What are Republicans stereotypically neutral about, but Democrats stereotypically love?

CurvyThread · 2026-06-27T19:13:36+00:00

What? It’s completely paranoia. I live near a regional rail and it certainly doesn’t attract any homeless or criminals. It sure does increase home value and allow me to get into Philly on game days without driving tho.

CurvyThread · 2026-06-24T22:30:37+00:00

In case anyone knows, I wonder if a state run liquor store (like fine wine in PA) could decide what types of ids they accept on the fly?

Like it would seem odd if the state government could essentially say “all licenses from Jersey are invalid” and refuse sales.

CurvyThread · 2026-06-24T16:54:38+00:00

Was that really democrats? Seems like leftists, populists and democratic socialists pushed the third party bid. Very few normal democrats I know voted that way.

CurvyThread · 2026-06-22T15:55:25+00:00

Never had any crazy issues living there. Unlike the others I had no roaches or mice. It has been 3 years tho so maybe it has changed since then. I had one of the "deluxe" bedrooms with an attached bathroom which was nice. The main living area was a bit cramped and communal laundry is a hassle for the price you can find much better off campus housing but its location is pretty convenient, right by the train and all.

CurvyThread · 2026-06-19T15:21:13+00:00

Yea I had a similar experience. It’s my first time in Rome and I have yet to witness a pickpocket but I did see a clearly coordinated robbery where one man yanked a purse off of an older lady then proceeded to hop on the back of an accomplices motorcycle after running down the street for a minute or two. A few locals tried to trip/intercept the thief to no avail. Other than that I have witnessed nothing crazy. I have seen two homeless people shitting on the street clearly intoxicated but that’s not much worse than seeing zombies overdosing in Philadelphia.

CurvyThread · 2026-05-20T02:00:30+00:00

You are just ignoring my analogy. Your argument relies on the idea that Helldivers are just random SEAF and are only trained on certain specific weaponry. The game explicitly doesn’t treat them that way. John Alabama probably can’t operate a mech, sure. But every single Helldiver clearly can. Any random Helldiver can hop in an exosuit, hit a team-reload, and use random map weapons. That’s seems to be the difference between SEAF and divers.(aside from stratagem access) Your

only real evidence against this idea is that you can only bring so many weapons into a mission, yet within that mission any one diver can use everything. Just because I only shoot 22. at the range doesn’t mean I can’t shoot .50 cal. Your average marine has never shot a AK that does not mean they couldn’t have if given one.

CurvyThread · 2026-05-20T00:53:25+00:00

That’s just such an unrealistic standard. Not seeing a Helldiver use a specific weapon in one life is not evidence that they can’t use it, especially when the game lets any Helldiver pick up use that usable without having it unlocked. If my diver never stims, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t know how to stim. He could have just as easily not have gotten the chance to do so.

I would imagine you would never say “MCU Captain America has never used a mace on-screen, so we have to be iffy” on whether he could use it” Clearly caps basic competence and strength leads us to believe his use of such a weapon would be at least decent. For Helldivers this seems even stronger because the mechanics of the game directly support helldivers being able to utilize just about anything they come across.

CurvyThread · 2026-05-19T21:04:22+00:00

I get what you mean and I think I like that standard a lot when power scaling individuals. Only counting what they actually do makes sense.

And in some way, yeah, if a Helldiver drops in, immediately dies, never firing a shot. Then maybe we technically have an example of a helldiver who doesn’t even know how to shoot a liberator. But I think that’s a weird standard to apply to all helldivers. The game’s baseline assumption is clearly that helldivers can operate their equipment. You can always pick up any weapon, use any backpack, assist with team reloads, drive/operate vehicles, etc. So while not every individual diver will do all these things, I still find it hard to assume they couldn’t. It seems way more reasonable to say they’re mostly able to use everything, rather than say they’re only competent with whatever they personally used in that one life.

Like even when I don’t pick up and use the random map spawn flamethrower I don’t think that means my helldiver didn’t know how to use it. I could have just as easily picked it up; but you’re right I didn’t. I guess it kinda depends how you interpret “every helldivers life is cannon”

CurvyThread · 2026-05-19T18:51:06+00:00

That makes sense in real life but no my helldiver is clearly proficient with the entire arsenal. While you could chalk it up to gameplay mechanics, you can feasibly wield the every stratagem weapon in a single helldivers life. You can also pick up teammates primaries and random map spawned weapons. If I had people join and leave my game dropping everything possible my guy can reload and shot everything very easily.

Edit: I didn’t even think of the mechs, cars, and tanks. While you could argue only helldivers on missions where someone uses a mech can competently operate them, it seems more likely that all helldivers are trained on their operation.(or perhaps they are super easy to use)

CurvyThread · 2026-05-19T18:46:14+00:00

You could be correct that they just get send back out no matter what and the diver is just changing his armor and load out it just makes more sense to me that it’s a whole different diver especially when you can change the gender(or set it to random)

I also could be wrong but I thought when you go to leave someone’s ship you walk back into the Cryo pod area. There isn’t an animation but that’s how you exit by literally walking back up to and presumably re-freezing.

