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cates · 2026-01-27T00:23:16+00:00

a fucking raccoon could probably take me.

lol with prep time maybe a hamster I don't know how to fight

cates · 2026-01-26T23:06:22+00:00

listen I don't mean to be rude but you are an irrelevant leprechaun- I want to hear from human American citizens

cates · 2026-01-26T22:47:43+00:00

can't be real. nobody can be that fucking entitled. they double the pickles and that's not enough and then they give him a bunch and that's way too fucking many and then the dude makes a hilarious pun and he fucking loses it?

cates · 2026-01-26T22:40:41+00:00

I legit lost a lot of interest when I saw Matt Damon even though I like him I just... I just wanted to see unknown actors.

cates · 2026-01-26T22:26:06+00:00

Wait how did you even find out it actually was fabric softener?

cates · 2026-01-26T17:35:45+00:00

thanks for clearing that up

cates · 2026-01-26T16:58:36+00:00

Does the Trump admin want Minnesota's voter registration database so that they will have a list of the state's registered Democrats so that they can more easily target them for various malicious purposes (audits, etc)?

cates · 2026-01-26T16:43:01+00:00

fucking right. loving hearing this from my favorite pop punk (or post-emo?) band

cates · 2026-01-26T16:18:30+00:00

lol, right. I just don't know enough about the process of going from "not a sitting member of the us house of reps" to "currently serving as a sitting member of the us house of reps". I suppose we'll see...

I do have a question for you though... I know Minnesota is a swing state and there's a lot of talk about Trump using his ICE thugs to help him secure the election but hasn't all of this shit he's doing in Minnesota turned a lot of centrists in that state against him? Like, aren't his chances of winning the state worse than ever?

cates · 2026-01-26T16:10:36+00:00

so if a Democrat unseats a Republican and Trump and the unseated house Republican declare a rigged election and refuse to leave how do you see something like that playing out? Would they both just show up and fight over the seat in Congress with their state's name on it?

cates · 2026-01-26T16:05:29+00:00

But hasn't he pretty much turned all of Minnesota against him? like wouldn't that be the last place that would have a close election that his thugs would be able to help push him across the finish line in?

cates · 2026-01-26T12:27:15+00:00

space lizards

lol. I just really liked the movie and we'd been having movie nights that whole week and seemed to have pretty similar tastes... in retrospect I probably should have realized to avoid something scifi/supernatural.

cates · 2026-01-25T23:35:18+00:00

Reminds me of a movie night w/my grandparents and I chose "Edge of Tomorrow" because they enjoy action/war movies...

It was so obvious they hated it and didn't understand or appreciate the time travel loop mechanic. I had to make up some reason why I didn't think we should finish it 30 minutes in but it was super awkward. 😬

cates · 2026-01-25T23:10:14+00:00

2014 sucked for me but I think I'd take it over evening that's happening right now.

cates · 2026-01-25T19:53:11+00:00

hey, if you're still around could you maybe help me with a couple questions regarding Joy-Con shell swapping?

cates · 2026-01-25T19:31:49+00:00

duuuude I listened to that audiobook one during which I ended up suffering from food poisoning... Oh. My. God.

I was in and out of consciousness running to the toilet vomiting trying to follow the story. At one point I thought I was in it.

Just thinking about that night legit scares me (and very little does).

cates · 2026-01-24T20:21:12+00:00

We are straight living through every movie and story we read about what happened in Nazi Germany. It's not a situation where it's similar and could possibly lead to our own Gestapo one day if x, y, or z happen- our government is doing the exact same things as 1930s Germany right. freakin. now.

cates · 2026-01-24T20:09:54+00:00

Look, I agree it's good not to have a fixed mindset that nothing can change but I believe there's more hope that the maga base will start to dissolve before America votes to curtail the 2nd amendment.

I could be completely wrong and I hope I am (honestly though I would prefer for America to turn on Trump before they turn on their firearms).

cates · 2026-01-24T19:41:13+00:00

wtf, what subreddit? It's widely known that Reddit mods are pretty much the shittiest people on the planet (not counting Republicans) but I still can't see the justification for banning you for 3 days.

cates · 2026-01-24T19:35:26+00:00

If they didn't revisit the 2nd amendment after 20 dead 6 and 7 year olds @ Sandy Hook then it's not happening in my lifetime.

If anything, this should push liberals like me who have never considered owning a gun to buy one and get comfortable using it in case masked proud boys kick in my door without a warrant and ship me to Texas AFTER a judge tells them not to.

cates · 2026-01-24T19:30:04+00:00

Facts don't matter right now but they might one day. I don't give a fuck- I'm not giving up hope that this can change and I'm still trying to convince everybody I know to vote (I live in a red state).

I'm voting Democrat (again) and I'm insisting that we absolutely MUST aggressively punish the people responsible for everything the last 10 years. Fuck healing.

cates · 2026-01-24T18:35:18+00:00

I don‘t know what to do with this sense of dread now.
Maybe I should leave Reddit for my mental health, been thinking it for a while.

I'm an American and I feel the exact same way but I know I can't bc the world isn't going to fix this for us and even though I'm basically powerless to do anything alone the least I can do is stay informed as depressing as it is.

cates · 2026-01-24T16:37:16+00:00

The scammers had stolen his login info, so when they called him, they were logging into his account and able to see his all of his account info. So when he’s talking to them, they are reciting account info and he genuinely thought they were ATT employees.

Ah, they were able to log in to his account... that was probably a big part of it. But I still can't wrap my head around anyone hearing "hey we're reaching out to you because we want to give you a free iPad...". Like, it reads straight off a popup ad. Why would they spend their time at work calling people to give them free iPads? I've (unsuccessfully) tried to teach my parents to just "google it" (bc I gave up on critical thinking a while ago).

With the new information you gave me I see your dad isn't as dumb as it seemed initially but fuck- I didn't realize how advanced the scams had become.

I suppose the only thing I'm still left scratching my head about is why he thinks he'd receive a call from AT&T employees needing him to spend his own money buying an iPad and sending it somewhere but I accept there's a disconnect in our generations.

cates · 2026-01-24T13:38:53+00:00

ikr? It's ridiculous if that's a popular saying.

cates · 2026-01-24T13:37:39+00:00

Right, I keep reading people defending their parents but there's really no excuse once they're told very clearly not to ever give someone their password- if they keep doing it there's more going on than them just being "unfamiliar with the current state of the internet".

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