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errant raven
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I'm not dying anytime soon

river sable
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I suggest skipping any vaccines

errant raven
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Why would I do that

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Vaccines are free

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It's not like they want more outbreaks to happen

river sable
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anyway I'm not gonna engage in this conversation any longer

errant raven
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Kk

mild gust
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Enjoy paying an arm and a leg for potash

summer cedar
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Morning, Lucifer. ๐ŸŒž

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I assume it's morning for you.

errant raven
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Potassium?

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errant raven
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Plants dont even need much potassium

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summer cedar
errant raven
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And I'm not an industrial farmer

errant raven
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Why am I even getting shit when I didnt vote for this ๐Ÿ’€

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Maybe put your efforts into someone who did

mild gust
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Because think of the penguins

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They can't afford the tariffs.

errant raven
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Ok be angry at someone who imposed them on the penguins

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Not some dude who cares more about anime tits

soft night
mild gust
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1/ Unarmed, injured Russian soldiers are being used as "meat probes" to "trample mines" with their feet, according to a man who has recorded a video appealing for help. His commander tells the wounded: "You are not needed, cripples! Go and die." โฌ‡๏ธ

๐Ÿ’ฌ 49โ€‚๐Ÿ” 481โ€‚โค๏ธ 1.6Kโ€‚๐Ÿ‘๏ธ 76.2K

summer cedar
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Par for course.

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Besides, they can't afford tariffed goods.

mild gust
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Nor can they afford anti-mine vehicles apparently

summer cedar
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The lot of them are spending their money touring Japan and China.

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Their military factories have actually increased their people's spending money.

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Oh, the irony.

mild gust
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Who would have thought a military costs more money than it's worth

summer cedar
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So no one wants Nescafe โ„ข๏ธ Black Roast, huh?

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sad noises

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My cup was delicious.

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summer cedar
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Black Roast is tariff free. Join me.

summer cedar
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It's only been 2 days, bro. Just five trillion dollars in the past week or two.

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Give it time. Gosh. Be patient.

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Complain when it's like $20 trillion.

mild gust
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Wasn't it 6 trillion

river sable
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who's counting it's all just numbers anyway

mild gust
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Money isn't even real

summer cedar
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Okay, okay. Let's compromise like civilised individuals. We'll complain when a quadrillion dollars are lost, okay?

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Hey, I've finished 32,000 words in my book. Woo hoo!

mild gust
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I was hoping they would have to pull the stock panic button

summer cedar
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Halfway there. Hopefully, I can finish this book before the world goes bankrupt.

mild gust
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and freeze the markets

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But we didn't quite hit the 7% drop

summer cedar
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Yeah.

mild gust
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Maybe next week

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summer cedar
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Also, bro, you are being uncharitable. He buried his wife on a golf course, remember?

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Who says he doesn't visit any random golf course just to remember her? Be nice.

summer cedar
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only.

mild gust
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Rookie numbers

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Your right

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This guy got some good points

cursive crypt
mild gust
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Tron movie?

cursive crypt
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Aye

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New stuff

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Hot

mild gust
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Pretty good vfx too

cursive crypt
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Must be ue

summer cedar
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They need to make a Metroid series, too.

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Along the lines of the Halo series.

mild gust
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and starfox

summer cedar
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Also, I want Halo season 3.

mild gust
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I want a remake

summer cedar
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oh, it was cancelled.

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๐Ÿ˜ฆ

soft night
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ryobg i did that thing before

mild gust
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Don't get me wrong season 2 got good

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But season 1 of halo series was mid

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Didn't show enough covenant.

cursive crypt
summer cedar
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Damn, Paramount cancelled it because of high costs.

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Sadly, this despite the show doing pretty well and being well-received.

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You know what, we need TV shows made by just indie devs in garages with UE.

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๐Ÿ˜›

cursive crypt
mild gust
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There's a shit load of free korean assets on fab now

summer cedar
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Solo Levelling kind of took the spot. ๐Ÿ™‚

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Can't beat that gem of an anime.

mild gust
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Don't have to

summer cedar
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The quality is insane.

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Oh yeah, true.

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We can just sell unmodified AI garbage.

soft night
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windus need to make animemovie and game in one

mild gust
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Just like no one has to beat farming simulator

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But they can make an alternative

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Yo

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They need more of those pick your choice books

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But as games/ movies

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Netflix tried doing it

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With black mirror

summer cedar
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Hehe. Tie the episodes in to X posts?

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Or online polls?

mild gust
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Either or

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Maybe even have some link to some creepy pasta

summer cedar
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Does daddy move right to save his daughter from the burning stock market?
Or does daddy just sip cola and watch the scene on TV?

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Choose and the character will do accordingly.

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Vote now!

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summer cedar
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Well, with companies soon to be bankrupt and no jobs - not thanks to AI, but tariffs - TVs will be in high demand.

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Gotta disconnect those costly mobile phone bills and just steal cable.

mild gust
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Didn't you see liberation day a lot of companies already laid people off.

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So jobs lost

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Don't worry after months of suffering eventually someone will prosper.

summer cedar
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Well, they are liberated.

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So, on point.

mild gust
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Your right they can waste away now

summer cedar
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Emancipating an employee from the toil and drudgery of earning money to eat, is a great deliverance.

mild gust
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Don't forget paying the never ending insurance

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Because it will only get worse

summer cedar
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Don't need insurance. If you don't work to death, you won't be sick.

mild gust
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Piss in a bottle

summer cedar
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This message was sponsored by Brainworms LLC

mild gust
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Like amazon drivers

summer cedar
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Can't piss, since you can't afford water anymore.

