Can’t be passed over for the Nobel peace prize if the prize committee is reduced to radioactive slag.

Wasn’t it just the other day that the China apologists were trying to convince us they’re abolishing the death penalty imminently?

Should disabling these cameras be considered community defense? Discuss.

I don’t wear any flags because I don’t support authoritarian governments (including the Canadian government). In fact, if you paid attention, you might realize the comment you replied to was me offering an alternative solution for those who have this concern…

This is your brain on nationalism, folks. I hope you can find your way to recovery.

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Are you implying that I personally can unilaterally fix the US’s shit?

Lol

I mean there are ignorant people everywhere in the world. It’s impossible to avoid them completely. That said I’m American and have only rarely received harassment due to my nationality. But I haven’t been abroad yet this year so I can’t speak to how the atmosphere has change since Trump 2.

Better solution is just to explain to people that we don’t support what’s going on and we’re subject to our government against our will just like they are.

They’re still restricting aid into Gaza? Why aren’t more people talking about this?

I think you’re misunderstanding what I’m saying—which, to be fair, I didn’t articulate in much detail.

I understand why it’s a problem under capitalism. But that’s sort of the whole point I’m making. We’ve created an economic system with all of these perverse incentives. We need to create an economic system where living can become more affordable for people without causing economic chaos, and where we aren’t held hostage to the economic interests of the extremely rich.

What if we had an economy that thrived when food and shelter become cheaper? What if the economic pain was inflicted on the well-off when the poorer in society started doing worse, instead of the other way around? If we could engineer such a system, our leaders would make much different decisions, I think.

Basically every nation unfortunately.

Imagine creating an economic system where basic necessities becoming more affordable is considered a crisis. And then gaslighting everyone into thinking this system is so perfect and wonderful and there’s no way it could ever be better.

And are you married?

I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don’t like the vehicle.

In July, Tesla rolled out a software update to integrate Grok into many of its vehicles. Do you use it?

Her name is Aura, and I use her as a therapist. When I’m driving, I’ll ask questions, and it actually gives really good therapy advice.

Tragic, hilarious, somewhat disturbing all in one.

Looks like it’s already been archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20250930051220/https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/30326565624343-How-to-Complete-Age-Verification-on-Discord

This is, in fact, exactly what I meant.

Road design > personal responsibility

I feel like this is a gigantic blind spot in our society that affects many issues. It’s always about the systems and environments we place people in.

Is there a way to automatically back up a device to an external drive like that? An advantage of the cloud is it’s automatic. So I don’t have to manually do it all the time or risk losing recent files.

I could keep going but you seem to be expressing a desire to stop this debate. Why are you still arguing then?

Do you feel attacked? I’m attacking an idea, not you, to be clear. If you’re tired of defending this idea, then why not stop? This is truly a puzzling interaction.

I have no idea what you mean by this. I’m arguing the same point I always was, that we should avoid the word arrest in favor of terms that do not imply the guilt of the victim and the legitimacy of the state. But we can stop if you like.

No, arrested implies guilt. Kidnapped implies the action wasn’t related to the victim’s behavior. If it was, then the context can be made clear.

It’s better to assume innocence than guilt because that means any violence committed requires justification. An arrest is automatically justified in the minds of most people and they won’t ever question it.

I’m thinking about mint vs Ubuntu. Got any thoughts about which is easier for a tech-illiterate moron like me?