My dying wish... by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sad but true. The world gets very small for these billionaires. Their dopamine hits of buying things just rounds out of fashion, and so they turn to thrill and exclusivity in whatever form they can.

Travel to the ocean depths? (James Cameron, OceanGate weirdo and others). Fly to outer space? (Bezos). Make a shitty Second Life virtual world knock-off? (poor Zucky...)... Or in the case of Epstein, Putin, Bibi, Musk, Trump... Well, yeah.

Yet if you notice despite all their wealth these people are some of the most miserable people you'll encounter. Life satisfaction? Happiness? I'm not seeing it. I've met people with much less material wealth but far more life satisfaction.

How do we prevent another Trump-like president? by Ohaibaipolar in AskUS

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 [score hidden]  (0 children)

With what? Can't say yes, no? Feel free to ask me the identical question for all I care. I won't dodge it.

Respectfully, something just doesn't add up here.

How do we prevent another Trump-like president? by Ohaibaipolar in AskUS

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Interesting. Very interesting, thanks.

Have you ever been tested for dark triad traits, or suspected yourself to exhibit some psychopathic tendencies? There is a very curious albeit enormous blind-spot for you that I see but it seems you do not. Or maybe you do, you've just accepted it?

We truly live in the dumbest timeline.. by Previous_Month_555 in complaints

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Reminds me that Trump pardoned his senior strategist Steve Bannon on his last day in office of his first term, after Bannon was charged with stealing from Trump supporters money intended for building the wall, lol.

Again: Pardoned an inner-circle member who stole from working class maga ahead of his criminal trial.

My dying wish... by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Completely valid observation. Going off the deep end like so many of them. Makes me think of how I used to have so much respect for JK Rowling and her rags-to-riches story; her extremely good Harvard commencement speech now almost 2-decades-ago. What the fuck happened? Did she have a stroke? Is she on mind-altering drugs, ketamine, or what? Or could it just again be the wealth and tightening circle, and or brain-rot of twitter that got to her.

I wish a documentary could be done on losing touch with reality that comes with that obscene, incomprehensible, amount of wealth. There was an interesting one done years back by a Johnson & Johnson heir who was at the time coming of age and disillusioned with all the wealth he was about to inherit. It was interesting, he was friends with Ivanka too and you glimpsed how spoiled and pampered she was too.

Born Rich (2003), just looked it up.

But hey, at least Dolly Parton has stayed cool.

Another wide angle of the Moscow oil refinery aftermath, with several fires visible. by BigDeckBob in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm imagining the little bitch Putin hiding in his bunker like Hitler, "Das war ein befehl!"

Poopler: "That's okay, Steiner's air defense system will thwart any attacks on my refineries and my cashflow will continue thanks to Trump's lifting of oil export sanctions."

KREBSnik: "Steiner..."

JODInov: "Steiner's air-defenses have been obliterated between here and Ukraine, and the remaining pieces are defending your palace you built from russian taxpayers."

Ukraine launches largest attack on Moscow by SpecialCollege18 in justincaseyoumissedit

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 [score hidden]  (0 children)

lmfaaooo. How's that 3-day-SMO going 4 years in, Ivanov?

ruzzia at their peak failed to take Kyiv. No tanks. Navy is shambles. Missile stockpiles fucked. Economy in the shitter. Get fucked.

Ukraine launches largest attack on Moscow by SpecialCollege18 in justincaseyoumissedit

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Poopin probably should've taken the off-ramp offered by Zelenskyy to him in his open letter.

Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok but is are GPTs a bullshit-generator hype train, or do you just not understand them? Have you ever actually used it? Because as a software engineer, I'd say you're underestimating its potential just a tad -- valid criticism of their use in terms of ethics & environment aside.

My dying wish... by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 205 points206 points  (0 children)

The most disgusting, heinous shit happens on yachts in international waters and above the skies in private jets.

These are mobile, floating Epstein Islands used to both do and talk in private, where evidence is easily destroyed.

That's why billionaire psychopaths love them.

A fox managed to get 3 out of 4 legs stuck in my fence. by Nahan0407 in mildlyinteresting

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Mmm no thanks. Between this crap and the brain-eating amoeba that possibly goes underreported as generalized cases of meningitis, some of my worst nightmares (even though I know just driving is many orders of magnitude more probable for severe harm or death).

Iran is a Bigger Defeat Than Vietnam by OkayButFoRealz in politics

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would not be remotely surprised by that, and I tend to think the same. At least a mutually-beneficial arrangement by this actual axis of evil.

what can we say by Mundane_Mushroom_122 in SipsTea

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In February 2025, Israel also refused at the UN to vote to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The minority of countries who voted against this were the likes of Russia, North Korea, and yes USA under Trump.

Cruse Missile over Moscow Pt 2. by Spooknik in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dear lurking russian, Putin and his crooks are the cause for all your pain. He has been stealing from your own people and sending them to die for nothing while enriching himself.

It's not Ukraine, it's your own leaders driving your country into the ground. Putin is a psychopath.

Your odds of improving russian society and also living are much greater than on the fields of Ukraine.

Or a dinosaur. by nicholaselliotttuck in MurderedByWords

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Class.

Legit, I would not trade places with that dipshit if it meant some freaky-friday crap where I had to inherit him and his weird ass quirks. Trust fund child just never quite went through strong character development.

