Getting the “lets assume this isn’t AI” out of the way:

I am somehow extremely disappointed that people who support this obviously corrupt and evil little man also have talents like art, and music, and probably others.

sigh

Man, 10 years ago I was in the middle leaning Left. Now I am so far left most ideas from the Right feel atrocious. I mean, they are…you know what I mean though.

Pride and projection, with a healthy cultural component. It usually takes a generation for values to catch up. Not much different than the asian dad stereotype, except with a primarily physical component.

We might actually find that hilarious in another timeline.

It’s simple, yes?

We are born to live and in living eventually die. What we do during life makes no difference to us after we are gone, so far as we know. Therefore, in life we find reason to do. In doing, we find purpose. In purpose we find contentment. In contentment we find peace.

Thus life is just a goal to live the best we are able and find ways to be content in that life. This is why there isn’t a universal answer: What contentment looks like changes from person to person.

What she means, and perhaps you already know this, is that helping is sometimes not sought, but instead given to the unwilling and not wanting. Growth only occurs in greater steps when failure is an option. Helping stunts that progress.

My favorite random downvotes on Reddit were the threads where for some damned reason a single reply that often said the same thing as the others, or continued some chain, would get absolutely obliterated.

puts on tinfoil hat

Jessica Fletcher actually causes you to question your entire identity several weeks before suddenly hopping on a train and attending a book signing event she set up without her publicist knowing. Then when she arrives she bumps into one of your friends nowhere near the signing event, manipulates the conversation into talking about you, figures out where you work, shows up and claims that she was just passing by. After a couple days of back and forths while she tells everyone within earshot it was such a coincidence she was there at that time she, quite literally the night before her departure, tells you your life story and convinces you on the spot that you are indeed trans.

First time I experienced this exact sentiment was years ago playing Dynasty Tactics.

99% chance to hit?

Realize devs forgot to include the decimal. 90.1% chance of exploding.

Nah man, there would be some form of cultural disdain for types of tails. It would become another form of racism. Got your culture, looks, skin color, etc and at the end “tail type”. There would be whole sociocultural wars started over tail length. People would go around hiding their tails claiming fashion forward practices to fit in.

Politicians would claim bus seats with holes aren’t safe in order to put down the people who primarily use them. Activist groups would come out saying that pants with openings for tail comfort goes against the teachings of the Great Tailed God. Eventually there would be a change towards equality, though never justice. Beneath the false peace people would still be whispering and somehow those few with the “nicest” tails, born into fabulously-tailed families, would always have more privilege and often not understand how having a different tail can be an automatic disadvantage.

First time seeing this.

Don’t make the same mistake Reddit did. Not all of us are degens on here 24/7.

Oooh no you don’t. You can’t do the shitty Manager thing and try to toss this back at me. Answer your own question.

How do you expect Trump to do as President if he wins?

Sure. Though that doesn’t change the shittiness at all. It just represents the issue the loudest, and one that occurs in more places than just the U.S.: Abysmal working conditions and shitty bosses. Forgive me for pointing out something I think everyone already understands, though we are part of a global economy. To create effective change we should also act as a global force to promote those changes.

In a perfect world, at least. Sadly, problems on our own doorstep takes away a lot of energy to do just that.

In the U.S. you might lose your job if you don’t. One missed alarm.

Good luck.

Mister Mosquito 2, anyone?