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Cake day: October 23rd, 2026

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  • The strong “we” there is the nationalism I was warning against again. Macklemore, like most people, is an individual. I’m glad you’re able to judge him on his own merits. I can’t give exact numbers, but can guarantee most Americans have no interest in threatening you. That’s being done by maybe a few thousand people who are threatening the rest of us too. I’m old, remember “Freedom Fries” all too well, and just don’t like watching history repeat itself yet again. This was not meant as a judgment but a warning, and I sincerely hope you can avoid the same pitfalls that made “us” “your” enemy in the first place. Good luck up there.









  • I’m not sure of the kindest way to put this. Anyone can do what Aaron did. Each moment is a choice. Externalizing that kind of heroism is disempowering. The main thing stopping people is a brutally enforced lack of hope. That is exactly what eventually stopped him. His legacy has been built on, the work is nowhere near complete, and there is so much room for each and every one of us to continue making impactful contributions. He made reddit, we’re on lemmy, who knows what’s next? It’s only with time that these actions seem larger than life. In the moment, to follow your morality is all that’s necessary to keep moving towards a better world.




  • I wouldn’t worry too much about sportfishing man. It’s essentially impossible for us to cause a problem with rods and reels, even long line for the subsistence folks is essentially negligible compare to factory bottom trawlers. Just the bycatch from one set on those things has a bigger impact than a thousand sportfishers hitting their limits all season. Really all the points people have made ITT about hunting vs factory farming apply here pretty well too