That’s where I’m at. I don’t trust them and I don’t get close to people I don’t trust.

I don’t see as much toxicity or general baiting in my feed.

You went a bit left field with your comment but I have a few thoughts.

‘Atheist fundamentalist’ is a non-sequitor. Atheists aren’t a coalition or monolith with established beliefs or practices. They’re just people who don’t believe in god or a higher power or spirituality or whatever. They have no unifying dogma or ritual. There’s no cabal of atheists that decided that they know some secret truth, or that you are damned or cursed, or inherently lesser than, or deserve fewer rights because you believe. There are assholes out there, but the lack of organization is the key here.

Comparing loud obnoxious atheists to organized, systemic, and core religious principles and groups is apples and oranges. Not to mention that the lack of belief is not ‘belief’.

All that aside, I have never seen someone on a street corner with a bullhorn ‘preaching’ about non-belief. That’s not to say they don’t exist, I’m positive there are some obnoxious people that do it. But I have seen hundreds of Christians, Jews (certain sects, usually zionists), and people of other faiths on street corners, rest stops, and all other manner of places telling me I’m going to hell if I don’t join the club and conform. You’re presenting these as two equal problems when they’re not.

Sure I don’t want anyone telling me what I should or shouldn’t believe, but there is a preponderance of evidence that you’ll be assaulted by one and not the other. It’s like being more concerned about being attacked by a shark than struck by lightning when you live in South Dakota. Will you ever go to the beach? Probably a few times in your life, but the likelihood of being attacked by a shark is infinitesimal compared to your risk of being struck by lightning. Let’s address the real issues in these conversations and not build straw men to defend the vile.

Not knowing fundamentalism lap blinds you to the fundamental realist nature of nearly all religion. At its base, it all has the same exclusivity that ultimately says ‘you’re not good enough and you need my secret to be good enough’. All the major religions are predicated on evangelizing and growing the fold. All of them. And all of them damn you when you don’t join.

Knowing fundamentalism opens your eyes to the fact that every religious person, intentionally or not, looks down at you for not agreeing. They see themselves as superior because they found the secret. It’s inherent to the belief, even when the believer is a good person. I’ve known as many non-fundamentalist religious people as I’ve known fundies, and they’re all the same at their core. They are in, you are out. They are saved, you are damned. They are blessed, you are cursed. They are ‘us’, you are ‘other’.

My problem was born of fundamentalism, but it showed me the fundamentalist nature of it all.

Those are the best ones

That depends very heavily on how you engage with lemmy. Lemmy isn’t a monolith and different communities have very different energies. Some are toxic, many are not. My feed is not terribly toxic like many of you all describe.

It’s hard to trust religious people. I grew up a fundie christian and nearly every Christian I’ve ever known has hurt me with their faith. Trusting religious people feels like repeating a trust fall with people who routinely decide not to catch you. And then people get mad at me for not wanting to engage anymore.

Are all religious people bad? Of course not. Has my experience been one that has constantly affirmed that religious people, namely christians, cand be trusted? Absolutely. So what am I supposed to do in this case?

And FOSS. Don’t forget FOSS

My exact thought. This isn’t a lemmy thing, it’s an internet thing.

I really don’t have much of the experience OP is talking about either, but that’s largely due to the feed I’ve curated. Either that or I’m the problem lol. But in general, I tend to have pretty good interactions for the most part, unless I’m feeling feisty and start something.

So, you don’t hire entry level then?

Certainly should be considered for entry level roles because everything you describe is for more senior positions. If this is how you hire entry level, that’s a bit of a problem.

Is that a Boston? I’d like to know the source for this photo. If it’s a Boston it’s the exact same coloring as my girl was, and in the 10 years I had her I never saw another one like her.

A Supreme Court justice making a slippery slope argument is wild to me.

I’m in a similar spot as you. Doubled my income over the pandemic (though I got laid off in December), bought a house at 4.99%, and moved to a slightly lower cost of living city that’s still in range of Seattle.

I’m mad for all the same reasons.

Coulda used that sometime before last week :/

Relevant: https://youtu.be/hiDgpbWiKvo

Which is great until the law gets changed by a bunch of sycophants in congress.

Hi, it’s me, I’ve done it. With my old quest 2 I walked all around my house for a good half hour through pass through no problem.

Your anecdote is not evidence.

With regards to the video being fake or staged, I’m not entering that ring today.

They’ve been planning this for 40 years

There’s one more thing that comes to mind….

Can’t agree more. It was near the first time, and it was the same time that I realized it’s just not that great when it’s nothing but visual stimuli and no interaction of any sort. I’d enjoy it more if they made it more of a voyeur experience where I could move around the room and watch.