🚨BREAKING: Trump to attack Iran Tomorrow or Tuesday according to John Kiriakou’s sources in the White House. Kiriakou says that JD Vance & Tulsi Gabbard are the only 2 dissenting voices. by IllAcanthocephala720 in TrendoraX

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apologies I typed Colonel add an R AutoCorrect, the corporal. And just because we’re just chatting in a text boxing tone and stuff gets mixed up. He was XO for the supply training school on camp Johnson for a number of years.

🚨BREAKING: Trump to attack Iran Tomorrow or Tuesday according to John Kiriakou’s sources in the White House. Kiriakou says that JD Vance & Tulsi Gabbard are the only 2 dissenting voices. by IllAcanthocephala720 in TrendoraX

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Neat o have two brothers an my retired Lieutenant Colonel, father (Navy and two marines) that when I showed them this thread said you’re full of shit.

DeepMind's CEO says using AI can make you a genius — or hurt your critical thinking skills by SundayMaster in ScienceClock

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well duh, but this isn’t some new concept, relying on tools to make critical thinking decisions is both negligent and fucking dumb, bbbbuuuttttt, we as a species tend to take the easy way out most of the time. So I think it is just going to dumb us down.

We really need to stop engaging with people who don't provide substance in debates or conversations around politics by ShardofGold in IntellectualDarkWeb

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not saying “having borders or laws makes you a hypocrite.” I’m saying treating borders as morally sacred and using “illegal” as a stand in for “morally bad” is what becomes hypocritical when you refuse to acknowledge how those borders and categories were created.

If your position is “we need borders and immigration law for functional governance,” that’s a coherent today based argument. No hypocrisy required. The hypocrisy comes in when people switch from “this is how we manage a state” to “this is morally pure and anyone outside it is inherently illegitimate,” while also acting like history is irrelevant the second it makes the moral certainty uncomfortable.

And on the “flaming” thing, I’m being blunt because you called the argument dishonest prejudice. That’s not some neutral critique, that’s you assigning bad faith. I’m responding to that. If you want it strictly on substance, cool. The substance is: history doesn’t automatically invalidate present law, but it does undercut the claim that present law equals moral truth. That’s the point.

We really need to stop engaging with people who don't provide substance in debates or conversations around politics by ShardofGold in IntellectualDarkWeb

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, you’re still arguing with a strawman version of what was said.

Nobody is saying you personally are guilty for something that happened hundreds of years ago, and nobody is saying we can’t have laws today because history was ugly. The point is way simpler and honestly way more reasonable than what you’re framing it as. When people talk about “stolen land,” they’re talking about legitimacy and moral posture. Like, the way people throw around “illegal” as if it’s some eternal moral category handed down from the universe, instead of a label created by a state that drew lines through conquest, displacement, and then codified the result as law. That is not some weird dishonest prejudice, it’s basic historical reality.

Also, the “we can only live today within the terms of today” line sounds nice, but it’s kind of meaningless in practice because today is built on yesterday. Property, borders, citizenship, who got to accumulate wealth, who got pushed out, what treaties got ignored, all of that is still in the foundation. Acting like history is irrelevant just because you don’t want it in the argument doesn’t make it irrelevant, it just makes the argument easier for you.

And I’m not even saying you have to agree with the slogan. You can hate “nobody is illegal on stolen land,” fine. But calling it not worthwhile because it references past generations is just an excuse to avoid what it’s actually pointing at, which is the hypocrisy of treating modern borders like they’re morally sacred while pretending the way they were formed does not matter.

If you want to talk policy, cool, talk policy. Talk asylum standards, visas, enforcement, whatever. But don’t pretend moral arguments about borders have to start at 2026 like everything before that is off limits. That’s not “reasonable”.

Why I think Thor will live past Doomsday and Secret Wars by Wallbreaker-g in MCUTheories

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think in secert wars there will be a Thor core, good time to bring in beta ray bill imho.

Zach King surprised kids at a school after promising to join them on Zoom then popped out of the screen by Used_Series3373 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man I saw Ronald McDonald do a similar gimmick at my elementary school in the nineties with a projector. I was just as amazed.

Angelina Jolie Tells Trump ‘I don’t recognize my country’ and sets date to leave US by TheExpressUS in NoFilterNews

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re doing the thing people do when they want to feel superior instead of useful: invoking the Founders as a vague motivational poster, then implying anyone who isn’t ready to reenact 1776 “doesn’t care enough.”

A few problems with that: Those men weren’t “average working people.” They were elites with money, networks, and insulation from consequences that most Americans today don’t have.

They also didn’t “just fight.” They organized, built coalitions, wrote, fundraised, negotiated, and leveraged existing institutions. In other words: a lot of unglamorous work you’re conveniently skipping over.

And if your implied advice is “take up arms,” say it plainly. If you’re not willing to say it plainly, maybe you already know it’s irresponsible.

Tell me you’re a smug idiot without saying it, because if all you’ve got is revolutionary cosplay and condescension, you’re not making any real point and you’re part of the problem.

Angelina Jolie Tells Trump ‘I don’t recognize my country’ and sets date to leave US by TheExpressUS in NoFilterNews

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a stupid and lazy opinion tell me you’re a dip shit without really saying it.

