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Cake day: August 15th, 2023

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  • I am a man, and I’m here to ‘splain.

    Extra effort was put into all of the images of the Thoth tarot. It was, by far, the biggest advancement in tarot since the Rider Waite designs. Every square inch and chosen color is very deliberate, and there are several books that dissect each image for its meaning.

    When it was reprinted in the 70’s, James Wasserman of the OTO worked overtime to make sure that the original colors were accurately preserved so that none of the meaning would be lost. The Thoth tarot is a labor of love that has spanned generations.





  • I don’t really understand why you think a lot of these things are losing causes. FOSS is the backbone of IT. Anti-car urbanism is common in some areas of the world. Lemmy and the Fediverse have been doing great over the last 2 years. Socialism/leftist ideology is on the rise alongside the fascist takeover—it would have been unheard of to have “the squad” in the 90’s.

    So where you see losing, I see slow and steady progress happening alongside capitalist fascism that is trying and failing to stop it completely.














  • I’ll just get this out of the way up front: Reddit sucks.

    While I understand your frustration, I think you’ve made some errors here. First, Reddit is not trying to be a free speech platform anymore. They are a totally subjective space that is ruled by the personal will of moderators and admins. They don’t have to explain anything to you, it is their house, and each sub is an arrangement where you pretty much just have to take it as it is, or leave it.

    “Fucking assholes like you” and “is it normal to act like that” are antagonistic statements. From their perspective, you are a stranger antagonizing them on their turf—the easiest and quickest solution for them is to just get rid of you.

    When they removed your comment, it seems like it could have been left at that. They didn’t want your comment. So it goes. By fighting it, you contributed to a situation that resulted in you being perceived as a troublemaker.

    If you feel like you can’t speak your mind on a platform like Reddit, the answer is to find a different platform—not fight the Reddit dragon with complaints and insults.