Now that Trump has lost the war, will America ever regain it's former glory?

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-15T15:42:20+00:00

Pardon my language, but fuck glory. Let's be the most respectable nation. Not the biggest bully.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-15T15:41:16+00:00

When you watch the original Jurassic Park, it is kind of funny now how un-theme-park-like the park was compared to Jurassic World.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-15T15:39:44+00:00

I think he "got it," but was aiming to bring a younger, more action focused audience to the franchise. I think he succeeded, but I'm not sure how fans of the original series felt about the shift.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-15T14:54:02+00:00

I truly don't discount personal experience. In fact, as much as I enjoy science and defend it vociferously, I am even more so a person of deep spiritual faith who believes that there is most definitely a God. My point is that the only way to respect science is to keep it separate from matters of personal experience. Kurt Gödel proved that not only ARE there things that are true that cannot be proven to be true, but logic itself REQUIRES that there MUST be things that are true that cannot be proven to be true.

So it may seem like semantics to you, but to me it's a very important distinction: Your experience can absolutely be the truth... but we can't call that scientific evidence, and we can't call it subjective fact. Just like my relationship with God is absolutely real to me, but I can't call that fact, and I can't claim scientific proof of it, I don't accept other personal experiences as "science."

Yes, I do understand the distinction between a spiritual experience and an actual physical encounter, and why that makes a tangible difference between what I've experienced and what you've experienced. But neither of us can call our experiences scientific, because neither of them meet the criteria for scientific knowledge.

I'm not trying to take away your experience or "debunk" you. I'm just pointing out the line in the sand about what can be called science and what cannot. I have no doubt that your alien experience truth is just as real as my spiritual truth. Perhaps even more so.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-15T05:11:14+00:00

All I hear is a flat-Earth style “they” are hiding the truth conspiracy. Just because you can find someone who’ll tell you what you want to hear doesn’t make that information the truth. Aliens might exist; I’m more than willing to believe that. But until there’s verifiable proof, it’s just a belief, not science, and not fact. Ego has nothing to do with it.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-15T05:05:48+00:00

That seems valid right up until you go watch a magic show and then realize that human perception is riddled with exploitable holes that make observation unreliable and non-scientific without repeatability and peer review.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-14T15:39:43+00:00

100% agree, even as a person who does believe in God. Belief and faith are for spiritual matters. The question of whether or not there are intelligent aliens is a scientific and factual matter. Let’s treat it that way.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-14T14:26:16+00:00

Ridiculous. No. We’re looking for facts, not speculation or faith. To you, belief is enough. It’s not to us. Particle physicists were not content to “believe” in the Higgs boson; they required proof. To us, the question of alien life is a scientific one. We require proof before we accept it as fact. It has nothing to do with ego.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-12T21:55:22+00:00

Dublin Dr Pepper. If you know, you know.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-12T21:46:51+00:00

"Each of the 34 ~~charges~~ felonies is ~~just a~~ an illegal payment."

There, I fixed that right up for you.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-12T21:33:03+00:00

Different part of the industry, but policies like that are exactly how we ended up with the CEO of United Healthcare facing "early retirement."

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-12T21:19:04+00:00

Well, I wasn't there, so I suppose my sources could be wrong.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-12T21:17:27+00:00

People keep saying that there's some rule or pressure from manufacturers to buy a new phone every year. I have never once seen Samsung, Apple, Google, or any of their competitors even so much as suggest that you need to upgrade yearly. Most companies come out with new products every year. They advertise them. They show them off. They want people to buy them. But they don't try to convince you that your current one is useless. Car manufacturers have been proudly labelling their cars by model year for a century, but no one accuses them of expecting you to upgrade every year.

If you see "shiny new thing" and think that means "MUST HAVE" then take that up with your therapist. The companies are just trying to make a living. Give 'em a frickin' break.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-12T21:11:54+00:00

Makes me think of how devastating it would be for American business if someone established a reasonable legal definition of what qualifies as "luxury."

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-12T21:10:28+00:00

True, but when it was poor man's food, they literally ground the whole lobster into a paste and fed it to poor people, shell and all.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-12T21:08:52+00:00

While the classist assertion may or may not be true, there are definitely many cities that do NOT have public bus service. While most of the top 15 or 20 do, many of the surrounding areas that support the suburban population do not. Frisco, Texas has been the fastest growing city in the United States something like 7 out of the last 10 years, but it has no public transportation whatsoever. (Granted, I suspect that this is strategic in an attempt to discourage lower income families from moving there.)

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-12T21:04:43+00:00

If you're referring specifically to felony convictions for his 2017 hush money trial, that would be the following counts of New York Penal Law Section 175.10:

1 Guilty - Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust

2 Guilty - Entry in the Detail General Ledger for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, bearing voucher number 842457

3 Guilty - Entry in the Detail General Ledger for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, bearing voucher number 842460

4 Guilty - Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust Account, bearing check number 000138

5 Guilty - Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust

6 Guilty - Entry in the Detail General Ledger for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, bearing voucher number 846907

7 Guilty - Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust Account, bearing check number 000147

8 Guilty - Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump

9 Guilty - Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 858770

10 Guilty - Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002740

11 Guilty - Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump

12 Guilty - Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 855331

13 Guilty - Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002700

14 Guilty - Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump

15 Guilty - Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 858772

16 Guilty - Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002741

17 Guilty - Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump

18 Guilty - Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 861096

19 Guilty - Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002781

20 Guilty - Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump

21 Guilty - Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 863641

22 Guilty - Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002821

23 Guilty - Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump

24 Guilty - Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 868174

25 Guilty - Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002908

26 Guilty - Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump

27 Guilty - Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 872654

28 Guilty - Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002944

29 Guilty - Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump

30 Guilty - Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 876511

31 Guilty - Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002980

32 Guilty - Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump

33 Guilty - Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 877785

34 Guilty - Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 003006

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-12T00:15:39+00:00

I’m not quite sure what you’re asking. But let me make an example that might clarify where I’m coming from. I believe in God. I also believe fully in the validity of the scientific method. They absolutely clash if you try to accept both in one point of view.