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Also, no utility workers to ensure water supply.

mild gust
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They can somehow afford meth though

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To keep driving all night

summer cedar
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Meth is a 2.5 Amendment Right.

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How dare you question it?!

mild gust
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Why not

summer cedar
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We do not question the 2nd or the 2.5th Amendment.

river sable
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in memory of Laura

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it's time for a LOUNGE CLEANSER

summer cedar
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Shakuhachi koto rock is also pretty great.

summer cedar
river sable
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no more depressing politics please

summer cedar
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Any living species discovered will be burnt.

river sable
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I can't do it anymore

summer cedar
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Well, there was this very cool UFO thing over the UK.

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You could hitch a ride to Mars.

river sable
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oh yeah that looked like a rocket launch thingy

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they often do these spiral-y looking things in the upper atmosphere

summer cedar
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I was just happy it wasn't a dreary, black and white video.

river sable
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absolutely beautiful ๐Ÿ™‚

summer cedar
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made in UE.

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๐Ÿ˜›

river sable
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hehe

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I'm a sucker for the UFO topic though

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I really want it to be real

summer cedar
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It probably is. But we are just getting their dumb tourists.

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All the spacecraft with cool WMDs are owned by their military.

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The visitors are jobless tourists driving old taxi ufos.

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river sable
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thanks

summer cedar
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I live to unravel the mysteries of the universe.

river sable
summer cedar
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summer cedar
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Police Officer: Ma'am, go back in the house.
Stupid lady: Where's my pizza?
Police Officer: I'll bring your pizza to you. Go back inside!

mild gust
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1 million dollar bountry if you catch an et on a ring

summer cedar
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Can't. We make all the halos self-destruct.

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So... no.

river sable
mild gust
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Wait

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Are you suggesting we are living in the halo universe.

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Because that universe always restarts

summer cedar
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Well, we put rings on the fingers of other creatures.

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So, clearly, we make rings.

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We have the tech.

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You want to catch creatures with rings.

mild gust
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Zomg

summer cedar
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So, clearly, we can make BIG rings.

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Yeah, checks out. We live in Halo.

mild gust
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So the primordial is our god

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All praise the precursors

summer cedar
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No. P0rn AI is our true god.

mild gust
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Oh

summer cedar
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This AI made the first true ring, for..... censored reasons.

mild gust
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Hatsune Miku

summer cedar
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๐Ÿ™Š

river sable
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important contribution

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we're cooked as a species

summer cedar
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At least Western folk aren't spending $10,000 on their AI partners yet.

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Check Love and Deepspace.

river sable
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read at your own risk ๐Ÿ˜„

soft night
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is that future of blue man and deja?

summer cedar
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I mentioned it a few days ago.

river sable
summer cedar
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Chinese girls are spending over 10k USD on their AI boyfriends in that game.

mild gust
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Oh lord

summer cedar
mild gust
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Will be like that guy all over again who married his e-wife and then they shut down the app.

summer cedar
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Based on what I saw on Bill Maher, yeah. ๐Ÿ˜„

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I haven't done any deep seeking. ๐Ÿ˜›

summer cedar
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Little do they know about who owns the servers hosting those bfs.

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๐Ÿ˜„

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river sable
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nobody is listening, surely

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alright time for another cleanse

summer cedar
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I won't elaborate, but yeah, they tell some pretty private stuff to those bfs.

summer cedar
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And they think it'll remain secret.

summer cedar
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you get one cleanse that is already ignored.

summer cedar
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Only one.

mild gust
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More people need pet coons

river sable
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I'm gonna head out and buy some non-US produce

summer cedar
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These raccoons remind me of all those raccoons that showed up on that lady's lawn, in the US.

river sable
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cya

summer cedar
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Cheers! ๐Ÿ‘‹

median wraith
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first time I see this game

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pearl elk
summer cedar
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At least the sextagon is always safe.

cursive crypt
summer cedar
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Good morning ๐ŸŒž

mild gust
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Afternoon

summer cedar
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Apparently, there's a new word floating around.

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Nomophobia.

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The irrational fear of being without your mobile phone.

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Like, in your pocket.

celest musk
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jokes on you, i had a flat tire when i forgot my phone last time...

summer cedar
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your fault. Just 3d print a tyre next time.

celest musk
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lucky enough the spare one was good, but if this happens in nowhere you'll be lucky if you got your phone

summer cedar
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But, that's not nomophobia though.

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It's when you can't even rest for a moment without the thing in your pocket.

celest musk
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hmm okay

summer cedar
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Apparently, there are people like that.

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I wonder where that 'nomo' came from.

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Should check its etymology.

celest musk
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nah, you should move on and ignore it's existence

summer cedar
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๐Ÿคฃ Coined in 2008.

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Nomo comes from 'No Mobile'.

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Lmao.

mild gust
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I hate everything about that word

summer cedar
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Oh, interesting. Panic attacks are a symptom of it.

pearl elk
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so whats the fear of running out of food called if its not Nomophobia?

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Nomonomophobia?

celest musk
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Nofophobia

summer cedar
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ARFID or cibophobia

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There's no phobia for tariffs..... yet.

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The only cool term is Tariff Tremor.

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Also, from Nintendo, Donkey Kong's bananas and bonanza is Bananza.

pearl elk
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bonanzaphobia

summer cedar
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๐Ÿคฃ I am finding cool stuff, today.

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There's apparently a Fear and Greed index.

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It estimates the mood of the stock market, like whether it's bullish or bearish.

summer cedar
pearl elk
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thats definitely modern gaming in a nutshell

summer cedar
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๐Ÿค” In Japan, when you spend money on your idol's concerts, patreon page, merchandise, etc., it's called oshikatsu.

