I mean… per the meme, very much not our first time.

Using the most common definition of those born 1981-1996: Oldest millennials turn 44 this year, youngest turn 29. Next year we’ll officially transition to “30s to mid 40s.”

That’s not whataboutism. Whataboutism is using issue B to distract from issue A. I’m using another flavor of issue A that you might understand to illustrate issue A.

You said “leftists” (meaning me, derogatorily) strangely compare themselves to the Nazi party.

Let me say this again for the little on the back: you don’t define the left, the Democrats don’t define the left, you and the Democrats aren’t even left. I don’t care about the origin of the term in 1800s France, that’s completely irrelevant today. France is 5 governments away from that time.

I’m not a fan of Stalin or communism. So get the fuck out with your red scare bullshit. You’re the one who went on the attack here, so get your own self and house in order before you start telling others how they need to behave.

What are you even saying here? When did I use whataboutism? When did I compare myself to the Nazi party?

I am left of the Democratic Party on every issue. So if you’re saying I’m not left but the Democrats are, how does that square?

As a side note, it’s lovely when you start using your little subtle variations on names as a derogatory term. You know how petty and stupid it is when the Republicans say “Democrat Party” as some weird dig to emphasize the “rat” ending? Same energy with you and “leftist” which is a term I never used for myself and which is often used by Democrats derogatorily. I describe myself as left speaking of the left-right spectrum. If you want a political label for me call me a progressive, though even that isn’t the whole truth.

I did too after this comment.

I definitely was hoping Lemmy would be better than reddit for this but it’s the same neoliberals bullshitting that was rampant there. It’s exhausting.

The Republicans don’t call themselves Nazis, and yet they are the party of Nazis. Turns out you can’t trust a group’s self-applied label to accurately describe what they stand for in perpetuity.

Uh, no? The Democratic Party doesn’t define the left. The Democratic Party left the left. Here’s a bit right from Wikipedia.

The left seeks social justice through redistributive social and economic policies, while the right defends private property and capitalism. The nature of the conflict depends on existing social and political cleavages and on the level of economic development.

I haven’t seen the Democratic Party pay anything but lip service to the definition of the left in a long time. Neoliberalism, which is the party line right now, is a right wing ideology.

I don’t need you to share it, I need you to stop spouting bullshit blaming people who want something better.

So let me get this straight. Someone says

Waits until the guillotine is half way through the neck

Bro pls bro we have to stop this bro

clearly blaming the past inaction of the Democratic Party for the state of affairs today, and you chime in with:

I hope you have the day you voted for

And go on to double down that you are blaming this person for fascism. And all of this is you not sewing discord or blaming the left? You know who I hate worse than sycophants? Sycophants who constantly lie to rile people up. I don’t care or believe who you voted for. You behaving like this only serves fascism.

Then stop blaming the left. You’re sewing discord and serving fascism. Hold the Democratic Party accountable for always doing the bare minimum they think they have to and nothing more. That’s what’s gotten us to where we are, not voters that are fed up with the bullshit.

Give the people something to vote for, don’t blame them when all of the options are evil. No more “lesser of two evils,” it’s clearly not working.

I hope you don’t, because yours is today. Maybe actually read my comment to see what day I voted for, jackass.

The line has always been used to silence and bully into coerced obedience the people who most wanted progressive change. The people who have been calling for the party of Fascism Lite to step up their game.

Let me speak plainly: unconditional support for the Democratic Party from people like you is the mechanism by which we’ve landed where we are today. You refused to hold your party accountable so they put Trump into a position to win 2016. And I mean that quite literally, they did everything they could to make sure he won the primary because they knew they were putting a loser candidate up.

So get off your fucking high horse. I blame you for where we are. And before you come at me: I voted for Bernie in the 2016 & 2020 primaries. I voted for Hillary, Biden, and Kamala in the generals. I’ve voted in the way that would maximize opposition to fascism at every step. My conscience is clean. You continue to spew insults to people to your left to blame them for your Party’s failures. I blame only people to my right who want to keep running in that direction.

Honestly? Yeah. I feel slightly bad for some of the earlier childhood years (under 13 or so) that don’t get one. Otherwise, 100% agreement.

My wife, who tends to try to milk her entire “birthday month”, would disagree. A “birthday month” is whichever is most convenient from: the month leading up to, calendar month of, or month leading after her actual birthday.

Curiosity triggered. Ignoring leap years because it only changes the days a little at the end:

• Second doublings (6): 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s
• Minute doublings (6): 1:04, 2:08, 4:16, 8:32, 17:04, 34:08
• Hour doublings (5): 1:08:16, 2:16:32, 4:33:04, 9:06:08, 18:12:16

Day doublings (8):

• 1d 12:24:32
• 3d 00:49:04
• 6d 01:38:08
• 12d 03:16:16
• 24d 06:32:32
• 48d 13:05:04
• 97d 02:10:08
• 194d 04:20:16

⬆️ 27 celebrations in first year of life | up to 7 celebrations past first year ⬇️

• 1y 23d 08:40:32
• 2y 46d 17:21:04
• 4y 93d 10:42:08
• 8y 186d 21:24:16
• 17y 8d 18:48:32
• 34y 17d 13:37:04
• 68y 35d 03:14:08
• definitely dead
• 136y 70d 06:28:16

If Ukraine wants a breather they can agree to it knowing they need to stay alert for the Russians to break it.

If Ukraine doesn’t want to play that game, they can just say “we’ll agree to a ceasefire when you leave Ukraine permanently” and carry on.

I typed my comment above on my mobile keyboard. I’m just using the standard Google keyboard on my Pixel, nothing fancy. Em and en dash are available by holding on the hyphen, and the ellipsis is available by holding on the period (annoyingly, only when on the numbers/symbols page).

Hold on — why can’t you do proper ellipses and dashes on your phone? I don’t understand…

This message brought to you by Android.

This would be great if my busy times were actually respected when scheduling meetings. They are not.

Good for you, but still wrong. The party fucked up. It’s their job to win elections, and they had loads of opportunities over the last 10 years to act differently and chose not to every time.

It’s not the voters’ fault that a heavily corporate-friendly party doesn’t represent them well enough to reliably get votes. That’s some victim blaming thinking right there.