BigBenis

joined 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I loathe this runaway capitalist system we live in just as much as the next but this violent rhetoric is getting a bit too spicy. Let's tax the owning class into oblivion. Take away their undeserved wealth and make them work for a living like the rest of us. Riot and rebel if our lives depend on it. But these calls for the outright slaughter of other human beings are going too far.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah, your comment reads to me like you were emphasizing "only" day one, implying that he would relinquish that power the following day. Happy to hear you elaborate on what you meant.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Ah, so we're only going to be subject to the whims of a fascist dictator for the first 24 hours? What a relief! And it's a good thing he's got a track record for voluntarily and peacefully giving up power, or else I might suspect he wouldn't think twice about holding on to that power until his dying breath. /s

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (6 children)

You're right, the other side of the coin that I forgot to mention is, "Trumpism wins and turns America into a fascist dictatorship".

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sadly, the local police/FBI likely aren't going to do shit for you and will only increase the risk of you getting found out by the people you're living with. I'd wait until you're out to contact them.

Your non-crazy relatives seem like your best bet, provided they're willing to put themselves between you and your potentially violent acquaintances should it come to that. Be honest with them.

Otherwise, people have suggested abuse hotlines and organizations, that's probably a good place to start. If I were in your situation and I had nowhere else to turn, I'd probably reach out to the church I went to when I grew up. I'm no longer Christian but the church I went to was exceptionally open minded and left leaning and I would trust the leaders to understand and help me how they could. Maybe you know of or could ask around about a place like that in your region? I would avoid anything within your town if possible since word is likely to get back to the people you're currently living with.

Really sorry you're in this situation. I'm all the way on the west coast but I have a network of resources in central IL if you end up there. Reach out if you can think of more ways I can help.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (8 children)

This has been the norm since 2016. Until the GOP unilaterally rejects Trumpism, this will be how it is every four years.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

Mango Mussolini

That's fucking brilliant

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

A robot vacuum with a mop and self emptying/mop washing base (I live with two dogs in the PNW where mud is constant for 6 months of the year).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm definitely migrating to Linux at some point before then

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago

FedEx is amazingly bad

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

I think Tesla could also be a company driving positive change if he wasn't cutting costs and pushing stupid products

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

It's great as essentially a StackOverflow that I can talk to in real time. But as with SO, I've still got to figure out what pieces are legit and where they go.

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