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G650

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  1. The thing, to me, is that it's not really a left right issue as much as a cultural one. I mean, good luck
  2. I mean, I agree they aren't actively evil for the most part. But at some point, you have to really accept they chose this with clear eyes. And as I said, I've let go of any solidarity with them. They broke the country willfully, it's on them to repair it if they want.
  3. Yup.
  4. As long as you come with solid facts and reasoning, sure. Most of us do I would posit. I wouldn't get caught up in the couple vociferous posters, they operate in volume, not in numbers. Plus you should see the internecine brawls here. Gaza, etc...
  5. I'm well aware. Sadly.
  6. Goddamn stole one of my favorite lines man.
  7. Prices aren't going back down unless there is economic collapse. Anyone with a room temperature IQ knows this.
  8. I mean, I don't either, but I have never felt shouted down.
  9. Only takes money homie.
  10. Ignore doesn't seem to be working?
  11. Cockroaches
  12. Fair enough, I would have figured that part is self explanatory though, if for no other reason I wouldn't ever consider paying taxes as a transaction. Not to mention I get very immediate benefits from it like roads to drive on and schools for my son to attend. But what we mean is helping out others as an act of kindness, as opposed to what's in it for us. Personally, 2016 shattered every idea I had about what this country was. I never considered America perfect, but the depths of our depravity and malice were never that exposed, and it seemed we were always working towards being better. But that went out the window in '16. Even so, I still clung to a small flicker of hope maybe it was an aberration, and Biden's win in 2020 restored probably 75% of my faith in the US. This, well, the flame is 100% out now. As I told my wife, I actually don't feel any anger or shock at all, I'm pretty serene. The truth is laid bare for all to see now, and I have completely accepted it. So if I know someone is a Trump voter, my interactions with them are going to be 100% transactional. If my Trump neighbor needs sugar, I'm not lending them any unless I get something from it. Which sounds heartless, and it is, because I'm not giving that part of myself anymore to people who don't deserve it. I feel zero guilt about this. These people have chosen to break our country. The onus is on them to put it back together again.
  13. You think paying the IRS taxes constitutes an interpersonal interaction?
  14. I know reading isn't necessarily your strong suit, but I'm pretty flummoxed how you got there from what I wrote.
  15. No, it means that if there is immediate value in the interaction for me, sure I'll partake. If not, I'm not helping you.
  16. You know what transactional means, right?
  17. From today's Atlantic. This is something I've been saying for years.
  18. You are right about that, but we are straying off topic.
  19. There's really no clearer divide than some of us care less about our immediate short term gain than we do the health of society writ large, and some people can't grasp that concept whatsoever.
  20. The dildo of consequences
  21. 100% this.
  22. Not me. I am surprisingly serene, not at all what I expected.
  23. You've come to the right place for people to encourage reckless spending
  24. This board is like the most concentrated form of Pete voter
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