You don’t. If you’re born on one side of the wall, that’s exactly where you’ll stay. DOGE decided that this way we can enhance the efficiency of all immigration, tourism and all travel related bureaucracy. No paperwork, no employees needed. So much cheaper that way.

While you’re at it, here’s an idea for the new name: Tyrannical Dictatorship of the Oppressed States of America.

You could always rewrite the constitution so that it says Trump is the Eternal Leader of USA.

Janet’s tears weren’t just about loss; they were the raw, ugly realization that the system she’d championed had no loyalty to people like her spouse.

There’s the root cause. Next time, don’t expect the system to have any loyalty towards anyone.

Well? Did the AK come with a plastic mag or a metal mag?

Mosquitos are known for being pretty big on penetration. It’s their thing, and they’re always the active participant.

This should cover it fairly well.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been #Bloomscrolling lately. As far as I’m concerned, the MAUs are here for the wows.

Risky comment of the day. Maybe they just don’t like to hear what I have to say. Maybe I could have been a little less blunt about it. Who knows. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Both extremes exist. Hence, the condition about loosing your grip on reality.

People above a certain age should begin to avoid social media and stick with more private forms of communication like email, phone calls, signal messages and f2f discussions. Once your ability to tell fact from fiction deteriorates enough, announcing your opinions publicly becomes increasingly problematic.

Interesting. That exact same logo was used by the app that changed its name to Impressia. So, maybe it started as one thing, but later evolved to what it is now. A confusing journey really.

Isn’t that just a pixelfed app? I think Vernissage changed its name recently. Nowadays it’s like Impressia or something like that.

What about the Marxist-Leninist, communist, socialist, anti-capitalist crowd? I don’t know if they hang around on other platforms, but they certainly are present here on Lemmy.

Also, what about sexual and gender minorities? I get the feeling that there are a lot of queer people on Mastodon. Maybe that could be another selection criteria.

Like this:

Are you queer? -> Mastodon

Are you a Marxist? -> Lemmy

You pay peanuts, you get monkeys. You hire clowns, you get a circus. You pay with exposure, you get exposed.

• In terms of money, I can’t really pay you for the artwork, but I hope you like exposure. I’m going to tell all my friends how talented you are. So, how about it?

• Yeah, sure no problem. That gave me some ideas actually. I’ll get right to it.

Also, some people will intentionally add numbers at the end of the alias to make it look like all the good names were already taken. Sort of like a joke or a reference to all the bigger social media platforms.

Sunk cost fallacy, living in denial, cognitive dissonance and all the usual spices.

I’ve seen something similar happen when a site doesn’t load all the way. Refreshing fixes that unless something has gone horribly wrong.

Maybe it would have clarified if I had added some negative expressions such as “misguided MAGA notion” or “authoritarian dictator”.