Lol, most of the axis didn’t even have labels. The reductionism is obviously silly, but presenting the classic 2D model as if that was actually how words are used is genuinely hilarious

Or you appreciate authority in some matters, but reject it in others. That’s the point in the spectrum that rejects the simple binary.

Edit: just realised both my last posts were responding to you. I’m not stalking or weird shit I swear! It just happened I woke up with more opinions!

No, what I’m experiencing is the conventional meaning of the term as used by people in normal language not matching up with a technical definition that you favour. It’s fine that you prefer to use the word that way, you just can’t expect everyone else to

Well you’re not fucking wrong mate

Any assertion in chart form must be true!

Edit: ok now that I’m getting downvotes I feel I need to explain: the conventional usage of the word libertarian is not commensurate with it covering such a wide range of the political spectrum. Usually we mean people who favour mildly anarchistic views (minimal governmental institutions, low taxation, low intervention). Representing that niche as half of the political spectrum is highly disingenuous

But he was the one I was looking for

Yeah that’s clearly Prince

When traveling with a massive hiking rucksack then I confess it has gone on the seat next to me. Only because it won’t fit anywhere else I swear.

Reader mode also works beautifully on mobile for sites that’re otherwise friendly but have a clunky layout on width-constrained windows

When I say asshole I usually mean someone with whom I’m currently dissatisfied

who precisely is snowing in self pity

I dunno, you’re the one who talked about it. Don’t ask me what you mean, lol, not my fault if you don’t understand yourself

I’ve worked at a medical tech company and whilst it started with ethical aims it devolved into what I described, alas. There’s a huge range of kinds of medical tech company, but a depressing number of them are funded by some rather shady stuff

If you think the death of people matters then why wasn’t the climate your big issue? That will definitely kill millions (predictions on current path are that it will kill or displace over a billion). Don’t get all high and mighty about your issue when it’s not even close to being the biggest one

Absolutely tremendous brain energy

I don’t see anyone wallowing in self-pity on my side of the fence here, it’s a matter of ‘violence costs lives’ and you don’t change a system to one that you prefer and most other people don’t without organised and persistent violence

Yeah so I guess I’d always imagined that the closest you can really get given the laws of physics to instant travel would be disintegration+information transfer+matter synthesis. But matter synthesis is probably ruled out by the amount of energy required to do anything, and the complexity of correct assembly. Still, fun to think about.

I’d settle for speed of light tbh

I’m truly baffled by the small but vocal set of people on Lemmy who seem unable to grasp that if the Ds lose a US election, the Rs win it. This has been going on for some time and I am no closer to understanding how they reconcile this internally

Are you familiar with the rule of excluded middle?

So you think the Republicans deserved to win. Got it.