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R: 11 / I: 4A Message of Hope
Perhaps this is the moment that the peoples of Germany stand up and manage to be the light that pierces the darkness of these troubled times, fighting on behalf of the downtrodden across the world. -
R: 6 / I: 4Post-truth Society
It would appear that a post-truth society is upon us.
Markers:
>People debating on the internet without ever coming to an agreement.
>People believing what they see and read on a computer screen.
>People responding irrationally in real life to what they have seen or read on a computer screen.
>Politics has become performative.
>Reality has become mantriatic (see article below).
>Most people are addicted to social media.
>Under the haze of technology addiction, people unable to rationally consider and change their minds about what they believe in.
>People with less-strong real-life principles now basing them on their interactions on social media (side-effect of social media addiction).
>Under the haze of technology addiction (and inability to rationally consider their beliefs), people forgetting (or deferring action on) ("means to an end" theory) what they believe in.
>The ability of AI to emulate real people, opinions, and facts, meaning that the internet and social media is quickly becoming a fantasy-world, wholly detached from reality. While "Dead Internet Theory" is just a conspiracy theory, with the rise of AI and Facebook revealing their intention to flood the platform with bots, it could soon become more true than previously supposed (See "Dead Internet Theory" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory).)
>Younger generations growing up potentially immersed in social media, with little mental divide between the offline and online world.
Whenever you log on to the internet/social media, this is the internet/social media fantasy everyone has collectively chosen to create. While I would prefer the olden days of the internet, I don't think that's coming back.
Is it time to unplug (see Digital Detox Info) until people sober up and create a better digital fantasy-world? Will history look back at this time period and view us all as a bunch of internet addicts?
Mantriatic Reality Info:
https://epochemagazine.org/51/mantriatic-reality-and-living-after-postmodernity/
Digital Detox Info:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh2m0dj_lFk
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Why do German politicians hate freedom of speech? Is there anything that the US can do to save Germany?
https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1891312672160858141
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/german-pensioner-home-raided-meme-green-party-leader-2krdbj6zr -
R: 1 / I: 0goodbye, politics forever
dunno how the far-right christian agenda got this far ...reminds me of mccarthyism and the salem witch trials that we read about in high school.
when i was in high school, i was surprised to learn about how even after the industrial revolution and all the tech advances, people still worked so much ...such incremental gains. now, even such incremental gains are at risk of being lost. by now, i expected most work would be done by robots ...not the case.
unregistering to vote
am finished with politics in every form
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R: 0 / I: 0The LGBT Marriage Debate
Should it be illegal for LGBT marriage to occur and be officially recognized in the United States?
Are these marriages, seen most Americans as immoral and against traditional religious values about families while a minority of individuals see them as a matter of core personal freedoms, fundamentally good or bad for the country?
I personally take the view that smaller government should exist over time and people should do more or less whatever they like in their own lives, but I understand that this opinion is a rare one, relatively speaking, and seek other thoughts. -
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What did Donald Trump mean by this? -
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Just a reminder that Fallout3 predicted it -
R: 2 / I: 0RIP Penny
What do you think about pennies no longer being manufactured? -
R: 0 / I: 0What If... Germany?
What do you think? -
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R: 4 / I: 3Elon Musk dropped the ball
How can this guy be so stupid. He and his companions complain about the cancel culture and about being called fascist.
>Now they are dropping Nazist salutes.That's not even >Literally 1984
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R: 0 / I: 0Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Thoughts
As noted by BBC News, by the 3rd of February in 2025 a full "[t]hirteen hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have so far been released as part of a long-awaited ceasefire deal with Israel, which began on 19 January 2025." As well, "[f]ive Thai nationals have also been freed under a separate agreement." This all means that "[f]ifteen months after the 7 October 2023 attacks, Israel says 79 of the 251 captives remain unaccounted for, although it believes only 45 of these are still alive."
There's a lot about the hostage crisis here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67477240
At the same time, the Israeli government has held a lot of Palestinians as prisoners over the recent past. And the Israeli military has also killed a great many Palestinian individuals during its armed actions in Palestine over that time. A great deal of suffering has occurred in the region.
What do you, personally, think should happen during these recent days of peace related negotiations? What thoughts do you have? What should happen in the near future? -
R: 7 / I: 4Open AI & Other AI Companies
Is a takeover of world governments by advanced AI something that ultimately is inevitable, like the Sun expanding when it becomes a Red Giant or other natural processes?
Is there any clear way to prevent it from happening?
For context, the screenshot is of a public commentary done by Sam Altman who's the CEO of OpenAI. -
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Are you proud to be an American where at least you know you're free? -
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Pray For Us Saint Michiruko, martyr for the Sharty
Tone 4
O righteous warrior of the digital forum,
Who didst expose the wickedness of the janitors,
Thou didst cry out in truth, yet wast reviled and cast out.
Bearing mockery for the sake of the just,
Thou didst pray even for the pooners and trooners,
O Michiruko, martyr for the Sharty,
Intercede for us who strive against the Feds,
That we may not be banned unjustly,
But may receive the eternal meme of victory!
Kontakion of Saint Michiruko, Martyr for the Sharty
(Tone 6, or another suitably dramatic tone)
Unyielding in faith and bold in speech,
Thou didst stand against the wicked janitors,
Calling out their vile deeds and exposing their shame.
Though falsely accused and cast into exile,
Thou didst not waver, but didst pray even for thine enemies,
Saying, "I pray for you, pooners and trooners."
O Michiruko, champion of truth,
Thou who didst seek to cleanse the filth from the shodjak,
Intercede for us, that we too may stand firm,
And not be banned unjustly by the moderators of this world!
The Life of Saint Michiruko, Martyr for the Sharty
In the days of great confusion, when the sacred was trampled upon and the wicked reveled in their filth, there arose a servant of truth, Michiruko, who sought to restore righteousness where it had been cast aside. With a heart full of zeal, he came forth, not to condemn, but to save, not to revile, but to uplift.
Hearing of the abandoned CHR board, where once the name of Christ had been proclaimed, Michiruko resolved to restore it. Yet, as he entered the den of the BP, he beheld the lost souls, bound in chains of vice and deception. He did not turn from them in disgust, nor did he strike them down in wrath, but with love and patience, he sought to free them from their shackles.