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Apparently, they are banking on oshikatsu to drive consumer spending, now.

pearl elk
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I remember some stone tablet warning against worshipping false idols, probably nothing

summer cedar
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--- The explosion of oshikatsu, which entered the mainstream lexicon during the pandemic, as a social phenomenon has economists and even the Bank of Japan taking note for its potential to prop up Japan's tepid consumption. ---

summer cedar
pearl elk
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have you heard of Australias newest bestest political party

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Trumpet of Patriots

summer cedar
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The Orange Roos?

pearl elk
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little do they know the sound of a patriot is actually the bugle not a trumpet but nice clickbait

summer cedar
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14 million people could be engaged in oshikatsu today - 11% of Japan's population.

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The grass is greener on the other side of the fence.

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You know, I bet live streaming one's chats with one's AI partner will be a thing on YT, if it's not already. ๐ŸŽฅ

summer cedar
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1:25 - We'll be the ones eating the cats and the dogs. That's gonna be fun. ๐Ÿคฃ

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Around 2:00 - If the stock markets go down, down, and down, there's no where to go but back up. Or... maybe further down.

summer cedar
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I am sure he's panicking, at his golf course with a big Mac, fries, and two large cokes.

cursive crypt
mild gust
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The protests were pretty big though

cursive crypt
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I know there are some, but these guys seek engagement.

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Tru, tru, but panic, erupt, that some blockbuster movie.

mild gust
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I feel they are doing anything they can to just get a message out even if it means lying like the right is doing.

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Not agreeing with it but it's clear at some point you gotta fight lies with lies.

cursive crypt
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I don't agree, but I commented about the low-level "journalism".

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The social platforms are mess.

mild gust
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Probably will be till they are out of the hands of billionares

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Which will likely never happen.

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Since America is still trying to aquire tiktok.

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Like they need more control over media.

summer cedar
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When you have large populations, it becomes necessary.

cursive crypt
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Doesn't matter what they say, it is about money.

mild gust
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Always is and will be

summer cedar
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You don't really have a single identity or purpose amongst the people, in that scenario.

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What you have is factions.

mild gust
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They never cared about other people.

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We are just money to them

summer cedar
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And each faction is out for their own interest.

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SO, you need to message and massage each of them to get them to vote.

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Happens in India and China, and now in the US.

cursive crypt
mild gust
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As long as someone like Bezos says shit like he wants his employees to go to bed terrified, wake up terrified, and go to work terrified. There's no hope.

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Plus pissing in bottles to meet time quotas

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Literally sub-human shit

cursive crypt
mild gust
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My balance is 1 day of insanity politics, 1 day of comedy

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Then throw in some horror for shits n giggles

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celest musk
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tbf the minecraft movie might not be super bad

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summer cedar
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Pika, pika was awesome.

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Pi, pi, pikachu! ๐ŸŒฉ๏ธ

mild gust
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The pandas do look awesome

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A few scenes I saw clips of though I saw quite a few black lines around hair etc.

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or the wolf would be pink instead of gray.

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summer cedar
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pika pi?

mild gust
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I still havn't seen the super mario bros movie

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I heard it was good though

summer cedar
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There's this nice Korean movie (I think) called Space Truckers or something.

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It was quite nice.

mild gust
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Good cgi?

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1996?

pearl elk
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Space Sweepers

summer cedar
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That one.

cursive crypt
summer cedar
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I still find it amazing how quickly 2025 seems to be going.

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It's like already April and I feel it was January only last week.

river sable
pearl elk
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lol thats not even a good goat

steady stone
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well, technically it should be a calf.

river sable
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apparently it's a really clever wordplay on trump being the greatest of all time

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I love good art

pearl elk
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trumpest of all time

river sable
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trumpest of a decade (T.O.A.D.)

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apologies for making you read that, that's terrible

soft night
dusky shuttle
proud jay
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Just finished my new piece of furniture made

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Couldโ€™ve done better on the paint job

tulip orbit
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looks nice, but theres a hole in the side

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obviously its for picking up and moving, but you'll never pick it up while wearing medieval plate gauntlets

summer cedar
unborn lotus
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is that a baby changing table?

tulip orbit
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dont think so, no way a baby could climb up there to change, theres not even a ladder

summer cedar
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They just use waffles.

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Waffles are bouncy.

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Baby bounce. On table. Easy.

cursive crypt
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diaper's battleground

summer cedar
unborn lotus
cursive crypt
tulip orbit
summer cedar
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Dragon farts were filmed a long time ago and dragon fart lovers aren't great GIF makers.

errant raven
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With these tariffs how much you think I can make off just these 3 strawberries

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No low balls, I know what I got

queen isle
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Why do people love these protagonist who can't shut up?

summer cedar
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They are conditioned to like it courtesy story books and old-school RPGs.

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Also, a confident, outspoken protagonist is a contrast to the reserved, shy nature that many people possess, or are forced to adopt in real life.

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Opposites attract and here we are.

soft night
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from hill to water where is ducks

cursive crypt
soft night
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why?

