Yeah, and that’s wrong too. ISIS are Muslim extremists, and the word extremists is doing a lot of the heavy lifting
It would be offensive to say Muslim jihad as well, that’s fucked up. That does imply all Muslims, which is untrue and unfair
Same deal. Use the word Israeli or Zionist, lumping all of us together is offensive and dangerous
Lol… You know the “every accusation is an admission” thing?
Republicans found this cool new trick about a decade ago, where the accuse Democrats of what they’re about to do. Then, calling them out sounds like “no, u!”, and their base thinks Democrats are the hypocrites
Of course the waste, fraud, and abuse are coming from MAGA. The cult loves that everyone else is being punished so much they haven’t thought through what happens when they need healthcare. They don’t care that Trump is taking bribes, they think he’s based for doing what presidents always do out in the open
You’d be better off calling for the Epstein files. Imply he’s killing the satellites because they might expose children being trafficked
These people don’t use facts or logic, every word to them should include the implication that their guy is a pedo, and that supporting him makes you believe their motivation is that they want to fuck kids
You realize there’s been several attempts on Trump and his staff, right? After the first one, they’ve been downplaying it. People have resigned in fear over the Epstein files
And with pizza gate, there was supposedly a dungeon with children about to be raped and killed. Releasing the files is more abstract and less immediate
Time will tell, but I don’t think this is going away
This is true, but also like… If you’re still on Twitter, fuck you.
Explain yourself.
There is no secret plan. These people are incompetent, they project every move, and if they don’t it leaks
Also, I don’t think you understand how bad rounding up the homeless is. These are largely people with mental issues or in extreme poverty. They’re going to be put in cages and tortured. They probably aren’t going to kill them directly, but they’ll put them in conditions where they’ll die
This is what the Nazis did to kick off the Holocaust, just stupider
Round up the homeless people and put them in the camps.
Trump and co self report their next move about a week in advance. He let slip that little nugget when he was talking about big balls
AI is just a reflection of you.
You want to date Hatsune Miku? Sure, go ahead. It’s just a one sided relationship, the other partner is entirely imaginary. And worse, the other partner is under the control of a company (unless you host locally)
If it makes you happy, there’s the upside. It’s not different than enjoying the romance in games and books. It’s basically romantic masturbation, most people do it to some extent
The downside is, the fact that you’re asking this as if it’s a choice is a bad sign. You can give up on dating, you can play with AI… These things are unrelated.
The people who get in trouble with AI are the people that don’t understand what it is. The people who believe it is more than it is
It’s a high dimensional maze. You can navigate it through interaction, you can get to know it, it can be reminded about your interactions to remember more about you…
But it does not change based on your interactions. It changes when they change the model
That all being said, it’s fun to play with sometimes.
So what are you doing? Are you giving up on dating? That’s fine, I get that. The whole process of dating has been monitized to hell and a lot of people are dropping out, which kind of makes the whole process harder
You want to play with AI? Go on crushon.ai, don’t spend a penny, interact with AI ephemerally. Have fun with the stories. Never forget what they are though… They’re interactive stories.
But if you want to improve your life, and maybe meet someone in the process? Do what the best people do. Do volunteer work. Join your local DSA. Go walk dogs at the animal shelter. Whatever calls to you
If you make an effort to do good things, you’ll end up around good people. And the only way to meet the people who no longer do to bars and caring apps is through people. Make new connections, new friends, new neighbors, and people will try to set you up
I’m sure they were probably more confused… Honestly, they probably heard me coming and separated out of surprise. Then I just pretended like it’s normal to forestwalk, and then pretended like it’s normal to encounter people in their underwear and continue in a straight like 6
I mean, it’s not like I cared. It’s just a funny story to me, but to them? Their illusion of privacy was shattered. How will they ever feel safe in their forest rendezvouses again?
