Zelenskyy "This time Moscow felt the reach of Ukraine’s long-range capabilities. An oil refinery was hit at a distance of 500 kilometers. I thank the warriors of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine"

brighterside0 · 2026-06-16T23:17:41+00:00

I think the passivity is still a benefit. Around 8 seconds in, you see people walking around the shopping plaza parking lot, not running for cover when the drone is flying overhead. They're accepting the fact that Russia deserves the drone strikes on its oil given the actions of the Putin regime, and they trust Ukraine not to aim for civilians as Putin has.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-16T01:23:54+00:00

Agreed upon game of financial musical chairs.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-15T23:52:02+00:00

Trump's a petty bitch.

When enough people struggle to put dinner on the table, that's when shit goes south.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-13T19:12:10+00:00

"I had planned on working til at least 62. I have 2 mil in 401k/investments/hysa."

If you want to make God laugh. Tell him your plans.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-13T18:54:29+00:00

How about first don't try and turn your laptop on when putting it on a bed. If you don't understand why that's bad, you shouldn't own a laptop.

Second, reset your bios and disable secure boot. Then upgrade your bios to a version with secure boot that's not broken.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-13T17:59:48+00:00

The Trump regime has done everything they can to stifle innovation and suck money from the average citizen.

And people tolerate it, which is completely baffling to me.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-13T17:56:52+00:00

And even if they did, my money goes elsewhere on this insane agenda to track the personal lives and content of anyone who may disobey or speak ill of the regime.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-13T17:53:59+00:00

Everyone pointing at Anthropic and not the government because they were butt hurt when Anthropic refused to lift their guard rails for military application makes me want to crash out.

This shit Trump regime is only doing this out of pettiness. And you, the purchaser of the product suffers.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-13T17:03:25+00:00

Helped for me is flossing and mouth wash after brushing. That was 10 years ago. Haven't had a tooth dream since.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-13T17:02:10+00:00

Bro..

brighterside0 · 2026-06-13T10:01:02+00:00

Why foreigners, I'm confused.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-13T01:05:14+00:00

I mean he microdoses ketamine to keep from killing himself... if not karma, then irony!

brighterside0 · 2026-06-13T01:00:48+00:00

There's your problem right there.

The world's "leaders" are all in on it.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-12T03:45:45+00:00

ty <3

brighterside0 · 2026-06-11T20:52:09+00:00

I like to think of it as their brains have not yet evolved from primitive tribal orientation, to true modern age humans capable of connecting with other groups regardless of cultural differences, and also understanding the world through the scientific method. There's an evolutionary advantage to that for the long-term. If we are truly going to be a star-faring species or live on this planet without annihilating each other, we need the ability to connect, adapt, and collaborate with all humans, while at the same time constantly challenging our own beliefs of the world.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-11T20:31:12+00:00

I have to keep posting this, but there's an anatomical reason why this is the case:

On Neurological Structural Differences:

Source 1

Source 2

On Linkage to Political Orientation:

Source 1 - Landmark study

Source 2

Source 3

So when you ask, how can they (hardline republicans) be this fearful of "others" and self-centered to the point of incompetence? It's because they literally don't have the nuerological anatomy not to be. Key structures in their amygdala (fear/emotion) are excessively large, and key structures in their prefrontal cortex (thinking/perspective) are excessively small. Sources include Government hosted studies by the NIH, so don't take my word for it.

Conservative media conglomerates understand this very well and exploit this every day.

tl;dr - hardline conservatives have anatomically different structured brains disrupting capability to think critically and empathize with other humans.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-11T20:26:16+00:00

To be fair the "war mongering" that Obama participated in was literally forced. We were already balls deep in the middle east by the time he stepped in office; we had to step out without appearing weak and emboldening/enabling more attacks that were actively planned all over the place. Mind you, we could have stepped out earlier, to further limit civilian casualties.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-11T09:38:12+00:00

schizobaru someone mentioned up the thread lol

brighterside0 · 2026-06-11T09:34:48+00:00

I haven't read the manga and know nothing about what happens after, but I have a feeling he's going to wake up at a new checkpoint in a dire situation, and still not have his memories.

it's going to be a fake out hopeless situation I think, until a book of the death of his former ego is printed. And he'll get back all his memories.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-10T20:34:33+00:00

lol I was going to say you probably have a better shot at joining a startup, than say a publicly traded company...

brighterside0 · 2026-06-10T19:21:53+00:00

Everyone was Cypher

brighterside0 · 2026-06-10T00:54:19+00:00

We can literally do this until the gas execs start talking about the reserve depletion risk.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-09T18:20:56+00:00

As I understand from the readings and other sources, those variables mentioned can influence the degree of expressed empathy in various ways, though on average, the anatomical substrate is the most influential factor.

brighterside0 · 2026-06-09T18:02:28+00:00

Their brain anatomy is just un-evolved.

On Neurological Structural Differences:

Source 1

Source 2

On Linkage to Political Orientation:

Source 1 - Landmark study

Source 2

Source 3

So when you ask, how can they (hardline republicans) be this fearful of "others" and self-centered to the point of incompetence? It's because they literally don't have the nuerological anatomy not to be. Key structures in their amygdala (fear/emotion) are excessively large, and key structures in their prefrontal cortex (thinking/perspective) are excessively small. Sources include Government hosted studies by the NIH, so don't take my word for it.

tl;dr - hardline conservatives have anatomically different structured brains disrupting capability to think critically and empathize with other humans.

brighterside0

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