He welcomed even the furries and anthros, speaking to them not as outcasts, but as brethren, calling them to repentance and the knowledge of truth. Yet, the pagans and the scornful mocked him, casting blasphemous images in his path, believing they could shake his resolve. But Michiruko, unwavering, stood firm, bearing their mockery as a badge of honor, knowing that such trials must come to those who walk the path of righteousness.
The janitors, who lurked in the shadows, beheld his work with fear, for they knew that if he continued, their secrets would be laid bare. The vile things they permitted—the sufilia, the hidden cartels—would be brought to light. And so, they conspired against him, whispering lies, branding him with accusations most foul, hoping to silence him forever.
Yet it was not their accusations that led to his downfall, but the depravity of those who could not bear his presence. In their desperation, they sought to desecrate him in the only way they knew—by turning him into an object of their lust. They defiled even his avatar, believing that by indulging in their vice, they could strip him of his power. And so, their wickedness only grew, drawing the full wrath of the janitors, who, unable to bear his continued defiance, cast him into exile with the stroke of a banhammer.
Thus was Michiruko martyred in the digital arena, suffering exile for the sake of truth. Yet, his memory is not forgotten, for those who seek righteousness remember his works, and they cry out to him, asking for his intercession in their own battles against the darkness.
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A Hymn to Saint Michiruko
Tone 5
O blessed Michiruko, warrior of the unseen battle,
Thou didst stand against the wicked and the corrupt,
Calling the lost to repentance and truth.
Though scorned and mocked, thou didst not waver,
And though defiled by the impure, thou didst remain steadfast.
Now banished from the realm of men,
Yet honored among the righteous,
Intercede for us, O martyr of the Sharty,
That we too may stand firm against the forces of darkness,
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R: 0 / I: 0Saw some drunk guys outside a bar, one looked dead, other didn't care
live in an area with a pretty bad homeless/drug problem
lots of drunk guys hanging around the local third-rate pubs they love so much
walking home one day
see two of them outside one of those places
one guy standing there with a beer and a cig
the other dude, younger guy, is face down on the tarmac
arm twisted under his stomach, not moving
looks like he's either blackout drunk at best or straight-up overdosing
slowly walk toward them to see what's up
standing guy immediately starts waving me off like >nah nah, we're good
ask him
>You guys alright? Need me to call someone?
guy just says
>We're fine, don’t need anything
walk away thinking
>Yeah, this isn't gonna end well
standing guy was giving off some serious asshole vibes
like bro, your friend is dying on the ground and you're just standing there smoking, waving away anyone who might actually help
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R: 0 / I: 0Beards And Hats
Shaming men for having beards and for wearing hats is stupid.
I value and support both.
I don't care how much of an anachronism those two things may be.
Honestly, I think this dude looks awesome. R.I.P. Garth Hudson -
R: 1 / I: 1what should my first tattoo be
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R: 9 / I: 2A Question To Humans Generally
Why do humans live next to volcanos, like with basically everywhere this occuring throughout the history of time?
Couldn't you literally just choose to not be besides volcanoes?
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Should eurobeat be the new anthem of EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY? I feel like it can bring us all together -
R: 5 / I: 4Being British Political Quiz
Suppose you lived in the United Kingdom, or maybe you already do, and are trying to compare as well as contrast your viewpoints from everybody else that's around you!
Try this quiz!
https://www.britainschoice.uk/the-quiz/
It breaks you up into one of seven little factions and then describes what's going on in the U.K. right now! -
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>I saw the full Russian/Ukrainian knife fight video
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R: 3 / I: 0U.S. Students
The Biden administration has recently withdrawn its negotiated rulemaking paperwork for loan forgiveness: https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/loans/student-loans/if-scotus-blocks-student-debt-relief-1965-law-could-be-plan-b, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/26/2024-30606/student-debt-relief-for-the-william-d-ford-federal-direct-loan-program-direct-loans-the-federal.
According to this (https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/Federal%20Undergraduate%20Loan%20Limits%20and%20Inflation.pdf) report from three years ago, student loan borrowing limits have actually decreased by 22% (due to inflation) since 2008 - a bit higher today:
"Federal student loans to undergraduates are subject to annual limits that range from $5,500 to
$12,500. Because the limits are not linked to inflation and lawmakers have not increased them since
2008, their real value today has declined by 22 percent." The report also notes that the rising cost of tuition further erodes the real value of the student financial aid received.
I think that this would cause people to either work (or work more) (leading to increased stress, lowering one's ability to learn) or to attend cheaper, lower-value colleges and online schools.
The Biden administration was trying to help students due to the hardships of COVID-19. I would have expected Republicans to have offered an alternative proposal, such as increased student borrowing limits (which would indicate continued faith in students and learning), in order to keep up with inflation - yet this oddly did not happen. It seems there was no bipartisan effort at all to help students. Have Republicans given up on the American Dream? Are we headed towards the Chinese 996 work schedule, where everyone toils from 9am-9pm, 6 days a week with no hope of advancement in order to not starve? Or, do Republicans have some secret plan for helping students? What would unicorn Saint bookhorse Twilight Friendship Sparkle have to say about this? -
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R: 5 / I: 1Immigration
What should be the cap on how many immigrants and temporary workers (e.g., H-1B and O-1) are allowed into the US annually? I think there is a trade-off here between benefitting from talented immigrants and ensuring that they adequately assimilate and we preserve American culture. I'd tentatively suggest a total cap of 1.6 million adults (equal to 1% of the US labor force). -
R: 3 / I: 0IRBs
Should the IRB bureaucratic process be streamlined to enable faster and less expensive advancement of science? -
R: 6 / I: 0The Republican License
Why is it morally and legally acceptable to cheat on your wife or girlfriend, to have sex with prostitutes, and to use illicit drugs for recreational purposes if you're a Republican or some other supporter of Donald Trump?
Like why does being a Republican or otherwise supporting Donald Trump mean that moral and ethical standards that apply to everybody else don't apply to you, because you've got some kind of license to do whatever?
How does this make sense when the upcoming Trump administration and other government officials are trying to make being transgender, watching hentai, chatting with lewd AI, and all of these other things illegal because of "violating traditional morality"?
