After thinking about it a bit I actually think this makes sense.

Imagine a bully on the playground, in a group of other bullies who have all convinced themselves they’re the victims. The bully has a baseball bat in their locker that they use to terrorize smaller children who wear blue hats because that means they’re secretly out to get the bully. The bully heard one time on another playground a kid in a blue hat hit a kid with a baseball bat, just like our bully. Every time a bully beats the hell out of a random kid at recess there are short term exclamations from the all kids asking for the school to take away the weapons, even though they die out quickly, the bully takes offense at the idea of someone taking away his only tool to protect themselves from spooky blue hats kids.

He stands tall with the other bullies at recess holding little signs, we dare you to take away our baseball bats! Genuinely simultaneously afraid and empowered. They inflict actual threat of violence because they internally have conjured the idea of violence against themselves.

In this recess analogy, hall monitors would stand with the bullies, having baseball bats themselves and also being afraid of the blue hat kids.

If one day a blue hat kid brought a baseball bat to protect themselves the hall monitors and teachers all immediately crack down on them and take it away, because obviously it’s not for self defense they’re “clearly” out to get the hall monitors.

I don’t think ideologically cops would take guns from people who think like them and ally with them, rather from “rebels” and “others” who start a genuine rebellion against a facist regime. Obviously from the perspective of the enforcement of laws against guns the police are the arm of the executive among the people, but they choose when and where to enforce laws all the time.

I’ll take one for the team if he makes it to 10 years

Why not do it now?

Huh no kidding

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Midea-Recalls-About-1-7-Million-U-and-U-Window-Air-Conditioners-Due-to-Risk-of-Mold-Exposure

We have one in an upstairs bedroom from midea, the window slides right between the front and back of the unit and it’s excellent. Our power consumption didn’t increase too terribly much and it’s actually decently quiet.

Not gonna put the model here but just look for U shaped window units. It has little legs that go outside.

Don’t get the inside standing units, they’re massive, loud, power hungry, and most of them are less effective than even the cheap window units.

Found the big blueberry shill

Looks stressed af, hopefully a vet visit or something?

Responsibility mostly, no kids thank God but animals would suffer.

Terrorize, renege, underestimate, misinform, project.

Trivialize, ruin, undermine, misjudge, plunder.

Truly the king of projection.

A cross necklace

One who wants others to think they believe

A vest over a button up

One who aspires and has not yet achieved

An oversized suit and padded heel shoes

One who is orange

That is a terrible idea. We are ruled by a 2nd grade rich bully and all his sycophantic lackeys, literally comically villainous.

“The bad guys are just about done making a sword, we’re all afraid of swords, so I’m gonna use my sword to stop them from making one so we don’t have to be afraid of people using swords”

Let’s all just CALM THE FUCK DOWN

Mostly vivaldi, occasionally firefox on desktop. I wish we had more options with better longevity.

Perhaps, but I don’t think so. I actually think the problem with christian theism is not the supposition that everyone already believes what they do but rather “if you don’t believe the way I do you are evil and are doomed”

And atheists are generally viewed as evil by christian religionists because they believe the atheist has been led astray by some deity, not that they are simply in denial about the beliefs they’re proffering.

Also mine is a comment, not a lifestyle, nor is it an attempt to actually change their mind, but merely commentary on the fact that I’ve been there and it was a transition for me.

Perhaps my wording is too strong, implying the fundamental truth of their future beliefs, but I don’t think so.

Nothing refreshing here, just a budding atheist who hasn’t fully realized it yet, I was where he is at one point as well and grew out of it.

And who pays the cc fees? And do they have an agreement with the cc provider for a kickback? There are so many hands involved with simple monetary transactions most people wouldn’t believe it.

Good? No. People would still be struggling financially and deeply unhappy. Better than now? God yes

Very clearly yes, someday these tells will be gone but for now it’s very obviously ai

“Freeloading job stealers” remember, the talking points are about feelings, never facts

Predators eating prey alive, like lions eating bison from their bellies first.

If the marriage was traditional and the spouse was coerced by either pregnancy or culture to give up aspirations or education, I think alimony is absolutely essential. That person gave up their dreams for a relationship and alimony could help them recover their skills.

If the marriage was modern and both spouses were equally educated and have professions? Alimony is stupid and archaic.

For spousal support I assume you mean while married, I think it’s a weird power dynamic to give a significant other money directly.