I don’t know who is paying you, but the war in Iran MIGHT have happened under Harris, but we know it DID happen under Trump, against the VEHEMENT opposition of EVERY SINGLE PERSON who would still be in power if he’d lost, Gaza is still fucked and EVERYBODY else is doing poorly on every measure too now. Fuck talking about the US - worldwide:

The environment is fucked, 50 degree summers are a foregone conclusion now, left-wing parties are being stomped across countries where they used to be either dominant or competitive, mass extinction and the most brutal El Nino in recorded history are about to steamroll the planet unimpeded, money that used to be used to protect the vulnerable in countries that were damaged by imperialism is instead being used to build useless monuments to nothing, government surveillance is on the rise in EVERY country, human rights are collapsing in most…

Even if you’re an ignorant as fuck tankie, even the “socialist countries fighting the imperialist US” are doing demonstrably worse than they used to be, with the possible lone exception of North Korea, so whatever point you think you’re making is laughable.

I will be shocked if computer parts, aren’t, right now, the most affordable they are ever likely to be for the rest of your life.

The fun part is if you actually do enough of these things, it effects the economy negatively, so they’ll find ways to force you to spend anyway.

Well, she’s right about it being a controversial take.

She’s also proving her point about “the face-palm 'wow this kid knows nothing” moments.

They don’t want credit.

They don’t want to pay it at all. Even if the Republicans win, Trump can go, “Well, I wanted you to have it but Congress wouldn’t let you. I did my part.”

It’s all promises with no intention of keeping any of them.

Going too easy on him.

More like “the building is on fire but I’m worried about tripping over the loose carpet on the second floor landing.” Yes, it WOULD be a serious problem to worry about if everything else was fine. Right now, it is not the thing that’s most likely to kill you.

I’m very specifically not getting into this argument. Everything you just said is completely right.

All I’m saying is this particular argument about taste and flavors is the worst possible one to make because it’s demonstrably illogical.

Regardless of your take on the ethics of meat, this argument is nonsensical from either side.

Mixtures of things have different effects than their component parts.

It’s like saying if the hot chocolate just tastes like the cocoa powder, why don’t I just eat the cocoa powder?

Because the texture and nature of the water give it a property too.

One thing I’ll add is that no matter where you move, snooty people with their noses in the air will look down on the idea of the expat community from your country of origin, and while you should ABSOLUTELY not make them your main social connection or use them as a crutch to replace immersing yourself in your new country, there is a reason these communities form - they provide social support and connection while you slowly build up an entire new identity and social community.

It’s less like a U and more like a wave whose amplitude gets less and less every time until you stabilize in your new country (the peaks and valleys get smaller and smaller). It does also repeat if you go back to your home country (reverse culture shock), but the frequency is less and the total stabilization time is lower because for the most part, your brain is relearning cultural cues the connections already exist for, with an allowance for cultural drift depending on how long you’ve been away.

Oof… with all that loose flour the fact you’re already half-baked is the yeast of your problems.

Let’s say the AI doomers are right.

This is still like, 7th or 8th in line of “currently dangerous existential threats to human civilization.”

There is ZERO sense in feeling threatened by autonomous rogue killbots when we’re going to have unaccountable, non-rogue ones supplementing the unaccountable, sentient HUMAN killbots we already have in just a few years, and even if THOSE don’t get you, the 50 degree temperatures will, since you can’t run your AC because the AI data centers have made your electric bill $500, and you can’t go to the pool because the clouds of ash from the uncontrolled wildfires have made the air unbreathable.

Also, once you choose, there’s no going back, and you get to be baked in fire until there’s nothing left but being consumed or rotting.

I mean, they suck for everyone - don’t get me wrong.

But being able to see them as an ego boost, or having the frustration be that you get low quality matches, as opposed to the punishing experience of “80% of the matches you get at all are catfishing bots” is very different.

It’s fascinating how different women’s experiences with these stupid things are than men’s…

In 2026 people can’t read 4 lines of text unless there’s a nice distracting border around it to give their drifting attention spans something to ingest as a break partway through.

If you think that’s a coincidence, you should watch the pilot episode of The Lone Gunmen.

My favorite genre of data science is “Fucking Duh.”