I think most voters can't find Greenland on a map.
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neorichieb1971 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 1:16 pmCanada - A country just minding their own business, not bothering anyone.
I found this sentence extremely funny.
Won't be laughing so much when he lands on Iran, something that has some actual support within the apparatus. Would prefer he stuck to nonsensical fantasy scenarios than that...
He did send his boss Musk to try to cool tensions, but seriously they're at a peek... he coulda not have torn up the deal we had with them the first time around if he actually meant any of that stuff...
We're about 16 months off from the human instrumentality project, it'd be an incredible and unnecessary waste of human life to get that war in right before the end of history.
smh
It's funny how much energy was behind guys like Trudeau and Vicente Fox and Tony Blair when they first got elected. And how much of a dog turd they all are now. If only our liberals could feel the same way about Obama.... sigh....
It would be extra hilarious if reality was melting all around us, and the democrats decided to run Harris or Liz Cheney again in 2028.
Feels so weird thinking anything any humans could do would matter by then.... calender doesn't even go up to 2028....
That Mom would sacrifice her son for Trump.
Trump wouldn’t give up his lunch for her.
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Liz Cheney would be the top pick for "fuck you voters." I hope the Dems go for it. Go all-in. They already brought in a cancer patient zombie instead of AOC.
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AOC is unelectable and regularly wanders into the left wing versions of MAGA delusions. The key difference being, human beings have a bias and natural attraction to MAGA slop.
She's completely out of touch and regularly offers utopian platitudes where nuance is required. It fires up the base, but it's not going to work at the polls. When they called Bernie Sanders those things, it was a smear. With AOC, it's true.
Of course, true believer MAGA fucks are completely unreachable and not worth a moment of thought. They are so ignorant of the political spectrum, they believe Hillary Clinton is an extreme left wing person and a clone of AOC. Stupid is as stupid does, I suppose.
Unfortunately, there are a few people that can be reasonable in politics. Nobody wants to hear reality or make any sacrifices. Compromise is a bad word now, because it's code for moving right. The billionaires and bigots win every negotiation.
Regardless, AOC has too many gaffes for my taste. Sanders gets a lot hate from the left, because he has a pragmatic side. Until AOC develops some awareness and lives down her reckless youth, I'm not interested.
Oh well, nobody will even listen. Hillary wins again. She poisoned the well and I can't make an argument without being branded a Hillbot. After Sanders, I can't talk about what's really over the line. It's so frustrating.
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Lord British wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 1:36 pm Remove your brain for a sec, Trump is all about size. If he were Putin he'd choose Kazakhstan over Ukraine because it looks bigger on a map.
absolute truths

I have always believed in kindness, even though it has NEVER brought me anything in life except more suffering (except with children, they always repay kindness and as a failed mother this always fills my heart with joy)neorichieb1971 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 1:16 pm Ultimately I always say some nice words would not go a miss these days. Nice words are getting rare.
Reading posts from Paris Hilton whining like she can't afford 10 more mansions makes me sick to my stomach.neorichieb1971 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 1:16 pm Meanwhile I feel for the people of LA right now, having to leave their homes due to wild fires in the area.
I feel more sorry for the poor wildlife than for the rich people in Hollywood

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"I hate AOC".txt
If your brain didn't exist within the world of TV realism, you'd understand nothing to the left of Goldwater is getting elected in this country until the electoral shift from the world of TV to the world of the internet completes itself.
It's not going to require literally every single person over the age of 40 to die. We'll be there come 2028, if not the cycle after that. 52% internet people versus 48% tv people means winning 100% of the time. And the gap will only widen. They have to already perform a lot of election fuckery (2020's ratfuck voltran being a sublime example) to continue holding on to power.
Of course all of this human crap means jack shit since everything is going to be steamrolled by a giant machine during instrumentality, but it's fun to hypothesize about alternative timelines where humans still had any agency in their future.
Fuck, do people's brains crystallize in their 20's and never change.
"Gee I was gonna vote to give myself a raise but then she said trans people should be allowed to use the toilet so now I'm out." Who even is this imaginary person who doesn't exist? They don't even exist, and they're already voting for their ideal party: The republicans.
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I can give trans people the right to use the toilet quietly by enforcing existing laws, wave my hands, and dance off the stage--pointing at attorney general and shrugging my shoulders with a glib grin.
You don't campaign on shit for 1% of the population.
My problem with a lot of people is the unforced errors like "defund the police" and rambling on about open borders.
