I suppose I could have clarified by differentiating between “Republican leaders” and “Republican followers” - the latter group being largely irrelevant to discussion because they’ll believe and regurgitate whatever the first group tells them to. So by “they” in this case, I mean billionaires, politicians, and “influencers” of those philosophies

Well, it makes perfect sense when you realize these people view kids as nothing more than instruments of economic growth - forcing parents to work in conditions they don’t want to, to make ends meet. And nowadays, even lowering working age and working conditions for the kids themselves to force them to work as well. They are purely pro-capitalism and they want the kids to be forced to be born so there will be a steady supply of meat for the grinder. It’s that simple.

Most reasoned answer.

I think the interesting thing to see will be how many people, like me, who used to post OC (mostly projects I’ve worked on, discussion topics, and what I thought were interesting articles) have stopped. I used to go into posts asking for help in areas I was knowledgeable, and provide assistance to newbies in the various hobby subreddits I subscribed to. None of that is happening anymore. I’m getting my memery from Lemmy and my discussion from Tildes now. Absolutely no reason to go to or interact with reddit at all.

Other way around, for the purposes of this joke, but yes.

I gave up soda a long time ago, and the other week I got a Code Red 20oz out of the blue because it seemed like a good treat. It tasted like pure syrup and I swear I was sweating and my heart was fluttering. So unpleasant and unnecessary.

Thank you! That’s really helpful

Lemmy needs me to just fucking search before making jokes, and it shows!

https://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/news/20230601/sucralose-genotoxic-linked-leaky-gut-study

Lemmy needs a hydrohomies community and it shows. Just drink water, y’all!

Yeah, I completely agree. The main app I use didn’t even shut down (Relay) but the AMA convinced me to leave anyway. Spez and the rest of the admins came across as simply vile.