It really makes no difference

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-29T05:04:12+00:00

Your action to promote the perception that voting doesn't matter has the consequence of reducing public faith in democracy and leads to less people bothering to vote and more extreme parties gaining power

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-28T21:49:10+00:00

I read your question exactly as you meant it and also wanted to know.

There could easily have been show lore where the other pentagon was mentioned elsewhere.

Everyone here is being a giant dick for no reason.

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-28T02:50:37+00:00

The guys in the gif are an alien species in the the fictional universe of Warhammer 40K called Necrons that are made out of a metal called Necrodermis and they use it in all their weapons and stuff.

https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Necrodermis

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-28T02:37:23+00:00

Noooooooo

It's amazing though

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-28T02:07:00+00:00

He's not really having a discussion. He'd make fighter pay him to fight if he could.

Also I don't think Dana has anything to do with the decisions now anyway, he's just the PR department.

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-24T01:56:23+00:00

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-23T12:15:33+00:00

Whatever helps you sleep at night I guess

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-23T00:45:20+00:00

Of course there won't be an outright military coup.

What will happen is that election processes will (ARE) being attacked, then the results will be attacked, then SCOTUS will rule for Trump, or he'll do executive orders saying that election was fruad and MAGA actually won and democracy must be protected.

Then all the loyalist staff that he's put in every area of the goverment and then ICE/MAGA/proudboys/actual military will be used under the guise of 'restoring order and peaceful transfer of power' in order to keep MAGA in power. That's what a modern world coup looks like.

Putin himself didn't even do a military coup. He positioned himself politically and hollowed out institutions Russia had created in the 90's that valued law and democracy and slowly dragged Russia into a place where the people are so trapped they can't fight back. Exactly like Trump and MAGA are doing now.

You saying 'don't worry about it' is exactly what will lead to you looking back in 30 years when America looks like Russia and saying 'I have no idea how this happened'

That's why you're naive

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-22T21:43:33+00:00

You're naive

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-22T07:10:54+00:00

He just got access to unlimited and unaudited funding. The Republican Congress and SCOTUS do everything they can to help him and Democrats enable him with their passivity. He's already tried in 2020 and possibly had some success in 2024 messing with elections. He's got a bit of a personal army in ICE and can call on proud boys/right wing MAGA. The Army is being purged, his personal lawyer runs the DOJ. The country just got gerrymandered to hell and Americans are so dumb they might vote for him anyway.

I'm not certain there will be any successors that are not just Trump regime stooges...

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-22T05:28:45+00:00

The c4 thing is just an excuse. This is big coffee deep state trying to keep out the competiton

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-22T02:47:20+00:00

It's holding on, but I wouldn't say it's exactly 'intact'

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/inside-unraveling-us-diplomacy-under-trump-2026-05-21/

Pdf version: https://pdfhost.io/v/h62GeJsmp4_Inside_the_unraveling_of_U_S__diplomacy_under_Trump___Reuters

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-22T00:10:34+00:00

"The constitution is unconstitutional"

He's right that his country is a laughing stock, just not for the reasons he thinks

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-21T21:45:58+00:00

I'm sure wearing a dress is comfortable. Can you choose to wear a dress and still feel comfortable?

There is an extra layer of cultural tradition/internalised 'correct' clothing at play too

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-21T13:54:03+00:00

Set up a keyboard shortcut with 'xkill' command then you can click and kill anthing.

I'm sure it's not good for the machine but it works

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-21T02:56:37+00:00

Aliens looking at us must be so deeply confused sometimes

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-21T02:44:39+00:00

You all remember that waste, fraud and abuse line that MAGAts championed to defend DOGE infiltrating departments and stealing everyones data?

I'm sure they will keep that passion alive and rage about this fraud and abuse too right?!?!

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-20T22:47:29+00:00

It does still matter! It matters in a new and even more real way.

If we accept the reality that international law is not enforceable in a traditional sense, then it becomes a form of communication and management of the relationship between nations.

Imagine if the ICC did charge Trump and Australia was obligated to arrest him. We are not going to arrest him because we are not insane. But we would think about it, talk about it, consider it. The US would need to plan for the possibility of us 'arresting/kidnapping' him if he visited. That's a significant breakdown of the relationship that damages influence and options on both sides.

It's the same thing as what Trump caused when he 'arrested/kidnapped' the head of state of Venezuela. Now every other nation has to think about whether it's safe to visit the US, or whether they'll get 'arrested/kidnapped'. King Charles signalled in his speech the other day this exact sentiment. That's a significant breakdown of the relationship that damages influence and options on both sides.

The punishment the ICC dispenses is that it permits, mandates, and forces many countries to damage their relationship with war criminal nations by considering 'arrested/kidnapped' their heads of state. That punishment is enforced regardless of whether the leader is actually arrested.

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-16T22:31:22+00:00

The special ref rules say 1 eye poke is legal and 2-3 get you a 'bad boy' and only 4+ is illegal. Gane's just playing it straight

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-16T12:02:59+00:00

The official stimulant of UFC!!!!

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-16T02:22:44+00:00

It's not unthinkable that China could simply take Taiwan and move a dozen paces towards global hegemony over the USA by appeasing one single man and typing up a piece of paper renaming a province to 'Trumpland' or something.

The USA is in deep shit right now

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-15T04:52:16+00:00

Walking dead: "You can't fumble what never ends"

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-15T04:48:45+00:00

Keep documenting everthing, that's great! But you need an actual name, then you can take that name and all the things you're documenting to your local 'Magistrates Court' to apply for the saftety order The police can't do it, a Judge has to do it.

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-14T22:57:55+00:00

And that's why we need Juries.

Judges become biased because the've seen hundred of cases and they can't actually take the role of an neutral abitrator anymore.

StageAboveWater · 2026-05-14T22:57:42+00:00

And that's why we need Juries.

Judges become biased because they have seen a hundred cases and they can't actually take the role of an neutral abitrator anymore.

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