There's another thing, too: naive utopian exceptionalism.
It reminds me of Roger Waters blaming NATO for Ukraine. The ridiculous alternative reality where the American lefty still hasn't shed the "America is the center of the universe" mentality. In the left wing exceptionalism myth, everything that happens on planet Earth is a reaction to what America did--and (of course!) America could change it all by simply changing this or that--and every other person on the planet would go along with whatever policy or change the lefty suggests. Spoiler alert: it's always because of America.
We could destroy all our nukes and everyone else would say, "We don't want nukes, either. America was the only reason we had any! World Peace Forevah!"
Fuck.
Television, you say? Americans making television reels and saving the world!
You don't campaign on shit for 1% of the population.
My problem with a lot of people is the unforced errors like "defund the police" and rambling on about open borders.
There's another thing, too: naive utopian exceptionalism.
It reminds me of Roger Waters blaming NATO for Ukraine. The ridiculous alternative reality where the American lefty still hasn't shed the "America is the center of the universe" mentality. In the left wing exceptionalism myth, everything that happens on planet Earth is a reaction to what America did--and (of course!) America could change it all by simply changing this or that--and every other person on the planet would go along with whatever policy or change the lefty suggests. Spoiler alert: it's always because of America.
We could destroy all our nukes and everyone else would say, "We don't want nukes, either. America was the only reason we had any! World Peace Forevah!"
Fuck.
Television, you say? Americans making television reels and saving the world!

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Pretending to care about 'what other people think' is such libbed-up bullshit. I've never seen a single conservative or fascist in my life give what 'other people think' a single consideration. (Could even imagine one of them ever using the words "Trump's too ooooold!")
Like how 'globalist' is a word to avoid confronting contradictions in one's anti-capitalist beliefs with how they're 'supposed' to think, 'what other people think' is a way to avoid confronting one's own preference (and comfort) to lose by running Liz Cheney instead of winning and giving everyone healthcare. That, or it's even worse: They're just repeating something the TV told them to think. A stochastic parrot, to a degree MUCH greater than LLM chatbots are.
Words go in, same words come out. Around and around the garbage pile ouroboros goes.
Once again, Frank Luntz illustrates how fucked in the head these people are. Normal people don't vote. People who believe in things (aka, cultists) vote.
"The world isn't ready for a bernie sanders".... fuckin' a, what do you think Obama's landslide in 2008 was about? Because he was charismatic, or do you think maybe the 'hopey-changey' shit had something to do with it?
They just love losin' too much.
Like how 'globalist' is a word to avoid confronting contradictions in one's anti-capitalist beliefs with how they're 'supposed' to think, 'what other people think' is a way to avoid confronting one's own preference (and comfort) to lose by running Liz Cheney instead of winning and giving everyone healthcare. That, or it's even worse: They're just repeating something the TV told them to think. A stochastic parrot, to a degree MUCH greater than LLM chatbots are.
Words go in, same words come out. Around and around the garbage pile ouroboros goes.
Once again, Frank Luntz illustrates how fucked in the head these people are. Normal people don't vote. People who believe in things (aka, cultists) vote.
"The world isn't ready for a bernie sanders".... fuckin' a, what do you think Obama's landslide in 2008 was about? Because he was charismatic, or do you think maybe the 'hopey-changey' shit had something to do with it?
They just love losin' too much.
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I blame most of the world issues on our monetary system. Like breeding to keep pensioners paid up by young uns paying taxes. That worked up until a point that the population got a little out of control but it obviously cannot continue forever as the population cannot grow indefinitely.
Like Japan and China will struggle/are struggling with this concept. Whilst the USA and Canada have really low population density, 1 rule doesn't fit all circumstances. But the monetary system treats everyone the same.
So what does a country do if it finds itself struggling due to this concept?
As a species we need to think outside of the box, not stay with formulas which will cause chaos.
With every problem, the solution is NEVER on the table.
I don't see the USA ever paying off its debt, I don't see enough homes built to meet demand (or ever becoming affordable), I see countries like Japan losing its population (it is currently 600,000 lost a year according to Google). I see climate change getting a lot worse before it gets better. All of these issues are because the monetary system is no longer fit for purpose and the people that make the decisions are immune because they have riches beyond most peoples dreams. We vote in people to government like parties and Presidents who refuse to tackle certain degrading scenarios because of the bottom line.. MONEY!
The "What about me?". Well those people are just asked to work harder, smarter, invest and trample over the ones that are less clued up.
