Unfortunately, I think that 4th branch is supposed to be the people.

Seriously. “It’s fine to mug people as long as you do it confidently and in broad daylight!”

So, what you’re saying is… You agree with me? Great!

Yeah. Not mutually exclusive, either.

Giving yourself a physical disability in a role-playing game does sound like something Picard would do.

Seems like most of the people who hoard such weapons want to join them and be part of the largest group of thugs.

I think this one was my favorite so far: https://mangadex.org/title/d5648ff0-6792-4c87-b9d3-b024ac7abbab/kyaba-jou-dakedo-jd-ni-otosaremashita

I found it both funny and cute.

I just see two dogs.

How long before Tesla’s next car has a combustion engine?

This was me during the APIcalypse. Since joining Lemmy, I have:

• Realized I’m trans
• Procured a Steam Deck
• Started pirating again
• Been on HRT for over a year and counting
• Developed a chronic dependency on Yuri manga
• Lost 50-60 lbs

I hope you have a good time here as well!

I just hope the lack of net neutrality won’t end up destroying the fediverse, too.

Pissed at who, though?

Either way, this sentiment ignores the point in the text about war related profits.

Weird dichotomy, when there’s more than enough wealth to take care of both, if it were managed sensibly.

That’s still missing some of the nuance. The way you’re phrasing it paints a picture of having known at some point and deliberately burying it. This can also happen, and is called suppression. But it’s also possible for this to happen without any conscious awareness from the beginning, which is repression. In that case, there’s no “starting” to believe it, because you never had anything else to believe to begin with.

Those things are not mutually exclusive. When you lie to yourself, or just avoid looking too closely at something, you can effectively mislead yourself without actually knowing it. Then you do become that oblivious. This is called repression, and it’s how I ended up not recognizing my own gender identity for over thirty years.

At least a blåhaj is kind of like a pokémon.

The problem is that what you describe is not conservatism, it’s just basic competence in governance. It’s an impressive achievement of the radical right that they have managed to get people to conflate the two.

What about the trolls?

Oh, for sure. Skirts are also really comfy. Just thought it was funny given the context.

I like retrospective threads like this. Puts things in perspective. Growing up under conditions like that, it would have been weird if I hadn’t repressed my gender identity. Pity things couldn’t have changed earlier, and let me realize sooner.