When I think of somebody as a parent I tend to subconsciously assign them the traits of a loving, caring and well-meaning adult even if their actions are less than perfect. But in reality, any psychopath with functional sex organs can be a parent.

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I’m vegetarian.

He also failed to step down when faced with compelling evidence that he would lose to Trump. If we had an honest primary, I don’t think we’d be in this mess. Instead, he held on to power up until the last minute and the Democratic constituency yet again got a candidate they didn’t want.

That’s his whole brand

You assume Fox News viewers actively think about what they’re seeing on the screen rather than emotionally reacting to what the talking heads are telling them to fear.

Until they’re deported to a prison death camp in El Salvador … Assuming you’re from America

I stopped using Spotify long ago because of their shitty business practices. Producing a product they killed support for within just a couple years without reimbursing customers and producing huge amounts of e-waste. Jacking their subscription prices twice in one year. Apparently, they also donated to Trump despite not being an American company?? That’s to say nothing of their shitty recommendation algorithm, which just plays your most played tracks over and over. Good riddance.

For those interested, I use Tidal now. I’m satisfied with, their recommendation algo is fine and the higher quality streaming is really nice but nothing I’ve used has ever been as good as Google Play Music, I found so much good music though that service and could upload whatever I was missing. Once Tidal inevitably pisses me off, I’m going to move on to self hosting.

I can’t see this host’s stupid face without thinking of that clip where his own mother berates him for being a hack on air for everybody to see

Welcome to the 2020s! Fun times all around.

My optimism for the future is dead at this point. Even if we miraculously have a collective pivot into sustainable practices tomorrow, this train ain’t stopping in my lifetime. Maybe it’ll be better for future generations, I sincerely hope it is and I’ll keep doing what I can to ensure that. But my future is doomed to dealing with the mess that unchecked greed and exploitation has wreaked upon our world.

*Executed, extra judicially

Ain’t no way these fucks are going to let up at the opportunity to unload their mags into anybody who shoots at them.

So are you saying that because George Floyd had a criminal history he deserved to be slowly murdered without due process, face down in the street with a knee pressing into his neck so hard it prevented him from drawing breath? That all despite him serving his sentence for his convictions, reintegrating into society, and expressing regret over the wrongs of his past (source).

Don’t you see what you’re doing? “He had a rough history so no wonder he was the victim of unjustified police violence. Surely that would never happen to anybody who’s never done a bad thing in their life like me.”

Edit: It’s totally fair to approach news reporting with a healthy level of skepticism. But justifying authoritarian violence based on the fact that news outlets sometimes withhold information seems like poor judgement to me. When they violate anybody’s liberties, they violate yours too. And when they do come for you, how will you feel about the public reaction being, “meh, they probably had it coming”.

It’s a defense mechanism. If people are having their liberties stripped away and are being subject to violence over something so little as a harmless meme, then it could happen to anybody including yourself.

But if there are details not being reported on that would give the border agents a legitimate reason to assault the victim here, like real threats against government officials, being a menace through customs, or otherwise something any normal person would not do, then the victim deserved it and normal law-abiding people can continue to feel secure knowing they’re safe from this treatment so long as they don’t do whatever the victim did to deserve that treatment.

There’s a similar effect for sexual assault victims: “They were asking for it because of what they were wearing/who they misplaced their trust in/where they chose to walk alone at night”. It’s all designed to put fault on the victim in order to maintain a false sense of security for the average person.

I think it’s more that he knows many in his base are pissed that he’s dragging us into another war that’s going to kill the kids of the people who voted for him. So his desperate consolation is that no Americans died in the first strike.

Remember when the craziest news was that Trump nominated him for Attorney General?

I have sympathy for her and people in similar situations and take issue with any suggestion that they deserves this. But I also can’t help but feel her plea for unity is disingenuous and hypocritical. It’s great that she’s seemingly on board with unity against fascism now but going forward I don’t trust she or people like her will have anybody’s back but their own.

They aren’t powerless though. The Republicans only have a slim majority. It would currently take only 4 Republicans in either chamber to kill any legislation (so long as no Dems also flipped).

It never seems to be a problem for Republicans to get in the way of legislation when they’re in the minority.

There’s nothing wrong with encouraging others to be better versions of themselves. The problem is many people aren’t capable of doing so without being toxic AF.