You got it all wrong, it’s their choice, too. That’s the whole point, it’s always their choice. It always has been. If you want to change that, you’re privileged. Their privilege is the status quo, the default, their god given right. God gave you nothing.
What helped me as a kid is imagine to write. That’s my left hand and than I know which is which without thinking too consciously (in case you’re right handed, it’s the other way around obviously).
But interesting that you know absolute directions easily. That’s a cultural thing actually. I think Australian Aborigines will say things like “my western foot hurts” because it’s more intuitive for them that way.
If I learned anything in geography class than that west is on the left
“Fun” fact about the quote (or poem) you refer to: It’s by Martin Niemöller and meant in a self critical way. He was a conservative Christian and really couldn’t bother about godless communists or Jews. Only when they came after him we woke up.
Thanks for the context. Makes sense. Do you register each time anew? In that case I would assume people stick with what they registered for. But on the other side, people might register for voting a more moderate candidate and don’t want Trump and vote Democrats. I guess that’s what the post is about. Now I get it.
I don’t know how normal it is to be registered in the US but I would assume the target were moderate voters, not party members
Please, read the rules! No spoilers in this community!
I could ask my parents but I’m afraid it was a German collection of short stories
Why are you asking?
Star Wars started as a metaphor for the Vietnam war (with the US as the bad guys). In The Force has always been a lot of philosophy. Just because you didn’t get it as a kid, doesn’t mean it was silly.
And I say that as a trekkie who never really liked Star Wars but I see why people do and can appreciate it
You make it sound so arbitrary.
Everything that comes in the first third of your life/fandom is normal, how things should be, how they always were.
The second third is new and exciting.
The third third is the downfall of the franchise, not worthy of the name.
The length of these “thirds” can vary but that’s the gist of it.
Interesting. Good for you you skipped the toxic stuff
So I assume you went from Twitter to mastodon?
Oh, I remember that effect when a tetris game I programmed made some sounds I didn’t program into it. I assumed it had to do with poorly shielded cables
No, the bullet will stop them
Boring