This is legit the first time I’ve heard of Cyprus not being European

"Yes, because the reduced happiness of others elevates mine in comparison. This is because I believe in a rigid social hierarchy where happiness is zero-sum, and it’s the only way I’m able to climb the ladder. Once the short-lived boost in happiness inevitably wears off due to the world not actually working in that way, I will further look to enable suffering to forever chase the high in the only way I know. I will never truly feel deep satisfaction and inner peace, and I will slowly decline into old age feeling ever more isolated and bitter.

Get rekt, libs."

That’s some 5d chess right there

And second and secondmost, I blame the anti-Trump non-voters. The GOP only lost about 2 million from 2020, but the Democrats lost about 14 million. I know they’re not all accounted for but that is a MUCH larger swathe from blue than red. Obviously some switched sides for their own reasons but basically there are maybe 10 million voters who decided that voting for the lesser of two evils wasn’t on their agenda and did nothing. Disappointing.

Edit: obviously I blame all the propaganda from the billionaires/wealthy media/foreign interference etc too (and moreso), but let’s take that as read.

…my state and several other blue states have been working on a contingency plan ever since Biden looked like a certain loss, months back.

Can you expand on this, in eli5 fashion? Curious foreigner here.

It’s also a false equivalence. The government helping to house people is absolutely not the same as private individuals sharing their homes.

And I’ve never seen Australia, therefore it doesn’t exist

So many people conflate BBC’s news with its comedies

The shows tend to be leftwing. The news does shit like this: —

I’m not sure why I thought that

Hahaha! “Buffing pad”.

Heat death would be my assumption, so between about 10^100 and 10^106 years

I remember reading something years ago about an ex troll, he said he’d do it because getting attention, even negative attention, made him feel happy. I honestly think half the time they’re just depressed and don’t know to elicit positive interaction.

I don’t know exactly what to do with this knowledge, btw.

Yes there is

Power bi

Uhh does this mean what I think it means

The Room

ass business

Every cloud

I think he meant to reply to the other person

…the role of a leader is not to beat people down, it’s to lift people up

QFT

Mainland China

*West Taiwan