Edit: I want to point out the irony in your name. Give some fucks. Yeah, we can't do anything about mega corporations, but that's why we're here right? It's not a huge audience, but we're here cause we have a say, correct? So maybe try and give some fucks, take away the voice of people who spread hate and misinformation?
I tend to agree but I'm sick of giving stupid people a voice. This is how they became prominent in the first place. Anti-vaxxers, Russian propagandists, this isn't something we should allow. Blocking it doesn't solve anything in the same way that appeasement doesn't stop dictators. Let them have tiktok and Facebook. But not here.
Same, I'm in one of the few red states that actually makes money. But honestly I'm at the point where I'm just like whatever. Fuck it, right? Just burn it down so our rot doesn't infect the rest of the world. Seriously, this would be a mercy killing at this point. Please don't let this spread.
That's because Republicans aren't as much of a threat to their office as progressives. Some Dems are sitting in basically lifetime seats and they wouldn't want that disrupted. The Ds haven't done anything significant yet at all. And it won't come from Democrats. It'll come from the people if it happens at all. And once something big happens by and from the people, that's when the Ds will step in and take a side. Fucking cowards.
I'm pretty sure there's close to 100% chance there is life in the universe. However, understanding the immensity of the universe is only half of the equation. You also have to understand the incredible sequence of events that got us to where we are. A dual star system would be harder to get life on any kind of schedule. Granted, that's not insurmountable, but think of it. Without migration a lot of species wouldn't exist. Without the core of the planet being so big relative to the planet gives us a huge shield against the sun which gives us life and trulies to kill us. The large moon relative to the planet allows tides among other things. The life before us not only got us here evolutionarily, but also became the fuel to advance society enough to search for other life forms, as well as kill the ones here.
The key difference in what you said is "intelligent life" which would be incredibly rare. Beyond that, you assume that self-destruction isn't tied to the very same thing that gave us intelligence in the first place. And we're not the only animals that are greedy, either. You see it in everything from pets to wild animals and their "pecking order". To say that humans aren't an intelligent species defies all evidence around you, and the only evidence we have of higher species and more advanced societies is sci-fi.
I drive a car smaller than a corvette in the Midwest. It's weird driving and looking up at the trunk of a family sedan. But I hate having trucks behind me at stoplights. On the road is fine because I'm much faster, quicker and more agile. But at stop lights I'm just rolling the dice hoping that fucker in the Chevy 2500 trail boss is paying enough attention that I don't die.
People who join the military do so for far more altruistic (even if unfounded) reasons than cops do. You should be far more afraid of cops than the military.
Edit: also in my experience talking with cops while I was in uniform, a lot of them became cops because they couldn't join the military for one reason or another.
You're not wrong. I'm not saying it was a justifiable conflict by any means. But many of us were given orders to go to a place in support of something we didn't agree with. The difference between that and firing on us civilians is huge. From my personal experience, I say you have far more to worry about from police/troopers than any military force.
Fuck you. I was one of those soldiers and I'd like to think that some of the hundreds of raped and murdered university of Baghdad students would like a word with you. The amount of young women's bodies we dredged out of Z lake...
I get it. They/we whatever, aren't the good guys as long as they're taking orders from bad guys, but there are people who would be teetering on the edge, who want to do the right thing. Maybe not enough to cancel itself out, but certainly enough to hinder itself enough to get a jump on things to make things truly equal.
Free euthanasia? Where do I sign up?
Edit: yes I'll take the upgraded life insurance.