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Hegar, to lemmyshitpost in Uranus is so big!!

presumably not the same cave he was having sex with

It was exactly the same cave he was having sex with. He refused to remove his penis to prevent their children from leaving the womb cave, so Kronos had to castrate Ouranos so they could emerge.

That's the actual myth.

Hegar, to asklemmy in US residents: What big domestic policy improvements have the american people won from congress in the last 30 years?

I would say that the legitimate process of seeking opportunities has been intentionally made to look illegal by waves of xenophobic policy from both Rs and Ds who have created an immigration system that's designed to generate workers without a legal foothold. If there was a functional way for people to seek the life they want, they wouldn't need to resort to fake IDs and hiding in trucks to get a job. But then industries would have to pay them legal wages.

A lot of people want to create a distinction between someone who's fleeing full-blown war or starvation vs someone who's fleeing poverty. I can't see how it is a crime to flee either. It is just a reality that humans will try to escape suffering, monumental suffering and everyday suffering - legislation and bureaucracy can accomodate or ignore that but it won't change it. So when we ignore it, we know that the black market will step in.

More broadly it suits the needs of capital to restrict the flow of labour as much as possible. Labour free to seek the best conditions means upward pressure on wages, lower margins and less leverage for capital.

Hegar, to asklemmy in Is there an artist whose work you love but was a shitty person?

My wife honestly loves the paintings of the war criminal george w bush.

Hegar, to memes in It's a simple world view

I'd encourage you to expand your worldview - a lot of problems we attribute to capitalism are mostly because of hierarchy.

Hegar, to thefarside in 3 January 2024

The joke here is so elegant. I think this is a really good example what's so great about far side.

Hegar, to lemmybewholesome in And I love him

Mine was tailless, filthy, with a large hairless scar across his back and blue bow tie.

Hegar, to memes in Well, time to radically change who I am!

I think being overrated is the defining characteristic of pop music, right? Any music where the most notable trait is that it's popular is pop music.

Hegar, to asklemmy in No politics inteded: Why isn't Trump after leaving office in any way or shape involved in politics say as member of congress or senate?

Are you looking at this picture, reading this post and then attempting to seriously debate the author on the merits of their argument of no-politics "inteded"?

Hegar, to memes in reverse Indy

Yeah, it's not bad. The bit where Tucker is pretending to be Chinese isn't nearly as awkward as I'd remembered and the fight scene with all the throwing vases and arguing about which dynasty each one is from is pretty funny.

Hegar, to science_memes in weevil booties!!

Bootied trunk bug, got it.

Hegar, (edited ) to asklemmy in Where can I NEUTRALLY keep up to date about the Palestina/Israel situation?

That area, because of so many religions centered on it and/or the power it holds, has been fought over since Solomon’s Temple.

Nope! Solomon's temple was built 1000-600 BCE. From then till christianity took over it's mostly been a backwater, or buffer zone.

It only seems important because we have writing from people who lived there (the Torah, etc.) saying how important it was (to them), then that writing got the official stamp of truth when the Roman empire took over Christianity.

To the extent it was fought over, it was mostly because it was between much more important areas - the Egyptians and other powers like the Hittites, Babylonians or Assyrians.

Even then the neo-babylonians for example seem to have left the region largely depopulated - it's not like they actually wanted it for any reason

Hegar, to asklemmy in Where can I NEUTRALLY keep up to date about the Palestina/Israel situation?

So glad someone beat me to this comment.

"It's just a centuries old intractible conflict", says imperialist culture which drew the borders on purpose to destabilize the region.

Hegar, to memes in Vegan food: The west vs India

isn’t all Indian food overspiced

Nope. So much nope that I'm curious if maybe you understand over spiced to mean something different.

Hegar, to RedditMigration in Reddit kills awards and coins

/r/cryptocurrency became noticeably gamed by actors attempting to maximize their financial gains.

I can't tell if that's life imitating art or vice versa but it made me giggle!

Hegar, to thefarside in 3 January 2024

If there's a bad pleistocene joke, I haven't heard it.

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