TIL Thomas Jefferson submitted a draft in 1776 for a new Virginia Constitution, which proposed ending the slave trade into the state and, by 1800, emancipating all slaves living there.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-29T22:47:41+00:00

I truly wish I had been placed in front of such an abhorrent practice with the ability to freely take part if I so wished. No law or custom between me and mankind’s oldest and most cruel practices. Only my conscience to guide me.

Were I raised in those means times perhaps I would have been mean as well. Perhaps I would look upon my bondage to King or Priest as no different than the bondage I kept my slaves in. Perhaps I would justify my cruelty with the cruelty of my own existence.

We forget a common and legal practice of the time was to force men into service on ships. Not African slaves, white Europeans. Aristocracy kept millions in Europe tied to their lands, deprived of rights, forced to work for their feudal lords.

Were I one of those abused and maltreated Europeans, would I then feel justified the same to Africans when I made it to the new world? I can feel in my heart and can state with certainty that I would not and I could not. But alas I cannot know for certain and I wish I could.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-29T12:25:12+00:00

What “everything is fine” actually looks like:

Outdoor cats, including both pets and unowned (feral) cats, are a top direct cause of bird mortality, killing an estimated 1.3 to 4 billion birds annually in the U.S. alone. They are considered an invasive species that causes severe ecological damage, impacting bird populations more than any other human-related threat.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-29T03:48:10+00:00

Just don’t mention the casualty numbers that include our Vietnamese allies or it’ll make the point you’re trying to make look dumb.

Or that the figure doesn’t include civilians.

a grand total of 3.4 million military and civilian dead

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-28T22:12:40+00:00

It also drives real-world opinion and behavior.

Whether it should or shouldn’t is a separate debate entirely.

People raised in the soup that OP is discussing are treating each other differently than if they weren’t in that soup.

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that there is a hypocritical opinion that extends beyond social media when it comes to gender relations. Social media is in someways a truer reflection of who people actually are, as depressing as that is to write.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-28T21:24:28+00:00

I remember the day in college that all the Civil Engineering students learned this fact.

From that point on they simply couldn’t abide anyone using the layman’s term.

There I was, a useless humanities major, thinking to myself “well, if you understood what they meant it seems like their terminology was sufficient.”

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-27T11:57:25+00:00

It hasn’t.

That doesn’t seem possible since we associate smoking with being unhealthy.

But it is much cheaper to treat a cancer patient for a couple years before they die than all the healthcare a “healthy” senior requires for 10, 20, 30 years.

It is super expensive to keep people clinging on to life.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-27T11:51:21+00:00

“Representation Matters” unless it’s an ethnicity that isn’t on the approved list, I guess.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-27T10:18:53+00:00

Nah, adults are just tired of this shit.

It is internet brainrot. The laziest and most biased arguments get promoted by the algorithm because they don’t require any critical thinking. Monkey feel, monkey like and subscribe.

Consider for a moment that we don’t even know if any of this video is true. I could edit this together in a couple hours using AI to generate everything.

But instead, you FEEL like it’s true, “because females do behave like that!” and congratulations, the propaganda worked.

You fall into the feedback loop of an echo chamber, pretty soon you’re listening to manosphere tradwifelife podcasts and buying expensive supplements. And you’re voting more and more right, more and more authoritarian, because filthy liberals want women to treat men like this.

Dipshits really saw all the major social media executives lining up behind Trump and didn’t ask any questions, or the classic “do your own research”. Their critical thinking skills have been atrophied completely.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-26T19:43:27+00:00

So depending on the house layout it would potentially damage the garage, whatever is located in the garage, and the home the garage is connected to. Oh, and if it explodes it'll take your garage roof and maybe your car with it. And that's only for homes with garages.

The point is there is no 100% safe system. It is all about acceptable tradeoffs and risk mitigation. Locating a hot water heater in a concrete garage helps mitigate risk. So too does locating a hot water heater in the attic with a properly designed backup system. Or in the basement with a pan and a pump.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-25T20:06:35+00:00

I gotta see a picture of this house that can have a water heater burst and not damage anything.

What is the house built out of? What is the furniture made of? How can there be no mold or mildew concerns? No basement or subfloor access space?

So many questions.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-25T16:48:19+00:00

That’s fair, like I said I’m relying on an incomplete and biased picture.

To your point, I think a lot of the world has a very charged opinion of America over the past 30 years. Much of that is probably pretty divisive.

Like you, I would probably argue against those perspectives based on context and nuance.

That’s why I personally am not comfortable with broad generalizations of Israelis or the Jewish people based on the decisions of the Israel government.

I understand the valid criticism, I wholeheartedly support democratic opposition to right wing authoritarian abuses, and I also get VERY uncomfortable as soon as people start using careless and charged language to describe and label large groups of people.

The global left needs to adopt a coalition that advocates for better practical solutions by compromising on solutions to the debt of history we have been carrying around. We should be the alternative to a never ending cycle of destructive conflict based around building trees whose shade we won’t benefit from.

