Well good thing statistics aren’t based on “what that one random guy on the internet thinks”

Where did I say that I didn’t like that? You left out the part about not understanding

That’s why I only drink grain alcohol and rainwater

Shameful… The union members who fought and died for his right to be a member would be sickened by the idea of supporting someone like Trump (politics aside, even if you just look at his history refusing to pay workers and bragging about it).

I read that JD Vance crossed a picket line to do a rally or something a week or so ago. When I was younger, that shit would get you killed in a union town (possible hyperbole, they’d probably just break your legs and boot you out of town). Nowadays nobody bats an eye. It wasn’t even in the news, I only read about it in my union newsletter.

Well, the GOP literally wants to outlaw no fault divorce, so they better do it quick.

I’m sure it’s easy to laugh about when none of them are voting for outright fascism.

Absolutely, they should target all of them.

However, you’re ignoring the difference here; that TikTok is a Chinese company, and in that kind of system, you can’t really separate “private” companies and the CCP.

It would be trivial for China to get data from TikTok.

I was raised with the very strong belief that my vote was private, and I never had to tell anyone. I think it probably came from my father’s own experiences as a hippie during the War in Vietnam, and voting differently than his conservative family…

Unfortunately, he’s seemingly forgotten all of that in an angry pro-Trump haze, to the point where I’m convinced that he would do this to my mother now. If he had to. I think he’s already got her conditioned to not have a political mind of her own. So no need.

Seems clear now that it was always just the typical boomer mantra of “me me me.” The only reason he had any concept of being ostracized by family for voting a certain way, is because it happened to him. Now it doesn’t matter because they all know he’s a fucking nutter, so no need to hide it I guess.

In other words, if I were being raised by him right now, he’d be saying something completely different (and probably demanding to see my ballot). Just like every other value he instilled in me, then immediately ignored for the rest of his life.

I don’t think this is necessarily true when talking about modern social media

The Senate was never meant to be proportionate, and that would be perfectly fine if the House was actually proportionate.

No Nut November

This is still a thing? Ugh. Can’t wait to constantly read about it for the next month.

I’m glad all of the users I’ve tagged in the past month decided to congregate in this thread to show everyone how full of shit they’ve been this entire time.

Well done.

For fuck sake… HE TRIED

Unless you’re a slave, of course.

Secret: they’re all disgusting and vile

Magical thinking of all types is harmful

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None of these figures are real.

Can we please focus on reality?

Why not? What’s the difference at this point? These rules were made before the Internet existed

This comment conflates jail and prison as if they’re the same thing, and they are not. It’s an important distinction.

They probably don’t have the resources for name tags…

I know you were making a joke, but it is foolish to believe for one second that this wasn’t done intentionally as a form of dehumanization and public humiliation.

Does it really matter so much that the IDF writes a number on their forehead, when they’re also bombing children? Is a marker really a greater evil than a bomb?

Yes, it really matters. Both things matter. Do we have to make “Israel war crime” tier lists before determining if we should care about something? It’s all awful. And it’s all inter-related anyway. This is the type of dehumanization that allows IDF soldiers to murder so many women and children without remorse.

And I could see someone who does not have an understanding of history, and the historical context around this level of dehumanization, could not fully grasp the symbolism here.

But yes, this is something that we 100% should be talking and worrying about.