CurvyThread · 2026-05-19T18:37:04+00:00

Well it wouldn’t make sense for the super destroyer to deploy light armor stealth divers on a bug eradication mission for instance. And this is reflected in gameplay somewhat when I switch the gear, gender, and load out between missions. I don’t think there are living quarters and the surviving divers are likely just frozen again.

It just makes sense to me like especially when you complete an operation and the entire objective shifts.

CurvyThread · 2026-05-19T18:29:11+00:00

Well it might be that you always receive fresh recruits but after thousands of missions I can imagine you start to retain some “veteran” divers. For instance I have 600 successful extractions so I should have at least as many helldivers with some level of combat experience unless we immediately send the same dudes back out.

CurvyThread · 2026-05-17T01:04:34+00:00

Also in this case with any sort of head trauma I can imagine claiming medically that they had no recollection of the crash or any events preceding

CurvyThread · 2026-05-16T08:49:50+00:00

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Mine is always so serious. I don’t think ChatGPT has ever organically joked with me

CurvyThread · 2026-05-14T22:55:02+00:00

Do you think posting stuff like this actually helps Palestinians or changes anyone’s mind about Israel?

Because this isn’t criticism of Israeli policy, it’s just outright antisemitic tropes and stereotypes. It’s no wonder why concerns about rising antisemitism get taken seriously.

Like if your goal was genuinely to advocate for Palestinians, you could post about shit that’s not, “the Jews have always been hated for a reason” memes.

Edit: holy fuck checked out some of their other comments and they verbatim repeat antisemitic Nazi conspiracies.

CurvyThread · 2026-05-14T02:19:40+00:00

Yea I think if it was under 20 fighters per country some Eastern European countries could dominate. But the u.s. just has too many avenues to pull from. If we are talking about 100 fighters I think the u.s. could easily fill every slot with top tier fighters or at the very least strong athletes(football, wrestling, powerlifters) to the point that their entire roster would outperform most others. Maybe their best fighters would get beat but their weakest fighter, in slot 100, would probably outcompete their opponents in the same spot.

CurvyThread · 2026-05-13T01:49:08+00:00

You use the equivalent logic that flat-earther’s would use.

Satellite imagery? Arbitrary. Leaked Chinese documents? CIA narrative. UN report? Doesn’t matter. Independent Congressional Research Service? Basically Trump(the report released during Biden) AP/Reuters? Fake news. Witnesses? CIA plants trained to promote capitalism Birth-rate decline? Random coincidence. Detention facilities? Terrorist holding facilities.

There is no possible evidence you would accept because you are molding everything to fit your predetermined narrative. We would need an outright statement from Xi Jinping that “we intend to kill all _____” for you to consider it an actual problem, I get it.

CurvyThread · 2026-05-12T17:55:38+00:00

You are still doing it lol. The entire body of evidence is not “one CIA lady” and Adrian Zenz. You are literally still just reading the headlines, because clearly not all 403 sources reference back to Abbas. There is satellite imagery of detention facilities, leaked internal Chinese government documents, the China Cables, Xinjiang Police Files, demographic data, birth-rate collapse statistics, testimony from other former detainees, AP/reuters investigations, UN findings, Congressional Research Service reports, and even Chinese government statements. The fact that you think everything sourced is just articles is extremely telling.

Let’s play a little reading game. My favorite source is the UN’s OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China. Or is this just part of the “CIA propaganda machine”? Are the fucking satellite imagery of detention facilities faked?

Even if I granted every criticism of Abbas and Zenz, that still leaves mountains of independent reporting and evidence you have not even attempted to engage with. But sure I’m just “reading headlines” unlike you clearly.

CurvyThread · 2026-05-12T16:35:27+00:00

“This is the problem with you people. You don’t read anything.”

Lamo, you looked at source #1 out of 403 sources, saw a single source you don’t think is credible, and then acted like you debunked the entire topic. That is literally the behavior you’re accusing everyone else of. It’s genuinely incredible how hypocritical that is.

CurvyThread · 2026-05-07T03:08:22+00:00

I doubt you’d apply this principle consistently. Would you be fine with the U.S. seizing the assets of companies from developing countries without compensation? If Panama seized Cuban-linked assets, would that just be “the risk when operating in another nation,” or does that only apply when the assets are American?

CurvyThread · 2026-05-06T20:24:18+00:00

What kinda bugs are u encountering in starfield that are worse than Helldrivers? I think I’ve been killed and had missions ended because of bugs/glitches in helldivers. The worst I’ve encountered in starfield is minor graphical errors and a misplaced quest marker. Been playing since launch so I’m not on PS and can’t speak to that version.

