I get it. I think defending yourself against that is probably a lost cause, though, even if that feels bad not to.

As for being an authority, personally, I see that. I think you made a statement and people, reasonably or not, assumed you know something more than they do. You post a lot, so why wouldn’t you know a lot?

I think you’re getting attacked because this post is an accusation, first and foremost. It definitely doesn’t feel like it is positive or productive.

Your issue is that you have already come to a conclusion, and your issues aren’t issues to anyone but you. Give me an example of someone saying Hamas is literally fighting with rocks as an actual answer.

The biggest mistake a lot of people make is being born poor.

Google it, sea lion.

Fuck off, sea lion.

Their data is adjusted for family size. Family size has been consistently shrinking since the 1960s, which, if you adjust their graph, will lead to overall decrease in wages throughout time. It is a meaningless method of transformation to get data that supports a false narrative.

Why did you not point out that their data is transformed when I did?

Repeat same talking point.

The things you say are useless, especially since these are adjusted by household size. Do one that isn’t.

If he’s so smart, why is he dead?

Is it actually incorrect? I don’t think it’s necessarily wrong, but it just sounds bizarre or Shakespearean if you use it when it’s not an auxiliary verb.

“I’ve no need for that.” is a perfectly cromulent sentence.

Why does it matter if you’re not a Republican if you espouse their talking points? Does it make you special that you’re not a Republican?

Sorry that you’re either too angry or too dumb to have gleamed that insight. It offered commentary on your logic, that being that you don’t know or don’t care about the inconsistencies, both of which mean debating you is pointless because you’re either an idiot or a bad actor, so why bother?

Lol you all find yourselves special because you are not a “Republican”

Ohh p.s. I’m not Republican

The irony is lost on you.

Yeah, I suppose those would. I wouldn’t have thought it, but definitionally, it would be! I mean, heck, some of those are listed by Meriam-Webster! Isn’t language neat? You learn something new every day.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social media

Users create and/or share content, check. Users discuss content, check.

Unless you think something is missing from that definition, Lemmy is social media. It is pseudonymous, but it is still social because of the users.

Oh we can ___, we’re just required to pay massive amounts of money to a corporate middleman to do it.

Basically America.

Technically, he did get the most votes once. It’s just that electoral votes aren’t representative of the popular vote, which he has never gotten because he is an unlikeable wannabe dictator.