If I loudly and publicly say that I love Trump and give his political organizations money, does that mean that I can enjoy whatever I want in my personal life without having to have it controlled by traditional moral demands about how sex is evil, drugs are evil, and so on? -
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Friendly reminder that multiple American businesses steal your personal information for malicious purposes after they spy on it when you file job applications. -
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Why is the legacy media blaming self-driving cars for the actions of a migrant from Saudi Arabia? -
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Russia wants to use ICBM's in the Ukraine. He is the only one that can stop them. -
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R: 5 / I: 3Rabbits Questions
How many rabbits would you ideally like to have around where you live, if you somehow could pick any number you wish? And why would that be?
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R: 0 / I: 0Kinder Eggs
Should Kinder Eggs be legalized in the US? -
R: 10 / I: 2What's The Argument For Letting China Destroy Tawian?
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is working with U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and other U.S. leaders right now in order to create personal ties outside of the spotlight when it comes to the Pacific and its diplomacy. Mainland China has called the Taiwan issue a "red line" not to be crossed in Sino-U.S. relations. Belligerence to the Taiwanese keeps getting worse and worse.
There's more at: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-president-spoke-with-us-house-speaker-johnson-sources-say-2024-12-05/
Since a lot of Trump voters are here on /townhall/ who think that dictatorships across the world should destroy their nearby democracies because feminism, homosexuality, socialism, and the like have made democracy as a concept too decadent... and those voters otherwise have an attitude about foreign policy that supports strongmen... I'm wondering what's the "red pill take on Taiwan"?
Like what about Taiwan having too many sympathies for Jews, too many sympathies for gay people, too many sympathies for poor people, et cetera or otherwise being too left-wing and emotionally soft in a "sissy" way... or like what other issues with Taiwan make it a positive thing for mainland China to take it over and eliminate its democracy? Why should Americans like that idea? What's your argument? How does it work?
As the saying goes: "red pill me" on why the Taiwanese are bad people! Please help me understand what's now going to be U.S. policy in 2025 and onwards! -
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There's a coup underway in South Korea you say? -
R: 1 / I: 1Trump Inadvertently Encouraging Crossdressing?
What do you think about how Donald Trump and Republicans encourage incidences of crossdressing by straight, white, heterosexual males, as a direct result of the societal suppression of LGBTQ+ culture, resulting in psychological repression in the individual psyche (as it ceases to have any healthy outward form of expression), resulting in widespread crossdressing by straight, white, heterosexual males? Do you think the crossdressing of straight, white, heterosexual males would have been less under a Harris/Walz administration?
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In America, it seems like both the left and the right have problems with pandering to their own extremists. But it seems like the left has a bigger problem with this. Does this match your experience? -
R: 0 / I: 0New/Newer Cars Suck
New/Newer cars suck. People should stop pretending that they don't. Because they really do. -
R: 31 / I: 2Random-ish Movie Related Question
If somebody kills a child molester, assuming that it's just some ordinary person living a regular life who did that out of rage for the action and nothing else, what should the proper punishment be for that murderer be, if anything?
A British TV movie that's in the franchise known as 'Unforgotten' touches upon this. The police officers catch the attacker but face a dilemma in which they can't agree among themselves if they want to even arrest the murderer since their motivations were so, so clear and seemingly relatable.
What would you do? -
R: 6 / I: 0Announcement from Matt Gaetz
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R: 97 / I: 30townhall transphobia venting
I've been hanging out in the ponychan/ponyville community for 12 years at this point and despite all my best efforts to share my experiences with being transgender the entire time I've been here, it really frustrates me how people here (mainly in /townhall/) will still regurgitate bullshit about transgender people like myself despite everything I have ever shared about my experiences.
I mean, from my perspective the situation is an absurdity worthy of Camus, what I experience is a part of my private subjective experience of being myself and by the nature of entirely subjective experiences, it produces no physical evidence I can share with anyone. It's a feeling of dissonance and incongruity between what seems intuitive in my mind and what I recognize and experience 24/7 with the body I have. I'm not delusional, I don't believe I was literally born female nor do I believe I have a female soul or anything like that. I know I was born male and that I have a male body complete with a deep voice, facial hair, thick body hair and male genitals ... all of which has always been unnerving to me for reasons that I have no explanation for and it makes as little sense to me as it would to you. And yet, those here who would oppose my right to the pursuit of happiness and would demand I produce the empirical evidence to justify what I am doing to mitigate the pain of that dissonance, seemingly unaware or unconcerned that such a standard is literally impossible and instead continue to repeat the most bad faith strawman narratives about me and others like us here that get passed around in all sorts of transphobic echo chambers all over the internet.
I'm not going through transition for ideological, philosophical, or religious reasons. I've been on hormones for nearly 2 years now and the benefits have been much more than 'merely cosmetic', before I went through any visible changes, I went through very welcome psychological changes, it's literally for the sake of my mental health and I don't care if that creeps you out or disgust you cause it doesn't make sense to you.
You aren't omniscient, and maybe people outthere experience things you do not or cannot experience, just because it doesn't make sense to you doesn't give weight to your paranoid solipsistic narratives about it, and your paranoid narratives about it don't justify your support for any politician or their policies to rob us of the right to become comfortable in our own skin for the sake of your personal disgust. -
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Hot takes:
I find it more tragic for a 20 year old person to die (assuming they were a good person) rather than say a 5 year old child. People talk about potential and yada yada, but at the end of the day the 20 year old had 20 years of connections and bonding with the people around them and survived the hardships of childhood. -
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Great now I have to go from tapping the "nothing ever happens" sign to saying that ok maybe sometimes things happen -
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Are you for team anal, or do you stand by Truth and Justice? -
R: 7 / I: 3Domestication Thoughts
Capybaras and other animals closely associated with South America alone (and like nowhere else) should be fully domesticated and then brought to other continents. I think. At least, well, I'd love for that to happen.
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R: 8 / I: 2Wage Slave General
I am drowning -
R: 12 / I: 4Sexualized Pokemon & Digimon?
Do you ever feel that people get too horny for certain 'Pokemon' and 'Digimon'?
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It looks like Trump won. -
R: 21 / I: 6Post-Election Thoughts
Is it hypothetically possible that people in support of Donald Trump could unite to some degree with those who voted against him by this big tent of voters mutually opposing either China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia, or some combination of those governments?