But on the other hand, I did nothing wrong…by the time I saw them, they were both staring at me. In the moment, it felt like not reacting was the kindest course of action
I like to walk through forests. Not through trails, through forests
I once walked into a clearing where there were suddenly two men in their underwear, with a moped nearby. I had no idea what to do… So I just nodded at them and walked straight between them without a word
I mean, yeah. Aside from Maryland and I think one other, the blue states aren’t very gerrymandered. This is one of the main tools that kept the Republicans relevant… They’ve just been cheating for decades, pushing further and further
If we strip fair election laws in places like California and cheat as well, they never get a majority in Congress again. If we pass national districting laws to make them all fair, same deal.
As far as gerrymandering too much… Tech giants are hoovering up all this data in part to share with groups like Cambridge analytica, which gives ungodly levels of granular data. They got very good at predicting elections
And that’s why Democrats are freaking out about Mumdani and Republicans are freaking out in general - progressive populists are out performing the models by double digit percentage points. And that’s well past the 10 point lead they used to consider a done deal
Yep. Authorities have basically just refused to admit how unreliable drug tests are, no matter how many times it’s proven
It’s standard war on drugs tactics… They don’t care how many people they hurt, gotta keep that slave prisoner population up
Are teenagers animals we don’t understand to be studied?
Genuinely, yes. They’re the stage where humans stretch boundaries and react to the society they’ve been raised in
Teenagers want autonomy and support, but beyond that? To understand them you have to study constantly emerging culture, constantly changing language, endless subcultures and remixes
So like… Two different groups of people.
These ones actually acted when the moment came, they have no control over what happens in Washington
We should be praising them. They did their damn jobs, and we should wildly gesture to them when the fuckers in Washington whine about not having the numbers to do anything
These are local Democrats, not federal ones
Nah, they’d do it at home
But it’s going to happen. It was a huge problem with the camp guards and the SS, very few people can live with doing that level of evil for long
Another thought, as socially conservative as we Americans are, it’s a wonder no politicians run on moving state marriage and consent ages to match our nationwide age of majority (18). Maybe it turns out to be a poisonous talking point? Can’t imagine anyone arguing, out loud anyway, for teen marriage. Weird.
No, we do have Republican representatives who do openly argue for lowering the minimum marriage age. Like…a lot. All the fucking time, really
This happens so often I can’t even give you a list of names… And I have no idea why no one seems to talk about this
Also, they get caught with CP or kids a lot. Lot of venom diagram overlap… Go figure
I think the inheritance part is true, if your spouse dies and you have joint ownership of the home and bank accounts, they’re not being inherited, you already fully own them
You can do this without marriage, but you can’t do this for the purposes of tax avoidance… If you give your child joint ownership out of nowhere, you’ll need to explain why if the IRS starts asking questions. And there are valid answers, like if they work the family farm or business, it does make sense that they should gain ownership as their responsibility grows. Things can also be gifted for less tax obligations or put into a trust (and those rules are very wonky), but this is a simple traditional practice
But with marriage? You can claim “this is just how we do marriage, we have joint finances”, and that is an accepted cultural behavior in most places. You can do it immediately, and it offers legal protection as well… For things such as medical malpractice, only the negligent party is exposed, so you cut the maximum amount that can be collected to your combined ownership/2 - primary home and other basics
Granted, I think “but this way we can cheat the system and pay less taxes” is a terrible rationale for child marriage…
I guess that’s fair, I’m not into shoes but I could spot running shoes at a glance
Yeah, obviously. Typing in codes makes you better at typing in codes… My job is to minimize human error on skilled data entry
Scans are like, 100x more reliable, maybe more. I can’t count the number of bugs that ended up being human error. In several years of coding, my mistakes costed cents…Theirs costed tens of thousands of dollars
They’re avoiding scans because they’re dumb, simple as
It’s really not. They’re not letting Congress members inspect literal concentration camps. I wonder when that has happened before…
This is issue #1. I’m all for beating the drums on the Epstein files, but the reason for that is just to fracture his base. The actual important thing right now is to stop a genocide before it gets into gear