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  1. And don't forget to add "and impossible to seek any recourse for, civilly or criminally," thanks to Elon and his boys. They can crank out as much AI bullshit as they want, intended to engineer the results of elections, corporate governance, shareholder votes, etc. etc.....with absolute, total, 100% immunity. Zero laws. Zero regulations. Total license to use AI to do whatever they want. Because they are the lords of us, and don't you peasants forget it. This circumstance brought to you by a political class that will serve up the people on a silver platter to their billionaire masters at every opportunity.
  2. Yeah, how is the headline not "Moron who repeatedly falls for cons upset about being repeatedly conned?" YOU LITERALLY FUCKING VOTED FOR THIS EXACT OUTCOME. WHEN YOU VOTE FOR A CONMAN, YOU VOTED FOR CONS.
  3. On the bright side, if AI and its champions of it being completely unregulated and unfettered have their way, "the rest of our lives" really won't be very long. So, cheer up! It's almost over!
  4. "I can't fathom someone wouldn't support a candidate who will fix potholes and keep taxes steady but also believes that entire categories of people are subhuman and openly despises even the bare notions of constitutional due process." There are things you can compromise on, and accept as imperfections. "Yeah, he's exactly who I want on transportation, taxation, and education issues, but I really don't like his stance on environmental regulations" is really, really fucking different than "Yeah, he's exactly who I want on transportation, taxation, and education issues, but he wants to create a gestapo not bound by any laws or notions of humanity and decency and deploy them against anyone he deems to be a 'suspect' ethnic group." Shit like that is a deal-breaker for decent human beings.
  5. FIF Surly.
  6. When that happens, I'll tell Sinema "up until now, I thought you were a worthless human being, but then......"
  7. Goddammit. I usually put a pretty sharp eye to avoid AI garbage, and here we are. We genuinely live in a post-truth world. It's over.
  8. Having watched the last 10 years unfold, and the incredible backbone and pushback of respective populations, I offer the observation that not only are they not a problem like the assholes in this admin say, latinos and black people are the absolute fucking best that America has to offer. Want to know what makes America great? Fucking rock-solid heroes and heroines like this gal. THAT is America. We told King George to GTFO, we tell ALL authoritarian pieces of shit to GTFO. It's "We the people," assholes, "not "You the Dickheads."
  9. Man....the number of cunts and level of cuntiness in this new era is staggering. You go girl, I guess. Before, we were an assholocracy, now women are catching up, and we're also a cuntocracy. So....congrats, ladies....
  10. And as a follow-on on that, there's striking a balance. People who have immediate needs for basic elements of life: food, shelter, etc.....you have to help them have those in the immediate term as a baseline, but you want to be thoughtful as to degree and term. Because your most EFFECTIVE charity is creating connection, facilitating education and work, and equipping people to advance themselves. That said, a kid who is cold today needs a coat today. A person who is hungry today needs to eat today. If at all times you are focused on doing things to help that actually maximize the best outcome for the person on the receiving end, then you're doing it both for the right reason and are more likely to be doing it in the right way.
  11. That's not all wrong, but study seems to indicate that it's not a material issue. There always have been and always will be people with a "freeloader" mentality, in every system. Note that many of these people are at the TOP of the ladder as well. That said, there are some complex risks and downsides with charity that are related to the kind of "takeaway" that you are concerned about. This is a really good and important read:
  12. Pardon incoming. Well, it will be delivered as part of any "peace deal" we ram down Ukraine's throat.
  13. Shit, I’m pretty sure that text was inscribed on Voyager.
  14. Well, Nuke's scared because his eyelids are jammed and his old man's here. We need a live... is it a live rooster? We need a live rooster to take the curse off Jose's glove and nobody seems to know what to get Millie or Jimmy for their wedding present. We're dealing with a lot of shit.
  15. Sheep need love too. That's what my aggy friends told me, at least.
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