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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • That’s cool and all, but they fail to detect weapons all the time. Just because airport security has never been good doesn’t mean we can’t be critical of them now. They constantly implement new procedures that just plain don’t work beyond making air travel an even bigger hassle. I don’t think Lemmy users are big on privatization ever, and no one suggested that, but this kind of failure is a pretty big deal. Our demise is still an acceptable risk, except now it’s because they hire people who don’t give one single rat’s ass, pay them poorly, and use all kinds of things that look great on the surface but aren’t effective at preventing a guy from bringing a butcher knife into the airport (at what’s usually a pretty slow time of night) and very nearly succeeding at murdering someone.



  • Oh jeez, you’re another one of those gangstalking people, aren’t you? I know there’s no way you’ll take me up on this because of the paranoia, but please see a therapist. No one here is equipped to help you with this, and if it goes anything like the last time, a bunch of well-meaning people will believe you and waste their time offering advice that doesn’t work because this is all in your head.







  • I mean, I get that, and the amount of rage I feel about the fact that Republicans never have any empathy for anyone they don’t know is probably going to give me an ulcer, but this is good news. People changing their minds in response to new information is a positive thing, and we should encourage it. There are plenty of LGBTQ+ people whose families don’t change their minds. That’s how we end up with kids committing suicide or living on the streets. My extended family would never change their minds, and it’s led to me cutting them off, and my cousin will never come out because I’m pretty sure his dad would kill him, or at least do his level best to beat him to death.

    Anyway, I didn’t mean for that to get that dark, but that’s the reality for a lot of us. I’m going to welcome anyone trying to be better with open arms.