Dave Mittner 🇺🇸

Just exactly what scale does a coup need to be for people to recognize it as one? Because to me gerrymandering is a pretty blatant example of it.

It's honestly difficult to know if people like Elon are really this fucking stupid or are just deliberately exploiting Americans who are this fucking stupid. Either way there's something to condemn.

This 👇

Want to troll the fuck out of Trump? Give Melania the Nobel Peace Prize for the Oleshky ceasefire. Also, this is so reminiscent of her having an anti-bullying campaign on the backdrop of Trump's completely opposite behaviors.

1. Get the urge to play Cyberpunk 2. Delete a bunch of shit so there's room to install it 3. Update graphics drivers 4. Update mods, try to get DLSS5 working (and giving up) 5. Start the game 6. Create the character 7. Immediately realize the urge wasn't that strong 8. Stare at monitor, bored

I'm so tired of people claiming, in absolute terms, that "political violence" is never acceptable. If they wouldn't have danced on Hitler's dead body then I absolutely question their values.

Seems to me that actively and consciously compromising the national defense of a country is an act of war. 🤔

There's really just too many examples of this to deny it. And even if they don't all do it, they sure don't seem to hold accountable those who do.

Reminds me of kids calling 911 when they shouldn't.

I don't understand how anyone could claim to believe in a god and not see a person surviving two execution attempts as an act of said god. That should be an automatic sentence reduction to life.

Simultaneously: a) Normalize anyone being an "enemy" by naming anyone that who does anything you don't like, b) Weaken the idea of "citizenship" c) Paint killing "enemies" as patriotism and entertainment Gee. I wonder where the fuck all this leads. 🤔

Girls should be taught self-defense in high school. I'd even sub PE out for martial arts. Fitness in a form that's actually useful in life.

#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol

“Did you or did you not sell hamburgers from a giant smiling head?” “Sir, that was Jack in the Box.”

Eric Schmitt got every detail right about Jack Smith‘s basketball game. Except the team, the league, the gender, the city and the state. Magats constantly prove the infinite depth of their stupidity.

There's a special place in hell for seemingly casual video games that, after days of playing with no indication whatsoever that they exist, you get thrown into an inescapable boss battle.

Should be reposted every month....

For the umpteenth time I've been blocked by someone for simply pointing out a falsehood in some argument they've made. That kind of fragility _does_ make it kind of hard to see the left actually capable of standing up in a real fight.

Me at 2am: And there goes my internet connection. Guess the work day has ended.

Me at 9am: I got so much done yesterday that today should be light! Me at 9pm: If I just finish this ooonnnneee thing, maybe I'll get a couple hours of gaming in yet!

I don't know if Reagan was complicit or just ignorant, but he ushered us onto an unsustainable path. All "Tickle-Down" did was make it more cost-effective for the wealthy to hoard; to chase dollars that the prior highly progressive tax brackets actually coerced downward. He killed real trickle-down.

Annnnnd neither my M.2 nor SSD drives have enough space to pimp out my Skyrim with a mod pack. And I can't fit a second M.2 until I upgrade my motherboard, which means upgrading my CPU and memory, and 64GB of DDR5 only costs a thousand damn dollars. Never upgrading again.

Of course they're against Sharia Law. One of its tenants is that contracts between parties must be fulfilled. Now laws enforcing contracts are illegal because they're a part of Sharia Law. Not to mention laws against fraud.

When you have polymorph dispelled after 10 long years.

Continuing my thesis that society functions as an individual's mind: the wolf that wins is the wolf you feed. When society feeds cruelty, the cruel wolf will win against the decent wolf.

Of Course, We Know Their Game...

I mean, I think I get it. A lot of people are ego-driven and were raised to think certain things are "weaknesses" and that you must never show "weakness". Thing is... a person gets to decide what's "weak". And most intelligent people don't feel threatened by admitting they don't know everything.

I'm starting to wonder if the reason conservatives push for "heartbeat" abortion legislation is because if we drew the line at self-awareness, we'd be able to legally abort Republican politicians.

Sometimes a thing is just so unbelievability stupid that all you can do is laugh at the absurdity. The alternative is to fall into a pit of frustration and despair at what the world puts in front of us. Completely unrelated side thought: why exactly does the right always feel condescended to?

This is absolutely needed AND it has to be global. We're in an arms race. Not just between these companies but between countries. And much like with nuclear proliferation, everyone involved needs to scale down together. That means a global effort, likely the UN, and strong world leadership.

Maga are morons😄

The most fucking frustrating thing is knowing that, if Trump goes down and Democrats reclaim power, Republicans/conservatives will IMMEDIATELY hold the Democrat to INSANELY different standards than they ever held Trump. It's been that way my entire life and the right's only gotten worse and worse.

I think I just thought of a use for image gen AI that might have benefits that outweigh the cost: Every single time some MAGA takes a selfie with a gun, swap it with other items and blast it back at them. Or just generally do it for anything MAGA. AI's an amplifier, so let's use it for good.

It really should go without saying that if your first and only reaction to Trump's $5,000 check "promise" is temptation, you're really too fucking stupid to be voting. Stay home. Let the adults figure things out.

Democrats should promise $1k-$1.5k per adult PER MONTH if they win the election. They can sell it as a boost to the people's basic income that's universally available.

Yuuuuup…

My loyalty is to the facts. Whether it's coming from the left or right, if I see misinformation being spread, I'll call it out. And I oppose it even more fiercely if it's coming from the left. I hold my own side to a higher standard.

Fucking this👇 We hired a new cashier. While discussing the correct way to lift a heavy box, he lets slip that he was stronger with testosterone shots. Then looks at us in horror and begs us not to fire him. I fucking hate this for them. We promised him he was in a safe space.

First of all, knowing him he's probably still being a lying piece of shit. But. He didn't claim to have been there ON 9/11. He claims to have been there the following day and was rushed away when there were signs of collapse. Keep to the facts, peeps. They're on our side.