Not sure you read my whole comment but yeah, it has an impact on Tuesday that will last until next Wednesday, or whenever the usual distractions bump this down to the bottom of people’s feeds.

Remember the Panama Papers, which exposed the offshore finance links of the wealthy? Didn’t think so.

Or the Paradise Papers, which also exposed the offshore finance links of the wealthy? Didn’t think so.

It means “Our useful idiot will make us even richer!”

In a recent thread somebody said their great grandmother killed her abusive husband and took their daughter from Texas up to Alaska to live. Another person said their grandmother just made stabbing motions and said something like, “took care of him.”

Almost like “obviously” isn’t a solid argument for anything.

I don’t think American elementary school teachers were allowed to be married until the Civil Rights Act of 1964, at least in some states.

That was a golden age for sure.

They don’t come in furlongs anymore?

Spoiled rich kid with back pain kills insurance CEO, some industry-wide practices abruptly change.

Public: “Yay, justice at last! Spoiled Rick Kid is a god!!!”

Insurance practices slowly go back to the way they were. New CEO is just as bad.

Public: “The system betrayed us again!”

Duh?

And they lived happily ever after.

I’m not either, but that’s like saying “I don’t want my TV full of gays!” because a sitcom has a gay character.

Nazis and their ilk can be here, they just have to contend with a lot of disagreement when they broadcast their opinions.

“For example, in terms of attracting new users” - meaning that’s the whole point of the question, so I’ll address that.

Lemmy isn’t a corporation and doesn’t have to think like one. Market share means nothing. The goal is a high-quality app that does what its users want. If a majority of those users have a similar range of political views, that’s just how it works out. There’s nothing stopping ultra-conservatives from spinning up Lemmy instances if they want, blocking communities whose overall personality they don’t like, and banning users they don’t like. If this balkanizes the lemmy userverse, I don’t see that as an issue.

Haven’t heard that he’s a right-winger, but he is a prep school valedictorian, Ivy League graduate, grandson of a wealthy real estate developer, who did his tech job remotely from Waikiki. Solid working-class stock.

Could they just stay that way?

Yeah I know, the old “It’s different when WE do it” routine. Same old same old.

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I’m a simple man and have never seen a ham harness before.

I agree with gf heat is one “luxury” worth paying for. Forget the bottled water, drink out of the tap, but heat the damn apartment.

The untold story!

Yeah, it’s super smart to make a class hero out of a prep school valedictorian and Ivy League grad, grandson of a wealthy real estate developer - definitely a class traitor himself but in a Good Way - and hey, he did suffer from back pain while doing his tech job remotely from Waikiki. So his struggle was real. Power to the people!