jpreston2005 @ jpreston2005 @lemmy.world

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Al Franken was a great politician, one of the last ones to feel actual shame and remorse. Resigned because of a dumb joke whilst in the company of marines, should've stayed, but I bet he's happier being out of it 😥

My parents have conservative talk radio and/or fox news on basically 24/7 in their house and car, so there was really nowhere I could escape their politics. I figured out that all their talk was BS, but could never convince my parents of anything. I could take a quote from their favorite host, and pair it alongside facts stating the opposite was true from an organization that they, themselves, were members of, and they still would dismiss me.

In reality, it's not the politics that got between us, it's that they're shitty people.

with republicans, and the orange rapist especially, the cruelty is the point. Jesus christ, this is some next-level heinous bullshit. We're not even people to them

By removing military leaders, and the JAGs that oversee them, he's setting the stage for broad usage of the US military on American citizens. The orange rapists next target is selling our natural resources and parks off to the highest bidder for his "Sovereign Wealth Fund." This can be expected after he fired a majority of parks staff. So basically setting the stage for a blow out sale of America et. large. Soon other countries will be enticed with offers of buying up huge swaths of data on all of us (if they haven't just given it to them outright). The red line has been passed, and there's no turning back, because republicans refuse to see the emperor has no clothes. A two-party state can't exist when one of the parties is batshit insane, and focused solely on accumulating personal power and wealth.

I had plans for my life. Hopes, dreams. I thought America would get up to the edge of destruction but ultimately turn away, because of all the knowledge, data, and communication available to us. Instead, we're mid-step marching off the cliff into global ruin, and there appears to be nothing I can do about it.

Holy shit, this woman should be behind bars. The article indicates she had a child with the other confessed murderer, is that child at least OK and out of her hands?? Jesus christ.

My therapist made a really great point when I brought up this exact issue with him. He asked if I value a relationship with my parents, and I said yes. Then he said that the price you have to pay for having a relationship with them, is never discussing politics.

It worked for a year or so, but then they voted for that rapist again, and I've since cut them out of my life. I'm not walking around on the eggshells of their bigotry and ignorance just so I can get some semblance of what some may describe as affection. You can only say/do so many shitty terrible things before I'm just done with you completely, and they hit their limit, so it was time to cash out.

Sorry, my advice of ignoring politics only works for a little while.

Cloud Atlas is one of my favorite movies! When I first realized I was watching ::: spoiler spoiler Hugh Grant as a tribal cannibal king ::: ... I was astonished. And I'm still floored by the expansive idea of it to this day.

Living in the US is like living within the prisoners dilemma. If we all work together, we could make the world an infinitely better place, but we're all worried that a bunch of us won't, and they'll instead drive all of us off a cliff if they have even the idea that it might make them richer than their neighbor. Our worries are founded in the political landscape of today, where everywhere you look the world is getting worse, and there's some rich republican smarmy asshole doing everything in their power to make it worse (while profiting from the chaos).

When AI decides to destroy the human virus, it now knows exactly how to create a bug capable of it. Probably more likely than pumping out a bunch of humanoid robots with guns, just create a bug, spread it around, and mess with our ability to communicate in time to stop the spread. BAM. Easy-peasy, humans are now down to a manageable 1 billion or so individuals.

The Body Keeps Score.

Anne Marie is getting all the rest now that she was never able to find after that tragic day.

putting work requirements on healthcare is what damned it.

Right now, Georgia is the only state that imposes a work requirement for Medicaid coverage. But more than a dozen largely Republican-led states already plan to seek approval from the Trump administration to impose work requirements on Medicaid enrollees.

Even moving it to an annual work verification isn't going to help. People are struggling to find and maintain work, so why apply for something that's going to be stripped from them in the future, through no fault of their own?

