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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • What does this even mean? There isn’t a security checkpoint that will turn you away. If you wanted to, you could show up with a sign that says “God save the king. I love the Donald.” There isn’t some single entity that will say you’re breaking the rules, you’ve just got to deal with the consequences of your actions.

    That being said, the crowd is a blend of leftists and non-establishment liberals, I would be surprised if anyone took a Zionist stance.

    Lastly, read the room. Yes, Israel is still continuing to commit genocide. That’s not the top priority of the protest. This feels like going to a pro-choice rally and carrying a sign about climate change. Our views are likely aligned, but that’s not our current focus.











  • I once thought this was a good thing that meant I was safe and well taken care of while being treated as family. Then I realized this also applied to all of the people who were genuinely terrible at their jobs, making horrible decisions for the company, affecting not just my ability to do good work, but the company’s ability to provide. Nobody ever got fired and bad managers got promoted because nobody was ever critical of them. The rot spread and the company never reached the heights of their earliest success.



  • jaaake@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlIs this antisemitism?
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    2 months ago

    That analogy breaks down as Germany isn’t the only nation founded as a refuge for Christians and only Christian majority country whose official religion is Christianity.

    There is a closer tie between Israel and Judaism than any other nation and a single religion. For that reason, I think it’s important to make a distinction between the two. Treating either as interchangeable for the other is, in my opinion (as a Jew), antisemitic.

    For example, I am disgusted by the concept of Zionism and have been opposed to all of the historical faith/culture/ethnic based aggression against Muslim people by Jewish people, especially everything that has happened as a disproportionate response to Oct 7th. I think the actions of the IDF are genocide and they should be treated no differently than other armed forces who have committed genocidal acts.

    On the other hand, while I don’t practice any of the faith based acts or observe any of the traditions or restrictions of Judaism, I absolutely love the core of the religion, which focuses (as most faiths do) on treating others as equal to yourself, but also on questioning the lessons of the past and trying to consider all interpretations of it.



  • It’s a PC Console for people who DON’T like PCs.

    I want one because I don’t have a modern PC that can run games. I have a PS5, Switch 2, and a MacBook. I hate windows, I don’t want to deal with Linux or assembling a PC from components. I’m missing out on a lot of Steam games that I want to play. I don’t want to sit in my office and play games, I want to relax on my couch in my living room and play them.

    This is for people like me. There’s a lot of us. We’re the ones that find piracy too much effort so we keep giving money to streaming services.