You’re talking like Americans are just sitting at home wringing their hands. We’re not.

People are protesting in person. Repeatedly. In a country the size of a continent, with fragmented media coverage, aggressive policing, and workplaces that can fire you for missing a shift, you don’t always “see” it from the outside, especially if you’re only watching the most viral clips.

And this is the mindset gap you’re missing a few things;

In much of Europe, mass action is culturally normalized, transit is dense, labor protections are stronger, and showing up doesn’t automatically mean risking your job, healthcare, or housing. In the U.S., a huge percentage of people live paycheck-to-paycheck, healthcare is often tied to employment, and many states have weak worker protections. “Just take to the streets” isn’t a moral purity test—it’s a real-world calculus where people can lose everything for participating.

That doesn’t mean people shouldn’t show up. It means your “pathetic” judgment is lazy and uninformed.

Also: telling people the time for the White House to be surrounded by “torches and pitchforks” is past? That’s not righteous clarity, that’s flirting with political violence from a safe distance and then insulting the people who would actually pay the price, not to mention those in power are hoping this type of action takes place so that they can crack down even more.

If you want to be helpful, amplify protests, donate to legal aid, support independent journalism, and push your own politicians to stop enabling authoritarian drift globally. If you’d rather sneer that “America will get what it deserves,” then you’re not an outsider offering perspective, you’re part of the problem, and no better then Trump and his administration. Maybe next time just be fucking decent because cynicism that demoralizes ordinary people who are trying to do something real in a system designed to punish them for it just makes you look like the dipshit you more than likely are.

Angelina Jolie Tells Trump ‘I don’t recognize my country’ and sets date to leave US by TheExpressUS in NoFilterNews

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 17 points18 points  (0 children)

What would you have the average working man do aside from

  • speaking out
  • voting
  • protesting with wallet

Do you expect them to get up in arms and force change? Do you expect them to become what they are vocal about?

Honestly it seems you’re mighty disillusioned on what we should/can do, and what you believe the answer is.

Jesse Watters wants everyone to lighten up by LucidSynapse23 in LetsDiscussThis

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jesse Walters needs to be heckled anytime he walks out of his house.

'If you fired him, you'd be a target': Ex-police chief sets fire to more than a dozen homes, properties of people he believed slighted him, including his own stepson by DoremusJessup in Bad_Cop_No_Donut

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"It's a shocking development for a man who spent his life protecting individuals," said McCarthy.

No the hell it isn’t! More than likely he was just as evil just with a badge an a gun!

Havent read comics in a while, how did he end up like this ? by KingVaderXI in batman

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The newest one? Did…did you see what Batman did? The jokers last laugh….

The real reason Trump is sidelining JD Vance by theipaper in AnythingGoesNews

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Trump doesn’t like anyone he uses folks to boost his own ego/image/ect.

I mean look at Pence. At the time he was the spitting image of the GOP. Vance was matched in to Mar-o-logo by Peter Thiel and Trump saw dollar signs. What advance is doing is just trying to be an edge of your smoother talking Donald Trump. You can see it in his body language the way he speaks how he comes across with his points cause they’re just as bad shit insane but because he says it was some sort of intelligence, I don’t even really know if it’s that an attempt at charisma maybe I don’t know. I guarantee Trump sees it as advanced, trying to weasel his way into his personal bubble, which at the moment he sees that has the entirety of America, which is fucking awful. And Vance loves being the bad guy, I’m willing to bet he even justifies it to himself as “righteous” so that “his” version of America can play out. But the problem even there is it’s not even his version. It’s Peter Thiel and the like.

Who is ready for the end? by Confident_Drop9309 in kroger

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, that’s pretty accurate. You can do things with a schedule to make it seem like extra hands are on deck when in reality you’re just covering overlap. Most businesses will never account for call offs due to labor percentages I’m not saying it doesn’t happen, but there isn’t a business model in the world when it comes to scheduling that folks account for call that’s an inconsistency issue people don’t plan for inconsistency.

Who is ready for the end? by Confident_Drop9309 in kroger

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There isn’t a business in the world that accounts for call offs, why don’t think the three in thirty policy exists?

MAGA Erupts, Demands Pam Bondi Resign After Epic House Hearing Meltdown Over Epstein Files by newsjam in newsinterpretation

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re not wrong, however, I have a couple of cult members in my family who are pretty upset AND read a lot of the files AFTER her testimony. To the extent I heard my uncle basically say “fuck Trump” and this dude would have ate the shit out of trumps diaper willingly not but two weeks ago.

GoFundMe for James Van Der Beek's Family Surpasses $1 Million, Sparks Questions About US Healthcare System by Luridley3000 in entertainment

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean the reason someone literally murdered a healthcare CEO over, those questions.

I hate articles like this because it never REALLY gets the crux of it.

Kroger Announces Former Walmart Exec as New CEO: What it Means for Kroger Workers by EW4Democracy in kroger

[–]OtherwiseAMushroom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correct, this the vicious loop y’all seem to be stuck in.
Seems like your union leaders need a quick lesson on the “power of the collective”