lemonmelon @ lemonmelon @lemmy.world

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So when Lord Carnarvon sent Howard Carter into the Valley of the Kings with his team...

...that was the Invasion of the Body Snatchers?

You'd need to limit the capacity to vote on credibility to people who are members of the community. If you haven't joined, you can't make a judgment about what is or isn't a good faith post, but your own post can be voted by members. Rather than being attached to just the user, it would probably be better if it were referenced to the user per community. Even so, it's essentially karma, and could probably be gamed.

Otherwise, you've just reinvented upvotes.

It's a good indication you're about to be fucked.

It's news. Would you rather everyone that doesn't support his bullshit just blithely ignore it today in favor of being subject to it for the next four or more years?

Sometimes the news is "a shit person is saying shit things." Turning a blind eye to it is counterproductive.

"...we are hearing scores of lies from the former president."

She did.

Pay attention. You're addressing a different person. Your engagement is not needed. This is not up for debate. This is a statement of who you are.

When your input is desired again, your string will be pulled once more.

It's not fictitious. You are a hypocrite and a disingenuous "idealist." Realists see through you.

Do you often look out your window and see everything you dream about and wish you had?

You set the goalposts at "opposing genocide," so that's still the elephant in the metaphor. I can understand why you think someone might shift the meaning mid-discussion in order to "win," but that's not happening here.

There are two candidates in this presidential election who have a realistic chance of success. One has voiced support for a ceasefire as a step to a two-state solution and concern for Palestinian suffering. The other has expressed the belief that a ceasefire is an unreasonable constraint on Israel, and that a swift, decisive victory is the only solution. One has acknowledged the need for Palestinian self-determination, the other has bragged about figuratively burying Palestine. One has openly stated that they "respect the voice" of pro-Palestinian protestors, the other has signaled that political dissent by "enemies within" will be persecuted.

However, if we've reached the point where you've determined that you are sure you know what I'll say, then this discussion has run its course. Language like that implies that you're preparing for an argument that would very likely either start off circular or quickly regress to that state.

The proverb works when you realize that the Republicans will never allow the first bite to be taken. Not only are they fully endorsing a genocide, they are taking notes and pondering the best way to implement their own here at home. The elephant is the same, but instead of eating you're flirting with being trampled by it.

Realistically, an elephant cannot be eaten in one bite.

Confound it, mother. I grow weary of this immensurable Gehenna.

Decepticons probably wouldn't be any more permissive, though.

"Bimbo" originally referred to men. "Himbo" shouldn't exist; we should just strip away gender from "bimbo" instead. It's more inclusive that way.

I view this as a checklist of brand names that require additional assistance in falling off of the trademark cliff and crashing down onto the rocks of common usage below.

Better sell within the next six years, though, according to Japan...

Being tech savvy doesn't automatically bestow knowledge of good opsec.

I wouldn't assume that a guy who builds top-fuel dragster engines could tell me how to avoid a speed trap.

No guesswork was needed, only a modicum of reading comprehension.