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Cake day: January 5th, 2024

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  • Superman rescued cats from trees, threw nukes into the sun, and rebuilt the Great Wall of China with his mighty eye beams, but to save Lois Lane he would reverse time itself¹. To be with her he’d abandon his great gifts. He always priortized himself and those he cared about. It’s kind of relatable though, he’s ultimately a guy from Kansas who wants to be just like everyone else. The world frequently benefits from his actions. But he is American, first and foremost. If he did abdicate responsibility, pull a Dr. Manhattan basically, the world would have to grow up a little and tackle its problems entirely on its own. On the upside, it wouldn’t have to argue about whose side Superman is really on, or complain when he doesn’t show up every once in a while for their specific crisis. Of course, America isn’t as principled as her fictional savior, so… milage may vary.

    ¹or travel through time, depending on your interpretation



  • Wytch@lemmy.ziptoNews@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    The Egg Roll […] has long been privately funded without taxpayer dollars, largely through the American Egg Board, which also provides tens of thousands of eggs for the occasion.

    Naturally, in the middle of a literal egg shortage, maga is gonna steamroll through this event with corporate flags waving.

    In an alternate universe, the CDC is working to contain the bird flu epidemic, we’re buying eggs from our bestie neighbors in Canada, and the Easter Eggs at the White House this year are made of pine wood.





  • Topic is about Lemmy as a whole, and I’m responding with my impression of that. Your re-interpretation of my impression doesn’t really make sense to me. I’m sure others have different experiences with their own usage of Lemmy but mine does not revolve around my instance enough for me to even form an impression of it. It certainly doesn’t dominate my user experience.

    I do appreciate the responses here hinting that I’m wrong about my experience on Lemmy but I had a 13 year old Reddit account that I nuked after the API debacle and I remember the monoculture that developed. Lemmy is not Reddit even if a few instances have their own subcultures. Doesn’t invalidate my impression.

    Thanks for pointing out how my opinion is wrong though.