I no longer use my reddit accounts. But still do some tech searches with “reddit” at the end.

If you own a sewing machine I suggest if any of those clothes have mini pockets ripping the seams and adding fabric to make a big pocket. Help her take back her power!

My SIL doesn’t want pockets, but she is wealthy and into style. I think some of the women who don’t want pockets are into style and/or looking wealthy enough to not need pockets.

Women who are pragmatic want pockets.

I’ve been ripping open pockets and sewing more fabric onto them making them big.

Concrete apartment blocks are a very capitalism fixture. Shoving a much poor people into an area as possible to extract more rent since each apartment has to be cheap enough for them to sorta afford it.

Yes. I live in a hot area of the US. Walls and ceiling need insulation so you can keep the house cool. Usually by Air conditioner. Attics a lot of time are under insulated so cause a the AC unit to work harder to keep it cool. Attics are not livable or a good place to store stuff. Where I live most houses are built on concrete slabbing so you don’t have a crawl space under your house.

Aaahhhhhh!

Air conditioning units actually condition the air.

I grew up in a house that had an air conditioning unit and an evaporative cooler (we called it a swamp cooler). Swamp coolers are awesome when you live in dry place. Only when the humidity gets too high you need to switch over to the AC. Swamp coolers are cheaper to run so cue arguments on trying to get my parents to switch to the AC when it starts getting humid. 😆

Capitalism tries to get as much out of their employees as possible. Meaning employees fear of losing your job of you don’t get the highest rating. And if you are in the USA that means losing benefits and quickly running out of money. Give employees the highest rating, unless it actually bad, because they are forced to live in capitalism.

“Perfect Blue” by Satoshi Kon. Watching it dubbed multiple times so I notice the visuals. Also the changes between the sub and dub can bring more understanding.

I want the new COVID shot but was worried my insurance wouldn’t cover it because the new US policy says I’m not old enough to need it so it’s up to each insurance if they want to cover it. And then I lost my job so hopefully get a new job and hopefully get hey pay for the shot or get insurance though ACA or access??? I’m all full of fun stress right now.

I’ve gotten every COVID shot available to the general public. I have not gotten COVID and only one cold since I still wear a mask since 2020. Give me all the vaccines!

The ice maker stopped working and When I make Sodastream I pour it over ice so I wouldn’t make Sodastream soda and was “forced” to drink the Cokes in the fridge. It took 2 days before the ice machine was fixed.

I lived through Livejournal choosing to destroy itself and saw Reddit doing the same things and worse and walked away. Choosing short term profits over people makes me NOPE out. No bans or warnings for me. I guess I just don’t type “dangerous” stuff even though I consider myself pretty opinionated.

Expect even more when they no longer update Windows 10. I have 3 computers that are still good but can’t be updated to 11. I’m installing Linux because I’m not buying new computers when these work great.

Assume anything you post will live on. Everything else could vanish so save it if you need the evidence.

“Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Rules and leaders are needed, but they always have the chance of being misused. That why checks and balances are always needed.

You have the normal rules and norms, but what if you take them to an absurd level. Let’s say your in a Club. It has a rule that only members allowed and every member has to dress nice and be clean and presentable at all times inside. Well one member falls into the food table, getting food all over them and breaking their leg. Does the manager of the Club demand the person who fell get up and leave immediately? After all they are no longer clean and presentable. Well a reasonable Club would care more about having the person not move and getting emergency services in there. A cult would demand they get up and leave. The emergency personnel wouldn’t be allowed inside anyway since they are not members.

I see the parallel because I see cults as normal behaviors taken to the extreme.

A philosophy group could turn into a cult. A lot of cults start out as going against whatever everyone else is doing/thinking.

I agree. Science is a tool, people don’t believe in science. You use science. You don’t believe in gravity you accept it and our current understanding of it. Which may change as our tools to measure and understand our environment get better.

Atheism isn’t really a community either. The atheism community is more people who lack a belief in a god who banded together in various areas to protect themselves and others against having religious things forced onto them. Now an atheist group could turn into a cult because once you have a group systems of control can take over and it could turn into an authoritarian group.

Any group can become a cult, because cults are systems of control. Loosely organized groups are going to have a harder time becoming one, but sporting club which probably have rules and hierarchies, a soup kitchen is probably a nonprofit so would need rules and leaders. Artistic communities may have rules to use the space. Any group can become authoritarian if they get structured enough.

AA could be a cult. Synanon which was a drug rehab organization became a cult. A lot of cults start out as positive and affirmative groups.