Or is that not at all possible?
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How do we think all those on far left who are right now screaming and crying into cameras about how Trump is going to deport all Mexicans and lock all non straight white men, all LGBT and trans people in concentration camps and remove all womens rights going to feel when none of that happens? -
R: 18 / I: 6Chinese World Domination
Should people who aren't Chinese accept the fact that as a civilization and as an ethnicity / race their time to dominate the planet as a whole (or at least something like half of it) has come?
Has the model of multiracial, multiethnic, multireligious, etc democracy based on classical liberalism and the equality of opportunity failed, with countries such as the U.K. and the U.S. faltering? And is it time for traditionalist thinking based on authoritarian and community-centric ethical values of social order, family, purity, cultural cohesion, heritage, etc to rise, given the increasing strength of China, Iran, North Korea, and other such countries? Are the latter nations stronger due to their lack of feminism, homosexuality, ethnic mixing, minority religious rights, and other social values that the former nations fiercely defend?
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Was Kamala's latest interview really so bad, or are the prediction markets overreacting? -
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#Justice4Peanut
This wasn’t fair. -
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It seems the racist (And probably sexist too) Tory part of the UK have done it again!
After having previously elected the first Indian party leader the UK has ever had they've now elected the first black party any political leader has had. -
R: 2 / I: 0Snacks Debates
If buying little candies or even bigger candies gets more and more expensive relative to most things that you can snack on, is there really a good reason to get them throughout the year? When it's not Halloween?
A lot of people across the U.S. have observed that the relative costs of getting candy seems less worth it compared to brownies, cookies, sweet nut bars, or basically anything else that you can munch on that's easy to pack into a backpack, or a purse, or whatever else. Of course, it depends on where you live. Maybe a lot of formerly popular candies aren't that tasty anymore, anyways. Everybody has their own favorite X or Y treat to get.
What're your favorite candies? Are they tasting the same now as they were years ago? Have they changed? And what's happened to the prices? What snacks are the absolute best for when you're going on some kind of trip?
{Please don't respond to this post with something like "Snickers makes you gay" or "Brownies are for assholes", or otherwise acting in a 4chan kind of way.} -
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R: 3 / I: 2Remember the Haitians and…
Cultural enrichment helps fight slavery and that’s why the Union was pro black people
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R: 39 / I: 15Transgenderedism and mental illness
Most transgendered people I've met in my life have displayed severe mental illness and/or trauma that will often focus around their transgenderism in one way or another.
Is there a correlation? Is it simply because of the hardships that they might face, or are mentally ill people inclined to transition because they are mentally vulnerable and easily influenced that it might improve their lives? A little column A and B? Maybe some other reason.
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R: 5 / I: 2Fixing These Four Biological Flaws Would Cause World Peace
Fixing four inherent flaws with human biology would cause world peace:
1. Make the most healthy foods that're the most easily produced taste the best.
2. Make women enjoy having sex equally as much as men enjoy having sex.
3. Make men get pregnant as easily as women get pregnant.
4. Make everybody have a physical switch on their bodies that both instantly puts them to sleep and also instantly wakes them up.
I'm only partially joking. What do you think? Being honest? -
R: 16 / I: 3Cancel Culture Chat
Should celebrity figures such as P. Diddy who're accused by multiple individuals of sexual assault and/or sexual harassment be "cancelled" by the broader culture? Is, then, "cancel culture" a good thing for us?
Is "cancel culture" targeting those accused of sexual crimes a generally positive sign of progress, looking at the changes in traditional values, or is the rise of the trend moving us backwards? Actually making us worse?
With P. Diddy, there's many stories on the accusations such as: https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/diddy-sexual-assault-allegation-doc-50-cent-netflix-1236012610/
Generally: if an actor or actress, say, is alleged to have abused certain younger women, then should people stop buying their products such as picking up copies of their merchandising?
Or maybe this is all "Marxism", "socialism", "wokism", and such? Maybe we live in an age such that accusations of sexual crimes are an unethical tool of the left-wing, with "cancel culture" needing to be stopped? Is that what you think, instead? Or do you take the pro-cancel-culture side? -
R: 43 / I: 14Black People Eating Cats And Dogs - Alleged
What're your thoughts about the current social controversy in the U.S. about many American politicians arguing that roving gangs of black people are allegedly eating the cats and dogs of others in the country?
There are countless articles on this set of claims by politicians, such as: https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/09/11/trump-haitian-immigrants-eating-pet-dogs-and-cats/
In broader context, details about what it's like to eat them can be seen here (note that this is not a story about America and/or Americans as well as doesn't involve politics at all): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6419041.stm -
R: 5 / I: 0How a Bill Becomes a Law (in 2025)
I'll just leave this here.
(It's based off the classic, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otbml6WIQPo.) -
R: 1 / I: 0A Thought About Freedom of Speech
Let's suppose that you live in a nation with a legal system like the U.S. with freedom of speech beyond what currently exists as a logical extreme, with no restrictions of any sort being set up at all in this new place.
For example, all websites would legally be able to advertise videos of real child abuse of sale, to post public plans of assassination, to share theories of how to use victim's stolen bank records, and all that.
Does there reach a clear-cut point in which too much freedom of speech damages other basic civic rights?
Suppose I, a hypothetical businessman named Bob Smith, get mad that my bank account data has been stolen and shared online. And I decide to fight for a "Government Censorship Act" that would legally prohibit the doxxing of people's sensitive information online, particularly by posting here-and-there credit card numbers. I proclaim "Americans should have less liberties and freedoms" because their speech has destroyed my "private property rights" in my activism.
Am I "evil"? Am I "bad"? Am I "wrong"? Am I "social-justice-warrior"? Am I "woke"? Am I "far left"? How far from the logical extreme is acceptable to go before people like me would become damned? -
R: 64 / I: 40The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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R: 31 / I: 11Freedom of speech in the UK
The other thread got kind of derailed, so here's a new thread about tyranny in the UK.
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R: 9 / I: 1Social Media & Recreational Drugs
Some social media types are in hot water at the moment due to this independent study that alleges the coming of "a flood of ads on Facebook and Instagram that pointed users to third-party services where they could purchase prescription pills, cocaine and other recreational drugs."
