HobbitFoot

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 5 days ago

In regards to #1, Antifa isn't sold as an "antifascist" organization to the MAGA crowd. It is sold as a "leftist" organization that participated a lot in the BLM protests. This is sold as a big scary group that will make America a bad country.

If you aren't steeped in right wing media, you wouldn't know of this organization because this organization doesn't exist.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 6 days ago

I feel like the current iteration solves an interesting dilemma in writing for Superman, how do you deal with him being so overpowered over humans?

In this case, there are existing power structures in place that can fight Superman. Hell, there are existing power structures that can replicate what Superman does and these power structures are threatened by Superman.

I think the population, as a whole, can get dropped into a super hero saga in media res. You don't need an origin story for the universe any more.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 6 points 6 days ago

Once you start hitting telephoto lengths, the lens generally matches the price of a current camera.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Corn hollow structural shapes?

How strong are we talking?

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 week ago

Yeah. I went to the Holocaust Museum with a Trump supporter. The cognitive dissonance was astounding.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So how long will it take for someone to find something in sharia law that is in Alabama's state laws?

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 week ago

They are a small part of the overall movement.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 week ago

It has always been hit or miss and has been given to warmongers who happen to negotiate for peace at one point.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 week ago

If you look pre-Covid, you'll see that the trend line goes back to 2020. Various reasons for the flatter line:

  • Retirement. A lot of boomers are hitting retirement age and there aren't enough zoomers to fill the void.
  • Interest rates. Inflationary policies due to Covid have made money cost more. This has lead to previous economic growth strategies no longer becoming tenable.
  • Tech collapse. The tech sector in the USA has hit the right side of the S-curve for a lot of different technologies. This has limited growth of one of the major engines of the American economy.
  • Remote work. Better remote work tools have allowed people to work wherever. Along with this, companies can hire people from a larger geographic area to perform tasks. A lot of hiring is happening in lower cost of living areas, including outside the USA.
  • Gig economy. More people are relying on the gig economy to make ends meet. These are not full time roles, so they aren't counted here.
[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 17 points 1 week ago

She also has a decent set of songs built around her coming to grips with that her unhappiness may be more due to herself than others.

She also seems like an aspirational version of a lot of women.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 week ago

It depends on how mentally there they are. If they are, go through anti-scam strategies and make sure they have family to bounce questions off of.

If dementia is forming, you should probably have a frank family conversation with how to handle someone who is no longer fully there.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 week ago

The question was kind of vague in terms of what part of Christianity he was questioning, but it seems to be focused on how churches currently function. At that point, I figured I'd focus on prosperity gospel for some US churches, which is a uniquely American phenomenon.

To just say "religion has always been like that" may bury understanding on how the current form came into being.

 

The Gaza Strip seems very poorly served by the Palestinian Authority, let alone Israel. But, the area has relatively stable borders and it would likely have a stable government in Hamas. So, what if Gaza just declared independence as the government with sole control over the Gaza Strip?

Would Gaza get recognized by other countries? Could it parlay the recognition into forcing a permanent peace with Israel as becoming a recognized country puts Israeli treatment of it into more known sections of international law?

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