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This is also why I stopped going to Mastodon. In addition to negative ragebait politics being almost the only thing that's trending (and I have too much of that in my life already) there's no real nuance or tolerance for anything outside the echo chamber.

You DO get called a racist nazi transphobe for stepping outside the box or trying to support people, ideas or places that might not be 100% perfect or pass the strictest ideological purity test. I thought Liberal Twitter was pretty exclusionary and echo-chamber-y, but Mastodon's a lot worse.

Before Trump, I would have agreed. But after all the shit he pulled, his support amongst minorities he actively persecuted actually INCREASED by 2020. If anything, seeing shit like this all the time from people like this just normalizes it and makes people desensitized to it.

Stuff like this has to be rare and heavily condemned by a large amount of charismatic and popular people for it to be stopped and not become everyday business. I want less people like this and for them to be taken down faster.

Plus, the more people behave like this openly with few or no consequences, and in the mainstream media no less, the more emboldened people like him become and the more overt they become with their actions. For example: hate groups like the Proud Boys and 3 percenters used to be too scared to be as blatant and public as they are now, but now White Supremacy is loud and proud.

AP Psychology? College Prep or even General Ed Psychology is enough to figure this idiot out, particularly with a good teacher. CP Psychology was enough to give me a head start on what was wrong with me and my entire family. (A lot of stuff)

Edit: Yes I know it's the Onion, but I wouldn't be shocked if he actually tries to do this. Higher learning helps you figure out stupid GOP brainwashing and dysfunction.

Kind of, but more "slightly amusing" than funny.

Sad news, but isn't the Doge in the picture Kabosu rather than Balltze?

I skimmed that article, but from what I remember, in 5th Edition you're only limited to only one bonus action per turn. Meaning that stacking that many bonus actions is probably a bug rather than a feature.

This is good. I hope that a pipeline's put in place to give Ukraine some JAS-39 Gripens as well, as they seem well suited for the chaotic conditions of the Ukrainian battlefield.

Truth. If you open your mouth and speak truth to power (or to evil, although those things tend to be the same) you'll make enemies, especially if you're a good person who stands up for what's right. Unfortunately, life isn't like the movies, and unless you're rich, powerful, famous, good looking, physically fit, and in particular some combination of the above, you'll most likely end up dead and / or broke if you don't shut up after you get warned to stop talking about certain things.

I'm the kind of person who naively spoke truth to power in the past with none of the power / privilege I mentioned. Now I wish I'd just kept my mouth shut and my head down. I didn't change anything, but I did get myself and to a lesser extent, my family hurt. Although to be fair, some members of my family were dumb enough to say things like, "This isn't right, you should speak up about it." and I should've trusted my gut instincts and disregarded them.

"Snitches get stitches" is the real truth of life. People who speak out have to be careful when they do, and especially make sure they don't get caught. Same thing with action, "If you take a shot at the king, make sure you don't miss." is also extremely true. Not saying that people should be cowards, but I've learned that if you're not going to change anything anyway, don't put yourself or your family at risk.

Yep, watermarked memes (and watermarked most things in general) are a scourge on the internet. I stopped following a Youtube channel that's mostly playthrough's of old fighting games because he suddenly decided one day to add an annoying (and ugly) watermark to the corner of ALL of his videos including the old ones.

Luckily, I'd found a similar one who was actually better at playing the fighting games themselves. I switched to that dude instead.

Always, but things like unfettered worldwide capitalism and the concentration of wealth and power just makes it easier to do and cover up.

Inequality and lack of competition (not just economic competition, but also things like political party alternatives) lead to concentration of power, which leads to corruption.

Diversifying power and providing people with alternatives, checks and balances, and separation of powers leads to reduced corruption that groups of average people can fight back against.

Hence things like the 2nd Amendment and the Founding Fathers believing that Citizens should be armed to resist even tyrannical overreach from corrupt elements of their own government for instance.

No I'm not a Republican by the way, I just find it ironic that the people that started the USA actually had some good ideas that their successors have unfortunately just thrown out the window.

Eh, if it's not environmental disaster due to climate change, I have a hunch it might be microplastics or forever chemicals. That's what I expect will do me in before old age does.

And to think that I was seriously considering moving up north to the Great Lakes to get away from Climate Change and to move to a place that actually has fresh water. Joke's on me, that fresh water has microplastics to kill me. Total Catch-22.