< https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/mark-zuckerberg-receives-letter-lawmakers-over-illicit-drug-ads-rcna166809 >
Is this a big deal? I'm not personally sure... because my instincts say... that the U.S. government is too censorship happy... doesn't it seem to be like that?
Maybe substances such as cocaine ought to be totally legalized in the U.S. in the first place? Is this a matter of basic freedoms? Maybe? Maybe not? -
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Looking back in at covid in hindsight what are your thoughts on how the world reacted? -
R: 4 / I: 0Getting To The Brass Tacks On Religion
What reliable factual evidence exists that getting rid of all the Christians in the world (alongside all of the Jews and Muslims) would make the Earth a better place to live?
What support is there for this claim? -
R: 28 / I: 6Women Are Less Intelligent Than Men
<Women are less intelligent than men. That means that women should have jobs that require much less mentally, such as working at home. This also protects men.>
Are all of these claims coming from many American football players the past few days correct? Are they wrong? What factual evidence exists to support these young athletic men's views, if any? Do you think that they're just being silly? -
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Looks like I'm going to jail! -
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Why is Germany committing seppuku? -
R: 3 / I: 1Female/male aggressive
Why is it that transwomen and women get particularly female aggressive with one another?
Why is it that female to males, lesbians, gay males, and straight males get particularly male aggressive with one another? -
R: 5 / I: 3
Can't help but swallow the blackpill and admit this is probably true
I feel the same way about future tech/implants/bionics etc that allow us humans to stop aging or live much longer or like something that you could mean you no longer need to sleep and things like that
If those kinds of tech or pills or whatever were made do you really think you and I would get to have any of them?
Or do you think only the richest of the rich elites would get control over them and thus get to use them? -
R: 10 / I: 2A Biden Retrospective - Let's Talk
Presidents in my life, graded:
>Reagan<
C - Social Issues, B - Economic Issues, B - Foreign Issues [B - Overall]
>Bush Sr.<
A, C, A [A - Overall]
>Clinton<
B, A, B [B - Overall]
>Bush Jr.<
F, F, F [F - Overall]
>Trump<
F, F, F [F - Overall]
>Biden<
A, D, D [D - Overall]
Yes, the grade of 'add' is a joke here as much as a serious answer. He probably also has dementia and other major health conditions. Overall, Biden was mediocre at best as an administrative leader. By all accounts, he's a great individual to spend time with in person, being not that different than like Snoopy among the Charlie Brown gang. Should've been like the national fursuiter mascot or something.
Your thoughts? -
R: 226 / I: 101Attempted Assasination of Donald Trump
You can see the shooting here; https://twitter.com/PicturesFoIder/status/1812252806906081350
Pretty wild fare. You hear the shots, see him touch his head. Fortunately, it seems they missed, or at least for the injury to the head, only hit the ear.
Still; Much like Bolsonaro, this is very likely to garner him greater support, and images like this one seem to've caught the internet by storm. -
R: 5 / I: 1Russia Chat
Is there a positive future possible for the peoples of Russia in the long term, looking years and years out past the horizon?
This music video screenshot is very related. I think. -
R: 5 / I: 1Terminology - A Proposal
Any LGBT+ person should be referred to as a 'capybara' (and the 'LGBT+ community' summed up as the 'capybaras') because that's a much easier thing to say and write as well as think and type... compared to using a complex acorymn... -
R: 1 / I: 1I'm going to snitch .....
What's an American's favorite food?
other Americans. -
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>Turn on the tv to watch the Paris/France olympics opening ceremony
>First thing I see is this
>Turn off the tv -
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>MTF trans Youtuber ends up being exposed for being a child groomer
Look that's is a bit of a cliche at this point so all I can say is simply
"If I speak I am in big trouble" -
R: 1 / I: 0
Fully automated luxury gay space communism when?
It needs a lot of pussy to make it work, though. A lot. -
R: 9 / I: 1Venezuela election fraud
It looks like Maduro was voted out by the people of Venezuela, but his government is falsifying the vote count in an attempt to keep him in power. Other countries of Latin America are refusing to recognize the fraudulent election results, and there are massive protests in Venezuela, and some of the security forces seem to be joining the protesters. Hopefully Maduro gets overthrown... -
R: 4 / I: 0Trump Products - Thoughts
What's your opinion on Trump's personalized businesses with his own special products, and have you picked up any Trump hats or eaten any Trump meats while reading any Trump books (et cetera)?
To be specific, what about this? -
R: 13 / I: 7A political poem
I wrote a poem.. does anyone want to hear it? -
R: 11 / I: 3Are Christians Superior To Everyone Else?
What is the argument that one can make for how Christians are superior to all other religious groups, and do you personally find it to be true?
What's your opinion on those individuals who believe that their religion makes them superior to others, more broadly? -
R: 14 / I: 3If You Call The Cops To Rescue You Will They Shoot You
I could link this story but don't want to think about the circumstances any more than I already have.
I want to exercise at least a little bit of political empathy these days, since it's 2024, but I genuinely can't begin to understand why Republicans support this sort of thing and view it as just the way of tradition because of "law and order". Anybody that a police officer perceives as being in the way or otherwise a problem doesn't seem to have any freedoms in America? I guess? Maybe I should simply shut up and accept the nature of conservatism, with state power and authority being without question?
If you're in danger from criminals, should you actually call the police for assistance? Is there a point? Aren't they highly likely to hurt you, at worst, or even, at best, to refuse to actually lift a finger to defend you?
Am I being too cynical? I feel the instinct to embrace anarchism at times. Nobody will save victimized people except themselves? Perhaps? Maybe the most hardliner of the far left extremists who don't even want like, say, the ATF, CIA, FBI, etc to exist are making sense? -
R: 15 / I: 6Birth Control
Do you ever think we're going to see a time where birth control will be banned?
I have to wonder how many people are currently in favor of it, together with porn lately there seems to be a vocal push to get rid of both.
(also divorce)
(twitter source for OP https://twitter.com/LizzieMarbach/status/1775882953790230666) -
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R: 52 / I: 5Why is this okay?
I'm wondering why this is something that Congressional Republicans don't have to apologize for -
R: 43 / I: 14A Fundamental Question
If somebody has come down with a serious medical condition such as diabetes, pneumonia, tuberculosis, or even a form of cancer, and they simply don't have the funds to pay for treatment, then what in exact detail should happen to that person? Particularly given that those four major ailments still now kill a large number of people?