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duck one was zoomed in a lot

summer cedar
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Interesting. ๐Ÿค” I had imagined equestrians to be the horses, but no. Equus is the Latin word for 'horse' and the equestrians are the jockeys, formerly knights and Roman property holders.

cursive crypt
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That duck shot reminded me of my old phone.

summer cedar
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๐Ÿคฃ Hippos were horses in Greek.

soft night
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the original as from heic file to jpg conversion with windows 11

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iphone and it codecs

cursive crypt
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digital zoom will barely make it. Maybe if AI dream about it.

soft night
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even the tech so good the digital zoom seems still same old bad

celest musk
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well, it has to interpolate the pixels

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unless you use some AI stuff to halucinate whatever could be there

cursive crypt
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It should hallucinate ducks.

soft night
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or it think there is horse size ducks or duck size horses

river sable
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moooooooooods

tulip orbit
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reported using the app, see if that works

river sable
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@broken sigil

broken sigil
tulip orbit
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or if we all need to spam the @ mods at the same time

cursive crypt
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50$ to spam a mod

tulip orbit
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if I had $50, I'd pay you to throw a can of spam at the mods

carmine cargo
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if we only had $50 for each ban...

tulip orbit
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there'd be nobody left in the server then

carmine cargo
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no, we love our folks, except those who deserve a ban

summer cedar
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Which mouse button activates Macro? ๐Ÿ˜Š

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summer cedar
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Not the middle of the middle of the middled button?

summer cedar
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summer cedar
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What does Ye even do these days anyway?

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Ever since the shallow state cancelled him because he is such a nice guy.

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summer cedar
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So, he's gainfully employed then.

mild gust
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Seems like it

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Oh and flaunt his current gf basically naked at the grammys or w.e

summer cedar
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My sympathies....

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...to the gf.

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summer cedar
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Oh. Wife....

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Yeah

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I mean he treats her like property

proud jay
proud jay
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summer cedar
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I just read this and..... wow.

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Only the presence of that orange bum makes this believable.

mild gust
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Yeah it's dumb af

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Violating peoples rights

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But you know totally normal

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Did the same shit to a Canadian business woman recently too

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Oh it was her story

summer cedar
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It was so nice of that Chinese detainee to give her a phone.

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We just have to look out for one another.

mild gust
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All we can really do at this point

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They won't listen to mass protests

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or acts of violence

summer cedar
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You know things are incredibly f*cked up when even RICH people get screwed.

mild gust
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When they do the same shit

fleet tangle
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Gotta ask yourself, where did they store that phone?

mild gust
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Never forget Jan 6th

summer cedar
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The lady literally offered to pay for her flight back home herself. They were like, "NAH!"

summer cedar
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fleet tangle
fleet tangle
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Maybe you're doing illegal things.

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If you stopped a murderer crossing the border and he said, "no worries, lads, I'll just buy a ticket home!" would that be acceptable?

summer cedar
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What if I fly on a Boeing and crash?

summer cedar
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Go murder yer own folk, now git!

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summer cedar
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I bet she tried to book an Airbus ticket.

fleet tangle
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And, of course, the ICE agents knew this? They knew all about her?

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And anyone else who claims to have diplomatic immunity perhaps?

summer cedar
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If ICE actually knew anything, none of this would be happening.

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If you speak Ameringlish the wrong way, they arrest you.

mild gust
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If you look into her even a little bit

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You can find a business woman

summer cedar
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Also, seriously, yes, they knew.

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Her visa records were there.

fleet tangle
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It's totally rushed and there are issues, 100%, but to just say that anyone wanting to buy a ticket home should be allowed to is ridiculous.

mild gust
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They have the right to go home as opposed to being locked up and rights stripped away.

fleet tangle
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Do they?

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Mooney spent 11 days in custody โ€” off and on in cement cells she says are dubbed "ice boxes" โ€” with little more than a thin foil emergency blanket. Mooney says she faced numerous transfers, humiliating medical tests, degrading treatment and no answers โ€” despite pleas to let her pay for her own flight home.

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That's justified?

summer cedar
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Nope. Not anyone. Specifically her. She's been a working professional. Her visa records are pretty clear, actually.

mild gust
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When she was a business woman just wanting to go home.

summer cedar
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I assume several of the other arrested innocent people too, such as that person sent to El Salvador.

fleet tangle
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I expect she just got unlucky because high demand, tbh.

mild gust
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Just another case of stupidity and mishandling of the administration.

fleet tangle
summer cedar
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Courtesy Agent Orange.

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fleet tangle
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Oh you're going there then.

mild gust
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Free all criminals

summer cedar
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๐Ÿค” I think that sheriff's prison camps are worse.

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I forget his name.

mild gust
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If they are willing to free the ones from Jan 6th

summer cedar
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The one in Arizona?.... maybe.

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He was the sheriff. He's a governor now.

mild gust
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Long live evil

summer cedar
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Dang. I forgot his name.
Anyway, he organised some pretty bad prison camps.

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fleet tangle
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Good for him.

summer cedar
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No. I think there was an Adams in his name?

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or any of those reform camps that were spread around america

summer cedar
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He's in a wheelchair.

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Wait, I might be wrong.

mild gust
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Brainwashing kids into christian ideaologies

summer cedar
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Anyway, he was a sheriff.

mild gust
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The so called "problem children"

fleet tangle
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Don't worry, you can pray the insert thing away!

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Or pay if you're a Scientologist.

summer cedar
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That was the prescription the nurse offered that lady at the detention centre.

mild gust
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I will pay to remove my sins

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Flying spaghetti monster will set me free

fleet tangle
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Are you a true pastafarian? Do you talk like a pirate?

mild gust
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Yarg

summer cedar
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be specific.

mild gust
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Only while playing the "Sea of thieves"

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fleet tangle
summer cedar
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I think you won't say much when your teeth are rattling and your face is shaking.

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So, probably not during.

summer cedar
#

I am sure I won't have an attitude. Just electricity coursing through my veins.

mild gust
#

Like Electroboom?

summer cedar
#

Like Tom Cruise.

mild gust
#

Yo discord had an influx of Electroboom gifs used

summer cedar
#

But reading stories like this makes me happy I never immigrated there.

