Use that anger towards your parents in a constructive manner by putting some cash aside, making a plan, getting as far away from them as possible and cutting them out of your life permanently. Maybe they’ll get the message that they reap what they sow.

I’m fairly new to Lemmy and started an account when all the api’s went down (because the reddit app suck) but ended up back there when I got one of them to work (at cost).

Until I got banned for “hate speech” by a random mod because they didn’t know the lyrics to Fairytale of New York and appeals go nowhere and then I commented on something on a different user account and got perma-banned for ban-evasion. All dumb.

So now I’m back on lemmy permanently, trying to find as many communities as I had in my reddit subscriptions (I had a lot), and bringing my daily engagement here. Would be good if numbers went up, but also, there’s a lot of idiots on Reddit too. The Fediverse needs better SEO to drive engagement. I haven’t once seen a solution to a problem (e.g. IT, tech or DIY) that links to a fedi page.

They do, but they are still the minority. Another minority care (the normal people) and all those who don’t want to be associated with anything Trump/Maga - this includes the artists. The majority don’t care either way and are apathetic. Honestly, they’re half the problem too who either don’t vote or don’t think about it and think life just happens around them and they have no say - they’re the disillusioned and need bringing back into the fold and made to realise they can help fix the mess and that they have a say .

Anyone honouring themselves is cringe. It’s like putting your own name forward for an award. If someone doesn’t do it for you, you’re not a winner

Nobody thinks that the renaming to Trump-Kennedy Centre is acceptable. Hence many of the acts booked in have cancelled upcoming shows.

Ah yes, Stalin elementary school, right down the street from Pol Pot high school, next door to Idi Amin College.

Maybe they shouldn’t have named places after enemies of state in the first place.

I agree with you and have, as someone who has known plenty of folks who are “old money” (think British landed gentry e.g. Saltburn-type folk) and they often don’t realise their privilege but also don’t flaunt their wealth. They never want for anything but they don’t go around with a “look at me” attitude. They’re often quite odd and disconnected from reality though - lacking an entire knowledge base of street smarts.

We love dark humour here, but he was also an avid swimmer.

Not a good one but avid.

Plainfield High?

Thanks for reading the whole post before commenting

It’s been a running joke between us for at least 20 years!

This is true, but probably a bit less so. Also, some places are called the name of the primary benefactor but they have an original name too (e.g. Carnegie Hall was originally called Music Hall)

In South Australia, we had a bloke put up signs with his surname on all the real estate places he bought. Apparently the dad was okay, but the son is a complete arsehat.

Not the first time that’s happened either.

This is the lore I can get behind. Or under. Or on top of.

My name is said differently in different languages, I’d expect nothing different

This will go down as part of the history when discussing the downfall of the US. We have to wait for the whole “collapse and rebuild” part first though.