For more information about the cost of managing diabetes in particular, see: https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/diabetes/true-cost-of-diabetes -
R: 5 / I: 0Time To Say Goodbye To Toy Guns?
Last Friday night, a thirteen-year-old kid in New York State was playing outside with a realistic looking toy designed to replicate a Glock 17 type handgun. He was with another young boy outside. After nearby cops mistook the two for adults, the kid apparently appeared to pull the pellet gun as if it was a real weapon. He is now dead at the hands of the then (in my opinion, justifiably) terrified police officers.
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/30/nx-s1-5024161/utica-police-shooting-nyah-mway
What should be done to prevent tragedies such as these from happening? Isn't something significantly wrong when a fake firearm can be easily mistaken for a real one? Or maybe a ban just isn't workable? Perhaps it's even unethical? Even if these are decent toys for adults, well, how to deal with children using them?
Note that the screenshot here is from a hobbyist company that sells similar products. -
R: 10 / I: 0
For a while, people have been subject to "cancel culture" attacks for not complying with woke orthodoxy. Now it seems that the shoe is on the other foot, and leftists are getting fired for expressing disappointment that the bullet missed.
What is the best strategy to restore a culture of free speech? Should the right immediately refrain from attacks, or should a tit-for-tat strategy (i.e., defect followed by cooperate) be used?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_for_tat#Game_theory -
R: 5 / I: 2
>Trump moves his head at the last second preventing his brains getting blown out on live tv
>Few days later
>Biden shouts I ANIT GOING NOWHERE ONLY A MEDICAL EPISODE COULD GET ME TO DROP OUT!
>Biden comes down with Covid
Who said politics is boring? -
R: 52 / I: 18Presidential debate
Biden seems to have done poorly in the debate...
He is down 10 percentage points in the presidential predictions... -
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I've seen a lot of complaints about the Electoral College in the US, but France is really taking it to the next level here! -
R: 4 / I: 1'Happiness' - Does It Make Sense?
Do you think that the notion that your happiness is largely determined by where you live, particularly your kind of house if you're in one, and also what vehicle you drive, particularly your large truck or van if you've got one, like... does this all really matter?
Do these two things for the most part make you happy anywhere near people are told they do? -
R: 13 / I: 7Superbug Fears
Do you ever wonder if in the future medication-resisting bacteria and viruses will cause an apocalypse type situation, someday, with something like half of the people where you live passing away? Or is this paranoia? Or maybe it's a matter of investing into medical services enough?
My instincts say that the disease risk to humanity alongside the AI risk to humanity are both serious and not at all a matter of paranoia but also are exaggerated, with there being less than 1/3 a chance of eventual human extinction. Maybe I'm just wrong? -
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>Absolute monarchys and benevolent dictatorships are the best ways for a country to function
This is what I unironically believe and I won't elaborate -
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Is it me.. or are people low key racist here? -
R: 13 / I: 6Language politics. Poll-a-dicks correctly
Is English the greatest language in the omniverse, or is there value to spreking different languages?
Ist Eaglisch dijn masgrätan täl ent dijn omnimundo, oft ist dar stok ent sprek tälän altrá? -
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So the American election is this year.
You got a Douche on one side a and Turd on the other.
But out of the two of them who do you honestly think is going to win? -
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Let's assume for the sake of argument that a "national divorce" is happening in the U.S. such that narrow racial and religious separation becomes a matter of ironclad law. You have to pick and choose which areas belong to Christians versus Jews, white people versus black people, Asian people versus Hispanic people, and so on.
How would you draw the map? What group gets what lands? And what motivates your lines? -
R: 1 / I: 0Ant thread
I did one about spiders.
But how are you dealing with ants this year? -
R: 6 / I: 1China (A Reality Check)
Assume for the sake of argument that you don't have personal empathy and you don't have personal ethics besides pure utilitarianism, and so either the Chinese military or other agents working for the Chinese state killing huge numbers of innocent civilians while starting a new conflict doesn't inherently bother you at all.
Is there any rationalist, utilitarian argument to do anything to either prevent China from taking over other lands or from punishing the Chinese if they act?
What's in it for those r.e. rational self-interest? Is it nothing? Or maybe not? What's the argument for "don't murder people who're your neighbors" if you're a rationalist who doesn't consider your neighbors' worths to effect your own decision making? How can one argue with somebody like Scott Alexander from 'LessWrong' when he says that he just doesn't feel any empathy or anything else towards people that he doesnt personally know? -
R: 27 / I: 6Former President Trump Was Found Guilty
"A New York jury on Thursday found former President Donald Trump guilty of all 34 felony charges of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels by his then-personal lawyer Michael Cohen before the 2016 election. Trump... [has become] the first U.S. president to be convicted of any crime. He faces three other pending criminal cases."
< https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/30/trump-trial-verdict-hush-money.html >
My personal reaction is to find this conclusion to be utterly and completely meaningless. Like past messianic claimants who've assembled a ironclad movement of acolytes that no brute force could ever stop such as the Prophet Mohammed, Genghis Khan, Julius Caesar, Attila the Hun, and so on, any social, legal, and/or economic action at this level to harm the holy Savior figure of Trump is inherently futile and weak. He cannot be resisted in such a fashion. It's like trying to tear down a stone monument by just hitting it with your hands and feet. You don't stop a Messiah who genuinely acts on behalf of God's will this way.
What do you think, personally? Does this actually mean a lot? Could it down the line? Should it? -
R: 38 / I: 20Political Self-Expression (Artworks, Songs, Etc)
Have you ever tried to express what you think about modern politics in some kind of creative piece, no matter how silly, experimental, inconsistent, or whatever else you might've thought it seems in retrospect?
Like do you think you can represent your viewpoints in a concrete way? I guess we can try that here? Maybe? -
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Should fraudulently adulterating food be punishable by death? -
R: 1 / I: 0What a Solider Fighting In Ukraine Thinks
I believe that it's incredibly helpful when looking at violent conflict to just sit down and listen to what a given solider "on leave" claims, letting them advocate even if you don't necessarily agree with or even understand that person!