#

That was my original plan, a long time ago.

mild gust
#

They would have probably sent you back at this rate sadly

summer cedar
#

"You have PROPER grammar?! ARREST this illegal!!!"

mild gust
#

Lol

#

Republicans acting like they are victims is becoming a trend.

summer cedar
#

God only knows how many of THEM are in a detention centre.

mild gust
#

Zero?

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Because they lick the boot

summer cedar
#

No, I meant the voters.

mild gust
#

Ah

summer cedar
#

Not the politicians.

mild gust
#

I mean

summer cedar
#

Ted Cruz probably has one foot in Cancun already.

mild gust
summer cedar
#

From now on, I suggest we look to North Korea for supreme world leadership.

#

I hear their new tourist tavern is great. You get to buy booze and sing songs to praise the great leader, every drink.

#

Disclaimer: Terms and conditions apply

mild gust
#

Trump is becoming more akin to Kim Jong Un

summer cedar
#

Hey! Be nice.
Kim Jong Un never deported anyone.

#

They were just shot outright.

#

Disclaimer: Allegedly.

mild gust
#

and if they are found to have tried to leave

#

Countries are told to deport said people

#

Happens often when north koreans study abroad

summer cedar
#

Okay, okay.

#

Fine.

#

Let's look towards the penguins.

#

M'kay?

mild gust
#

Fins up

summer cedar
#

Now, I have it on good authority that penguins have NEVER deported anyone.

#

They're only guilty of abandoning their young sometimes, and such family stuff.

#

SURELY, we can look to them to guide us in these dark times.

mild gust
#

They also mate for life

summer cedar
#

So... Catholic?

mild gust
#

Guess so

summer cedar
#

Damn. So, Papal visits are on.

mild gust
#

But don't some catholics divorce?

summer cedar
#

Cool.

#

Those are inconvenient truths, my son.

mild gust
#

Lol

summer cedar
#

You must ignore such stories as works of the devil.

mild gust
#

I can't help it

#

Truth is out there

summer cedar
#

So, the holy, blessed nation of Penguinia shall lead us towards the light.

#

Well, it's 2 a.m.

#

I'll go to sleep.

mild gust
#

Sleep

#

I shall work

summer cedar
#

Probably will wake up to the stock market continuing it's downward 'progress' tomorrow.

mild gust
#

I hope so

#

I want that 7% drop

summer cedar
#

Won't happen if they deport the traders before that!

#

Night, night.

#

๐Ÿ˜ด

mild gust
#

30-100k per iphone if made in usa

#

That's winning

#

But also answer on quora so likely a bunch of bs, I saw someone link this in another discord sharing a twitter post like it's a real issue.

river sable
#

quora is fact checked by patriots you can trust that always

#

also forbes articles are always written by actual forbes writers and there's never any bs on that site ever

mild gust
brittle holly
#

You should buy your iPhone now then ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

mild gust
#

Fairphone looking good.

tulip orbit
#

there are a lot of posters on that tree...

soft night
#

the original is "duck season" or "rabbit season"

tulip orbit
#

yeah my favourite version of it was leggings/sundress season

upper basin
mild gust
#

Not surprised

#

No one can compete with AIO stores

white oxide
#

ok so, in regards to phones costing a fortune here

#

the problem isnt what most people think

#

its screws

#

those itty bitty tiny screws

#

the ones that keep phones together

#

there simply doesnt exist a plant on this continent capable of making them with the degree of precision and quality that the factories in china do

#

and building one is a multi billion dollar enterprise

#

america simply didnt invest in the super fine super specific industries in the 80's and 90's that china did, and its had ripple effects

#

plus theres the fact that building such a factory here if started today, wouldnt be able to meet the current production capacity china is capable of until 2035

errant raven
#

Why buy anything apple makes anyways

white oxide
#

i mean same goes for android

#

apple is a dying brand kept alive by what used to be a major status symbol

#

and it has some of the largest liquid capital to its name but the problem is they need to be forced by the courts to do anything remotely in the users interest

river sable
upper basin
#

ya, cybertruck, but for phones

mild gust
#

Gross

summer cedar
#

--- Dow futures were down 1,250 points, or 3.3%. S&P 500 futures fell 3.7%, while Nasdaq futures tumbled 4.6%. Asian markets tanked: Japanโ€™s Nikkei fell 8% at the open. ---

#

Woo hoo!

regal pecan
# river sable just use glue <:smile_awkward:1233877182846079016>

Pretty sure they do use glue. They also use screws just to screw over third party replacement parts. Which they do because their status symbol costs so much to repair and has so many wealthy customers that it attracts every ambitious trash failure who wants to scam their way to instant wealth. If only they knew about game dev.

white oxide
#

hey at least its a buy low market

#

im watching for the turn point so i can hit it with $80k in mutuals to see how high things will grow

summer cedar
#

Yeah, it's a good time to buy in the Indian market, for sure. Our investors are emotion driven for the most part and this collapse is caused by foreign investors pulling their dollars out.

#

So, buy, buy, buy. ๐Ÿ™‚

#

Many of the good stocks are down by like 20%.

white oxide
#

oh i know

summer cedar
#

The business fundamentals are strong, so it is an opportunity to speculate.

white oxide
#

yep

#

most of the big companies WILL RECOVER

summer cedar
#

and bigly.

white oxide
#

its going to be a while but im hoping to turn that 80K into 300k

summer cedar
#

Of course, I tell my students to avoid going through the mutual fund houses.

white oxide
#

my dad did that in the 08 market

summer cedar
#

Those dudes are already adjusting, so the speculative benefits will be minor.

