probably the most directly helpful boycott is one that ensures money is denied to US companies so they are motivated to lobby and change things to protect their bottom line (as a last resort of course, and maybe not at all)

cultural boycott is more extreme and less directly important to bringing about immediate political change, but is nonetheless probably an important part of bringing about rejection of US hegemony and dominance, so it’s not a bad approach in addition to denying the US your money

oh that makes more sense, thank you!

I don’t get how spreading the claim that carrots help your eyes covers up having radar, it feels non sequitur …

this is legit my worst nightmare

oof, you caught me red-handed, USian here 😭 <greatest country on earth she says between sobs>

but it’s our money, not his … taxes?

yep, a guy with a history in law enforcement, had a job where he investigated claims of misconduct of employees, he seemed to use that to serially sexually prey on the people who got caught

can’t be more specific for legal reasons unfortunately

not sure he was inherently evil per se, but what he did I would consider evil

would love indexing and numbers on my handle

or just go full Japan and incorporate a thermostat

<cries in trans community>

it’s pseudo-diagnostic, you don’t know whether he would have been allergic to peanuts if you didn’t rub it on his chest

I’m not an expert in media or journalism, so don’t take me seriously, but my speculation is that because American corporate media is for-profit and competing for attention, when something is new and getting attention, everyone competes to grab as much of the attention that issue generates as possible, creating a fear of missing out for those who don’t try to monetize the new thing.

I hate dishwashers, I wash dishes by hand.

I also notice I hate when something I love becomes too popular, precisely because it loses its initial associations with the group I was happy to associate with, and becomes associated with a larger group that I don’t feel connection with (or worse, becomes associated with a toxic fan base I actively don’t want to be associated with - e.g. Rick and Morty, I love the show but developed shame for enjoying it, once it became popular and its biggest fans created negative associations with liking the show; you can tell yourself to ignore the shame, but I admittedly no longer identify as a fan of Rick and Morty because of what it will communicate to people about me).

my mom started to dye her hair when I was a small child, and not joking - I’m still not over it … I really do hold onto things that long, and I’m beginning to wonder if I might be on the spectrum 😅

it’s associative, the negative associations with Call of Duty players cannot be transferred to a console that doesn’t support that game, so for people who want to avoid those associations it’s a plus

I’m mostly joking, but not getting over it so many years later is a symptom of autism, fyi

autism has entered the chat

😭

Embrace, Extend, Extinguish

this would probably just lead to the corporation taking more and more of a role until they take over development of the FOSS projects they care about, which is a particular nightmare I would prefer to avoid

was upset enough when Microsoft bought Github

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