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Cake day: April 23rd, 2025

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  • I mean we’re just arguing opinions at this point. Plenty of people perceive declining to attend a wedding rude. It can be seen as disapproving of the marriage. Particularly if this is a close friend or relative. You better make absolutely sure that the couple knows you are happy for and supportive of their marriage should you decline a wedding invitation.





  • I think it’s hypocritical for people to absolve themselves of responsibilities they believe they are owed from larger organisations such as corporations or governments.

    If you think climate change is bad you should put as much effort into reducing your personal impact as you think corporations should. If you think the housing crisis is bad you shouldn’t own investment properties. If you think political revolution is the only way to to bring about change you should be actively not following the law and revolting against your government. If you think Israel should be embargoed you should not be paying for any Israeli goods or services. I promise if you look through the list of isreali corporations or corporations that participate in their society, you will have a lot to change.

    I feel a lot of people become aware of issues and care passionately about change being brought about but don’t consider themselves responsible. If you’re not interested in bettering yourself and changing your impact, I think less of you as a person.






  • Usually the free market place of ideas ensures that the ideas, values and knowledge of all people are refined and weighed against each other. This naturally elevates and expands collective knowledge.

    On Lemmy however there are only bad ideas so it works to ensure that everyone is on an equal playing field of truly intellectually deficient opinions. And I’m here for it. Can’t have fun on Reddit like you can on Lemmy.



  • Are we seriously gonna play the “but what do these words actually mean” card for “illegal” and “immigrant?” Kinda stupid ass takes that give credibility to online age verification. My comment wasn’t a serious definition, it was deliberately drawing attention to the absurdity of asking to define a phrase with a total of two words both of which are highly specific, unambiguous and descriptive of the very thing they mean. At the point where phrases like this need to be rigorously explained and defined, we’re in a “learning the language for the first time and doesn’t actually know what words mean” scenario