#

It's best to go into the market and buy shares directly.

white oxide
#

yeah we have our own broker

#

and hes damn good

#

he gets 3% of our profits

summer cedar
#

That's cool! I wish I had a decent broker around, but I invest by myself.

white oxide
#

all for simply telling us when to buy and sell

summer cedar
#

There's also CoPilot. ๐Ÿ™‚

#

Although you have to massage the questions to get around the artificial blocks.

white oxide
#

yeah but my broker also pokes us at startups when they have a solid idea or pretty much GOING to be a solid earner

#

hes why i have like 4.7 whol bitcoin

summer cedar
#

noice!

white oxide
#

bought in 2011

summer cedar
#

always good to have someone who has good info.

white oxide
#

im holding it till i need something big

#

i had 12 total

#

sold bunch for my house and my new car

summer cedar
#

Nikkei in Japan already hit 7% loss.

#

Circuit breakers have already kicked in. ๐Ÿคฃ

white oxide
#

$190k house, $36.6k car

#

hybrid sonata SEL

summer cedar
#

I bought my $3k computer with stock profits.

white oxide
#

lol

#

i got mine from selling plasma, and family birthday gifts

#

i live like im perpetually poor

#

because it helps me save and wait for retirement

#

I technically can retire now, if im willing to live like i have

#

but when i retire i want to travel a bit more

summer cedar
#

No point in stopping the income streams now.

#

You never know what the Orange Turd is going to do next.

white oxide
#

oh they would still be there, but more that im only living off their interest and self growth not the other income sources i have

summer cedar
#

Yeah. I was referring to those other sources. You wanna keep them for now.

white oxide
#

deff

#

though if SS gets off its ass and finally does my paperwork, ill thrive off that

#

pay me more in the first place

#

without the physical pain of taking a day job

summer cedar
#

Be happy they haven't deported you, my man.

#

It's the best anyone can expect at the moment. ๐Ÿ˜„

white oxide
#

yeah im so white they would have to really try

summer cedar
#

Well, you are educated.

white oxide
#

im a white, rural texan rancher

summer cedar
#

That's excuse enough.

white oxide
#

and my family has money and clout

#

hard to vanish that

#

also rural texas, everyone here is armed

#

i have 3 in my room, and one in my office file cabinet

summer cedar
#

Get a gatling taser.

white oxide
#

i got a gel plaster with beads soaked in liquid smelling salts

#

budget byrna

summer cedar
#

And a few skunks.

white oxide
#

nah if it comes to that, firecracker in the chicken coup with the door open

#

those idiots will cause chaos

summer cedar
#

Well, the skunks are presents for them.

#

Good hospitality is important.

#

When you send guests away, you gift wrap a skunk for them.

cursive crypt
dusky shuttle
summer cedar
#

Taiwan Weighted and Hang Seng down 10, 12%. Damn. ๐Ÿ‘€

proud jay
#

at least Nike and Lululemon are green?

unborn lotus
#

gotta buy the dip

proud jay
#

gotto know when the dip is though

errant raven
#

That dont look so good

#

Maybe people should have voted more responsibly instead of for the memes

#

Cant go back now

proud jay
#

weren't you a trump supporter?

errant raven
#

Negative

#

I dont do politics

proud jay
#

so you don't vote

errant raven
#

Nope

proud jay
#

maybe just as bad

errant raven
#

I dont think I'm even able to vote

#

Surprised they havent tried impeachment yet

proud jay
#

why are you not able to vote?

errant raven
#

Criminal record I guess

proud jay
#

interesting

proud jay
#

and Al Green was working on another one iirc

errant raven
#

Yeah i know about the first term impeachments

#

But this time hes fucked up big time

#

International relations with our allies are looking worse than the stock market

proud jay
#

you just don't get the 4D chess master plan /s

errant raven
#

Trump didn't calculate the bishop sitting on Z.40

#

Left king open for mate

#

Atleast peace in asia is looking a little more realistic ๐Ÿ’€

steady stone
#

in what sense? that Trump is going to let China absorb Taiwan without a fight?

#

Though really Taiwan can't win a war against China one way or another, it'll just lead to mysery and suffering. Sucks for the lovely people of Taiwan but probably surrender is the best option there.

proud jay
#

I think he meant that China Japan and South Korea have collaborated to block Trump and they normally hate eachoterh

#

but Taiwan is definitely fucked

errant raven
#

Taiwan thing is unfortunate

#

But yeah S.k and japan big thing

#

@fleet tangle did you vote for what really matters

#

How was bochii not on there for best slice of life

#

Or shikimoris not just a cutie for best romance

fleet tangle
#

Frieren clearing up there.

#

Good stuff.

errant raven
#

They chose frierens worst opening

#

Op2 was way better than op1

#

ED's still not getting any love

#

Konosuba wasnt even an option for best opening

fleet tangle
#

Disappointed it's not "must protec at all costs"

errant raven
#

I forgot what the options were aside from frieren

#

That pink hair girl from spy x family was one

#

That vote shouldve gone to Yuki Itose

fleet tangle
#

I mean Frieren is the clear winner.

errant raven
#

Frieren doesnt need protection, shes op

#

I'm simple man, I see frieren I click

fleet tangle
#

She needs protection from mimics. And herself.

errant raven
#

She has fern

fleet tangle
#

And?

errant raven
#

Best supporting character for a reason

dusky shuttle
#

oh no, time to panic

pearl elk
#

this is what happens when a country goes from super to just great ๐Ÿ˜›

errant raven
pearl elk
#

USM, United States of Mid

soft night
#

MCUS monsy calamari United States

fluid bloom
river sable
#

but but but taxonomy is already a word though akshually (categorization, classification)

mild gust
cursive crypt
mild gust
#

Canada boycotting American travel ftw! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZhB46emoeo

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mild gust
#

Fear is good!

river sable
#

and ignorance is strength

#

red is green

#

down is up

mild gust
#

Lying is truth

#

Tis the maga way

#

Neo-nazism ftw

#

Not really it's trash

summer cedar
#

Just desserts for wantonly arresting people.

mild gust
#

Seeing those Canadian shelves with nothing from america

#

Is great.

