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for sure that's true, but the data does actually show faith based activities have even better outcomes. it's not just a coincidence. to be fair this is very hard to study. but at least anecdotally, people who have beliefs and organize around them always strike me as the happiest.

probably that too. but it seems more like people are just lazy and jump at any opportunity to blame their problems on something outside of themselves.

i switched to milk from local cows that are happy and grass fed... and damn does it taste better. like measurably better, in everything i use it for. grocery store milk now tastes strange to me. it's more expensive, but who really needs to use that much milk? i don't drink it casually, just in baking, etc.

non dairy milks are a scam to sell water to rich city people.

when do we go to war with eurasia?

that's awesome! wish i could grow oranges but can't up here in the PNW. what's wrong with manual labor? the more of it i do, the happier i get.

a shotgun is probably the only thing that would've saved them. or, just choosing not to hike in bear country at this time of year. This is when the more desperate bears will eat anything that moves. They aren't picky, and playing dead will not save you if a bear is extremely hungry, as they are in drought conditions. just a tragic reminder that bears can and will kill, and eat you under certain circumstances.

in the US, those dividends arent qualified, so they will be taxed at your normal income tax rate, not 15%. If you're a very low wage earner, there may be no difference, but for most people, you want to be earning qualified dividends not unqualified. That means big companies that make their dividends from free cash flow from business operations. That's why people pile into dividend ETFs like SCHD, VYM, etc. nearly all the dividends are qualified so especially in a taxable account for high wage earners, buying stocks like these are considered much better than say, bonds/real estate.

lemmy is exactly the same. each community has a set of mods who can basically do whatever they want that was always the problem with reddit. express an opinion a moderator doesn't like? you're banned say something unpopular? your comment drops to nothing and never gets read Lemmy doesn't solve that problem. it's only better than reddit right now, because its new as soon as more people discover it, the exact same story will play out again enjoy it while it lasts!

Here, we can test it. "I'm a christian. Anal sex is associated with increased transmission of infectious diseases."

Some identities are protected, some arent. Even factual statements can be misinterpreted as "phobias" or "discrimination" combine the two, and its easy to get banned.

all of these online communities are just a method for basement dwelling LARPers to get their kicks and pretend to be thought police. If any genuine interactions occur, it's by accident, not by design. I'm here for the beautiful accidents, but I fully realize it's just a countdown timer to me being banned and i don't care. i could get banned from every lemmy instance right this second and i wouldn't care. All this is to me, is an opportunity to knock on your door, offer a chance to you to wake the fuck up and realize you're being manipulated. I learned that I was a christian while I was tripping balls on psychedelics. We're all the same consciousness, down to every atom, every insect, and every human. Gender doesn't exist. We're on a planet that is doomed to end in fire either sooner, or later. And the universe will eventually go dark no matter what we do. And you're being manipulated into thinking there is no God because you're easier to control that way.