Thank you for this write up! I think yours is the best way to go about it. I hope it shows up tonight.

You think Melania's sliding into Trudeau's DMs now that he's single?

Can I just say how appreciative I am of Lemmy for calling this what it is- a genocide, and highlighting exactly what atrocities are being committed?

Every time I read news about Palestine (on Reddit especially), all the comments are either filled with the most racist vitriol I've seen, or it's about how Gen Z is being brainwashed by Tiktok to support terrorism. It's fucking wild.

I see it.

Oh man I didn't see this angle, Andy Reid looks so done.

Lucky you, the last movie I saw in theatre before the pandemic was Cats.

I honestly don't know which experience was worse...

That was the Ethiopian Air and Lion Air accidents, right? I remember Boeing's initial statements around that was something like "pilot error due to inadequate training and controls" and how...condescending it sounded. Of course it couldn't be Boeing's fault, the accidents happened in so-called developing countries with no regulations!

Then the news came out that Lion Air literally almost had the same error happen the day before the crash, and it was prevented by a 3rd pilot in the jump seat identifying the problem with the sensors and MCAS. Boeing sure shut up fast when the crash investigations corroborated that.

Society also says a kilt and a plaid skirt are two different things. Yet my Scottish roommate wore a plaid skirt from Zara to a party and no one batted an eye.

Free the balls, man.

Hell, Nintendo has this on their Switch online emulator. Are they going to have to remove that from NSO because Sony patented it?

While true, only one of those things you listed don’t require money, and tbh even volunteering is hard when you have to work 2-3 jobs to get by.

Kids and adults these days don’t have 3rd places to just relax and hang out anymore. The internet is arguably the cheapest way to hang out.

My mother was an OG stan and used to follow TOKIO and KinKi kids (and I’m sure we have some cassettes/CDs of theirs in our attic), and even she talks about the terrible abuse rumours that went around during those days. For context, those two groups debut around 1993 or 94.

This has been going on for a long time. The J-Idol market (like most entertainment media industries) needs a top to bottom cleanup. I hope the victims at least find some peace.

This is the third time this week someone has linked me to this cursed image, make it stop