Not really.

JD Vance won’t be better, but all of the people voting for the lesser evil should be punished for their incompetence.

I actually agree with him.

We need to stop letting the culture war distract us from the class war.

Something like this would only be necessary if there’s a lot of people that want to punish others for not recognizing same-sex marriage.

Lima beans’ existence doesn’t depend on other people recognizing they exists.

A better analogy would be nations’ sovereignty.

The court seems to disagree.

/c/world isn’t the world, sweetie.

I know it can be confusing if you’re not proficient in English.

Western media is beholden to Israeli interests.

So which is it? Was she raped or was this consensual?

China learns to make better chips and Taiwan fades into irrelevancy.

Once they stop being valuable to the US, China will be able to take it for themselves with no effort if they desire.

Again.

Oh my bad, you can’t read.

It all makes sense now.

Buy and rent two $300k houses for an income of $100k a year? Where can you buy $300k houses that rent for $4166.66 a month after expenses?

You can buy 2 more $300k houses, rent them out, and now you have $100k to live off of with thousands of dollars of passive income every month.

So ironic you’re telling me my reading comprehension needs work, lol.

Hey man, you’re going to believe whatever you want to avoid admitting you’re getting played.

Nobody expects more from you.

mighty quest against homeownership?

Lol. If you sell your $1 million house and buy a $300k house you still have $700k leftover to live off of. You can buy 2 more $300k houses, rent them out, and now you have $100k to live off of with thousands of dollars of passive income every month.

Arguing that $1 million net worth “is not enough” is fucking stupid.

I ask again, what is your net worth? If it’s less than $1 million, which we all know it is, then why do you think people who have more than you should get even more before you? It’s a very useful-idiot mentality to have, but since it’s impossible for that to apply to you, what else could it be?

I don’t have the energy to keep engaging with you, so I’m just going to downvote and move on.

Have a nice day.

Can you make your argument without resorting to inaccurate analogies? That way we can focus on the topic instead of getting derailed.

If you’re not making posts that the community members want to see, then they are justified in downvoting you so that they do their part to influence the culture of the community.

The fact that you’re only targeting downvoters and not upvoters leads me to believe you want to surround yourself with yes-men instead of authentic humans.

If you think 5 people downvoting you is what’s stopping your posts from gaining visibility, then you are simply incorrect. Lemmy is still very small and most communities that aren’t tech or politics aren’t “visible” because they lack activity.

And? Upvotes increase visibility.

Why is one bad but the other is acceptable?

It’s also not an issue in “smaller communities” because there’s not enough content to bury heavily-downvoted posts anyways.

Beautiful!

Not everyone is worth engaging with.

How come you’re only focusing on downvotes but not upvotes? People can give their approval without question but if they disapprove then they must explain themselves? Sounds like toxic positivity.

Video games were only lame when the business school people weren’t in control.