All I am seeing on the news is a chess game of strategically taking land mass, securing as much energy resources as possible and labelling other counrtries as enemies when they are on the opposite side of the world.
It is obvious that on the current alignment of thought, that we will hit the crunch point where MASS suffering will become a norm for many. It might be something simple that you just live where wild fires spawn because nobody did anything about it. Talking doesn't solve anything and our governments are competing, rather that finding solutions. You need to eradicate that "competitiveness" before anything meaningful can be done.
It reminds me of Game of Thrones, where everyone is fighting for the throne, not realizing the dead are coming for whats left.
Like Japan and China will struggle/are struggling with this concept. Whilst the USA and Canada have really low population density, 1 rule doesn't fit all circumstances. But the monetary system treats everyone the same.
So what does a country do if it finds itself struggling due to this concept?
As a species we need to think outside of the box, not stay with formulas which will cause chaos.
With every problem, the solution is NEVER on the table.
I don't see the USA ever paying off its debt, I don't see enough homes built to meet demand (or ever becoming affordable), I see countries like Japan losing its population (it is currently 600,000 lost a year according to Google). I see climate change getting a lot worse before it gets better. All of these issues are because the monetary system is no longer fit for purpose and the people that make the decisions are immune because they have riches beyond most peoples dreams. We vote in people to government like parties and Presidents who refuse to tackle certain degrading scenarios because of the bottom line.. MONEY!
The "What about me?". Well those people are just asked to work harder, smarter, invest and trample over the ones that are less clued up.
All I am seeing on the news is a chess game of strategically taking land mass, securing as much energy resources as possible and labelling other counrtries as enemies when they are on the opposite side of the world.
It is obvious that on the current alignment of thought, that we will hit the crunch point where MASS suffering will become a norm for many. It might be something simple that you just live where wild fires spawn because nobody did anything about it. Talking doesn't solve anything and our governments are competing, rather that finding solutions. You need to eradicate that "competitiveness" before anything meaningful can be done.
It reminds me of Game of Thrones, where everyone is fighting for the throne, not realizing the dead are coming for whats left.
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Yeah, it was called the year 2008 or so.we will hit the crunch point where MASS suffering will become a norm for many.
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How to delete accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Threads?
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I'll just leave this here. Properly captioning it would require a book.

Maybe we are waiting for the olds to die.

Maybe we are waiting for the olds to die.
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Thanks, thats me in a few years

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This is another shocking speech. After having built the social empire, Zuckerberg makes a series of shocking statements, disintegrating in a second everything he had done.
It is a really stupid thing, now social networks have no reason to exist, since they have become a land of no man and bots.
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Social media has become a cess pit. Strange that fact checking is dropped the minute AI takes off. I think there is a monetary conflict of interests with fact checking in an AI world.Lemnear wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2025 1:29 pmThis is another shocking speech. After having built the social empire, Zuckerberg makes a series of shocking statements, disintegrating in a second everything he had done.
It is a really stupid thing, now social networks have no reason to exist, since they have become a land of no man and bots.
This industry has become 2 dimensional as it transcended into a 3D world.
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But why create the internet for communication and information if we have then removed moderation from communication, and fact-checking from information? Now every news on the web is fake, whatever.neorichieb1971 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2025 12:05 pmSocial media has become a cess pit. Strange that fact checking is dropped the minute AI takes off. I think there is a monetary conflict of interests with fact checking in an AI world.Lemnear wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2025 1:29 pmThis is another shocking speech. After having built the social empire, Zuckerberg makes a series of shocking statements, disintegrating in a second everything he had done.
It is a really stupid thing, now social networks have no reason to exist, since they have become a land of no man and bots.
And then why is everyone deliberately going crazy? Trump blames a 7cm fish in danger of extinction for the fires in California..Putin is gaslighting the world (doing something and then accusing others of doing it, denying clear evidence without consequences, etc.)...but what the fuck is happening?
Where I am, it is becoming fashionable to beat up the police, because by law the police cannot apply violence... and if the attackers are foreigners, they cannot be investigated for racial reasons. This is total madness.
I think that life no longer has any reason to be lived, lucky you who at least enjoyed a good part of it.
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lol, Musk is a fake gamer. Incompetent Path of Exile 2 gameplay. (Stuff like going into a rift with a full inventory in a game about picking up lewts.)
That's so so sad.
Hasan saying "Republicans speak better to the anxieties of men" really compacted a general vibe I've believed for years. 'Nothing is more dangerous than a white woman's tears'? I think the sexual anxiety of men has easily topped that.
