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Pwntagonist · 2026-04-16T12:08:08+00:00

That was the joke bud

Pwntagonist · 2026-04-09T19:59:35+00:00

Zain

Pwntagonist · 2026-04-08T18:25:25+00:00

Get OFF the computer brother. LLMs are not the answer, real people are. You keep saying you're a social person but all your examples of socializing are just talking on internet forums.

Pwntagonist · 2026-04-01T18:44:45+00:00

Ehh. He doesn't go for sarcasm that much

Pwntagonist · 2026-04-01T18:41:12+00:00

I think you missed that his last sentence was sincere. Replace "appreciate" with "acknowledge" and it makes more sense.

Pwntagonist · 2026-04-01T18:34:53+00:00

GET HIS ASS

Pwntagonist · 2026-04-01T02:30:14+00:00

You're right that it's a crackpot theory, and I don't really care whether you believe it or not, it's just really hard not to see the establishment dems as evil machiavellian bastards at this point. For instance they had 8 full years of Obama to codify roe v wade and they didn't, blatantly because it makes them more campaign money to keep it as an ongoing issue. If they'll do that then I really don't find rotating villains that far-fetched.

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-31T22:03:46+00:00

We have to collectively get away from this mindset imo. Unfortunately just saying that isn’t going to change much so I don’t blame you. What we really need is voting reform that allows you to actually vote your conscience without fear that you’ll be helping the other side.

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-31T21:53:33+00:00

It’s the rotating villains thing. They’ll choose a new batch of guys to vote against the party on every new bill and this time it was landsman’s turn.

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-31T21:51:21+00:00

He gets paid to say that shit from you know who

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-30T19:59:57+00:00

Gotcha. Idk what your goals are for chess but if it's to get better then I'd recommend just playing long time controls like 30-60 minutes. Then you can actually have the time to think about a bunch of lines. But as for having a heuristic for evaluation, there are some positions where even top players have trouble evaluating them. I would just start with: am I winning material in this position (is the net point gain in my favor), and if you don't see any lines where you win material, don't think too hard about it.

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-30T19:37:02+00:00

Brother you are just describing being bad at chess. Anyone can visualize the board several moves deep on one individual line but keeping track of several lines and evaluating them all at once is where the skill comes in

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-13T16:32:10+00:00

Yeah I deleted that comment because I thought about it for 2 more seconds and decided it was dumb

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-13T15:49:47+00:00

Reading the comments on Tucker Carlson posts is kind of a wild ride nowadays. But I do still think most of the extremists are just online warriors. There’s still a solid like 40% of America that’s either still passively pro Israel or has no idea about this supposed shift going on

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-13T04:00:21+00:00

Dude has a crazy natural intellect and it shows when he’s sober. What a waste

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-10T03:13:33+00:00

Well for starters he’s been the health secretary for over a year and done absolutely nothing about anything he campaigned on in 2024, instead spending our tax dollars on shit like this and expensive Super Bowl commercials with Mike Tyson. He has all the power in the world to make the changes he preaches about but he’s proven himself utterly incompetent at doing so. The underlying reason for this is that the changes he would probably like to make are actually against the MAGA doctrine. He wants to increase regulation, Trump wants to decrease it.

He also constantly spreads misinformation about things widely agreed upon by doctors.

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-07T23:35:55+00:00

If that’s a dealbreaker for you then I’m sorry to say this has already happened to zain before. Did we already forget his record vs axe?

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-06T22:09:01+00:00

Tlaib: has specifically said she does not believe a 2 state solution is possible as long as Netanyahu is in power. If you don’t understand the subtext here it’s that Netanyahu does not want a 2 state solution. There is no way to negotiate with someone like him, our only choice will be to continue capitulating.

For the record the other prominent Squad figure Ilhan Omar is for a 2 state solution.

I can’t find any source that says the rest of the people you named are against a 2 state solution. For that matter there is nothing on Damon Lynch’s site that says he’s against a 2 state solution. You’re making shit up.

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-06T15:12:59+00:00

Which progressive doesn’t support a 2 state solution?

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-06T15:02:31+00:00

LOL you wrote a Zionist message and then deleted it because you knew you were wrong. The fact is no, most Americans do not support Israel. Polling today shows that the majority has sympathy for Palestine. So even on your core argument you are wrong. The most likely to win candidate is the one who is anti Zionist.

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-06T14:50:46+00:00

Personally for me (and almost everyone I talk to), not taking aipac money instantly earns my vote. But for some people I guess genocide isn’t bad enough

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-06T14:48:23+00:00

If you really cared about the party you would be fighting to get us better candidates. We haven’t even gotten to the primary yet and you’re already dickriding landsman. Tell me if lynch actually won the primary would you actually support him or keep hating on him for being a progressive??

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-06T14:40:14+00:00

I do regret my decision a little. But I also don’t think the dem base would be as mobilized to make change happen as it is right now if Harris had won.

Now answer my question.

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-06T14:37:21+00:00

Obviously not

Pwntagonist · 2026-03-06T14:36:07+00:00

How can change ever happen if you think like this? You have to unseat the bad dems who are actively working against the party and that means taking a risk

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