That would only encourage billionaires to nope off into space fantasy land (and of course they would still maintain power over governments). As it is right now, billionaires being on the same planet as normal people is at least incentivizing them to keep the planet in somewhat hospitable conditions.

As it is now, the best course of action would be to depose billionaires more quickly than they can escape off-planet. And to do it in a public and spectacular way to put fear into the billionaires

Frankly I think it’s simply that the public doesn’t particularly care to figure it out. As an analogy, people use Windows because that’s just what their computer came with, and therefore saying that Linux is free (as in price) is a meaningless selling point to them. You don’t convince Windows users to switch by saying that Linux is free, you convince them by saying that Linux is more convenient, stable, and less annoying.

In the same way, you don’t convince the public into using Lemmy by arguing about why open protocols are better. You convince people by saying that Lemmy is basically like Reddit but not overrun by bots and spammers

I recognize the original, unmodified meme but I don’t understand what the new (4th) panel is supposed to indicate. Could someone explain please?

Sure, but the overall intent holds true. Not just in professional settings, it’s important to have the skill to reframe a negative comment into a positive one.

This is probably what I would say:

It sounds like you’ve got everything you need for the meeting. Would it still make sense for me to attend?

If that’s the case, then I think I’d be more useful handling some other tasks in the meantime. Please keep me updated on the outcome of the meeting

Funny you bring up eel reproduction. Had to share. https://youtu.be/TzN148WQ2OQ

This is an unnecessarily rude comment that just proves that the parent comment was right in saying that you’re an unpleasant person. I hope you reconsider what behavior you consider to be acceptable

In the book, it’s fairly clear that he did kill everyone but only got away with it because 1) nobody can tell anybody else apart because everyone looks the same and 2) everybody is so self-centered that even if they did know a murder took place, they didn’t bother to report it.

It’s very heavily implied in the book that the landlady covered up Paul Allen’s (and multiple other prostitutes’) murder, presumably to maintain the property value of the apartment. Unfortunately, a lot of the clues don’t translate well into a movie:

1. The apartment only recently became available to rent
2. Bateman notes that the paint on the walls is still fresh, barely dried
3. Bateman notes that there’s a lot of potpourri laid out, as though to cover up a smell
4. Iirc the furniture was also brand new
5. The landlady immediately knew who Bateman was and asked him to leave

Crappy paint memes are an internet-honored tradition

They spread and are really really hard to fully kill

Source: I have no idea why my mint is still alive. It’s waterlogged for half the year and neglected the other half

Antimeme, not BHJ. BHJ involves reinterpreting a meme into something that is not relevant to either the intended meme format or the source material. Basically, intentionally missing the point of the meme

For instance, a BHJ here might say something like “I’m sad that I ran out of money right before I finished my Terminator costume”

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Now we need an additional edit to replace the mouse with the AI penis mouse that got published in a peer-reviewed journal

Beyond that, it’s not even a social concept. People naturally attribute more weight to their first time doing anything. That’s not a social pressure or a social concept, that’s a logical conclusion of the fact that, till that point in their lives, they have not experienced anything resembling it.

People remember their first time riding a bicycle, their first time leaving home, their first job, etc. Are all of these social constructs too?

Right one says “what are you foreigners doing? Although it is cute”