I’m at the point where I’m meaningfully convinced that the US can’t be saved. I’ve thought for a while that we’re going to Balkanize at some point in the next decade or so, and maybe it’s for the best for everyone (including the world). We could have had something nice, but we just really wanted to make sure that we had a handful of the richest most powerful people in human history because ???

Yeah, I think you’ve got a good handle on it.

Yeah, I don’t get it. I was confused and not happy when I saw he was running again. He could’ve gone out like a heavily watered down LBJ, instead he’s going to be forever remembered as the lost nursing home patient who wandered onto the debate stage. This is an unmitigated disaster, and the only way forward I see now is have Joe step down and let Kamala be the president. I’m not excited for that prospect, but I assume she can at least win a debate against a potted plant.

Yeah, it reminded me a lot of the Carter/Reagan debate, only if Carter had a massive concussion.

And when he said he beat medicare

I would vote for a wet sandwich before I vote for Trump, but Jesus Christ, it would be nice if the democrats fucking tried.

If only. Dude looks and sounds like he’s about drop dead. I cannot begin to express how enormously frustrated with the democrats I am.

It’s not like the protests just went nowhere and petered out. That was the effect, but the state showed that it has a violent and psychotic response to any serious criticism, and was unashamed of it.

Plausibly, but unlikely. Criminals aren’t always the sharpest tools in the shed, but not many of them are going to go to the cops and tell them about how the mean old neighbor got them with a BB gun while they were trying to steal a catalytic converter.

I’d honestly be a lot more worried about the thief directly retaliating.

The one about cows is no joke. Hitting a cow in a sedan at highway speeds is more or less the same as hitting a brick wall.

Edit: actually, given the choice, take the brick wall, because at least a simple masonry wall will crush and crumble and absorb some of the impact. The cow will just gain a sudden increase in its net velocity at your expense.

Dude, there is just no way on earth that automakers are making razor thin margins on $80,000 F250 extended cab super duty pavement princesses that are basically just minivans in a trenchcoat.

Korean proxy war is the loss.jpg of modern conflicts cmv.

Not op, I got a free Ender 3 from a frustrated co-worker, and am now the frustrated co-worker. I’ve tried getting a new glass print surface, tried using glue sticks, tried changing print temps and speeds, tried levelling and re-levelling and re-levelling the bed, but I just can’t get the print to stick for love or money. It’s now been re-homed to the garage, as a parking obstacle for my bicycle.

Gas prices mean nothing if you can take the train. Every time gas prices jump, people start thinking about alternatives. Might be pretty sick, actually.

Fucking embarrassing tbh. We’re going to decimate the global north because somebody said no to our ethnostate pal.

Be me

American

See shitty right wing government doing shitty right wing things.

Sigh.

I bet I know who’s behind this.

Google the history of that government.

Greece was the first proxy war of the Cold war, with the US backing the Greek Monarchy, who were ultimately the victors.

We probably ran similar propaganda and right-wing violence campaigns there as we did across the global south.

What a fucking surprise.

Happy July 4th everyone.

So here’s my question: what happens when Israel finishes swallowing Palestine and there’s no more land left to steal? What then? Are they going to start shit with Jordan or Egypt to steal their land next? At what point does the US let them know that we’re not going to let them drag us into WW3 just because they need to steal some land.

This is so frustrating to watch as an American. I spent much of my youth on the internet getting clowned on by Europeans for the consequences of my country’s hard right policies. The UK has been deservedly getting clowned on for the consequences of embracing the Tories. It beggars belief that the same people clowning on the US and UK would then turn around and say to themselves “yes, but it will be different for us, it will work for us, our situation really is different, you don’t understand”. No, it won’t be different. Pretty soon, you’re going to be following the path that the Tories set the UK on, marvelling at how dysfunctional your government is, and hearing about how the only solution is even more gibs to the people who are already the most economically advantaged and the private sector. Before you click reply, just consider that you guys deserve to get fucking dunked on, because you guys spent decades laughing at other countries for doing this shit just to say “hmmm… but what if sticking the fork in the electrical socket works out for me?” I’m honestly sad and disappointed for Europe, not least of all because after years of deservedly shitting on the US for being racist, all it took was one big wave of immigration for you guys to hold up blonde dumbasses with bad hair and worse ideas as the solution to all of your problems.

“Oh, great bozo of the European trailer park, what is your wisdom to save our culture from the immigrants?”

“Deregulate sewage plants. You will certainly not regret deregulating sewage plants.”

Enjoy your US-style healthcare system in a few years, I guess.

You know what’s cheaper for everyone than buying cars? A good public transit system and safe, actually useful/enjoyable bike infrastructure. I’ve run the napkin math on this and it’s absolutely no contest.

Source: I’m a stranger on the internet and you will certainly not regret taking me at my word.

Texas is getting more and more purple every year, and by God if they aren’t doing everything possible to piss off anyone to the left of Mussollini. It would be maximum lols if they accidentally caused Texas to go blue for the first time in God knows how long.