The pigs execute 3 citizens every day. No holidays or weekends. https://mappingpoliceviolence.us/

I browse reddit without logging in and with an adblocker. From their perspective, I’m a parasite using resources but contributing nothing; I’m proud of that.

Abraham Lincoln didn’t free the slaves Slaves fought for their rights and freed themselves.

Lincoln is the most pro-black president in history and it’s not close. His personal prejudice and treatment of Natives are irrelevant to the fact that emaciation being a war goal was his decision and wasn’t inevitable. It’s easy to see how a lesser president (like Johnson) would’ve made peace with an intact slaver society.

If you want to argue who the formally enslaved have to thank for their emancipation, I’d argue that the Confederates are the proximate cause. It was the slavers who started the rebellion that forced the issue. It was the slavers fighting for slavery that conjured fatal opposition that didn’t exist before.

I don’t want to minimize the struggle enslaved people faced. But only a tiny number of enslaved or formally enslaved people even participated in the war. They certainly didn’t rise up and overthrow slavery.

It’s extraordinary that Israel doesn’t seem to have much direct leverage and instead seems to be relying on their ability to spoil an Iran deal as their “cards”.

Vance has already publicly warned Israel that back-biting their most powerful friend was risky.

Driving a wedge between the US and Israel may be the lasting consequence to this war. Nevermind the straight of Hormuz.

Online debate is fun. I don’t care if it falls short of solving the worlds problems.

Microslop has designed a hardware solution to disable AI features on Windows for advanced users.

https://nebula.tv/videos/lindsayellis-south-park

Stone and Parker are the embodiment of genX politics. That is the cynical mantra that people who believe in stuff are the real fools. And it doesn’t matter if you deny the Holocaust or advocate for green energy, in South Park you’ve committed the same sin.

Sure they make fun of Trump. But they also had an entire season devoted to frat-boy bullies and tyrants who advocated for inclusion, equity, and social justice. Because that’s a social problem in American and Matt & Tray simply have the courage to finally speak truth to power.

Oh, and meanwhile Global Warming is a hysterical myth that Al Gore invented.

I don’t think being wrongfully persecuted for being in the Epstein files is a thing. It’s kinda the point of the meme that plenty of scientists did go on his plane and to his island. And some of those emails from scientists were commiserating over how “me too has gone too far”.

But sure, not all scientists…

It probably has something to do with using a gun.

The 2nd amendment only protects your right to purchase and own a gun. Not only is using a gun often illegal, it’s grounds for summery execution. You know, freedom.

Reddit should monetize moderation. Every user should be able to buy mod privileges.

Get banned? Ban them back. Loose an argument? Don’t downvote their history, delete it!

You might say that this would result in bad moderation and chaos in the popular subs. And yea, my plan has those advantages too.

Why are Republicans criticising Hegseth?

Because they need a fall-guy for Iran. It’s ironic because the things directly under Hegseth’s control appear to have largely functioned as intended. That is the strikes on Iran have been carried out with minimal US losses. Don’t @ me about war crimes like the Minab school, Republicans DGAF.

The problem with the Iran war is the decision to start it and the terms upon which it will end. We should launch an investigation into who’s responsible for that.

I see that I’ve triggered the conspiracy people.

You want to hear a real conspiracy? You cant be this dumb, you must be one of ‘them’ pretending to be this dumb to throw people off

Yes, this is a good example of conspiratorial ideation. You’re inches away from self awareness.

When I worked at Blockbuster, I miskeyed almost every credit card number on new-member applications. The system didn’t authorize the cards, or even check if the number was valid.

At the end of every shift, the computer would attempt to charge late fees to the card on record if your balance was >30days old. The failure rate was high due to expired cards anyway, so nobody ever got suspicious.

Professional wrestling was all fun and games until it started airing on CSPAN.

quit to the main menu

Fuck you, I wanna quit to the desktop.

A corrupt system is not a space where corruption is permissible, it’s a space where corruption is mandatory. And by corruption I don’t just mean graft. The ability to ignore Trump’s lies comes at the cost of corrupting your ability to perceive reality. As people who have family members in MAGA or Qanon know, people vanish into the upside-down where school shootings are fake, but pizza pedos are real.

Having an “it’s complicated” relationship with reality means being estranged from competence.

voting with your wallet

I’m terrified how many people think buying and selling stuff is moral, civic, and democratic duty. Econ 101 doesn’t even work in economics, why are we applying it to everything?

I had an opportunity to socialize with some young people recently and the one thing that struck me the most was how far ahead the girls were in social skill and maturity.

I don’t think this has anything to do with sex difference or nature. I think that girls are simply expected to pay attention to other people and boys aren’t.

I don’t exempt myself, I was a solipsistic goblin at that age.