It's encouraging to get some politicians in congress that are more receptive to climate issues, but I have a nagging worry about the implications of this election, as far as climate stuff goes: It seems like a significant part of the election result was driven by anger over cost of living issues, especially gas prices.

Now, the reason the gas prices have been high is terrible, sure, I'm not in favor of bombing countries into submission- but as a general matter, we desperately need to transition away from oil, both for climate reasons and because it's a limited resource that will run low at some point. People do not often change their lifestyle without pressure, especially when they are not wealthy enough to buy more expensive things to make a statement without taking a hit to their comfort, so it is also important that the price of gasoline, and other fossil fuels, and ultimately other high impact aspects of our modern lifestyle that we desperately need to shift to more sustainable alternatives to (like high percentages of meat in diets, or large spread out housing separated by lawns, for example) increases to match the cost it truly exacts on us in the long run.

For someone following that lifestyle who wishes to avoid changing it, this would appear as a rise in the cost of fuel, food, housing, and cost of living in general, and while the reason for that cost increase might be different from the reasons for this one, it worries me that ultimately, things that need to happen to avert more serious problems down the road are likely to be fundamentally unpopular enough to be impossible to implement before disaster or resource scarcity forces the issue, with worse consequences than if it were done sooner.

Dont get me wrong, I do still think this this is a better election result than what we have now, but some of the reasons I keep seeing for why it happened concern me.

But what if: bean bearings. They're at least kinda a round shape.

I feel lucky, I see this sort of sentiment of "it's hard on your social life not drinking" fairly often, but I've gone my whole life thus far without so much as tasting the stuff, and don't think I've ever had anyone push back on me in any significant way when Ive expressed my preferences on the matter. I take it as a sign my current circle of friends is a good one and that I'm fortunate to have ended up with them.

Plum.

The most unexpected part of Godzilla coming out is the notion that there's a closet out there big enough to fit Godzilla in the first place.

Doesn't including a reference to god in the question complicate the conclusion it gives? For example, if belief in god, especially a god that is referred to as a single entity with a capitalized name like that (which isnt something that fits some religions out there), has a political divide as well, then people may answers the latter question in a way that reflects that religious gap just as much as an empathy one.

Weirdly, whenever the thing I like now (or stuff that could be compared to it anyway, since obviously the intent of the authors of those movies and shows was different from that of people making fetish art) would come up in tv and movies when I was a kid, I actually found it scary to a degree most other scary scenes didnt. And the second-oldest dream I can still remember having from when I was a kid was a nightmare involving it. Clearly at some point during or after puberty my brain did a 180 on that but since I dont remember the subject ever coming up in anything I watched during my teens, I cant pinpoint exactly when that was.

The problem I have with those isn't the pop (though that was startling at first), its that every single one ive tried has entirely the wrong taste and texture for biscuits. Especially the taste, those always seem to taste so sweet at to be almost like cake, when, to me at least, biscuits should not be sweet at all unless jam or honey has been put on them.

Theres been a few non food ones yeah, like I think the moth memes circulated once here, and the three days no pooping thing. And increasingly absurd trolley problems last election season that occasionally still reemerge. But food seems to be a recurring meme topic

Between this, the beans, the beef stroganoff, the beans, and the beans again, I'm beginning to think lemmy just likes food

But what if I've designed my sona in such a way as to intentionally lack the relevant anatomy?

Thats more a capitalism problem though. Literally any technology increases human capability in some way, its just usually not as visceral a way as something that modifies one's body, and then you still get the issue that those with wealth end up owning that thing and controlling what it is used for to their own ends, which generally dont include sharing that control with everyone else. Theres not some distinction between that capacity increase being external or internal that makes the latter lead to inequality but not the former.