The closest thing I can think of is violence or loot boxes, but not all video games.

Goldmember…

A lot of print media is dead. Magazines have shriveled up. Newspapers are dying.

I don’t think the Internet provided an equivalent replacement.

For some reason, monogamy was the default in Europe, and that default goes back thousands of years. There were times when men could have second or more partners, but they were never on the same level as wife and any children born from these unions weren’t entitled to inherit anything from the father. It is just a cultural signifier that goes back before Christianity; Romans were monogamous.

To add to this, Western peoples have slowly redefined marriage over the past century to go from a man and his wife to the union of two people. This has given women more power in marriage while also allowing for same gender marriages, since gender is no longer a defining characteristic of marriage in a Western society. I would see same gender marriages being harder in a polygamous society as gender is hard coded into the rules.

As for the Western aversion to polygamy, you’ve seen a lot of people here describe polygamy as “less civilized”. That belief has been around for centuries, so it isn’t tied to marriage equality For instance, the statehood of Utah was delayed until the Mormon church gave up polygamy.

The idea may be to get mods up to speed on moderation so they can take over with time.

Also, given than .ml is the developers’ instance, they are likely more focused on Lemmy than most mods are. So, the admins may be more protective because they are on Lemmy more than the mods.

Even worse, there isn’t a next generation near the size of millennials. Part of the reason that millennials took over while Gen X didn’t was because of the size of the relative generations.

You’re also running into the issue that culture has become a lot more fragmented due to the Internet. You can present a millennial culture where most people may be aware of other subcultures even if they weren’t a part of them. I don’t know if that is going to happen for Gen Z or Alpha.

Still enjoy the culture that I have while accepting that I’m old as fuck.

Sadly, I expect millennials to be more annoying than boomers when this transition happens.

Turn it off and touch grass.

No no no. You aren’t allowed to elect dead popes, just prosecute them.

The Archbishop of Kabul

Don’t tempt me, bro.

The only thing I’m looking at is the age 19. A lot of people are stupid when they’re 19, including her. It could be that she doesn’t have enough life experience to question what she’s been taught, so she defaults to what she was taught.

It is up to you to decide to be around her as she grows up and you find out who she will become.

Roiland is a co-creator, but it is very obvious that Dan Harmon took over the show for the better.

Hell, the takeover happened while Roiland was still voicing Rick, so it isn’t like something important was lost after Roiland was fired.

Friends was created in a different time for media.

Part of it fulfilled the parasocial relationships we see in modern social media. People developed real relationships with these fake characters.

Second is that most television had to have broader comedy because they had larger audience. Over 10% of America watched Friends regularly. I can’t think of any show nowadays that even approaches that.

I like Rick and Morty, but I have enough self awareness to know that Rick is not a role model.

Doesn’t the Pope know that empathy is a sin?

A big problem is that it is on a schedule that can be planned around. Also, because of elected party primaries, which doesn’t seem to be a thing in other countries, the schedule gets stretched out even further.

Consumers are far more cost conscious than they say. A lot of consumers will go for a cheaper product rather than pay more for certain options.

It is the reason why most planes aren’t first class only. The majority of flyers would rather have a cheaper ticket than leg room.

There are two ways to look at it.

1. You’re in shock and you haven’t started processing it yet. It is common for people to have delayed reactions to traumatic news.

2. Not all intimate relationships need to be monogamous and it sounds like you may be ok with that. It isn’t the typical reaction to infidelity, but it isn’t unheard of.

I wouldn’t interpret it as thought police since, outside of knowing if a murder is preplanned or not, they can’t identify the thoughts of the murderer.