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Wolf asks "can I come in?"

Piglet says "no!"

Wolf now knows it's worth busting down the heavy door...yummy.

Yup, it's so weird even that we might also have the technology to save ourselves - like maybe AI should be ruling us instead of humans (bc that way whoever made the AI can be the secret king - surely that's not new either:-P).

But history does tend to run in cycles, for whatever that's worth. One day the sun won't shine down on us anymore, but so far it always has, even if that doesn't mean that it always will.

In any case, definitely some hard times coming up ahead, that much seems certain at least. Though extinction, while possible, is not a foregone conclusion. I mean, if even Kurzgesagt can find hope, it must be warranted.:-) video 1, video 2 focusing mostly on climate change

To be fair, it will also be true in 2024 as well:-).

They threw out all the old guard who knew how to compromise then. But it was the rise of the Alt Right that turned it actively dangerous.

Like a ratchet effect: make gains whenever you can, then hold the line (doing nothing) until you can "progress" again:-|. Say what you will about the ethics of that, but it is strategic. As Jon Stewart said, "liberal media aims to be correct, while conservative media is effective". We should learn from that. I'm not saying copy, and quite frankly I'm not sure what, but open our eyes at the very least, e.g. as you said by recognizing their deeper intentions.

Except that many who support it do not know that is the goal. They think it's about morality somehow, like abortion=murder but somehow school shootings are meh, whatever.

Religion getting involved in politics doesn't always lead to a bad outcome - e.g. that's how slaves were freed in the UK - but it sure does create a pipeline where people can be fed whatever misinformation, anti-vax, anti-science, anti-facts, etc. Ironically Jesus Himself says things like "don't put heavy burdens onto others without offering to help them", "workers deserve their (living) wages,... that very same day that they work even so don't withhold it for days just bc it is convenient for you - they also have needs and you must be considerate of them", and my personal favorite, "test EVERYTHING against what you KNOW to be true" i.e. be skeptical, but unfortunately Christians aren't listening to Jesus anymore so much as whatever they are fed from the pulpit.:-(

I used to think this way, in part bc there's an aspect of this that is obviously true - conservatives and liberals from many states are not all that far apart. However, I do think we've crossed over into dangerous territory here, to the point where politics are not "merely" shitty as usual, but actually ends. It's like the difference between people who as they get older feel back pain, vs. outright dying. That is normal too I suppose, though it is our duty to be as diligent as possible to delay that eventual outcome for as long as possible.

I keep thinking like, if the question is "what is 1+1?", then Democrats will say -100000, then give contracts to the corps that bribed them, and while in the past Republicans might have done similarly, now they will pull out a gun and shoot you in the head (as their way of answering the question).

Thank you for your service. Indeed we all need to struggle as best we can to open our eyes to what is going on, bc it's not pretty. This nation that you tried to serve is hurting.

Except that the previous (3rd) sentence ends in no punctuation.

It will continue for precisely as long as it continues to work... (plus probably a bit longer to account for lag time).

e.g. one of the earliest historical writings on this planet made this statement perhaps 3,000 years ago:

There is nothing new under the sun.

But... we seem to still need to keep re-learning that, every few generations.

They’ve even struggled at times on basic votes to keep the chamber functioning.

You seem to be assuming that proper functioning was their goal. They were sent there to tear it all down, which is precisely what they did. Never forget that they play by an entirely different set of rules.

If video games have taught me anything, the next update will feature Thunderfox, Shadowfox, and Crystalfox.

Don't base whether you are a good mod or not on one user that was warned and chose to ignore the rules.

Yup. Wait, are you doing a spit take...on my spit take!?

I'll take the...WTF!?

Don't worry, like a sitcom laugh track, they will tell you how you are supposed to feel:-).

Dun dun. Dun dun. Dundundundundun...

Tune in at 11 to find out how! ... to access our video on the subject, which points to another webpage, which again links to a video, that again goes to a different story, hey this all seems familiar somehow...? :-P

It's our own damn fault I suppose, for engaging with it and thus not just allowing but outright making/encouraging it to happen.:-(

Not that that excuses them for doing it though:-(.

Me too:-)

Edit: well, okay so not 3-8 hours every day, but it still was better to cut back.:-)

Aside from the content, I want to take a moment to appreciate how this has such an informative title!:-)

Jon Stewart is a national treasure.

Believe it or not, that GIGANTIC, absolutely un-missable disclaimer was not there yesterday... or at least it did not show for me for whatever reason, definitely on mobile Firefox and I thought I had also looked on desktop but now could not swear to it. I cannot offer definitive proof but here's a snapshot from Sept. 28 - not quite yesterday but long after July 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230928153646/https://subredditstats.com/r/askreddit but still is missing that disclaimer. In any case, thank you for the note of caution: possibly results might be comparable across subs but perhaps not pre- vs. post-API changes.