Some shops here have started requiring you to surrender your photo ID to the customer service staff as collateral for a plastic hand basket. I actually couldn’t believe it.

Way ahead of you, energy has already been nationalized here for a long time.

“Polished,” “tweaked,” or if we want to reclaim a term from the crafters, “bedazzled.”

It’s short for “pack.” Probably standard cans.

I was also very disappointed that the users there voted against the change. The name has a bad history, and there’s no better time to change a community name than when you make a move to a new platform.

This isn’t neatly as big of a change, though. I don’t think a poll should be needed. The mods should just take a stance against racism and enforce that the term not be used.

“I went to another country and they didn’t speak my language! There must be something wrong with them!”

I… what?

antifa fascist

Hi mom, I’m in the screenshot!

I lose faith in humanity every day. When we added a rule in my chatroom that prohibited people from using normalized ableist slurs, huge arguments broke out and many people had to be removed. All because it inconvenienced them slightly to not make several other members feel dehumanized.

I can’t even get my own family to stop using several slurs.

It’s also racist in car culture.

Thank you for making this post. The number of times I’ve seen the term used here lately has been bothering me.