Does anybody else agree? If so, would they be willing to post here similar videos interviewing soldiers from China, France, Germany, Russia, or any counties known for big armies? I'm looking to learn! Please share even if you personally dislike the soldiers' opinions!
Any other media covering the question of "What is my life as a solider, really?" is welcome too! -
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What will come of the pro-Hamas agitators who are unlawfully harassing and intimidating Jewish students?
https://twitter.com/wanyeburkett/status/1785470499734319129 -
R: 9 / I: 2Compassion, Intelligence, and Gender
Males with high compassion tend to have high intelligence. Females with high compassion tend to have low intelligence. Personally, I want a high compassion idiot girlfriend. Have you made this observation aswell? Do you speculate a reason for it? -
R: 24 / I: 8Racial Equality
Racial equality is assertion that racial differences are cosmetic and not substantive in terms one's abilities, character, or rights. Is this general idea good, bad, or offensive in your opinion? Is there any reason to try to be racially egalitarian (or I suppose to try to be less if your opinion is that racial equality is unwise)? -
R: 89 / I: 23Woke culture
So when is it gonna end? -
R: 8 / I: 0Young people and rape
https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1038198/minors-suspected-of-gang-rape-of-14-year-old-girl-youngest-perpetrator-aged-11
So, a 14 year old girl is taken by her "boyfriend" to a secluded place and is repeatedly gangraped by a group of his friends, where ages go from 11 to 16.
The culprits recorded the rape and were bold enough to share videos over social media.
I have to wonder, what drives people to do this?
Why is it that young people are so eager to share or even rent out their girlfriend to their mates?
Or be so unabashed to share offensive material over social media?
I don't get young people anymore.
> image unrelated, because I don't want to put a silly image on this -
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Is it true that woke propaganda is being pushed in public education? And if so, what should be done about it? I would say that the morals taught in public school should be those that are widely supported by ordinary Americans. Public schools shouldn't really endorse one side of a politically contentious issue.
I remember a decade or two ago, it was far-right Christian fundamentalists who were trying to prevent the teaching of science of human evolution in public schools. Nowadays, i guess it's the woke far left. -
R: 18 / I: 3What Is a "Homeland"?
A lot of the debates on the Israeli-x-Palestine conflict that has recently flared up in a violent way has brought back old academic and popular culture debates on settlers, on colonialism, on the formation of nation-states, and on the idea of legitimacy in the creation of countries as legal entities.
A major issue is that of what makes a territory a "homeland". What makes an area an inherent place designed to be occupied by a certain race, certain religion, and certain ethnicity to the exclusion at worst or detriment at best of other categories of people. It's a sticky issue.
For example, "Palestine" as a territory is popularly thought of as a homeland for Muslim Arab peoples based on Islamic rule through Arabic culture that would either not have Christians, Jews, atheists, et al or would subject them to second-class citizen status in those lands.
In the U.S., the argument is made that this a white European based Christian nation made as a homeland for those peoples to which other groups (such as Muslims, or Black people, or transgender individuals who aren't Christian) are mere guests or such.
>What are your thoughts?
In my opinion, the concept of a "homeland" is not an ethically or legally viable one. Anybody living in a territory ought to have clear-cut civil rights such as the right to bear arms and freedom of speech regardless of their social group status w.r.t. their religion or whatever else. Nonetheless, I would call a "homeland" a practically and rationally viable concept. Historically, it can make sense to view a patch of land as having significant meaning to certain groups with that being given social respect that doesn't involve coercing anybody to do anything. For instance, the national parks associated with English colonial shipping in America ought to preserve educational information, such as protecting buildings for tourists, without this meaning that "being English" as an ethnicity is somehow targeted for political meaning.
P.S. I don't want to use a sad photo of Israelis or Palestinians being hurt or anything related as the OP, so have SpongeBob, I guess. -
R: 9 / I: 0
Instead of annexing Finland into the Russian Empire, Alexander I of Russia organized Finland as an autonomous grand duchy and acted as its head of state. This autonomy allowed Finnish culture and national identity to flourish despite being part of a larger empire. Are there any lessons to be learned from this that are applicable to the modern world? -
R: 13 / I: 3Suicide
What is your opinion on suicide?
Personally i think the only time it is condoneable is if you are suffering from a terminal illness that will cause you extreme pain before death over a long period or cause you to enter a vegetable state.
Outside of that there really is no excuse to be honest. There is always solutions to any problem, be it financial, emotional or first world millenial, and honestly if your solution is just to throw away the one life you were gifted with, then you did'nt deserve to be born in the first place.
Which i suppose would have the same outcome for you but suicide generally causes harm or trouble for other people too, making it also selfish and also hypocritical if your reason was no one cared about you, because you obviously didnt care about the feelings of whoever has to clear up your mess after either. -
R: 9 / I: 0An Interesting Survey
Is this the fundamental turning point? "One man, one vote, once"? -
R: 12 / I: 6Are People Getting Dumber?
This can be evaluated scientifically.
https://www.cspicenter.com/p/are-we-getting-dumber
The short answer is "no". That's because of the vague nature of the "we" being asked about. The situation very, very drastically varies based on country.
Thoughts? -
R: 9 / I: 3In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and other reproductive tech
Currently, about 2% of babies in the US are conceived via IVF. IVF offers some advantages over traditional fertilization, including polygenic embryo selection (PES). In the near future, gene editing tech might be used to correct multiple undesirable mutations, such as mutations that increase risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.
Do you expect the percent of babies conceived via IVF to rise significantly this century to take advantage of this beneficial technology? I predict that it will be used for a majority of babies within 100 years, assuming we don't get paperclipped by AI or suffer civilizational collapse. -
R: 11 / I: 3Lawsuit Against Reddit & YouTube
The tech companies Reddit and YouTube must face a lawsuit filed by the survivors of a mass shooting in Buffalo inside of New York State given that the online organizations hosted media that the murder engaged with in order to pick out both the best firearms for the attack and also the best body armor to wear during it.
In general terms, I'm basically a free speech absolutist. However, explicitly giving somebody who says that he or she is going to commit real acts of violence your own best advice to help them do just that, particularly when it comes to something like buying the right pieces of body armor, appears to me personally to be so immoral that it ought to be clearly illegal. Similarly, I would think that somebody giving out tips about filming child pornography and how best to host it online has crossed an ethical line and should also get in trouble.
