We know what it is to live free

Oh, yeah, like the protests in their universities. They were tolerated too, right?

bike lane? did you mean painted gutter?

and the dumb kids, unfortunately. I did a spot with some non-US teenagers, in a class recently. The topic was “name a person you admire and why”. Guess whose filthy name came up…

No, they don’t do that. They bring up one of the fundamental problems underlying everything, when you ask a question directly related to that said problem. You didn’t ask about the weather, you asked about corporate slop.

I don’t know if you’re being funny, or just oblivious, but you surely must see how some people could arrive at the opinion that adverts are the scourge of modern society?

Openly gay, but secretly a billionaire.

Dysfunctional American English

A bit much, like the artificially inflated prices of everything?

Nobody wants your sympathy, you selfish prick. Politicians will never change their minds, oligarchs will never change their minds. Begging selfish idiots on the internet to please consider changing their minds doesn’t work either. Direct action, it’s all anyone has left.

I think one difference it makes, to answer your question, is that unsubstantiated claims like this tend to spread, virus like. Especially when pedalled by presidents and official government agencies. Many governments handled the pandemic predictably awfully, but this false narrative can have dangerous consequences, too. I’m worried about the number of times I’ve seen ‘plandemic’ spoken about. It gives me the impression that simply through repetition the meme grew stronger. But now it’s being echoed by_official statespeople. _

people are likely to be as violent in most countries

no

national security

lol

Move beyond that obsession, towards what, exactly? Besides, it’s not as if this apparent laziness has stopped you getting stinking rich.

Here, there’s little to no benefit in boosting posts or up/down vote manipulation

A lot’s changed in those 10 years.

Unfortunately, I agree. The tipping point for me was the humour. I don’t like it and I don’t want it. It’s funny how I could be tolerant of cliche in many other types of entertainment, but cliche comedy very quickly turns me off.

That and the resurrection of ancient characters. It’s fan service (I learned this term watching reviews of SNW/picard and learned to hate it) and adds very little to the show. I’m much less interested in the interpersonal dramas, I want to see more (any) space communism and aspirational utopia progaganda.

I used to live in an apartment complex that was circular, and had a courtyard in the middle of the circle. The mandatory renter’s maintenance payments contributed towards a man with a leaf blower visiting weekly, around this time of year. They’d spend at least an hour each time, blowing what few leaves were there, with all the noise being amplified by an impromptu soundhole. Idiot boys with their idiot toys.

Thanks for posting, this looks great!

Would around 50% of Americans fall for an email scam?

only 1%? That’s about on par with a fortune 500 company, which supposedly Mozilla is not.