there’s something to that. we can use the internet to organize, but simply pointing out and reacting to fascism online is not it, unfortunately. I am as guilty of this as anyone.

thx Pete <3

I think Rose hits this point pretty good:

It’s not that social media is fundamentally evil or bereft of any good qualities. Some of my best post-Twitter moments have been spent goofing around with mutuals on Bluesky, or waxing romantic about the joys of human creativity and art-making in an increasingly AI-infested world. But when it comes to addressing the problems we face, no amount of posting or passive info consumption is going to substitute the hard, unsexy work of organizing.

so keep doing it to have fun if it’s what you do for fun! just don’t make the mistake of thinking it is a substitute for direct action. Personally, I think good political memes might be one of the few things we can actually do online to change minds. a funny meme that also makes a good point will probably reach way more people than a well-written article that makes the same point!

Are you out there being the change in the Democratic party? Are you out there forcing change with your actions? Are you actually doing something to have a choice between something other than two parties?

Are you? I’ve been voicing my dissatisfaction with the party since 2016. As of this past election, I’ve been voicing that I think it’s time for us to leave Dems in the dust and start a new anti-billionaire party. I’ve voted in every election that i’ve been able to, and besides 2016, the Dems have had my vote every single time. I am guilty of replacing direct action with online posting, and I will openly acknowledge that. But I don’t think “vote Blue no matter who” is the “wake up” message you think it is.

right, but i’m saying the Dems allowed this to happen by spending four decades compromising with Republicans and allowing them to shift the Overton window rightward more and more. They spent all that time making decisions based on what was feasible, rather than doing the hard thing and making decisions based on what was right. Reagan set the trap, Clinton walked right into it, and the Dems have done little but accept their lot in all the years since.

i think the genocide joe libs were a strawman. everyone I know who was basing their decisions on the gaza genocide understood that Trump would be worse, and all of them decided to vote for Harris in the end anyway. If you personally know anyone who did actually abstain their vote over this issue, feel free to prove me wrong.

But to this point, you have to ask yourself: if Dems are doing almost all of the same evil shit as Republicans, but in a friendlier package, what is the point of voting for the Dems? If the billionaires have bought everyone on either side of the aisle, how can I trust any candidate to make votes that are in my best interest? Why should I be forced to vote for one of two candidates that are both bought and paid for by shitty corporate evil America? Trump isn’t an abberation - we got here because Dems refuse to stop playing the SuperPAC game. By refusing to take any action that might scare off donors, they set the stage for our current crisis. They aren’t the ones dismantling our government as we speak, but they ignored all the signs and continued governing as if we are still in the 90s, because none of the heinous shit they vote for actually affects them.

is it just me, or is every resource like “stop being lazy and organize! but don’t work with the legacy orgs, they are feckless! Organize!”. I want to to do more action but i have no clue where to begin and this message does not help me. i have social anxiety, i’m not going to go stand on a corner by myself protesting and hoping strangers join me.

right there with you. but seeing them scrambling after being so smug about their overpriced product has been nice.

yohoho!!! 🏴‍☠️🦜

Is this in the megathread? If not, it should be.

fortunately, this change does not affect Bluray movies you can buy at the store. This is only about recordable Bluray drives, which basically no one uses on a consumer level.

Yay! I love and want beehaw to continue, and those funds are an important part of that! I appreciate the time and effort y’all have put into keeping the dream alive ❤

Mad Catz and their controllers that seem like they were designed by two actual, mad, cats. They still make ridiculous stuff like their R.A.T. mouse with like a dozen different dials and sliders and removable parts for customization:

Of course, I think Mad Catz was absorbed by some other company at some point, so i’m not 100% on if it’s even the same people anymore. But the spirit is alive and well, it would seem.

Found Putin’s Lemmy account

maybe he did, but it was his first time and it hits real different at 81.

a bonus meme for all my homies that comment:

hey homie, there is no hard and fast rule about what must be posted where, but i think generally the people subbed to this Entertainment community are looking for posts about “Movies, television and Broadway”, as it says in the sidebar. Generally, most us are sharing memes in the Jokes and Humor community, unless the meme is about something specific to a community (anime meme in the anime community, etc.). Again, you can post whatever wherever, but i think you’ll tend to get more reactions on a post if you post it in the most appropriate community.

Huh?

Pretty far 😂 I THINK he was almost as big as Ninja at one point. If you don’t know who Ninja is, then I think you just gotta tap outta this one. Lol