solomon42069

joined 2 years ago
[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 28 points 5 hours ago

I don't blame the historians anymore, I blame the societies they published their work in.

Imagine telling Victorian era people about South East Asian queerness. They'd have you hanged just for describing what you saw.

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

You can get a soil moisture meter for $12.99 on Amazon.

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Yes and a parking infraction is the same as a hit and run because they both happened on the road with cars. What a nonsense bunch of words you put up there as wisdom lmao.

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 17 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

The trick with humour is it has to not be as dry as my mother's cunt.

At least give us a "/s" so there's no doubt bro.

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In the late 1990s in Australia we had similar attempts to promote domestic products in the supermarket. As a kid at the time I questioned why we'd buy local when global brands were higher quality and more familiar to me, especially as I've lived in Europe and Asia.

For me personally - part of the issue with nationalism movements promoting domestic production that is that they are often tied with racism/xenophobia and are often used as a ruse by some greedy person to promote their own business to the local market. They get people angry which creates free publicity and unearned brand loyalty.

In Australia, we have a number of very loud and outspoken racist politicians who allegedly believe in this country and want it to do well, but when you look at their actions they're all wining and dining billionaires and only looking to attack Aboriginal or foreign people, not uplift all Australians to a brighter better future.

It sounds to me like the program you were a part of had noble intentions, but without knowing more details I have to assume it could easily have been affected some of the issues I've mentioned.

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I haven't been to a stadium since 1994. Fuck sports.

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 47 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I'm a gay man and have personally sucked hundreds of dicks.

But I'm too prudish to use a urinal.

That's how fucked up western culture is.

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I found a similar thing with "small business". Right wing neo-liberal conservatives love to go on about small business - but their notion of what that is does is very different from ours.

The right wing idea of a "small business" is 100 employees and a $40 million turn over. They aren't thinking of a general store or a diner that a family has owned for three generations.

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

"Yeah and houses were 1/20th of what they are now. Sit down and shut up grandma, you stupid old racist cunt."

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Ah, I see they're catering to my ex's needs. I'm glad someone is!

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The United States Supreme Court decided everything should go to shit on December 12, 2000.

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