I like to imagine that there would be uprisings, like the kind with molotovs, if a national abortion ban was passed, but I think the not-right is too disorganized. It's all very handmaids tale.

And aside from infighting, there's a lot of people clinging to "we should follow the rules." Rules don't mean much if only one faction is following them.

Remember that jury nullification is a tool in your toolbox.

Hypothetically, if you're selected for jury duty in a case like 'Someone murdered Nick Fuentes", you can just say not guilty regardless of evidence or truth. The court can't make you show your work and they cannot tell you that your verdict is wrong This is an inherent property of jury trials. It gets used to shield cops and other in-group members from consequences.

I don't think I understand what you're talking about. Perhaps some examples would help.

I do think some people hold themselves to too low of a standard, though. There's a song I like that has the line "I don't want you to romanticize falling the fuck apart ". I think some people are just like "well, I ghosted my friend and didn't do my tasks at work and didn't feed my cat but life is hard am I right? No other way I could be. Time to go drink alone and watch TV"

I failed calc2 and am gainfully employed as a mid/upper level software engineer.

One guy at work really saved the day because he's good at math, and made a very slow process much faster because he knows .. uh.. vector math? He did magic with numpy

My mom is also deeply paranoid and superstitious about the phone. I'll be like "why don't you delete this second weather app you don't like that's sending you all these notifications you ignore?" And she'll be like "NO YOU'LL BREAK SOMETHING IT HAS TO TO BE LIKE THIS"

Jira , mostly. It kind of sucks but it's what we use.

Sublime text for quick notes.

Some people like notion but I often find it redundant with jira, and it's often write-only memory.

Politics are complicated.

People are fucking stupid and care more about in-group good-feels than reality or policy.

Many Trump supporters like feeling like they are part of a larger group. That's it. That's really, deeply, stupid. Like, dogs are smarter than that. But they see the symbols and the faces and feel good about themselves.

Some people are deeply racist or sexist and such, but a lot of people just want to feel like they're part of a group.

It was okay.

Didn't really like the ending(s). I think one of the lead guys was like "cyberpunk can't have happy endings", so I guess they never read Neuromancer.

Gameplay was so-so, but I fixed some egregious problems with a mod. People who thought it was going to be life changing were living in a dream land.

Played the games. Not interested.

A new story in the setting could be good

Retelling the game sounds bad. Conveniently, the reasons why are nicely outlined in the article.

I think a lot of people are irrationally scared of "socialism" and "handouts". If a party was like "we're going to take some of the ultra wealthy's stuff and use it to build free housing, health care, transit, and public spaces" they'd be like "no that's communism I'd rather live in a box eating lead paint than get a government handout"

Unless he's going to jail or similar, it doesn't matter. He got what he wanted.

My parents were strict in many ways, but the ones that bother me were the ones that didn't have a sound reason behind them.

Like, "You have to be in bed at this time so you can sleep enough to feel ok in the morning" was fine. So was "Do your homework first, then go play so you don't have to worry about it, and you don't get surprised by it taking longer and you run out of time".

But sometimes they'd be like "you can't play video games but you can watch TV ", and that felt weird. I think they were just more comfortable with tv because they knew it.

So I guess my questions are, do you explain your reasons and motivations?

Do you ever back down if your child makes a compelling argument?

What about the people walking around with armbands hats, signalling they're enthusiastic members of the party?

I was thinking about this, and how it's hard to organize without being infiltrated by cops or bootlickers.

And yeah as much as I want to thanos snap away the right wing, I don't want to die or go to jail.

But somehow the right wing got a whole riot going for their Jan 6 insurrection. They're not any richer. Just more hateful and stupid.

Surely there's a couple people still working there.

I feel like the not-right will just take it. Just accept things. Go into the concentration camp. Let the government be dismantled. Let laws be ignored.

The right wing is full of bad ideas and hate but they organize and sometimes riot.

Everyone else seems too busy infighting and being smug.

I feel like people are just rolling over and taking it? He shouldn't even be eligible because of the 14th Amendment "no insurrection" thing.

Yes. And no one's going to do anything about it.

Most people are too lazy and thoughtless to stop using it .

The engineers that work there certainly aren't going to stage a coup.

And no one's going to just do violence to Musk.

Guild wars 2 is the only MMO that didn't bore or annoy me.

• feels like a real video game. You can jump and dodge and stuff
• much quality of life stuff is free and baked in. Deposit most stuff to the bank from anywhere, craft from the bank, etc
• minimal gear grind. The tier you can buy for cheap is good enough. The next tier is a small improvement.
• generally helpful folks
• lots of different stuff to do.

Well, I'm sorry you got "lucky" like that. I've never seen or heard of someone intentionally misleading like that, but I'm sure it happens. Seems like a jerk move to do to someone.