• TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    2021·
    2 months ago

    Thats my friend! He’s really like that all the time and is genuinely compassionate and wholesome in every aspect of his life.

    He volunteers on a local community radio show each week called The Pedestrian Show where he advocates for better biking infrastructure in the city. He’s like actually involved in city council meetings and breaks down the proposed development plans on the radio in simple terms so people can understand what’s happening in the city without reading 50 pages of legalese.

    Also, he’s really good at ping pong haha.

    • Ghidra@lemm.ee
      35·
      2 months ago

      This guy just seems to be the absolute definition of a class act. Glad you’re able to call this gentleman a friend!

    • Dagnet@lemmy.world
      291·
      2 months ago

      I wish people like him were candidates we got at elections, unfortunaly the system completely filters out kind people

        • Krono@lemmy.today
          83·
          2 months ago

          It depends what you mean by “kind”. If you ignore the war crimes and focus on their interpersonal skills, sure you can say they were kind.

          But by that same definition, Hitler was kind too.

          • Dagnet@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            2 months ago

            I agree with you, Obama and Biden may be much better than the alternatives, but nowhere close to actually being kind

            • Krono@lemmy.today
              10·
              2 months ago

              As an American, I feel the need to pushback when someone tries to rehab or whitewash our war crimes.

              Saying “W. is kind” is just unacceptable pablum.

  • Rolando@lemmy.world
    26·
    2 months ago

    Pupusas may be simple-looking, but they are amazing if made well and very filling. Plus they are easy to carry and store and they heat up well.

      • Makhno@lemmy.world
        208·
        2 months ago

        Such an ignorant statement made with such authority 😂

        Homelessness is just as criminalized in blue states. Welcome to capitalism lol

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
          612·
          2 months ago

          I just found out that right after that 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the trump administration banned on a federal level this accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire faster. Then THIS YEAR that ban was reversed. So, I guess my point is that we would like life to be more of a black and white complexity on issues (or, red and blue as it were), but often times it’s not that simple. Sometimes the people you think are here to protect your views are the ones attacking them.

          I’m sure from republican point of view they probably felt betrayed that a republican administration pushed for a (small) form of gun reform. And I know that I feel betrayed that a democrat administration pushed to repeal that ban.

          But sometimes it’s two hands of opposing sides coming together to give everybody the middle finger.

          • Serinus@lemmy.world
            17·
            2 months ago

            I feel betrayed that a democrat administration pushed to repeal that ban.

            I guess you can feel a little less betrayed.

            Today, the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled 6-3 under its conservative supermajority that a bump stock attachment does not convert a semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun, which is prohibited under federal law. Under this decision, civilians now have access to bump stocks again.

            https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-strikes-down-bump-stock-ban

            • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
              11·
              2 months ago

              Hmm.

              I think that this isn’t actually of massive significance, looking at this summary:

              https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2024/06/scotus_6-14.pdf

              That is, it sounds like the argument was over whether the ATF was granted authority by Congress under the GCA to issue such a ban, rather than whether the GCA passed constitutional muster.

              I mean, okay, it has an impact, but it isn’t really on par with cases evaluating whether law is in conformance with the First Amendment.

    • 3laws@lemmy.world
      7·
      2 months ago

      I will gladly get fired over doing what is morally right. But anyway, the guy said he was going to pay the other guys food. 🤷

  • JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works
    18·
    2 months ago

    Good to see Arkansas getting some love.

    I was some hours from Little Rock, however Northwest Arkansas region, and there was a lot of compassion witnessed. Was homeless there for a short while, and without the kind nature of people I wouldn’t be here.