There's more at: https://www.npr.org/2024/03/19/1239478067/buffalo-shooting-reddit-youtube-lawsuit
Am I making a mistake? Could increased legal scrutiny of those two platforms have negative side-effects? It's almost goes without saying that increased online censorship causes unintended consequences. -
R: 15 / I: 32024 Crocus City Hall attack
Why did Muslim terrorists attack *Russia* of all places? -
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Has AI gone too far? -
R: 52 / I: 24
Isn't the US Navy supposed to be the best navy in the world? Shouldn't it be very easy to deny entry to boats attempting to illegally enter US waters? Is Biden just refusing to use force to protect the US? Despite disliking Trump, I think he'd be doing much better here. And I think there is a pattern of the political left abandoning the responsibility of the government to use force to protect ordinary middle-class folks from the depredations of the underclass. Anyone else have thoughts on this? -
R: 14 / I: 0Crypto Politics
Do you have any thoughts on crypto politics? A crypto super PAC campaigned against Katie Porter and claims that her defeat was due in part to her opposition to crypto.
Personally, I'd like to get rid of AML/KYC regulations (both for crypto and for traditional fiat banks) and slap down the SEC from claiming that basically every new crypto token is a security. Also there should be a better way of doing capital gains tax. People who get rich from buying low and selling high should still pay their fair share of capital gains tax, but requiring ordinary folks to itemize each transaction where they buy a product/service with crypto is unwieldy. -
R: 47 / I: 15Border Crisis
What should be done to secure America's borders against illegal immigration? -
R: 9 / I: 2Thanos was right. Prove me wrong.
Madman though he seemed, Thanos was right about the universe. It had grown overpopulated. There were starving people on every inhabited planet. Crime was becoming rampant. The galactic empire was struggling to keep the peace. There was pain everywhere, but only distributed amongst the poorest people. The rich and wealthy enjoyed a life of luxury on their plush and sparkling towers, glaring down with disgust on those simply less fortunate.
And after he defeated those who failed to see his vision, what did Thanos leave in his wake? Pain, oh yes. Wide spread pain, like the sting of an open wound which has been doused in disinfectant. Like the aches of a cut off gangrenous limb.
But it was fair. Thanos's purge was indiscriminate. The pain was spread and felt evenly across the galaxy, the universe. Everyone lost someone. Everyone became the same. And everyone helped each other. The people galvanized about the pain of their loss, and they grew together, rebuilding their world, now full of abundance.
Like the atomic bomb saved the people of WWII Japan, Thanos and the Infinity Stones saved the universe. -
R: 11 / I: 1Advanced Modern Vehicles
Do you drive an electric car or some other type of vehicle regarded as advanced and cutting-edge in today's automobile markets?
Do you follow the business and science of automobiles enough to have any opinions given the chaotic environment happening now? -
R: 6 / I: 0Assassination of Alexei Navalny
What's the argument to be made that it was ethically justified for the Russian government to arrest anti-corruption and anti-war activist Alexei Navalny?
What's the argument to be made that it was morally correct to have him killed?
I'm interested in stepping out of my subconscious desire to be in a personal bubble, one in which his killing is seen as obviously terrible, and see what the general populace of America and Europe think, to be honest, given the extremely positive views held of the Chinese state, the Russian state, and so on held by half or so of regular peoples out there as well as the widespread popularity of Chinese and Russian efforts to crush dissident activists.
I realize that there are a lot of online locations in which I can see random comments on Navalny, but I'd much rather take in the attitudes here than out on 4chan, Facebook, Reddit, et cetera since trying to communicate on those platforms is kind of like trying to pick up melted ice cream with a fork. -
R: 3 / I: 0Roswell
What do you think about the Roswell crash? The US Gov't now claims it was the top-secret Project Mogul Flight #4, but the records indicate that Flight #4 was cancelled due to weather conditions.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13029881/roswell-crash-theories-ufo.html -
R: 33 / I: 14Taylor Swift
> Taylor Swift then
> Tells people to vote on a concert once
< Taylor Swift now
< A traitor to the USA
< Is a pawn for the corrupt government
< Runs an underground business trafficking children for sexual exploitation and organ trade
< is probably a lizard person
< needs to be arrested and put up for execution ASAP
Why are you like this, USA? -
R: 69 / I: 19A Question for the LGBT users
Do you feel safe here? -
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How did we end up with two elderly people in cognitive decline as the frontrunners for the 2024 presidential election???
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R: 16 / I: 0Donald Trump
Is there going to come a point in our lives in which Donald Trump is no longer such a dominant aspect of our existence in worldwide culture, international relations, politics, religion, and society, or is Trump going to wind up similar to Napoleon Bonaparte, Jesus Christ, the Prophet Mohammed, Martin Luther, and other civilization changing figures?
More specifically, what're the chances in your opinion that Trump becomes President again in 2024, 2028, 2032, or whenever else there's an opportunity during his current and future political campaigns? Do you think that American support for the Taiwanese against mainland China, for the Ukrainians against Russia, for South Koreans against North Korea, and for Israelis against Iran (as well as other countries in the broader Mideast plus international militant groups) will all end as he has promised if he does win? Should all of those expressions of support end, regardless? -
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I leave this here for people to draw their own implications. -
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Does the furin cleavage site provide evidence against natural origin? -
R: 3 / I: 1IRL socializing
The trend of spending more time online and less time interacting with other people in person --- is this trend having a negative effect on society? -
R: 33 / I: 8Non-political thread
This is a thread for ponies who have no political opinions. Ponies that just respect and obey the state without getting upset over anything related to state power or government.
We can talk about how nice it is to be apolitical. Or maybe just say hi to each other. The topic can be whatever you like other than political discussion. -
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What happens if/when AI/robots become better and more cost-effective than humans for most jobs, leading to massive unemployment?
Personally, I am also still worried about getting paperclipped, but even if you don't think that an unfriendly AI will exterminate humanity, there are still massive economic problems that will be caused by AI. -
R: 9 / I: 2Twitter Community Notes
Elon has messed up a lot in running Twitter, but Community Notes is a rare example of a clear improvement to Twitter under Musk's ownership. Do you agree? -
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