While cruelty and looting everyone else's treasure are also drivers, I think this one is definitely an essential foundation of these movements.
The whole racism thing being based on penis size. Wanting to go back to the 40's so they can have a chained-up wife in the kitchen. The gun fetish thing where their entire personal self-worth is based on how good of a violence-do'er they are. The fear of becoming homosexual if the cute femboys tempt them out of their incel lifestyle.
Well, R.I.P. to gay marriage. This would be the weirdest jackknife decade in history if the younger generations really are allowed to vote against the banks... assuming the machine apocalypse doesn't lead to an overly negative future.
Jesus.
No one has to live your life but you, and you simply do the best to make the most of it.
Even in the utopian future where the machines take over and the human species goes extinct from breeding with robots, there will be reasons to live. Even in the dystopian future where we're all turned into turtles and forced to live inside Elon cubes, some will be able to eek out brief moments of joy.
A mind cares about its inputs. Pour positive good shit in there and avoid things that make you miserable.
Doom is the default state of being. The ship's been breaching itself on the iceberg from the start. It's beautiful, in its own way.
That's so so sad.
Hasan saying "Republicans speak better to the anxieties of men" really compacted a general vibe I've believed for years. 'Nothing is more dangerous than a white woman's tears'? I think the sexual anxiety of men has easily topped that.
While cruelty and looting everyone else's treasure are also drivers, I think this one is definitely an essential foundation of these movements.
The whole racism thing being based on penis size. Wanting to go back to the 40's so they can have a chained-up wife in the kitchen. The gun fetish thing where their entire personal self-worth is based on how good of a violence-do'er they are. The fear of becoming homosexual if the cute femboys tempt them out of their incel lifestyle.
Well, R.I.P. to gay marriage. This would be the weirdest jackknife decade in history if the younger generations really are allowed to vote against the banks... assuming the machine apocalypse doesn't lead to an overly negative future.
Jesus.
No one has to live your life but you, and you simply do the best to make the most of it.
Even in the utopian future where the machines take over and the human species goes extinct from breeding with robots, there will be reasons to live. Even in the dystopian future where we're all turned into turtles and forced to live inside Elon cubes, some will be able to eek out brief moments of joy.
A mind cares about its inputs. Pour positive good shit in there and avoid things that make you miserable.
Doom is the default state of being. The ship's been breaching itself on the iceberg from the start. It's beautiful, in its own way.
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If only that would happen. I have yet to spot a femboy in the wild anywhere! Fuckin' fake-ass internet, selling me lies again...The fear of becoming homosexual if the cute femboys tempt them out of their incel lifestyle.
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I thought taking TikTok down in America was GREAT news, but now Donald Trump wants to turn it back on (maybe) ? I think America is better off without it honestly 

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Well, Tik Tok's parent company, Bytedance, has ties to the Chinese government -- that's a valid and compelling reason to do so. Plus very recent news reports of former Tik Tokers moving to the "Red Spot" app, another Chinese owned app to begin with. Plus the possibility of Tesla & Space X owner Elon Musk buying the U.S. branch of Tik Tok and mergering it with his X app platform as mentioned on a Bloomberg Technology segment last week. Will be interesting to see what happens next with the Tik Tok app in the coming days ahead.
It's well-known that there were 170 million registered American Tik Tok users which ain't nothing to sneeze at. Trump has mentioned that he'd like Tik Tok back and up and running in the USA but under partial U.S. ownership under the 1st Amendment (how that is to be implemented is anyone's best guess as of right now).
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I think it's kind of a meme if the great capitalist countries won't allow any filthy commie-run company to get too big. Yeah, the commies are going to misuse people's personal information. Which is just exactly what Facebook and Twatter do right now.
I realize the Red Menace also steal copyrighted IP and rip it off in their factories but again, that's the cost associated with getting slave labor prices for your shitty products. If you want a factory to not steal your designs then don't use the Chinese factories!
I realize the Red Menace also steal copyrighted IP and rip it off in their factories but again, that's the cost associated with getting slave labor prices for your shitty products. If you want a factory to not steal your designs then don't use the Chinese factories!
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Considering we just elected a President whose entire platform was retribution towards his enemies and a party which eagerly handed him the ability to commit crimes with near-complete impunity I'm frankly much more worried about what my own government might do with its people's personal information than anything China could cook up. Frankly at this point all any of our adversaries need to do is sit back and watch as we devour ourselves into a tin-pot autocracy.
