You can also parboil and soak (overnight or over a few days in the fridge) dry chickpeas to get similar to canned chickpeas.

Make your own. It’s easy and dry chickpeas store well.

This is true. The whole team would need to switch.

I’d say you’re better off actually ripping off the bandaid if you can.

The more users that actually use Foss alternatives. The more the foss community will benefit.

How I never even started dating adobe.

• looks at adobe licensing prices, cries
• discovers FOSS alternatives, laughs menacingly

That’s a decent point.

However i feel my primary responsibility is to call out issues. If I can be effective in persuading people to agree that something is an issue, then that’s great. However I’m not perfect and I won’t try to be when I comment on a internet post just before I go to bed.

Wonton fonts were invented in America, like fortune cookies. The font is a caricature of Chinese writing systems. And it’s confusing for anyone that isn’t American and isn’t already accustomed to the stereotypes of Chinese culture in America.

When Chinese people use pinyin or write in English, they don’t write like this.

I also don’t think it’s intended by the artist in a negative way. I’m only pointing out that there’s no need for a font that’s used often in a negative way. If wonton fonts were needed for the joke, then I’d let it slide. However, since it actually doesn’t matter how the word China is written, it just stands out as weird.

Fuck that noise, if I see bigotry I speak out.

Thanks, didn’t know what the font was called.

Found this wikipedia article about it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonton_font

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin

Its the font you would see in an american midwest buy 1 scoop get the 2nd scoop free type of place. Its only used to show white people that something is vaguely “exotic”. You don’t see this font in China when reading pinyin.

In this comic, they should just use the same font as the speech bubble. It’s not like trumps speech bubble font is drawn in golden sharpie by someone with small hands and dementia.

I like the spirit of the comic, but we probably don’t need the racist font here

Edit: here is an interesting video on the topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP9gEeVQZ2U

I’ve only ever talked about non violent resistance. Of which there are many methods which can absolutely cause a disruption.

There most certainly have been successful overthrows of authoritarian regimes throughout history. The most well known one is when India made the British give them independence.

30+ Examples of nonviolent campaigns and how they were successful

Mightier than the sword: The unexpected effectiveness of nonviolent resistance

I’m not an expert, or even a pacifist, but I do want to limit death as much as possible.

Just because some historical events used violence, that does not mean that all must. In fact if we engage an authoritarian regime militarily, we are attacking the regimes strongest advantage. Instead, it is the regime’s weak points that should be taken advantage of.

If enough people show that they will not comply with the regime, it will cause problems for them.

Eventually, even if a protest is peaceful and non-disruptive, the regime will be forced to act against the demonstration and cause a disruption where the regime shows both their brutality and their lack of true power.

Think of what your reaction would be if you saw a parent striking a 5 year old in public. Would you think that parent is in control of the situation?

Ultimately, once the regime starts to use violence against non-violent resisters, that’s when the resistance gains power. And if the resisters continue to use non-violence despite the brutality, they will gain sympathy from anyone on the fence.

At some point, they will even gain support of the military and law enforcement which has been applying the brutal crackdowns under order of the regime. And those enforcers might even refuse orders and that’s when the regime begins to topple.

This has been a proven strategy to fight authoritarian regimes in history. If you are interested, please read one of the books above in the comments.

Non violent resistance is not passive

Maybe, but I’ll never comply with a fascist. I would rather choose death over giving them the smallest degree of legitimacy.

And if more Americans felt the same way, we could start a movement that could remove the regime.

If only one person reads one of the books I posted, it’s a step in the right direction.

I don’t hold a high government office.

I don’t lead a military that can compete with that of the USA.

I only have philosophy and history to offer in these times.

Power is not intrinsic to rulers. Gene Sharp says that the sources of the ruler’s power ‘depend intimately upon the obedience and cooperation of the subjects’.

I’m not sure what you are implying should be done. But we have to start somewhere.

Educate yourself.

• From Dictatorship to Democracy (Gene Sharp)
• The Essential Gandhi : An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas(Mahatma Gandhi)