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It's... actually kinda rolling back over into the hilarious to see just how blatantly obvious the "performative nonsense" is on display. Like. Every reaction is clearly communicating "nobody actually gives a shit about the guy or what happened, everybody only cares about how they can use this to their advantage." Which, yeah, I guess in itself is a little tragic.. but also entirely on brand...

Yeah no. Another of those "out of context" things that's still telling for having even brought it up. Nobody ever says "the bible says gays should be stoned" without at least being on board with the idea.

Additionally, there's the context of a historical pattern and repetition. I'll grant that, at best, some of the comments could be given an "I'm just saying" context, in much the same way one might pull out an "It was just a joke" or something as a weak defense... But it doesn't change the fact that no compassionate human would ever be having those thoughts, let alone actually voicing them, repeatedly. These are all thoughts and comments than any sensible person would recognize "ok it's actually wrong to think that and I should keep that to myself and work on not thinking that way." The added context is he would double down or repeat every terrible comment at some point, serving only to clarify that those were clearly deeply held beliefs, not just idle thoughts.

Because everything good that happens is god's will, and everything bad is because of the devil or evil people or brown people or woke people or you get the idea. Like. Not even joking. The very core of their beliefs are predicated on "good things = god, bad things = blame something that isn't god."

"Shit I was aiming for his ear" -sniper, probably

Ahh. Well then I'm just as ignorant on the subject I guess.. maybe even more so apparently.

Re: nobody knowing he was a thing tho, while I wouldn't say I was ever aware he still had a presence, I'd at least heard of him all the way back in that early Family Guy ep. Edited because evidently I'm a dumbass.

Kinda had similar thoughts as "suspect released" kept getting posted. I don't entirely doubt it.... but also if any of them were capable of thinking quickly, someone may have recognized the danger of creating a martyr.. Which just feels full-circle ironic that this becomes the moment where they stop to consider "hey maybe let's not make the shooter famous this time."

inb4 Luigi orchestrated the whole thing, further cementing his sainthood.

This has certainly been a great litmus test of whose opinions I don't need to listen to. Sorry, brother, this was not a man of "common sense."

From my last purchase, the important part I remembered, basically just stay away from anything "flagship." The mainline stuff, the things everybody knows because they're the only ones to get all the ad space and shit. For galaxy, that'd be the S series. The number of people that will actually ever utilize the top-of-the-line models to their fullest potential is probably triple digits or less. I personally like hitting up mid-range models, the A series. Some hardware compromises you'll probably never even notice, saves big money. Then I think there's some region specific lines you wouldn't need to worry about.

I'd maybe consider a small chance that he'd jump on the opportunity to stamp his name on more checks going out to everyone in hopes that the masses suddenly think "wow free money again, this is exactly why I'll keep voting for this guy."

By design, tho.. make it take too long for one Dem to actually fix, so next cycle they can point and say "look how ineffective they are." And we're too fuckin dumb as a country cuz it keeps working every time.

Damn. Thoughts and prayers that it's swift and painless slow and agonizing.

Fuck, that's where I recognized his face. I'd been watching through Red Green on lunch breaks lately (but haven't taken lunch breaks lately....). Edgar was always a top tier character. Excellent delivery.

While I don't entirely disagree (largely out of no desire to really think about or predict the future..), I would at least add the consideration that the mechanisms and ideologies that put Trump in this position were all in place long before Trump was a factor. What the cult stands to lose the most of is media attention, and in effect, mass reach. But, as a whole, the cult leadership is still full to the brim with people in and adjacent to power enough to continue pushing their agenda, step by step. This doesn't end with Trump. It just goes back to being quieter/slower. More erosions while they wait and set up for the next big destruction. But, I mean, optimistically, if Fox News can be dismantled in the near future when the owner dies, maybe some of that effort can lose its effect.. Idk. I just sorta think Trump is still largely just a symptom of a country that has been fed and fueled on division, and that's not going to just stop and go away when the mouthpiece dies. But also a disclaimer that I know a lot fuckin less about a lot of this than most of you. And am also often a pessimist. And sometimes dumb as fuck. And sometimes doomer. So

If we're stuck with suffering this bullshit, I'd be on board with some more malicious compliance. Erectile dysfunction meds banned. Hair loss treatments banned. If shit is word-for-word promoted to "make you feel more like a man," that's literally gender affirming care.

Followed up by some weird in the weird way. Seriously.. this one hurt my brain. This was a "that's enough internet" moment. I thought it was, like, a weeb parody band or something?? But, near as I can tell, they maybe actually are in Japan.. and judging by comments, clearly have a Japanese audience.. but listening to them utterly failing, and I mean not even trying to sound remotely Japanese is a mind break.

Weird in the best way, something so unique.

The pessimist in me thinks the country's kinda fucked until further notice, until/unless we can actually rewrite, or at a minimum amend, the constitution to enshrine protections etc etc... which feels like a not great situation to be in when clearly half the people in power would take that opportunity to further strip protections etc. It's like we need pulled kicking and screaming into the modern era. Like.. I'm sorta at least hopeful that the march of progress is inevitable, one small step at a time, no matter how much gets thrown in the way.. I just don't feel entirely confident in our capacity to remove those obstacles as long as half the damn country is convinced we don't need to change ever, and in fact we need to stop changing and also undo any changes we've made.

Seems optimistic, given the known factor of government (especially military) wildly overpaying for supplies, as well as dealing with Musk, who's sure to squeeze as much out of any potential deal as he can to make himself look better.

Sadly, yes. Anything to make it the taxpayer's problem.

Realistically, this feels kinda unlikely. Sure, the walkout sounds like a "good trouble" moment, and sure it's effective short-term. But. Four months? Even setting aside the logistical likelihood.. idk, just, actions like this always end up feeling performative on the dem side. Make a show of it, raise some funds, and then pack it in when the news cycle moves on and inevitably fold while sighing "well, at least we tried (but not very hard)." Also prolly non-zero odds they end up disappeared sooner or later.