No they don’t conflict; they’re symbiotic.

The “American dream” was dreamed up by rich capitalists to encourage poorer people to work harder, longer hours, and to do so with as little grumbling as possible. Couple it with the “rite of passage” mentality - i.e. working super shitty conditions because everyone else had to do the same - then it’s the perfect indoctrination needed to convince people that their hardships are their own failures and not the system’s.

Another, simpler, way to look at it is that the “American Dream” is a carrot on a very long stick that is dangled in front of us to encourage us to move forward with their capitalist agenda while making us think we’re getting a reward for our labor.

Must be from the NPM delivery service. The recipient is lucky the driver didn’t give them thousands of dependencies too.

It’s always never.

The enemy of my enemy or some shit.

I agree. It’s more a side effect. The goal should always be enjoyment or some other form of enrichment. Curiosity would work too.

It would taste better to suck on a lemon directly. 🤮

TIL I’m an opossum.

Other way around.

Dude must be rolling in dough. Those pens aren’t cheap.

Average evening at home?

That’s what I said.

Midlife crisis/divorce/utter failure? Vodka.

Yes.

What if you’re a Mexican moth memer?

@SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com must’ve visited me today. I had to let one of their brethren out of my porch. It was as big as the palm of my hand.

It just feels like its only purpose is to be a magnet for narcissists.

I’ve seen a few dating profiles near me with women claiming to be in Mensa. I’m glad they mention it, as it’s a dog whistle for me to move on to another profile that will inevitably ignore me because I just don’t stack up.

~That’s meant to be funny.~

I have a dentist office near me that also offers Botox. There’s also a boulevard that has a billboard advertising it. My area is not exactly considered the most affluent of areas.

Body Dysmorphia is real, and will trick a person into seeing themselves very differently than everyone else. American Dad did an episode on this once. Feel free to skip to the 4’00” mark.

No, but if Musk and Zuckerberg has taught us anything, there are plenty of engineers who are willing to sell out humanity for fascism. No one is safe, and we should not trust random networks just because it’s “activist controlled”.

I’ve lost ~15 lbs myself by cutting out snacking and eating more lean protein like chicken.

Speak for yourself. It’s both for me.