I’m feeling confident that the 4 year break gave him and the actually smart people funding him and giving him ideas more time to come up with efficient plans

One member got upset that we were discussing politics in the family group chat so much in 2020 (read: we were bashing Donald Trump and his fucking idiocy too much) and insisted we move the conversation elsewhere

Literally just yesterday I posted about it in my family’s political group chat and my older sister said, and I quote:

“even though I lean left, I’m actually glad that conservatives have a playbook! Why? because Trump’s first term presidential transition (2017) was totally bungled… he needs a list of people that he can appoint from, so that these agencies don’t just fall apart… Don’t kid yourself, Biden’s team and Obama’s team and the democrats overall definitely have their own playbook and their list of potential appointees. They just don’t have to crowdsource theirs!”

cue insane Charlie Kelly screams

The more I see generic anti-Biden memes the more convinced I am we either need specific criticisms like “stop the genocide in Palestine” or “push harder for basic human rights of women and oppressed people in America” and fewer generic “I might be a fascist trying to lower the number of votes for Biden” memes

There is only one way to eat that

Obviously the genocide the government of Israel is committing right now is horrific, but this begs the question: does any colonially-established and colonizer-ruled country have the right to exist? Like the USA? Canada? Australia?

I think this belongs in c/antiquememeroadshow or c/forwardsfromgrandma

Oh I’m still going through Forbidden West. When I read the first part of your comment I thought you were spoiling it for me lol

Slightly off-topic but I really enjoyed the way Horizon Zero Dawn (spoilers ahead) illustrated the military industrial complex with Ted Faro. The dude was so convinced he was right about everything that not only did he help create the deadliest legion of machines ever conceived, he also deleted all knowledge acquired by humanity because he fucked up so bad that he thought anyone less smart than him (read:everyone else) would fuck up just as bad if not worse with the same knowledge. I imagine most real military contractors are lead by people who are similarly humble

With friends like these, who needs brick walls?

What is the .ml for?

Politics on Lemmy confuse the fuck outta me.

Following rules because you’re afraid of the consequences is extremely different from falling in love with or even desiring the rules.

Don’t you mean SUPER EARTH?

Came here to say this. Those motherfuckers take down cats, dogs, AND wolves

If you haven’t heard Gojira’s song about the idea of Oroborus, spend the next 5 minutes doing yourself a favor

That’s not bad, but is there a digital equivalent of a horse we could use?

What do you mean? In what way am I being ignorant? I thought the whole idea was satirical and satire only works if you’re painfully aware of that which is being satirized. I think the empirical system of measurement is absurd since all the metrics are based off of completely subjective concepts. The only thing the empirical system is good for is being relatable to human minds. A foot is roughly a foot’s length. 100 degrees F is “hot” and 0 degrees F is cold. A cup is about a fistful. Etc.

THIS is what I’m talking about!

What community do you think we’re in? c/NewStandardProposals?