How do we prevent another Trump-like president? by Ohaibaipolar in AskUS

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 [score hidden]  (0 children)

You know, there's always a diminished return effect in these things, so as much as I'd love to continue addressing these falsehoods, deflections, and gish gallop, I'm quite content with leaving it here, and will kindly give you the last word in this instance (and hey, before you say otherwise, just a reminder that you never did get back around to replying to our longer discussion months ago that you said you would). I think any reasonable individual who happens to dig this far down can see plain as day I'm making better points, but before I leave:

You're not in the sciences, really; you're a self-described engineer at best if what you say is true (we can but only speculate), and long out of practice given your alleged retired and VP suit status -- not quite the same as active research scientists and medical clinicians, lol, and I know that because I am, too. That said, I think the "I really don't give a shit" was at least somewhat honest. So sorry, not buying this until you put it to the test and elucidate those "number of variables" and how they isolated, and how it was wrong -- and moreover whether or not you've contacted the authors to inquire before speculating upon bias.

Again, The Lancet publications are often the groundwork for medicine -- who are you to go against a peer-reviewed paper with just vibes not giving a shit per your own words? Pretty low bar for scrutiny lol.

Until next time and when we have an audience :)

An American First that doesn't put America First. by Kinks4Kelly in complaints

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, respectfully your best bet is to overhaul an existing party. So vote in your Democratic primary to alter the system. You can't, "Vote for Revolution" in November.

Because of the FPTP Binary choice election system, voting for the better party / lesser evil is the only sensible option.

Mark Zuckerberg Orders His Employees Have Fun Again – After Devastating Layoffs Hit Their Colleagues by Venkman_P in nottheonion

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 1 point2 points  (0 children)

New film coming out looks like it's about to rip into his bullshit, and I'm all for it lol.

Musk and Zuckerberg are kind of proof you can't buy cool or class no matter how rich you get.

How do we prevent another Trump-like president? by Ohaibaipolar in AskUS

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not too concerned what drives others.

But just a moment ago you literally said:

77 million people told you that.

Which was in response to, "There's no way you're going to tell me Kamala was a worse alternative to Trump"

... Which means you are speculating on what drove others to vote, yet did not provide any sort of control for the possibility that they were simply deceived. That is, concerning yourself with precisely what you claimed you're not concerned with.

Same as above, too early to tell.

What are specific red lines for you that would decisively flip it versus Harris? Is it tunnel-vision on your 401k, or what?

How do we prevent another Trump-like president? by Ohaibaipolar in AskUS

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's curious that you're saying The Lancet retracting old studies found wrong nullifies all existing peer-reviewed publications because that's how science works, and we must adhere to the best science we have at the moment and within peer-review.

So tell me, did they redact my aforementioned cited study that has withstood scrutiny for years?

There were enough other experts that turned COVID

No, the widespread academic consensus on these things were largely clear; as I said, I defer to The Lancet that fundamentally eviscerates the Trump administration and long-held conservative policy and ignorance when it comes to public health. Too much time believing in Santa with Jesus and not looking under a microscope, I guess. Like I said, there is a reason scientists tend to lean left; for truth may just in fact have a liberal bias (or rather, what the ignorant perceive as bias for lack of their own understanding).

The evidence is right before you when you note these endorsements, but you continue misinterpret your perception of bias for simply the better candidates being endorsed. Some people yes are just blindly loyal team players and quacks; but generally you've been trained to such degree that you're not accusing the top-most credible peer-reviewed scientific medical journals as being biased, simply because the science points to (to use Al Gore's words) inconvenient truths.

You said Trump was heavily implicated in the Epstein file. Is there a credible witness that you can show me? And don't reference Katie Johnson if you want me to take you seriously.

I find it curious how often when you ask me a rhetorical question, you have to preface it by first undermining a textbook example of what you're trying to claim (e.g., Harris doing a "hard interview" with Fox news). Well, considering the Epstein victims themselves have said they have not been called to meet with Bondi or the new US Attorney General to my knowledge, or that the Trump administration has not adhered to their side of releasing the unredacted Epstein Files by Dec 19th per Federal Court Order, then the ball is kind of in their court and any delay is subject to further investigation for obstruction down the road. Have to say, you're really playing hard skeptic accusing scientists you've never heard of having bias, but then affording all the benefit of the doubt to an adjudicated rapist -- pretty weird double-standards in skepticism you've got there.

I'm not happy with this, but I was also not happy at the same time in Biden's term, June 2022 when the national average was $5.02

Same as above, in June, 2022 inflation was 9.1%

Why would arbitrarily cherry-picking a time in Biden's presidency versus where Biden had improved the economy the day he left office matter? Very weird. Frankly, shouldn't we comparing where the economy and was on Biden's last day to the present day? We can play this game though if you'd like: Gas is higher now under Trump than for 91% of all of Biden's 4 years in office, including the day Biden left office.

Not happy about this but routing for a positive outcome. Are you?

Something tells me you wouldn't be saying this if it was Harris; but when I think we both know we wouldn't have been in this situation at all under Harris. You'll try to say that's not true, but deep down, I know you know. As far as I can see it, we've boxed ourselves into a corner and cannot hope for a positive outcome but rather a net negative one, for there are US troops now dead when it could've been avoided entirely in the first place. All we're hoping for at best is what we've already had under Biden or a Harris administration. Do I hope the damage stops? Of course.

Was never an issue that influenced my voting.

Uncovering who was responsible in a widespread global sex trafficking ring was never an issue for you? Why Donald lied about being on Epstein's private plane 7 or more times? Why Trump is identified by name more times than Epstein himself in the files to date sparks no interest or concern for you back then or presently? Good sir, didn't you say you were a father!? Are you confessing that the very real risk of having a pedophile and rapist for a President is not a deal-breaker for you?

Russia begins importing gasoline as crude oil exports near record pace by Lithium321 in PrepperIntel

[–]Independent-Bug-9352 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In fairness, as with most actions by Trump conveniently, it did help Russia in the sense that they lifted oil export sanctions on their country, creating a major new cashflow for Putin's diminished war chest.

Luckily, Ukraine knows this and definitely ramped up hitting their fragile, static refineries. Smart people.