Ich bin ein Berliner

Like being diagnosed with a terminal illness and every day your doctor calls to remind you.

Jump down into the shit with the pigs then. “Republicans will happily try a dozen things out, expecting only one or two of them to hold up in court.” Yeah that’s one of their worst traits, they’re fundamentally acting in bad faith all the time. That’s WHY they’re willing to do this McConnell bullshit. That’s why McConnell was willing to block Merrick Garland’s supreme court confirmation the way he did, and then do a 180 to push Trump’s nominee through. They DO. NOT. CARE. about acting in good faith.

To the extent that Democrats refrain from that kind of behavior I applaud them. You’re right a Republican Governor in this position would happily have pulled the trigger on this awhile ago because when they ask themselves “do I actually have the authority to do this thing? Can I do this thing without negative consequences?” they’re absolutely fine if only the second question can be answered with a yes.

As a paladin of the light, please dm me your location because I would love to chat with you about this.

I was saying they’re lazy for choosing to block someone rather than discuss the issue. I am emphatically not saying they’re lazy merely because they disagree with me. Don’t you think that is reasonable?

Sounds cognitively lazy, but do you. Goodbye forever I guess PragmaticOne.

I remember being floored at how huge the collection in that account was when I found it, but that makes sense if it’s Ai generated. I think I’m still gonna post them if it’s not banned though. On reflection I don’t mind AI artwork as long as it’s not trying to imitate a real world photo. To me, the only fundamentally troubling thing about AI is the way it will make it impossible to distinguish what is real from what is not. The resource usage and IP theft issues seem like implementation issues and aren’t a deal breaker for me.

Haha wisdom

Tremendous

I mean, isn’t it so simple to believe that things are run by the greys, and that all we have to do is trade sufficient fetal tissue to them and then we can solve our technological problems, or isn’t it comforting to believe that the Jews are behind everything, or the Communist Party, or the Catholic Church, or the Mason’s. […] I believe that the truth of the matter is far more terrifying, that the real truth that dare not speak itself, is that no one is in control, absolutely no one. You know, you don’t understand Monica, you don’t understand Netanyahu- it’s because No. Body. Is in control.

• Terrence McKenna on conspiritorial thinking

It took me a second to get it too. It’s just a joke that’s worded like the caption on an old fashioned 1 panel cartoon, like Far Side.

e.g. if I’d posted a picture of a man surrounded by an angry mob, he might have commented something like “in hindsight, Greg shouldn’t have sold a counterfeit Mona Lisa to ALL the museums in town.”

For some reason it just hit me how gross long-necks look…

How come the crops won’t grow?

They came from behind, it’s a surprise round.

Bunch of them been dying under suspicious circumstances lately?

I think you should leave isn’t satirical I don’t think. It’s just a ton of absurdism.

My god.

So how ubiquitous is paid vacation time around the EU? How much could a fast food worker expect to receive if they’re working full time?

You can’t actually believe that though? 11 would be ICE shooting protesters on sight. Not much room for escalation? What are you talking about?

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