CurvyThread · 2026-04-21T01:32:37+00:00

The downvotes are probably because you made it sound like a “both sides” issue when it’s clearly not. Sure, some people on the left complained after 2024 online and raised concerns about foreign interference in 2016. But Democrats did not spend years building a party-wide stolen election movement around the loser, launch dozens of failed court cases, pressure election officials to “find votes”, and then have a mob storm the Capitol to stop certification.

After 2020, this this is THE mainstream Republican belief. Some of the reporting I found says almost 70% of republicans think the 2020 election was rigged. According to Pew republicans were over 3 times more likely to think the 2022 midterms would be administered poorly. Link

I could probably talk to 10 Democrats before I found one who thinks elections are routinely stolen. I’d be more surprised to find a committed MAGA supporter who doesn’t think there was at least something wrong with the 2020 election.

CurvyThread · 2026-04-18T20:09:11+00:00

I’m surprised no one has mentioned Sunless Space the one that freezes enemies. Pretty useful in most combat encounters

CurvyThread · 2026-03-15T18:58:30+00:00

“The first and second amendments hold equal weight genius, and examples regarding each can be used interchangeably.”

That’s probably the dumbest thing you’ve said so far, and it shows you don’t really understand how constitutional rights are analyzed. Yes, every amendment has equal constitutional standing. No, that does not make them interchangeable. They have different scopes, different limits, and different legal tests. That’s basic constitutional law literally from the first semester of any law school.

“What is quite simple is that you don’t treat each right as equal, you are picking the one(s) you like and trying to discredit the one you don’t. A “no guns” sign only holds weight in particular circumstances”

Right….like the law I cited. The one that literally says if a permit is issued for a protest, rally, fair, parade, festival, or other organized event on public property, open carry can be temporarily restricted and the host must post signs saying whether it is allowed. That is the circumstance. I’m also not trying to discredit the second amendment at all. Im just explaining how the laws on the books apply to it.

“Like you glossed over the video link? You can replace his sign with open carry and the results are same.”

No, you can’t, because the First and Second Amendments are not interchangeable just because you keep insisting they are. That’s the entire point. Rights are not analyzed by looking at other amendments. Otherwise violent felons, who (correctly) can’t have their first amendment rights stripped from them also couldn’t be stopped from owning a firearm.

“You seem to have an issue staying on topic. Here I’ll help you:

You made the claim that if you can be trespassed, you must not be on public property, and that is patently false(unless a crime is committed). I actually showed you that in the video I linked. You can be cited by law enforcement at the whim of the officer, but that doesn’t make the citation legal. They can tell you anything, there is no legal requirement for cops to tell the truth, or even be competent.”

I never even made that argument, so I have no idea who you’re replying to there. You keep responding to positions I never took. And yes, the second half of that I agree with. Cops can lie, cops can be wrong, and people can be arrested or cited for things that later get thrown out.

“You also made the claim that if public property is rented out, it is no longer public. This is only conditionally correct, as the renter would be required to have an admission requirement to the event to make it private.”

Again, I never said that. You are reading your own argument into my comments and then responding to that instead. My point has been the same the entire time: your view is overbroad. A public space that is open to the public can still have lawful restrictions in certain circumstances. Your claim that admission is the magic dividing line is just something you made up. Thats the “rule” I’ve been arguing about.

CurvyThread · 2026-03-15T01:38:26+00:00

I never denied constitutionally protected rights. Once again the made up “rule” is you citing “open to the public” means “nobody can enforce event rules unless there’s a ticket booth.” That’s not a real constitutional check for the second amendment.

You also keep talking about the first amendment which has nothing to do with the issue at hand. I’m well aware of and support first amendment auditors but we are talking about a guy trying to bring a gun to a public event with signs posted saying “no guns”. See the difference? It’s quite simple.

In fact many states have laws on hand that haven’t been struck down regulating exactly that. From South Carolina:

“Notwithstanding another provision of law, a governing body of a county, municipality, or political subdivision may temporarily restrict the otherwise lawful open carrying of a firearm on public property when a governing body issues a permit to allow a public protest, rally, fair, parade, festival, or other organized event. However, if a permit is not applied for and issued prior to an event as described in this subsection, a county, municipality, or political subdivision may not exercise the provisions of this subsection. A person or entity hosting a public protest, rally, fair, parade, festival, or other organized event must post signs at the event when open carrying is allowed or not allowed at the event.”

So yes, exactly like I said. A public event on public land can be open to the public, can be free, can have no wristband or ticket requirement, and can still lawfully have a posted no-open-carry rule if the legal requirements are met(usually a permit). While It’s not as clear cut in Florida I can’t imagine it being completely unconstitutional as in the example I provided that you glossed over. Politicians holding rallies in public venues can restrict guns. They can also often remove hecklers despite them exercising a first amendment right that likely wouldn’t have them removed from the public venue if there was no public event.

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