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That fucker did so much damage today.
1,500 domestic terrorists released into the streets.
25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada coming as of Feb 1.
Pulled the US out of the World Health Organization.
Shut down the Border Patrol app, creating a huge log jam on an already overworked staff and justice system.
1,500 domestic terrorists released into the streets.
25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada coming as of Feb 1.
Pulled the US out of the World Health Organization.
Shut down the Border Patrol app, creating a huge log jam on an already overworked staff and justice system.
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Say what you want, but pardoning a group of people who were basically made an example of by their own government is a lot better than Biden pardoning a bunch of tax evaders, the cash for kids judges, and his own family (which is pretty horrible in the optics department.)To Far Away Times wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 2:20 am That fucker did so much damage today.
1,500 domestic terrorists released into the streets.
25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada coming as of Feb 1.
Pulled the US out of the World Health Organization.
Shut down the Border Patrol app, creating a huge log jam on an already overworked staff and justice system.
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It is no exaggeration to say that the January 6th domestic terrorist attack on the capitol is the worst event in the US since 9/11.DoctaMario wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:58 am Say what you want, but pardoning a group of people who were basically made an example of by their own government is a lot better than Biden pardoning a bunch of tax evaders, the cash for kids judges, and his own family (which is pretty horrible in the optics department.)
They literally tried to end democracy. It may have been in honor of your guy, and you may have even been rooting for them, but the message that was sent that day was chilling. The Jan 6 domestic terrorists said the vote didn't matter, they were getting their guy no matter what, even through violence if necessary. Democracy is the cornerstone of what makes our country work. If you take it away, we are no better than some shit hole 3rd world dictatorship. Had the terrorists been more organized, we may have seen civil war or worse.
There are degrees to these things, and despite Fox News trying to make it seem equal, pardoning a tax evader or Biden's own family isn't in the same league. Hell, it's not even the same sport.
Both sides are not always the same. Sometimes republicans go extremely fucking low and hit these moral and ethical nadirs that are impossible for dems to match.
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I Can see Trump hurting his allies more than his so called enemies after todays speeches.
I think the USA allies will start drawing lines and Trump will stomp all over it.
I think the USA allies will start drawing lines and Trump will stomp all over it.
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For all of the right's incessant whining the vast majority of the rioters were treated with absolute kid gloves by the government, and the organizers and propagandists fueling it even more so, with Trump, as usual, serving as Exhibit A. Merrick Garland in particular has been raked over the coals for how infuriatingly timid he was in the midst of all this, and rightfully so.DoctaMario wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:58 ama group of people who were basically made an example of by their own government
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Serious question: Do you genuinely believe that a group of poorly organized yahoos with very few weapons between them could have taken down the most powerful government the world has ever known with the most powerful military, for the benefit of a guy who had elements of his own administration that tried to get him unseated during his first term? Why or why not?To Far Away Times wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 4:55 amIt is no exaggeration to say that the January 6th domestic terrorist attack on the capitol is the worst event in the US since 9/11.DoctaMario wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:58 am Say what you want, but pardoning a group of people who were basically made an example of by their own government is a lot better than Biden pardoning a bunch of tax evaders, the cash for kids judges, and his own family (which is pretty horrible in the optics department.)
They literally tried to end democracy. It may have been in honor of your guy, and you may have even been rooting for them, but the message that was sent that day was chilling. The Jan 6 domestic terrorists said the vote didn't matter, they were getting their guy no matter what, even through violence if necessary. Democracy is the cornerstone of what makes our country work. If you take it away, we are no better than some shit hole 3rd world dictatorship. Had the terrorists been more organized, we may have seen civil war or worse.
There are degrees to these things, and despite Fox News trying to make it seem equal, pardoning a tax evader or Biden's own family isn't in the same league. Hell, it's not even the same sport.
Both sides are not always the same. Sometimes republicans go extremely fucking low and hit these moral and ethical nadirs that are impossible for dems to match.
With regard to democracy: You may not remember this, but Amy Schumer and Emily Ratajkowski led a protest of women who occupied the Senate building to try and prevent Brett Kavanaugh from being confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. They were "arrested" but ultimately let go. If you believe it was right to jail Jan 6th people for trying to interfere with a process of the government, do you also believe that Schumer et. al. should be charged with crimes as well?
Oh, and I'm not a trump guy, but someone who is old enough and has read enough history to have seen this show before. I won't make the case that I agree with the Jan 6th folks, but putting people in federal prison for trespassing (which is what most of them were charged with) is insane.
