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It’s worse than that. We’ve passed that point already.

I, for one, completely believe that Putin has hard evidence of Trump doing something salacious.

The secret to this, which works on all children, mine included, is to turn it and ask them what they think. Leads to more fun answers as well. Not right, but fun.

It means that if he’s held accountable for his actions, he’ll be out of the running for the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s biggest pedophile.

Magnets are a really useful thing, particularly in compasses, which allow you to find your way to Epstien Island.

Both can be true. Schumer can scheme and have no control. The Democratic Whip voted to end the shutdown. That should tell you everything.

It’s Italian fascits vs. German fascists.

Nazi collaborators aren’t remembered fondly either.

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Wow, wow… He’s not taking their Healthcare away. He’s just making it prohibitively expensive.

I think it’s that #believeallwomen is a hard hill to die on. Any internet troll is a Google search away from proof that you shouldn’t blindly believe all women. It just reminds me of when Joe Biden had some allegations against him, and he got caught between a rock and a hard place: believe all women, just not this one.

Instead of belief, it’s about respect. Whether true or not, any accusation should be taken seriously and avoid sensationalism. It’s also about understanding your role. It’s easy for me to say all of this about a situation thousands of miles away; I have an infinitely small role. If it happens closer to home, to someone you know, belief may be a part of that role, but it still needs to come from a place of respect and understand of the situation. If religion is any example, blind belief doesn’t help anything but fuel division.

Not having a Healthcare plan is their plan.

Bowel movement. Alternatively, bowel master, which is probably that poor nurse’s nickname now.

Hey Ian! Want to BM my next campaign? 😙

Not sure why we’re surprised. And even then, it took a while for the “good” OSes to get good. Windows 7 is remembered fondly because it ended well, not because it started well.

Windows 95: OK Windows 98: Bad Windows 98 SE: OK Windows ME/2000: Bad Windows XP: OK Windows Vista: Bad Windows 7: OK Windows 8: Bad Windows 10: OK Windows 11: Bad

I think the rationalization of shitty behavior is key. Everyone is the hero of their own story, and there is no end to the mental gymnastics or cognitive dissonance people will go through to remain the hero.

It’s almost Occam’s Razor. It’s easier to believe someone is a selfish hypocrite than some kind of moral-less grifter.

That’s not to say there aren’t grifters, just that the vast majority have drunk the kool-aid and keep drinking it because of a warped sunk-cost fallacy scenario. If I stop drinking, I have to admit I was bad and wrong, so I double down and stay the good guy.

They do. That’s why they’re so hateful to anyone who contradicts them.

In case you’re talking to a Christian, most believe that everything is a part of God’s plan, even the things they don’t like.

It’s honestly more interesting that this doesn’t match up with the “do you identify as a Christian” stats. It would imply that there are a significant percentage of Christians who think that Trump is outside of God’s plan. Maybe God didn’t have Trump in his bingo card?

The answer I generally hear as to why people dislike young activists, not just Greta Thunberg, is that they overly simplify problems.

But this is usually an argument put forward by people who over complicate problems as a defense mechanism. If it’s complicated, I don’t have to do anything.

You have to remember that everyone is the hero of their own journey. So when a 90 pound teenage girl says you’re doing a bad job at something, you dismiss her, and when you can’t dismiss her, you villify her so you remain the good guy. You do this because denigrating a teenager takes only slightly more effort than doing nothing, and infinitely less effort than doing the right thing.

The truth of the matter is that nearly every problem is simple. The complicated part is getting everyone on-board with the same solution.

With a Palestinian flag.

I am, of course, disgusted with this choice of Super Bowl halftime performer.

The obvious choice was to have Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce get married during the Super Bowl halftime, during which Taylor will not take the Kelce name, killing everyone watching over the age of 65.

No, no companies are people. Buying and selling them is slavery.