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  • I am both disgusted and wanting to try one again. Even though I know damned well I'm getting corn syrup, Jägermeister, eye shadow and Cure songs in my mouth.

    Why would you do this to me?!

  • I often wonder if the General Staff isn't cooking something behind the scenes. You know they've gamed scenarios to defy Trump launching nukes.

    Maybe that's just hopium. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I'm having a hard time seeing the leaders going in for a strike against NATO. Also, I can't believe I just typed that sentence.

    Anyway, as I told my little kids last Christmas, the 80s and 90s were pretty fucking cool, sorry.

  • The US Supreme Court often goes against Trump. Not putting any hope in them stopping him, but at least they apply some breaks. Also consider, they owe Trump nothing. He put three of them in there, 1/3rd of the seats, but they defy Trump with impunity, holding their seats for life.

    If we could eliminate Alito and Thomas, even replacing them with un-bribed conservatives, it would be a whole new ballgame. Rulings would still suck, but not like this.

    tl:dr; SCOTUS is conservative, not partisan.

  • Mainland Europe stood aside as Putin invaded their backyard. This inaction was not lost on the American fascists. See where we're at today?

    (And I am not excusing America's lack of action, but FFS, we can't do it ALL. And certainly can't now...)

  • Makes one wonder how much they planned this out. The Epstein files could picture Trump balls deep in a 13-yo girl, nothing would happen.

    The fascists have larger goals in mind. They're speed running WWII, trying to avoid the Nazi's mistakes, so good so far. But like the Nazis, giddy over the lack of internal or external resistance, they're biting off more than then can chew, way too fast. Cheap gasoline at the pumps only goes so far. They're not energizing the whole economy like the Nazis did, people aren't feeling it.

    No idea what comes next. But the American Empire is over. Our economy is just too large to fall over quickly. But AI gives us hope! (Of crashing...) The Buffett Index is higher than either during the Great Depression or the 2008 recession. We have 200%+ more fake money in the stock market than our GDP. The cost will be staggering.

    Can all y'all grow potatoes? I can, but I'm not very good at it.

  • Many have outlined Trump's mafia-style speech. Like the truly wealthy, the mafia is a group he admires, was never allowed into, wants to imitate.

    It's so clear I want to scream. The US watched the man make a fool of himself in the 80s and 90s, he was tabloid trash. Even The Apprentice made fun of his bombastic nature, but apparently neither Trump not his fans were in on the joke.

  • If Europe had fought Russia over the Ukraine, this wouldn't be on the table. It's clear to the world Europe won't fight, even to defend their own backyard, so here we are.

    To be clear, I fucking hate it. I have been screaming for Europe to fight back since day one, all while it was clear America was half-assing the fight. But they didn't, the fascists gauged the reaction, now they feel free to strike.

  • Want to get really cynical? The US is expelling and torturing their slave labor. Immigrants do not receive any federal benefits, yet contribute hugely to the economy. 13,000,000 is the number I've heard, and that only covers undocumented immigrants, but they're going for all of them. Does anyone expect expelling 3-4% of our cheap workforce works out?!

    No matter how cold-blooded one's take, this is fucking stupid.

  • We took the oil fields, which Hitler failed to do before starving his war machine of gasoline. We're letting things settle in Venezuela before we take Greenland. Greenland is strategic as the Arctic sea lanes open and prospecting and mining become easier. Good place to defend the continent from air and sea.

    Next? Mexico? No idea. But it looks like the US is making the same mistake as the Nazis, biting off more than we can chew based on the giddy atmosphere after initial wins and zero resistance. Yes, they're that fucking dumb. It's like they read the start of WWII history and called it a day.

    Dumber even, Trump didn't pull the US from economic disaster into short-term prosperity, quite the opposite. At least Hitler had the population in thrall because their economic situation improved. That's, uh, not working out ATM, and there's no future where it does.

    And worse, the cult leader is clearly dying of frontotemporal dementia. (Not my armchair take, many doctors and psychiatrists have outlined the clear evidence.) They're moving fast before Trump can't be stood in front of a camera.

  • Wife and I got COVID last fall, despite being vaxxed. But god knows how bad it could have been without. I have mild emphysema, that shit can kill me.

    And no, neither one of us kept up with the vax schedule. That's on us.

  • That's rather my point! What are we to replace a free market with? Everyone screams SOCIALISM, but no one seems to agree on what that actually means.

    Shall we do the literal, textbook definition? State ownership of the means of production? That's been a complete failure.

    What we need is a capitalist economic system, reigned in by:

    • Unions, to protect the workers
    • Breaking and disallowing monopolies, so they never get so large as to control the government
    • Democratic governments who protect us, voted in by an educated electorate

    But I repeat myself. I guess the Nordic countries, and most of Europe, who act exactly as I outlined, are failures.

  • Spell it out then. I am willing to listen, willing to be wrong.

  • Florida water is weird here in the NW. Tap water is fairly "hot" in the summer since the lines are close to the surface. But YMMV. Our bathroom water is distinctly different than the kitchen water, in a tiny house, 8-years old. 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • Same with evolution. "The eyeball is too complex to evolve as a whole unit!" Well, that's absolutely correct. First, start with a patch of light sensitive cells, iterate.

  • For all the bitching about capitalism, which basically every country on Earth uses for an economic system, we're missing 3 key things.

    • We can have unions under capitalism.
    • We can break, or prevent, monopolies under capitalism.
    • Our governments can protect us under capitalism.

    Everything works fucking great with those 3 ingredients. Imagine that.

  • Fevers always work out great for me. I'll be all shivery and crash under a pile of blankets. Wake up a few hours later, soaking wet, I mean really, truly gross, and it's over, all better.

  • I think I might as well, and I've taught corporate information security classes.

  • Well they can't just come right out and say we want the warming, Artic shipping lanes and rare earth minerals.

  • Everyone reads books? Over half of Americans read at a 6th-grade level, at best.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    Someone, I'm thinking with multiple accounts, is downvoting EVERY comment I make. Mildly aggravating, mostly sad for someone like that. Can I find out who and just block them?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    Why does everyone here think they're autistic or ADHD? The memes all describe normal human foibles.

  • You Should Know @lemmy.world

    YSK: House flies always launch backwards, no exceptions. Creep behind them and they'll jump into your crushing hand.

  • memes @lemmy.world

    Move children! Vámanos!

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world

    Gemini doesn't want to tell you how a Chinese Room works.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    We used to have TV repairmen who would come if dad couldn't fix it with the tube from the grocery store kiosk. Weird.

  • Political Memes @lemmy.world

    The day Rush Limbaugh died.

    imgur.com /7vQSxwt
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    How does internet advertising work? Where is all the money coming from? More...

  • memes @lemmy.world

    At >5 you get invited to a coven.

    imgur.com /a/sD8yGZZ
  • memes @lemmy.world

    My momma said, girls are the devil.

  • memes @lemmy.world

    Dat smile. 🥰

  • memes @lemmy.world

    How the turntables

  • memes @lemmy.world

  • Political Memes @lemmy.world

    The root of about every problem in the world

  • memes @lemmy.world

    Old video I guess, but I belly laugh like a child

  • Political Memes @lemmy.world

    Map of Anitfa locations and movements

  • memes @lemmy.world

    Now I can't NOT see it.

  • memes @lemmy.world

    Dazzling!

  • Political Memes @lemmy.world

    Finish him!

  • memes @lemmy.world

    Circa 1989