(early) reddit was the answer to the question “what if anyone could have their own phpbb instance without having to host it?” Then along came Lemmy asking “what if anyone could have their own reddit instance and have to host it?”

America is an oligarchy. The oligarchs own the big businesses. A boycott against a business is literally anti-american activity…

If you can use an Xbox controller, you can work for the military flying drones to murder people from the comfort of your desk chair.

Good for you! That time with your family is really important.

I’m from the US and I caused quite a stir when I took 4 weeks off; 3 days paternity leave and the rest was accrued vacation. HR was trying to convince me to break it up because “it would set a bad precedent.” But my boss was supportive and approved it anyway.

Good thing you were never a kid! That’d be pretty fucked up if you had been a kid at some point and benefitted from the general public funding your education, then you slam the door behind you and make everyone else pay their own way through elementary school.

Exactly. Don’t judge a person by the blood writing on the walls!