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polysexualstick

@ polysexualstick @lemmy.world

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    How could we go about making a jurisdiction where advertising is illegal?

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  • You don't want to ban advertising, you want people to have an interest in only making their services known honestly and with the intention of letting people know "this exists" instead of with the intention of getting people to buy something. Because it's actually good to let people know where they can get services or goods and what kinds of services and goods are available. And the only way to truly get to this point is by abolishing capitalism. As long as capitalism exists, there will always be incentive for people to make advertising more than just letting people know. As long as capitalism exists, you can do stuff like "going after false advertising more rigorously", "banning certain types of ads" or "restricting how many ads are allowed and where they are allowed". But that only limits the harm advertising can do, it can never stop it completely.

  • Is your life better or worse than your parents (I mean specifically your parents, not your parent's generation)? (Specify country)

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  • Depends on your interpretation of better. My parents definitely led a more comfortable life filled with more happiness. At my age, they had already been able to settle down and establish themselves professionally. Meanwhile I'm struggling to find a job, may never be able to buy a flat and have been mentally ill since I was 13.

    Morally though I am fully convinced I lead a much better life than them. I live more sustainable and climate-friendly. I am politically active trying to change the world for the better and fighting discrimination. In the work I do I try to help young people along in their journey, while my mother as part of her job has been keeping homeless people homeless.

    I would not want to have led my parents' lives. Even though they are far better off than I will ever be in many regards, I am proud playing a tiny part in changing the world for the better where they were at least complicit in the world staying that way.

  • Soundtruleck

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  • I think I'd be good at that, considering how much I listened to the Metal Gear Rising soundtrack

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    deGoogle Your Life

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  • Anyone recommending CryptPad as an alternative to Google Docs is pretentious af to me or is only using it on PC. The mobile version of CryptPad is the most unusable clunky bullshit ever.

  • sports rule

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  • Ironically, when cishet men are being hunted for sport, it's usually by other cishet men

  • Shut it down! The US is better off with no government than with the one it has | Judith Levine

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  • Everywhere could be better off without a government, not just the US.

  • Die West

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  • It's German for "the West, the"

  • cats @lemmy.world
    polysexualstick @lemmy.world

    How can I show my cats they don't have to fight for attention?

  • What is your country's equivalent of the last name "Smith"?

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  • Also fun fact, Schmitt actually is the direct translation of Smith

  • If you cross dress, how did you find a pair of high heels that fit your (male) feet?

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  • I'm lucky in that about 1/4 of women's shoes in my size actually fit my feet. But I also have had a number of heels where I helped myself out by buying them a tiny bit too large and then wearing 2-4 pairs of socks.

  • What are some non-mainstream foods or drinks from your culture that social media isn't aware of and hasn't ruined?

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  • Social Media itself doesn't imo, but if a food becomes trendy, often times restaurants or bistros try to sell that food and do it badly, but cheaply. So people who don't know better could buy it there, at times increasing issues for people who (1) make a good but pricier option or (2) want to find good options but are overwhelmed by bad ones. In my opinion, this happened with Chimney Cakes for example. They have Hungarian and Romanian roots and in the original form I think it's a very nice treat. But a stale and weird version filled with shit like ice cream has become so popular for tourists, that it has become harder in many places to find good, fresh chimney cake.

  • What are some non-mainstream foods or drinks from your culture that social media isn't aware of and hasn't ruined?

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  • Everyone is obsessed with ruining Pizza, so our regional "Dünnele" (or I think "Dinnete" for Swabians) is very unharmed. Like, if someone sells "Dünnele" I've never seen them be shit or butchered.

  • What are some non-mainstream foods or drinks from your culture that social media isn't aware of and hasn't ruined?

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  • As a German: There's nothing to ruin, it's already shit

  • It's dinner time, and you have to put together a meal with only ingredients already in your house, no going out for anything. What are you making?

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  • That's the main way I cook because I'm usually not good enough of a planner to buy groceries with a plan in mind for more than maybe 1 or 2 meals. So we are always stocked up pretty well for what little space we have in our flat.

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  • 1: I'd usually trust "a psychologist and a couple of psychiatrists" over "one support worker". But of course that doesn't automatically mean they are right in your case.

    2: I don't generally struggle with eye contact at all. What I do struggle with is continued eye contact, like more than a few seconds long. But regardless of who I'm talking to, because I just get bored looking at their eyes.

  • What was your favorite part of today ?

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  • Watching my cats fly halfway across the room in pursuit of their toys and then having them lay down by my side asking for cuddles. Adopting them a few weeks ago has given my life so much meaning and joy.

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  • Y'all do know that we as men can just choose to shop in the women's section, right? There's nobody stopping you

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  • Don't cave in then, they don't forbid you from shopping in the women's section

  • The evolution of dogs

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  • I mean, being a pet seems like a really good life if you have good owners

  • Chance of Being Born in Each Continent in 2026

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  • I'm sure the massive number of people being born in Siberia makes this map completely useless /s

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    polysexualstick @lemmy.world

    What is your response to people saying "data privacy doesn't matter because it's all out there anyway"?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    polysexualstick @lemmy.world

    What are commonly used idioms/metaphors that make no sense to anyone who knows about the topic they come from?

  • Science Memes @mander.xyz
    polysexualstick @lemmy.world

    Gravity sucks

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    polysexualstick @lemmy.world

    What musicians or bands are huge in the US but not in Europe?

  • ich_iel @feddit.org
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    ich_iel

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    polysexualstick @lemmy.world

    How would you put into words what gender means to you apart from societal gender roles and expectations?