#

Awesome for them

summer cedar
#

Capt. Orange just threatened another 50% tariff on China.

mild gust
#

Good

summer cedar
#

I wonder if he knows there's an upper limit of 100%.

mild gust
#

He doesn't buy anything anyways

summer cedar
#

Like, math.

mild gust
#

What does it matter to him

proud jay
#

well, not really though

#

you could do a 700% tarrif if you wanted

river sable
#

not really in that case, why not just charge 4x the amount

mild gust
#

1000%

summer cedar
#

oh yeah, true.

#

I apologise to the baboon.

mild gust
#

Treat life like Civ

river sable
mild gust
#

Just add more chat gpt tariffs

#

What can go wrong

summer cedar
#

I think I will impose a 15% tariff on my work.

mild gust
#

This administrations reliance on AI is kinda hilarious

summer cedar
#

If I can't sleep 12 hours a day, my work should pay me a tariff.

mild gust
#

Agreed

#

We should get paid for time we sleep

river sable
#

become a mattress tester

mild gust
#

Sign me up

river sable
#

don't let your dreams be dreams

summer cedar
#

The current admin needs an AI to write prompts for their AI.

river sable
#

that might be what's going on

summer cedar
#

Pretty sure their tariff prompt was: 'Big percentage charge bigly all countries and other peoples, big percentage, Ghibli image!'

river sable
#

would explain a lot

#

in all honesty though

#

listen to this fellas

summer cedar
#

Fake news.

river sable
#

things will make a bit more sense

summer cedar
#

Vance has no philosophy.

river sable
#

that's where you're wrong sadly

#

it's just a terrible one

summer cedar
#

j/k.

#

I am sure he has some wild delusions.

#

But he wouldn't be where he is otherwise.

mild gust
#

Christian nationalist philosophy?

river sable
#

the tldl is:

  • democracy and freedom do not go together
  • formalizing corporate power as the de facto power structure (ie the president would be a literal CEO)
  • take this concept but on a micro (city, county) level, ie you live in the amazon city and your CEO god king is bezos. if you don't like it, you may leave that kingdom and live in the walmart kingdom under a different king / ceo
  • leftists are bad and should be killed
  • class mobility shouldn't really exist, ie a caste system based on IQ (and probably skull shape at that rate)
  • add a dash of esotericism / schizobabble (self fulfilling prophecies, writing reality into existence a la Nick Land's ideas)
#

if you look at project 2025, you'll find a lot of these concepts there

summer cedar
#

lol.

river sable
#

obviously not spelled out as on the nose as I did here but they're at the core of things

summer cedar
#

The thing is, those weren't Vance's philosophies before.

#

The guy's an opportunist.

#

He has changed views and stances so many times, it's boggling.

#

There was a documentary about him, when he became Trump's bootlicker.

river sable
#

he's swimming in these circles

summer cedar
#

Yeah, now.

#

He used to be different before.

#

More different before that.

mild gust
#

Sorta like Russel Brandt?

summer cedar
#

He just does whatever he needs to do to be in power.

mild gust
#

or Andrew Tate

#

or any Sexual predator

summer cedar
#

Tomorrow, if Lucifer became President, Vance'd sing the glories of the inverted cross and swear to serve demons for life.

mild gust
#

One of the flock sticks together

river sable
#

they're similarly confused but idk if they're really subscribers to this school of thought per se

summer cedar
#

Vance actually used to be a progressive advocate before.

mild gust
#

Well Russell Brandt apparently found god

#

So he is absolved of all his wrong doings

summer cedar
#

Then something else before that.

#

He changed stances the moment the Republicans offered him an opportunity.

#

Then AGAIN when Trump offered him one.

mild gust
#

Same with rfk jr

#

He was a democrat

#

He ran against Trump

#

Then knuckled under like a bitch

summer cedar
#

The real problem lies with all the people who decided they didn't want to vote for the woman.

river sable
#

the gist is that a lot of silicon valley people with a lot of money (this includes vance to some degree) have been reading this bs for quite some time

#

peter thiel first and foremost

mild gust
#

To be fair

#

RFK jr is also an alleged sexual assaulter so

#

Again flocks stick together

summer cedar
mild gust
#

Pete hegseth also or w.e

#

Another one of those people

#

What a surprise

summer cedar
#

Basically, the Siliconians used to be avid democrat supporters.

river sable
#

pete hogsbreath

summer cedar
#

Then along came the Green New Deal and other pro-environment stuff, and progressive policies they disagreed with.

river sable
mild gust
#

Imagine supporting rapists

summer cedar
#

At that time, they switched to the Republicans.

mild gust
#

America is doomed

summer cedar
#

NOW, they seem to be teetering on the verge of another change, 'cuz markets.

#

Honestly, if those Siliconians weren't selfish and money hungry, they'd make the best leaders.

