not sure WHAT the Roman one is holding, but it doesn’t look like any recognizable weapon.

In this case, it may just be AI generated garbage. But historically, the Roman eagle was sometimes stylized holding bolts of lightning (as a reference to Jupiter).

Like a glove.

Especially this part, which he apparently intended as a “joke”:

(…) if American democracy can survive 10 years of Greta Thunberg scolding, you guys can survive a few months of Elon Musk

Thunberg is an activist from Sweden who owns a social media account. Musk is a billionaire from Apartheid South Africa who owns a social media company and actively interferes in German elections.

Needless to say, the joke didn’t land.

T470 here (the anniversary model). I’ll part with it when someone takes it from my cold, dead body.

“The firings will continue until morale improves.”

I mean, there’s a chance someone knows, right? We don’t all have to.

I think Lemmy needs a higher-level sign-up procedure that hides the complexity of the fediverse. This could be a webpage with a simple, clutter-free interface that handles picking and registering on an instance from a curated list semi-automatically, for example, by asking you 3-4 questions before giving you a suggested server that fits your responses (which you can change) and a button to register there. The procedure could also handle the occasional additional sign-up requirements that some instances have.

IMHO, 90% of users will never interact with the “federation” aspects of Lemmy after that, and they also don’t need to. I personally don’t feel like Lemmy being federated has much of an impact on my user experience day to day.

What should those people do?

Back then, it was already extremely clear that the Cybertruck was a stupid vanity project intended for people who wanted to feel futuristic but wouldn’t have bought a regular EV, because it wasn’t cool and mean enough. So my potentially hot take is: Those people got what they deserve.

What can they do now? Take it as a learning opportunity. Be better.

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She only became his wife because she’s a woman.

Yeah, you tell 'em… uh… *checks notes*… Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

The word for this is “misanthropy.” In my opinion, it’s not a useful viewpoint to take even if you find yourself disenchanted with humanity’s current performance.

I just listened to an interview with her, and I think she might perhaps be starting to show some early signs of sort of being slightly more critical of her political work. But yeah, hindsight is 20/20, and she of course knows you can always do more if the stars all align.

“Alright, listen up folks. We’ve finally managed to wall off the area against creepers, and we finally got the old generator working. However, electricity will still be restricted until further notice, because Jerry needs the full output to recharge his Cybertruck™ to avoid battery damage.”

FWIW, what he describes (sleep-talking) isn’t schizophrenia and is considered normal (unless he does it excessively and it affects his or other’s well-being).

Mine is the same. Doesn’t care for catnip but goes bonkers for silver vine (particularly the fried fruits) and valerian.

I say let the man have his coffee.

That junkie stare.

Best I can do is safe and unimaginative with lots of marketing and a big cast of overpaid actors past their prime.