vividspecter

joined 1 year ago
[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 81 points 4 days ago

If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.

  • Lyndon B. Johnson
[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Another issue with roads is that they divide up animal populations since many won't cross roads at all, making the populations less genetically diverse. The book, Traffication delves into this topic.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago

Yeah, it would have just been feeding their infinitely expandable persecution fetish. The same goes for the legal cases against Trump. It was the right thing to do, but it just meant that Trump supporters dug in their heels even more.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

My bad. Hopefully we'll see a follow up where she has surely come to her senses.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 5 points 5 days ago

It's the LA Times, a highly credible publication. In any case, no need to fabricate when reality supplies ample material.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 45 points 6 days ago

Silver linings and all of that. Lake is a real piece of work and now a two-time loser.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 35 points 6 days ago (3 children)

The irony being that healthy teeth don't look anywhere near that white.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

It's not just men that believe this either. Internalised misogyny is still a thing, unfortunately.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

Nah, it's definitely him. It looks to be an error in the caption. Or his lawyer looks uncannily like his client.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

It can work if it's combined with batteries. And heat pumps are a no brainer, even in cold regions.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

Life imitating art. And it's unsurprising that these people have the maturity of teenage boys.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I stopped playing online games some years back because this sort of thing was far too common. And I bet it's even worse now.

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