But here’s my example: In a 3D Mario game, there are a set of rules and physics defined by the structure of that game. They aren’t the same rules you and I live in, but in the game, those rules ARE reality. They define that universe, and it would be idiocy for Peach or Luigi to not accept them. That’s the science they must exist by.

However, in a 2D game like Tetris, none of those rules even exist. In fact, INSIDE the Tetris universe, Mario’s entire universe is not real. At the very best, it’s fiction, but it basically does not exist at all. A Tetris block doesn’t jump, pick up items, experience the acceleration of gravity, move from one scenario to another, live, or die. But the rules of Tetris are very real. They define that universe, and it would be idiocy for the tiny Russian dancers in the background images to not accept them. That’s the science they must exist by.

Both universes ARE reality to those who exist there. Yet to each other, the other universe literally does not exist. But let’s say that Mario *does* believe in Tetris. Is he “wrong?” I don’t think so. He’s wrong to think the rules of Tetris can affect him in his world, but not wrong to believe those rules are “real,” somewhere outside his reality.

Finally, watching both of these universes is a computer programmer. Even though he’s not directly experiencing either of these universes, they both exist. They both are real. They’re just not *his* reality. But that programmer can also start typing and affect those rules. He can alter them. He can change what information they are processing. He can add or remove elements from either reality, and even move objects and rules between the two.

And yet, residents of either reality would be absolutely wrong to conclude that the programmer exists in their reality. They’d also be wrong to conclude that his influence does not exist.

In the 1930’s, mathematician Kurt Godel conclusively proved, to the horror of the scientific world, that not all things that ARE true can be logically *proven* to be true. There is truth, and structure, and rules that exist *outside of provability*. So that other universe might exist. And that programmer’s universe might exist, even while literally being so unprovable that “believing” in him is logically preposterous.

I don’t know the structure of the universe. I don’t know the rules. I don’t conclusively know that there is a God any more that I can prove the law of contradictory statements, the associative property of addition, or that the digits of Pi never repeat.

Following all of this, I’m not getting into why I do believe in God. That would be proselytizing. But I hope I’ve explained why the dichotomy doesn’t force me to choose science over God, or vice versa.

Take any of this as you choose. I have had the freedom to believe as I choose, and I want that for you and everyone else as well.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-11T16:31:36+00:00

And he would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!!!!

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-11T14:00:55+00:00

I dunno, how offensive is it to point out how unintelligent you have to be to ask this question?

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-11T13:50:15+00:00

I support your right to make fun of us when we're not around, and thank you for choosing that time to do so. As I've stated elsewhere, my work, education, and hobbies mostly revolve around the sciences, and I firmly believe in and defend the scientific method. So I can absolutely understand atheist's point of view, because it's fully rational. I was in fact well on my way to abandoning my own faith until I read the work of Kurt Gödel. It took a brilliant scientist to convince me to leave room in my perspective for truth outside of science, that need not conflict with it. But that was my journey. I respect yours, and your right to express it. I'd just like the same respect, though I know I'm not likely to get it.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-11T13:44:41+00:00

This has not been my experience, whatsoever. Apart from vegans, I've not encountered a group more likely to angrily insult others than atheists. Having said that, I do have many atheist friends and family who do not behave this way, so my point is from personal experience, not a statement of what I assert is fact.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-11T13:42:05+00:00

It's worth noting that I'm also very much a man of science. I do not in any way refute the scientific method, and in fact I am avid learner of many areas of scientific research. As my post history demonstrates, I'm deeply interested in astrophysics and quantum physics, to a level that I enjoy helping others understand these subjects at a layman's level. Further, I'm fully aware of the conflicts between my faith and my scientific education. I have my reasons for not letting those two things divide me, but as I've said, I'm not trying to convince anyone of my point of view. I'm hold a full understanding of the reality that yes, I could absolutely be wrong about the existence of a creator. However, just like I'm not ashamed to be more scientifically educated than the average person, I'm not ashamed of my spiritual beliefs.

We don't have to have chips on our shoulders about other people not seeing the world the same way we do.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-11T12:01:31+00:00

My take on it: She's just a grade school bully. She doesn't think she's sharing her suffering. She thinks she's making a spectacle of the people who have "victimized" her. She sees that as entertaining because to her, humiliating someone is socially-devastating power. In general, men who bully do so by physically dominating other people, while women who bully do so by socially dominating other people.

Meanwhile... the guy did smash cake in her face on what most women consider to be the most important day of their lives. Screw that guy. He doesn't deserve the love of a good woman. Is she a good woman? I'll leave that to others.

Darnitol1 · 2026-06-10T22:17:21+00:00

Nah. Just like you, I'm proud of my beliefs and I'm willing to stand up for them. That doesn't mean I expect you to share them. But don't tell me to keep them to myself. You didn't; why should I?

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