You appreciate and acknowledge the traditions and culture of how they raised you. You understand that they aren't perfect, and accept their shortcomings. You are proud to tell people that they are your parents, and share stories of what they have done for you. And you do what you can to protect them if they are in danger or need help.

And false patriotism is a lot like false love for your parents.

Reluctantly obeying your parents out of fear, is not love. Being lied to and manipulated by your parents to trick you into loving them, is not real love.

If you truly loved your parents, and they were making destructive choices, you wouldn't stand by, say "I love them, so they must know best!" and watch them destroy themselves. You would take action to get them help and get them back on track.

1d ago

This country (the USA) was founded in REVOLT

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Rhynoplaz @lemmy.world 1d ago

I don't disagree with anything you said, but they did at least built a Constitution for We the people as opposed to a new world monarchy.

It's not completely evil and darkness nor completely rainbows and sunshine.

1d ago

Dreams are just ai slop your brain forces you to watch.

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Rhynoplaz @lemmy.world 1d ago

Is it though? Most of my dreams seem to be things I know scrambled into nonsense. Like an old coworker showing up at my high school to help me find my kids. It's just elements of my past scrambling together into a story.

1d ago

Have you ever thought about deleting your account?

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Rhynoplaz @lemmy.world 1d ago

When I switched from Reddit to Lemmy, it was my opportunity to start a fresh feed.

I stayed away from things like relationships and AITA, because they usually just got me pissed off and fighting with people.

I keep a few political things because I do want to hear what people are saying about current events, but most of my feed now is jokes, and fun conversation.

1d ago

Is there any reason not to charge my laptop with a USB C phone charger?

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Rhynoplaz @lemmy.world 1d ago

It was better for NiCad batteries to drain them completely, but now that everything is Lithium, there's no need to drain them.

1d ago

Why is the USA attacking Iran?

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Rhynoplaz @lemmy.world 1d ago

Only half of the files have been released.

1d ago

Ultra wealthy want global nuclear war to create nuclear Winter in hopes of slowing down human climate change. They'll rebuild after it's safe to leave their bunkers.

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Rhynoplaz @lemmy.world 1d ago

Did you just watch the Fallout TV show?

1d ago

Why are Americans so hung up on Epstein and his egg head island and "the files"?

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Rhynoplaz @lemmy.world 1d ago

Because our current President was best friends with Epstein and a third of the population believes he has nothing to do with it, or would rather the files go away so they don't have to deal the rest of us saying we told you so!

We're literally trying to talk ourselves into whether or not we should punish these people.

2d ago

Do you still use compact discs?

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Rhynoplaz @lemmy.world 2d ago

I still have a binder of hundreds of burnt CDs under my bed. Haven't had to dig through it in a few years.

2d ago

TIL there's a trend called hobby dogging where people take an imaginary dog through an obstacle course.

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Rhynoplaz @lemmy.world 2d ago

Honestly, they probably are working through something, but if this helps that, and it certainly isn't hurting anybody else, I wish them the best.

2d ago

If I had a time machine I would go back in time and give all my friends their mental health diagnosis before they had to live through the really tough parts.

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Rhynoplaz @lemmy.world 2d ago

Do you think any of them would listen? I believe in your quest because I personally have friends, myself included, that would have benefitted from this service. I just wonder if some guy came to me and said he was my friend from the future and that I needed evaluated, if I would take it seriously at all.

2d ago

The same people who rage against authority love moderating communities where their ideology is the only one allowed

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Rhynoplaz @lemmy.world 2d ago

You're right. I suppose I should have said, you don't complain about rules that you agree with. But generally, when someone's on here complaining about being silenced and specifically quotes "People should not be harassed for these reasons:" I'd bet it was because they harassed somebody for one of those reasons and they feel that they should be able to do that.

2d ago

The same people who rage against authority love moderating communities where their ideology is the only one allowed

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Rhynoplaz @lemmy.world 2d ago

I find this hilarious because you keep raging about people calling someone fascist for not sharing the exact same opinion, yet that's exactly what you're doing, accusing me of being something I'm not because you won't take the time to understand what I'm saying.