*US kills their general*
Iran: “Oh yeah? Well, uhh, your cultural victory is so complete that even our clerics make references to your cartoons and comic book characters. Also we’re not going to retaliate.”
This guy: “Waow Iran so based!”
“Step-parents aren’t allowed to be upset by the death of their step-child.” I think you guys should run with this one, it’ll be very popular with normal folks.
1. I would let Native Americans break into my home and murder me if they wanted.
2. Under socialism bananas will be a treat.
3. Medieval peasants had more free time than you.
My HS-educated, never lived anywhere but rural Iowa dad was telling me how much politics has damaged his life in the past few years because the people all around him are insane Trump cultists and he’s not.
He said they haven’t seen some friends in a few years because of how obnoxious they are about it. Said he can’t remember the last time he just went to a bar to have a beer because of it.
I feel terrible for him but I’m very proud my parents are just normal people.
@peterawolf
More people than you’d imagine approach it that way.
I tell people that the thing I’ve learned that most folks don’t realize in this field is that people don’t actually want your help. They say “HELP ME!” and then when you do they say “Not like that.”
@ClayBabe112
@whstancil
He got my loans forgiven and passed the largest package in history geared toward addressing climate change. Those were two pretty big ones.
This was honestly my first foray into prison abolitionist discourse and while I am not easily shocked, I will say in this case I am genuinely shocked at the actual lack of answers to the most important questions asked of them. Is the whole thing just a troll?
@fakegreekgrill
My dad being who he is seems inexplicable to me. He works with only ONE dude nowadays and they have a very easy job but he contemplates how long he’ll last because apparently the guy is super racist and my dad actively has to shut down the conversations.
@torriangray
Agreed. Not wise to deliberately expose yourself to an A1 trauma for no particular reason. You can still grasp whatever importance an event represents without watching.
@MyHaploidHeart
@Dante_idont
Well, let me give you a counter example: I treat quite a few people who will not sit with their back to the door in public so they can respond faster to a threat. Do you consider that disordered behavior?
@btharris93
I think the cult mindset dies, but the completely vile political positions? I don’t think there’s any way to put that genie back in the bottle. We’re going to have sociopathic candidates in red districts for the rest of our lives.
@VerneAsimov
@MyHaploidHeart
@Dante_idont
Well that perceived threat isn’t based on noting. It’s based on things like mass shootings, for instance.
Both are based on real things: the question is, what is a proportional degree of risk management?
This is a great example of how, at least for the modern right, religion is not actually what guides their ideology. They instead warp their religion to align with what they already think/want.
Pearl Davis declaring that she is reconsidering Catholicism because the church elevates Mary - a woman - too much.
"I would have said yes to that, maybe like a month ago, or two months ago. But I've recently started reconsidering Catholicism. And the reason being, is that: I've…
SCOOP —
@Jack
Dorsey wants to make a $5 million contribution to support
@RobertKennedyJr
.
But he has told people he has been unable to because of the board at Square.
Several Square board members have been concerned about Jack’s vocal support for RFK.
@HegelwCrmCheese
“We’re making Trump stronger when we try to enforce consequences.”
5 minutes later…
“Why are the Democrats too weak to do anything about Trump?”
Drugging people without their consent is obviously horrific but Klonopin is not “the date rape drug.” It’s a benzo, so it is used to treat acute anxiety. It doesn’t make you black out or wipe your memory or paralyze you.
Just don’t want medication misinfo being put out there
@FurstvonWrede
“Those things were cheaper under the last guy.”
Yes, this is how inflation has always worked in conjunction with linear time, outside of catastrophic circumstances.
The Geneva convention would probably have to allow for summary execution of surrendered enemy wizards. You can’t really render magical combatants safe for confinement as POWs without removing fingers, tongues, etc., which they likely wouldn’t consent to anyway.
The political divide between genders with the youth is confusing to me because I would have cared WAY more about being appealing to the cute girl than something like the Confederacy.
I actually think that lawyers who pay extra money so they can be more visible on Twitter probably don’t have their fingers on the pulse of the median American.
“One of them calls his fellow Americans fascists. The other calls his fellow Americans vermin.”
—Nikki Haley slams both Joe Biden and Donald Trump as divisive.
@ernestgull
I would like my patient to not die and to not hurt other people and think having guidelines that mandate informing the proper parties to prevent that from happening is good, actually.
@AbominationJess
Okay but you have to think about what the purpose of therapy is. Is it to talk about injustices in the world every time you come in? Like, those may be things that are distressing to you but the focus is on why it’s bothering you and how can manage it. Therapy isn’t a soapbox.
I get the urge to call 12 Angry Men neoliberal but I think the idea that a movie where a teenager narrowly avoids being executed because 11/12 jurors didn’t like his vibe is about how “the system works!” is a little silly
The failure of the entire Democrat Party in regards to Israel and Gaza was utterly predictable.
In his heart, I believe Biden wants to do the right thing.
But the party has a huge anti-Jewish wing that moderates have tolerated for years.
This is coming back to bite them.
@regimiro_
@keybrackson
@VeryBadLlama
That it’s probably an indicator of societal health if people are willing to cooperate during a crisis even if it inconveniences them.
Apparently I’m a bad therapist because I think -
1. You should have something you’re actually working on in therapy
2. Being hospitalized is preferable to acting on suicidal or homicidal ideation
3. Therapy is not simply about finding someone who validates every view you hold.
This country is cooked because the bad people will never give up on their mission and defeating them requires the average person to understand they can’t ever get complacent even if they score temporary wins despite having the attention span of a goldfish.
This guy has one move, and it’s always “If I were president none of the bad things would happen. Only the good things.”
This is like fifth grade class president rhetoric.
“Iran would not have attacked…If I were president, they had no money they couldn’t attack.”
I know it’s not funny, and I know that the country is facing a catastrophe with this guy, but I have finally reached the point where I am bursting out laughing
This doesn’t really affect me anymore as a married guy but am I insane for thinking that it’s messed up if you don’t disclose to someone that your transgender before having sex?
It's simple.
You are morally required to inform sexual partners details that could physically harm them:
- "I have unsuppressed HIV"
- "I play League"
But you are NOT required to share any other details:
- "I love Bionicles"
- "I am transgender"
- "I have a tight they/thussy"
Without exaggeration, literally every fact about this man or every direct quote from him is an escalating series of the most egregious red flags I can imagine.
Meet the heir to one of America's richest families — who wants to use his vast fortune to overthrow the United States.
"I see success as the dissolution of the United States government and an end to the U.S. empire."
Story:
@graysnmyers
Actually I think this therapist is probably trying to help this person not stay stuck in misery if their own creation.
She may have a chronic condition but therapy is either about accepting that or working to handle it differently, not saying mad at how everyone treats you.
Oh man, I just need a top ten since I thought of more…
4. Put your three year-old on a leash.
5. What did y’all think decolonization meant?
6. The economy sucks because my dad doesn’t fly us to the Caymans anymore.
I get that you may not like Democrats but part of how the GOP ended up the way it is is because of their insistence that the Democrats are extremists. It created a permission structure to keep voting GOP no matter how bad they got because “those other guys are crazy.”
This is insane.
Conservatives no longer have a political home. Extremists to the left and to the right. We are homeless
It goes beyond losing elections at this point. This is about preserving and restoring our Republic from the extremist left and extremist right.