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Ironic, since he’s long been obsessed with the dangers of falling into the tyranny of left-wing authoritarianism.

So he willingly runs into the arms of right-wing authoritarianism.

At the end of the day, authoritarianism all looks fairly alike in practice. So he may get to experience a taste what he’s long feared (just the Nazi variety, not the Communist variety). So it’s almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy, attracting what you most fear and all that.

Look, maybe Canada has warts. Maybe I don’t like the idea of being forced to use pronouns or whatever, I dunno. But that “woke” stuff is far better than the darkness that’s brewing here in the US, especially here in the South. People are embracing Fascism, full-throated, here. I want out. I’d happily trade places with Dr. Peterson and move my family to Canada.

I didn’t know when I signed up. I just had to “pick a server,” so I did.

There was a day, not too long ago, where I’d seriously considered buying a Tesla. And I nearly did.

As of today, I for one will never buy a single Tesla product - not a car, not a truck, not a battery, not a robot, whatever - for as long as I live.

And no decision from Tesla leadership will change my mind at this point. Fuck them.

Even if that makes me a crazy old man 30-40 years from now when all this is in the past. Never means never.

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That’s where the jobs are.

Not much for good paying work in podunk towns.

I didn’t know it was considered a tankie instance when I signed up, and I’m not a tankie, fwiw.

All my neighbors are MAGA

We should never allow MAGA a single moment’s peace then.

As a chronic procrastinator, I ain’t doing shit.

They kicked us off of Reddit, dude.

I dunno, man.

All I know is that open-mindedness is far less common than I’d once assumed.

And there are those people who aren’t actually interested in truth, but are instead interested in “winning,” because they see every conversation as a power struggle, with a winner and a loser (and as such, language is merely a tool to be wielded for gaining and maintaining social power, not actually finding out things for their own sake). Part of that game can include pretending to be curious and interested in truth, because of the positive image that can project for them.

When those of us who are actually curious about the world interact with one of these types, it can be quite a confusing and frustrating experience if we don’t know what we’re dealing with.

Same! This is 100% on my radar now.

Hell yeah

No stereo is a bit spartan, but definitely a move in the right direction regardless. I want one.

I overlocked my Pentium 133 to 150.

I was such a badass.

This lady has been divorced twice.

Not that I otherwise care. Do what you want with your life and relationships - life is complex and difficult at times. Not every relationship works out, sadly.

But for a twice-divorced lady to tell women to “submit to men,” it sounds like she herself has a problem keeping her trap shut and submitting to a man. The hypocrisy is so thick here you can cut it with a knife.

Rules for thee but not for me.

We don’t want pentagon officials to be handsome for television.

We want them to be competent.

The wealthy people who can’t afford to own Disneyland are closer to you than they are the people who can afford to own Disneyland.

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Neat, that was really helpful.

Yes, I’d simply picked my instance at random.