You are a drama queen and would probably make a scene at his wedding anyway. Don’t go.

I for one am stoked to see your upcoming furniture music video

Find out what fascism would look like at the individual level, and then make yourself immune to that behavior yourself, ensuring that you yourself are not fertile ground for it to grow in.

That’s the emphasis of the course Maps of Meaning. One of the stated intentions of the course is (paraphrased) “To make my students realize that they are capable of being an Auschwitz camp guard, which is not a fun thing to realize, and then to build the kind of life and character that would prevent them from taking part”.

So really, based on my own understanding of how fascism arose in Germany, the best thing is to be totally dedicated to telling the truth. Have values to go higher than your own safety and comfort, and be dedicated enough so that when the opportunity comes to stay comfortable by supporting the fascists, you have the backbone to oppose them.

GTA players haven’t spent any money since 2013

WW3 began in 2022

Imagine if Hitler’s crimes stopped at speaking

Either the situation is worth the sacrifice or it isn’t. If you feel like you’re getting the short end of the stick, try taking into account the spiritual benefits of doing the right thing.

If that doesn’t tip the balance into feeling like you made the right choice, you probably made the wrong choice.

When one is actually clear about one’s values, and their relative position in one’s personal hierarchy, it relieves an enormous amount of existential stress.

You don’t need to do asshole actions to guard your money.

Someone with boundaries isn’t consequently an asshole.

I am autistic

People tend to experience and therefore express multiple emotions simultaneously.

If this kind of thing is bothering you regularly, then you probably need to update your definition of “asshole”.

So then what does the green line represent?

You can’t fix society from the top.

Every person has to do their part to fix society.

The idea that societies can (perhaps only) be fixed from the top is a convenient excuse to abdicate one’s own responsibility for taking care of things around them.

What are your x and y axes here?

So catching errors and doing nothing? That exists in every language except maybe BASIC?

Quick! Somebody link to one thing the US government has said about China.

You lose points by googling, because everyone upvoting surely has seen the US government say something about China and knows where to find that document.

“No gimmicks! No tricks! You don’t pay … ‘till 1996!”

— ad for a furniture store when I was growing up

When I worked at Lowe’s, dealing with the public was the only good part of the job.

There’s only one way to find out

If you thought demotivating management was associated with high pay and white collar work, Lowe’s will disabuse you of that notion.