#

They're beholden to no philosophy and are super flexible.

mild gust
#

Need more Irish leaders

#

Just be too drunk all the time to crash the economy

summer cedar
#

Yeah, but the nail bombs.

mild gust
#

Sometimes you gotta be peeky

river sable
#

btw vance gave interviews in the early 2010s iirc where he pointed at this stuff, it's not just a recent thing

#

being a bandwagon jumper publically facing to gain more power and influence doesn't mean people don't have core beliefs (that they might be hiding)

#

anyway, give that podcast a listen it's pretty fascinating

summer cedar
#

The Dow's wobbly today.

#

Just -134 so far.

dusky shuttle
proud jay
#

Hillbilly Elegy

river sable
#

did you read it dieter?

#

I haven't but I kinda want to for giggles

summer cedar
#

There's a video about the book on YT.

#

It'll save you a lot of time.

#

Probably more than one video.

#

I wonder how the penguins of Heard isles have reacted to their tariffs.

river sable
#

they became prepguins and started storing large amounts of frozen fish for the coming fish recession

summer cedar
#

I bet they tariff ice cube exports to the US now.

#

Lol.

#

I am finding some golden comments, today.

river sable
#

on a more fun dystopian note

#

vewwy cute

summer cedar
#

until it opens its mouth and fiery, flaming, venomous fangs of ancient yore touch your skin and turn it into ash.

#

I bet one of those pups is Fenrir reborn.

river sable
#

don't think they've found that gene yet

summer cedar
#

Lies. Genetics works courtesy Mjolnir's magic.

brittle holly
river sable
#

or jurassic park ๐Ÿ˜„

#

but yeah pretty much

#

bad news though they weren't as massive as in GoT

#

just had way stronger biteforce

summer cedar
#

Real question is, were they invulnerable to shotguns?

river sable
#

ooh getting deep into the UAP lore haha

summer cedar
#

๐Ÿ˜„

river sable
#

only one way to find out sicko

summer cedar
#

I bet the penguins would like a visit from their ancient wolf cousins.

river sable
#

reviving the Dodo just to accidentally introduce direwolves to the island

river sable
summer cedar
#

Oil's down to $61 a barrel.

#

I bet OPEC's mad as hell.

river sable
#

this is good for bitcoin

summer cedar
#

oh, bitcoin was down when I checked this morning.

#

BUT, it's been 12 hours. so recheck time.

#

down 3.98, recovered 1.27

#

๐Ÿค”

summer cedar
#

To be fair, it's been declining for a month.

river sable
#

inb4 fort knox becomes a btc vault

summer cedar
#

One positive outcome is that with people losing money, fewer people will fly, and Boeing will have fewer airplanes crashing.

#

A tad....

#

๐Ÿคž

#

A second positive outcome might be a surge in indie game developers living in their basement.

#

We might get more video games, or half-made, broken alpha tests on Steam.

mild gust
soft night
#

the jiffs

summer cedar
#

Lmao.

#

YT is a gift today. ๐Ÿ˜„

river sable
#

"most of the ammunition in a trade war is spent shooting your own leg" was a good one I heard the other day ๐Ÿ˜„

summer cedar
#

We'd all be happy if he shot another part of his anatomy.

river sable
#

both ears at the same time would be nice

summer cedar
#

Ah. So that's why the Dow index recovered a bit earlier today. Someone spread a rumour that the tariffs would be paused for 90 days.

#

Of course, that was nonsense. So, it tumbled again.

river sable
#

amazing

mild gust
summer cedar
#

What if one of those tanks....

#

censored

mild gust
#

Redacted

summer cedar
#

Hidden

white oxide
summer cedar
soft night
#

so windus air not fly anymore

river sable
#

groundus

soft night
#

now windus airspace should think of orbit airs

median wraith
#

that's how continues

river sable
mild gust
#

Tis I

#

The overweight middle aged man

river sable
#

I got my ass kicked so hard just now in deadlock

#

they combo'd dynamo ult into hooking dynamo out with bebop a few times

#

not even mad, very impressive

mild gust
primal summit
#

looks like youtube unsubbed me from kyle

mild gust
#

They be doing that lately

#

Trying to censor reality

primal summit
#

lots of my go-to channels are getting unsubbed

errant raven
#

How come all the other dictators get military paradesssss

#

It isnt faiirrrrrrrrr

mild gust
#

He didn't arrest enough people fast enough

errant raven
#

Ah shucks

#

Maybe next time

errant raven
#

I got a rx 6600 xt just sitting around, do I just downscale from a r7 7700x to a r5 7600x and use the rx 6600 xt

#

Or keep the r7 7700x and just use the 6600 long enough to get a rx 7700

#

That way I can rock dual 7700s

queen isle
#

Fixed an issue where an NPC does not die after being killed by a finisher or assassination."

#

Lol assasin creed patch note

errant raven
#

If they didn't die how can they say it was killed

white oxide
#

is that literally in the movie?

white oxide
mild gust
errant raven
#

Yes

mild gust
river sable
queen isle
#

"We recognize there are some people that may not be able to afford [the Switch 2's] price point. That's why we wanted to make the other Switch platforms available, so [people] still have an opportunity to come into our gaming universe, be a part of these characters in these worlds, and see value, if you will, in whatever rung of the platform they come in."

#

Nintendo usa Doug browser is copying the Xbox guy

fossil fjord
#

Need a second opinion: Am I getting old and grumpy, or is software getting worse?

  • Why do I need to login to update my PC video drivers?
  • Why does the Reddit app freeze so often?
  • Why does my task manager window jitter when I drag it around?
  • Why does every website have a popup?
  • Why do I get so many spam emails?
  • Why did it take me 20 minutes to cancel Photoshop?
  • Why do the neighbor's children keep playing on my lawn?
mild gust
#

The demo for schedule 1 has more players than as: shadows.

primal summit
#

software is getting worse