Thousands of others never finished applying, according to the state’s data, as reports of technical glitches mounted. The state also never hired enough people to help residents sign up

the Pathways program has cost federal and state taxpayers more than $86.9 million, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants

The whole thing is a republican boondoggle. They imposed requirements that doomed sign-up, then funneled money to their friends companies, all so they could performatively throw up their hands in despair and say "well, I guess government provided healthcare IS just a waste of tax payer money!" Fucking grifters getting people killed because they'd rather play politics than help people.

Once you get enough money, you begin to equate having it with being significant, or of importance. This leads you to, conversely, believe that those without it are insignificant, and of little importance. Thus, in his mind, he is like a a great cosmological wheat thresher, separating the wheat from the chaff of our genetic pool. Thus self-aggrandizement naturally walks hand-in-hand with a want to practice eugenics.

This is a man who saw Idiocracy, and his take away was to focus on removing the over-reproducing "idiots" from the gene pool by removing any support they would need to reproduce. His only measure of whether or not someone is "good enough" to reproduce, is their ability to obtain currency.

Instead of focusing on social programs that would educate and raise the tide (thus lifting all boats), he'd rather a bunch of people die needlessly, never once imagining that the next Einstein, Picasso, or Tesla might be among the culled.

Here is a partial list of great scientists that arose from poverty to achieve great things

I know they will be there for me when I need it

Here's the thing, relationships take work. Not just marriages or romantic ones, they all take work. Effort needs to be made by both parties, or else the relationship will die. I had a friend that affectionately called it "friend work," where they would spend a bit of time each day putting in the effort needed to maintain a healthy friendship, because if she didn't, then the relationship would suffer for it.

Not wanting to engage in the world right now is very common, and downright reasonable considering the general state of things. If a relationship you have with someone is mentally stressing you, or sapping your energy, consider whether or not that relationship is valuable to you, and act accordingly. If the relationship is important to you, and you want it to continue or grow, then you have to put effort into it. If the relationship is one-sided, and feels draining, and you want it to end, then put forth zero effort into it, and it will naturally go away.

just watched it, that was so milquetoast I can't believe anyone was actually offended. Shit, they just reused a couple jokes from the last time. That was it. He's scared of black people, that's the joke. magats are scared of anyone with more melanin than milli vanilli, so, uh, rings true to me

right, the only person in washington trying to get money out of politics is for the oligarchy. the one person who brow beats against the oligarchy, is actually for the oligarchy. you're a straight up moron, my dude.

here's the truth you can't take, you're an asshole and a moron.

Artistically, I'd say:

• Cloud Atlas
• The Fall
• Pans Labyrinth

For Epics, I'd say:

• Lord of the Rings Trilogy
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Seven Samurai

For Comedies:

• Airplane!
• Home Alone
• Naked Gun
• Hot Fuzz

Super Hero Movies:

• Logan
• Batman: The Dark Knight
• Batman vs. Superman (The Snyder Cut)

Animated:

• Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse
• Spirited Away
• Beauty and the Beast
• Akira

Horror:

• Alien(s)
• The Shining
• The Thing
• Psycho

Honorable Mention:

• Oh Brother Where art thou
• Fargo (the TV series is great too!)
• Django Unchained
• Pulp Fiction
• Dunkirk
• Inglorious Basterds
• Dial M for Murder
• North by Northwest
• Wild Strawberries

(I'm sorry, I love movies)

You can rewatch Requiem for a Dream!?

To pay tribute to the late director, David Lynch, I finally got around to watching Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and The Straight Story.

The Straight Story was an homage to the American Midwest, and despite being as slow as the protagonists method of transportation, kept my interest throughout.

Mulholland Drive had some brilliant acting, some amazing scenes, and really left a lasting impact on me. Most notably, I was left saying "WTF?"

While Blue Velvet is like a crime drama with Camp turned up to 11. Had some great scenes, and was interesting, but some of the acting choices and dialogue were bewildering to me. ("It's time to FUCK! Let's FUCK!" comes to mind lol)