Again, being put in federal prison for trespassing is crazy unless you also think it's fine to lock people up for 10 years for having a joint on them. The whole thing has been a big exercise in unreality from where I'm sitting.BulletMagnet wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 10:46 amFor all of the right's incessant whining the vast majority of the rioters were treated with absolute kid gloves by the government, and the organizers and propagandists fueling it even more so, with Trump, as usual, serving as Exhibit A. Merrick Garland in particular has been raked over the coals for how infuriatingly timid he was in the midst of all this, and rightfully so.DoctaMario wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:58 ama group of people who were basically made an example of by their own government
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Musk giving the roman salute was such a predictable thing. I hear the news and go "Really? ... yeah that tracks...."
What's most heinous and really sad however.... is Grimes had to post lies on her twitter about how Musk is totally the first guy to kill a boss in Diablo 4 or whatever. It's bad enough she had to give birth to children she never wanted, but then to have to LIE about your ex being good at video games on the social media website he owns?
Beyond the pale. How can this lady bear it.
Did they kill anyone? Did any of them try to hang Mike Pence? Did all of congress have to evacuate so as to avoid being raped or murdered?
There's kind of a line between a gaggle of annoying geese and a raging stampede that literally trampled people to death.
Not that any of this meat circus matters. The machine god is the only thing that matters anymore. At least to anyone with a couple of brain cells.
"Hey there's a giant steel wall our boat's about to crash into. We've only got like three years left to live."
"Herp derp, I wonder what Taylor Swift is up to today lool."
Reminder that our future forever-god emperors got preference seating at the inauguration. Like a scene right out of a movie. Good times.
What's most heinous and really sad however.... is Grimes had to post lies on her twitter about how Musk is totally the first guy to kill a boss in Diablo 4 or whatever. It's bad enough she had to give birth to children she never wanted, but then to have to LIE about your ex being good at video games on the social media website he owns?
Beyond the pale. How can this lady bear it.
DoctaMario wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:00 pmWith regard to democracy: You may not remember this, but Amy Schumer and Emily Ratajkowski led a protest of women who occupied the Senate building to try and prevent Brett Kavanaugh from being confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. They were "arrested" but ultimately let go. If you believe it was right to jail Jan 6th people for trying to interfere with a process of the government, do you also believe that Schumer et. al. should be charged with crimes as well?
Did they kill anyone? Did any of them try to hang Mike Pence? Did all of congress have to evacuate so as to avoid being raped or murdered?
There's kind of a line between a gaggle of annoying geese and a raging stampede that literally trampled people to death.
Not that any of this meat circus matters. The machine god is the only thing that matters anymore. At least to anyone with a couple of brain cells.
"Hey there's a giant steel wall our boat's about to crash into. We've only got like three years left to live."
"Herp derp, I wonder what Taylor Swift is up to today lool."
Reminder that our future forever-god emperors got preference seating at the inauguration. Like a scene right out of a movie. Good times.
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Re: Prelude to the Apocalypse
The metric I've always seen has been that Jan 6th was an attempt at interfering with a government process, and the protests over Kavanaugh was the same thing really. But nobody except Ashley Babbitt was killed during the capitol riot and if the intention to hang Mike Pence was the same thing as actually TRYING to hang Mike Pence, you might have a point there but it's not. If we're going to make those comparisons, then the 2020 riots were way way worse than Jan 6th.BryanM wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 4:05 pm
Did they kill anyone? Did any of them try to hang Mike Pence? Did all of congress have to evacuate so as to avoid being raped or murdered?
There's kind of a line between a gaggle of annoying geese and a raging stampede that literally trampled people to death.
Not that any of this meat circus matters. The machine god is the only thing that matters anymore. At least to anyone with a couple of brain cells.
"Hey there's a giant steel wall our boat's about to crash into. We've only got like three years left to live."
"Herp derp, I wonder what Taylor Swift is up to today lool."
Reminder that our future forever-god emperors got preference seating at the inauguration. Like a scene right out of a movie. Good times.
My whole thing is, the event has been made to look like something it isn't, like another 9/11 type event in terms of there being a reason to crack down on groups of people the establishment sees as a problem and justify trampling people's rights so they can keep themselves in power. We already did that and it made life in the US objectively worse, so I don't like the idea of it being allowed to happen again just because people don't like trumpers.
I agree with you though, people are too distracted by their bread and circuses, but I guess that's by design. Sometimes I wish I could be one of those people too, it would make life a lot easier.