cloudbusting Posted August 31 Posted August 31 I'm too tired/lazy to catch up on however many pages since my last active patch, but I'll just say that it's oddly comforting to see the usual mix of updates and chaos in here just from a passing page or two 1
GhostBox Posted August 31 Posted August 31 Just now, Bears01 said: This headline Jesus 💀 and then the media wonders why they are losing credibility even with the democrats 2 1
Armani? Posted August 31 Posted August 31 Republicans are still running men in women sports ads in Congressional districts 1
i spit on haters Posted August 31 Posted August 31 29 minutes ago, Armani? said: Republicans are still running men in women sports ads in Congressional districts It's actually odd seeing them so out of step with messaging because they've always been better at it than democrats. 1
Sannie Posted August 31 Posted August 31 2 hours ago, Relampago. said: The way all of this is just WITHIN the US too. If you think global stability is rough now, if the US breaks apart it will be absolute mayhem as everyone tries to fill the power vacuum created by the US's sudden absence. Trade, diplomacy and regional wars would all disappear, with the latter more than likely evolving to full fledged world war. Like the US needs to **** off and stop meddling in other country's affairs, but I promise dissolving the US would create suffering and instability on a global scale not seen before. Like, none of us are actively defending the US's stronghold on the world, but, like, it is objective fact that if the US were to ever collapse, it's going to take the world with it. 4
Sannie Posted August 31 Posted August 31 5 minutes ago, VOSS said: This is surprisingly optimistic. Maybe JOY will work after all. 1
wastedpotential Posted August 31 Posted August 31 (edited) 2 hours ago, Communion said: "Actually, when I think about it, there'd be more harm and suffering if the US wasn't an oppressive global hegemonic power." Okay gorlies I think you're proving @Luckitty's point now ddd. I mean in a short term period, if/when Nebraska wheat and Iowa corn stops getting shipped to Somalia or Papua New Guinea or Niger or Yemen when the Brazilian farmers lose 90% of their crops because the refineries in Louisiana aren't exporting nitrogen fertilizers and a few hundred million people die of famine there would be an increase in harm and suffering, but once they've all starved to death and the global carrying capacity threshold drops by a billion, life for the survivors would resume. It's more than fair to be a Palestinian and wish for the demise of the US or to be a leftist American who hates their country and wants things to change, but there's no point in pretending that such a system shock wouldn't literally end the existence of a few hundred million people as it ran its course. The US is the great satan, but there are also farms that are so productive that we just casually donate a few billion calories of various products each year I know you've decided I work for USAID to fit your narratives, but I'm actually working in ag futures analysis (for now, I hate it ddd) and this is a conversation that's had every once and a while about the potential ramifications of a weak season Surely you've read about the causal relationship between 2009 rainfall patterns in the Russian Chernozem belt and the Arab Spring, right? These things don't exist in a vacuum Edited August 31 by wastedpotential 4 1
Vroom Vroom Posted August 31 Posted August 31 They are really grilling Trump on this military cemetery **** im wine drunk watching T Swift music videos right now, but all I really want is for Trump to lose by a landslide in November Come on Veterans, drown this ***** 2 1
GhostBox Posted August 31 Posted August 31 This is all he wants. The power of the presidency. We can't let him have it again. 1 1
Sannie Posted August 31 Posted August 31 I'm of two minds here. One, I love the low quality, shite polls because it makes MAGA think Trump is going to win which makes his loss so much better. Two, these shite polls will only fuel the "the election was stolen" narrative. 2 1
VOSS Posted August 31 Posted August 31 4 minutes ago, Sannie said: I'm of two minds here. One, I love the low quality, shite polls because it makes MAGA think Trump is going to win which makes his loss so much better. Two, these shite polls will only fuel the "the election was stolen" narrative. I read this article the other day and some of these people are so scary
Sannie Posted August 31 Posted August 31 27 minutes ago, VOSS said: I read this article the other day and some of these people are so scary a 70-year-old militia member acting tough as if he wouldn't fall over with a gust of wind. 1
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