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Cake day: March 10th, 2025

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  • FearMeAndDecayto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneGood Cop, Bad Cop
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    2 months ago

    The problem with the police system in the USA is that it exists to protect capital, not to protect the people. The purpose of the police, as it currently exists, is to keep the lower classes in line. This is why the rich get away with most things. Even if a billionaire does get pulled over for speeding the fine isn’t even 1% of their income. More likely they won’t even be punished at all. Most people who genuinely want to help others either leave or get pushed out once they realize they’re only hurting the little guys. When people say acab or defund the police, they’re not saying that we shouldn’t have anyone to call, but they’re saying that we have to completely rebuild that necessary service. We need to take a completely different approach. Rather than sending in officers armed to the teeth into neighborhoods and communities they’re not a part of, we need to send people trained in de-escalation to their own communities (so that they’re actually invested in the well-being of their own community). Obviously there will be times when force is necessary, but the majority of the time, police officers don’t need a gun to give someone a speeding ticket or respond to a noise complaint. Also there’s a severe lack of accountability and punishment for bad cops which just encourages them to keep being bad and get worse, which is part of why we have such widespread, blatant corruption and police gangs

    Tl;dr it’s a systemic issue that rewards bad behavior so good people either leave on their own or get forced out bc the system itself is rotten




  • FearMeAndDecayto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonereminder rule
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    2 months ago

    “AI” is nothing more than a tool built by humans and is therefore liable to spit out the same dehumanizing and cruel sentiments that were fed into it. It’s not objective or intelligent. It’s an algorithm that can be manipulated by the people that made it. Just look at Grok suddenly talking about being “mecha hitler”




  • FearMeAndDecayto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonewerulewolf
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    2 months ago

    Man I used to watch teen wolf (the mtv teen drama, not the movie—though that’s also awesome) back in the day, so I didn’t even question mistletoe being on the list. Though you’re right that wolfsbane would’ve been the go-to in my brain




  • You have to reward the behavior you want to see. I don’t like her, and I think she’s done tons of horrible shit. But if she suddenly woke up tomorrow and because a leftist, I’d fucking cheer her on and become a supporter. Even if she was only doing it out of spite to republicans she felt wronged by. Because it’s more important that good shit gets done than that we hold grudges against people. So even though she’s not a full blown leftist right now, and probably never will be, I’m still going to cheer on the good behavior I do see and continue to call out and pushback against the bad behavior

    Bernie needs every ally he can get, and honestly, republicans have a much better track record of actually passing legislation they want, so maybe some republicans having moments of clarity and supporting basic human rights is a damn good thing



  • FearMeAndDecayto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneBus rule
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    3 months ago

    Okay, students being stupid enough to agree to this makes sense bc they’re kids, but how did that teacher even come up with that idea, let alone actually do it?? That’s actual wife-hating behavior to think traumatizing her to “save her” is a good idea. Hopefully she finalized the divorce while he was in prison where he couldn’t hurt her




  • FearMeAndDecayto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerule
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    3 months ago

    Tbf, part of why shit it so bad is because people are uneducated. If they can’t think for themselves then they’ll just believe whatever bullshit Fox News or the algorithm feeds them without critically thinking about it at all