Oh for sure. It sounds like you have a great way to let them pass by. That’s the intention behind what I’m saying that works for most people, but not all, as you said.

These aren’t trolls, but foreign helpers.

One of them, an account called Trump Girl whose description is “#Magatrump2024”, features a blond woman in a MAGA hat in its profile picture and an image of Trump in the banner photo. The account claims to be based in California but is in fact located in South Asia.

Does it help you to think that way?

Say your friend has a video game you want. If you fight being jealous of them because it’s a “negative emotion,” then you’re just going to be resentful. Instead, if you consider it being a clue that you really want that video game and work towards it, you can then be happy that the person has that video game and your brain will work on it to get you it. It uncomplicates things.

There are no negative emotions, only emotions that aren’t fun or popular. Every emotion is there for a reason.

• Grief is there so you can make peace with the person, realize you’re not going to be here forever either and appreciate people that are still living. And more+
• Guilt is there so you don’t do that shit again. Not a fan of religions telling you were born with it and you can only be saved by their religion, because that’s abusive.
• Joy is there to do more of that stuff
• And so on

I got you

I really hope you’re not a working scientist.

If you compare a 2 year old and a really smart dog, they’re about the same in their reasoning skills. So yeah, I’ve had arguments with 2 year olds and dogs.

Again, you’re saying you personally haven’t had those experiences, so you might be an outlier.

None of them have ever exhibited the ability of abstraction.

First of all, isn’t science always testing and studying? Why and how can you make that statement so confidently? You don’t know this for sure.

Second, couldn’t this just be bias on your part? I’ve had dogs that could speak our language the best they could. Granted, these were very smart dogs, so they might have been outliers. But your dogs could have been dumb as rocks too.

Third, you’re like that archaeology meme with the obsidian in the rafters. It might just be you.

But it is nothing more than symbolic association at its absolute best

Have you ever had a pet that you were close to? I think you’re right that it’s cruel to study them though.

Foreign artist’s copyright are stolen all the time in the US. If it can’t be litigated or enforced, it doesn’t really exist.

If they’re still a maga after sending immigrants and US citizens to concentration camps with no legal rights, then they’re nazis. Hopefully, if they hear it enough, they’ll look into it.

Was the little puppet nazi embarrassed?

I was a couple months ago old when I found out that the medical symbol they use is of 2 snakes doing it.

That makes more sense, you’re probably right.

Uhhhh, should I be correcting this or nah? Those were magicians from the east, not the romans who nailed him to a cross.

This is why you need mail in voting. You get a pamphlet of their views and time to really look at the candidates.

I see what you’re saying, but I needed the break.

These are trolls. We’re not immune to trolls here on Lemmy. They have a schedule that can be tracked, lol.

• Don’t take it personal
• Downvote them
• Leave one or two comments at most setting the record straight
• Find something more interesting to discuss in another comment or thread.
• Don’t take it personal or think it’s all of Lemmy.

Any online space is going to have these trolls, but especially a space that’s kind of bucking the system and can’t be as easily controlled.

That’s a great idea, I’ll probably do that too.

No, we find instigators from foreign countries kind of icky. Justice is great.