitted to protest the genocide of the Palestinians by Israel in the Democratic-only primary

    Telling people Biden is Genocide Joe isn't a nuanced position. People who think Joe Biden equals genocide aren't voting for him now and aren't voting for him later. An argument that ignores the inherent cognitive dissidence it would take for someone, who believes Joe Biden is directly the cause of Israel's genocide of Palestinians, to vote for Joe Biden is disingenuous.

    ToastedPlanet ,

    I think the people in this thread aren't Russian bots. That's why I think it's worth arguing with them. If we want Biden to win in November, then calling him Genocide Joe isn't helping.

    ToastedPlanet ,

    So this argument is just wrong. The crap some Dems wish for, that people shouldn’t protest Biden’s policies at all or else all will fall is inherently flawed - the US democracy is built on free speech and advocating for change. And when a people are being genocided by a US proxy, many think it is worth it to rock the boat in a safe way.

    I fundamentally agree that we should rock the boat and get Biden to change his policies. What I don't agree with is calling Biden, Genocide Joe.

    it’s clear Biden could and can do much more to stop the genocide

    I also fundamentally agree with this. This is the nuance. Biden has the ability to stop this conflict right now. So we need to pressure him to make that happen. As soon as possible, I should add. I have no doubt Israel's current fascist government will make good on it's threats to attack Rafah at the start of Ramadan. That's the 11th of this month, next Monday afternoon. This is all completely lost with the Genocide Joe nickname.

    And if they don’t vote for either because of support for the genocide on both sides, they are not people who care about the country and definitely don’t have well constructed opinions on anything else. (e.g., couldn’t rely on them for a Dem vote if no genocide occurring)

    They might reasonably think they shouldn't vote for either candidate, even when they need to be voting for the lesser evil. It's considerably harder to make that distinction when one candidate is Donald Trump and the other is Genocide Joe. We should be making the distinction between the candidates as clear as possible. The last thing I want to here on and after election day this November is that people couldn't tell the difference between Gush and Bore.

    ToastedPlanet ,

    Born to stab!

    ToastedPlanet , (edited )

    No one besides Sally and her father knows there is a nuclear device planted somewhere because Sally's father only told Sally and Sally hasn't told anyone. So no one would have any reason to tell Mother Teresa or Mohandas Gandhi to convince the Hitlerites to torture Sally for the information. Not to mention the button that saves Europe and Africa is not even applicable in this circumstance since Sally would have pressed it herself if the city that was in danger was located in Europe and/or Africa. The scenario inherently prevents us from taking action due to our ignorance derived from the premise and thus lacks an ethical question, normative or otherwise, for us to consider. /s edit: typo

    ToastedPlanet ,

    Sorry for any confusion there.

    I put /s. My comment was a joke in its entirety. I assume the section about the button that saves Europe and Africa is a different, unrelated section as well. It seemed more fun to respond to the post as if it was one continuous thought experiment. =P

    ToastedPlanet ,

    Vanquish! The greatest game no one played!

    ToastedPlanet ,

    This is the third time I've seen a meme like this and I've been really tempted to slap a link to my facebook profile here and link to my lemmy profile on my facebook page. To feel cool for spiting random people on the internet. Most of my recent facebooks posts don't get seen by anyone as far as I can tell, even though I put everything to public. So I think it wouldn't even get noticed.

    But I don't feel like having to explain being a trans woman to my friends and family even though they probably wouldn't see the post or read anything in my profile. I think they would even be supportive. I've told two people and it's been fine. I haven't come out to my D&D groups either even though there is an openly trans man in one of them and both are queer friendly spaces. It feels weird to out myself, or even bring up the topic naturally in conversation. And it's not like anyone in the D&D groups asked me about my pronouns.

    I guess self preservation is another reason I'm not being openly trans. It seems like a bad idea given the fascists in the Republican party. It feels like I might end up in a death camp. =(

    ToastedPlanet ,

    Looking at this picture hurts my nose. =/

    ToastedPlanet ,

    How is it relevant?

    ToastedPlanet ,

    Unlawful tampering with the timeline

    If you can't do the time, don't do the time crime.

    a couple counts of deicide.

    I've never seen a DA prosecute someone over this, I think you'll be fine. There's nothing in the rules that says you can't kill gods.

    ToastedPlanet , (edited )

    I think this thread would be a good place to look for your next clients. edit: typo

    ToastedPlanet ,

    This was me in Duviri circuit yesterday.

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    ToastedPlanet ,

    I think this article does a good job covering the hypersexualization of Japanese women and young girls.

    https://newuniversity.org/2022/11/03/animes-hypersexualization-of-japanese-women-is-coming-to-america-from-a-japanese-womans-perspective/

    The problem is less something inherently wrong with the anime style and more a conscious choice that is made in the anime industry. I think the issue gets illustrated by two quick googles and some scrolling.

    anime women

    anime old women

    Excluding the elderly women, your partner's age group would probably be better represented by the middle aged women depicted in the second search. Anime isn't inherently about hypersexualizing women and young girls, but a lot of anime studios have made that decision in their animes as part of catering to a male audience.

    ToastedPlanet ,

    Like do a poll? Or just assume I know what other people think? We should hold the anime studios to account since they create the content rather than blaming it on Japanese culture. Any culture can hypersexualize people.

    ToastedPlanet ,

    You are thinking too hard about this

    What do you mean? I think we should hold corporations accountable.

    but if you want you can do a real life poll in your area, the internet is misleading

    I'm good.

    ToastedPlanet ,

    Do people not enjoy ripping the paper off of plastic water bottles? This looks like the same kind of fun to me.

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