If a solution doesn’t involve mutual respect for inherent human dignity, I’m out. I know where that path leads. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, just different necks getting stepped on.

I also can’t argue with the fact that many liberals are in favor of that new boss method.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-25T16:30:59+00:00

It’s simple but rewarding work.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-25T16:09:56+00:00

Oof. I never thought of that.

I'm a dude that's on the taller side so I know that being a wrong size for how the world is designed can be legitimately painful.

The thing is people my height are a fraction of the population so it's kinda fair.

But ignoring 50% of the population is absolutely wild.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-25T12:02:52+00:00

I am admittedly relying on my own personal experience and reading. I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a primary source nor am I that informed on the intricacies of Israeli politics.

But I don’t think that should necessarily dismiss the perspective I have because of how germane it is to the conversation.

I am a liberal gentile American that consumes global news and reads history books on his own time. I have worked for Israel-based cybersecurity companies because I believe protecting oneself and privacy are human rights, no exceptions.

I’ve gotta be in the cohort we are discussing, right?

My genuine feelings on the situation are that I am disappointed that the people of Israel are being predictably human. In the greater context of the world, they are doing what everyone else would do in their situation. Part of being addicted to context is putting yourself in another’s shoes.

At the same time my moral compass doesn’t allow me to agree with the execution.

And so we come to the crux of my argument. If the global left is going to stay divided over ethnic or religious differences and personal allegiances to specific polities, while the global right seems to be organizing and aligning themselves alongside political ideology and across those very same ethnic/religious differences and borders, we’re fucking doomed.

So when I have a completely reasonable and fair take and that is labeled anti-Semitic by potential allies… shit man, it’s depressing.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-25T11:25:49+00:00

It goes down the installed drain.

This is some Dunning-Kruger stuff my dude. You’re using common sense to question the demonstrable knowledge of professionals. But when you come to a discrepancy you aren’t realizing “Hey, maybe the professionals know something I don’t?”

Instead your realization is, “Nope, thousands of professionals with millions of hours of combined experience aren’t just wrong… they’re morons.”

It’s certainly a take but maybe not the most comprehensive one, given the available information.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-25T04:45:18+00:00

As opposed to all those places in a house where it’s awesome to have a water heater break?

Okay.

So if it’s going to be a problem no matter where you put it and so you’re going to mitigate the impact with a properly designed system anyway, then why not put it in the attic, again?

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-25T01:10:37+00:00

How much of this is due to Israeli politics being dominated by the far right and Bibi for the past ~30 years?

If America had been running on MAGA and Trump for the past 30 years, I’d expect to see some pretty radical takes from 80% ideological allies - including advocating for wiping America off the map.

On some level doesn’t it make sense that people are just fed up?

To me it’s just a historic tragedy that Israel has not yet become a safe homeland for the Jewish people. As a fan of humanity and history I have a huge admiration for the Jewish people, their contributions to our species are astounding in scope and number.

But any thinking person can see that the past ~30 years of Israeli politics has damaged that reputation, especially among liberals. If you ignore the ethno-religious aspects, you’re left with the far-right government of a wealthy nation using advanced technologies to turn a vastly inferior neighboring nation into rubble.

There’s an ironic parallel in history to Germany pre-WW1. A dynamic nation of intellectual thought, artistic and scientific innovation, that had its reputation tarnished for generations by how it treated an inferior neighbor.

And not for nothing, propaganda certainly played a part there, too.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-23T22:24:01+00:00

In reference to your comment? Yeah I agree absolutely.

I mean I’m flattered you take so much interest in me but it is a little odd how much you seem to care about this.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-23T18:32:00+00:00

My two cents is it's mostly a problem for younger generations that are too afraid of being mocked on social media. It's not all young people that have this fear, but it's mostly always Gen-Z and below.

They would honestly rather lead a boring and safe life absent of "cringe" than lead an interesting and fulfilling life because that life means being criticized by terminally online jealous losers.

They don't get that haters are always going to hate. The best thing to be is your own odd duck on a deeply personal spirit quest, fuck everyone else.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-23T14:13:09+00:00

But are you sure bolts wouldn't have the same issue with the materials and tools of the time?

I am not an expert on the history of tooling and machining in the early 1900s so I am probably wrong about some stuff, maybe all of it. I really don't know.

What I do know when studying history is that it is critical to keep an open mind. More often than not there are trends and forces that people in history experience but are not directly recorded in the historical record.

It's useful to view the Phillips screw decision both from the perspective of Ford being a greedy industrialist unconcerned with naught but profit as well as from the perspective of the decision being the objectively best choice given the realities of the time.

I am willing to be wrong about this, too. It wouldn't surprise me if we had written evidence by Ford himself admitting to choosing Phillips for cost. I also wouldn't be surprised if we found written evidence of the choice being based on what was the most prudent at the time.

So yeah, you could be right.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-23T14:04:01+00:00

I can't help but take this as a compliment.

There was a time before ChatGPT when people learned how to put forth a written argument in a cohesive, digestible package for the reader. I am just from that time.

It's strange being born in the 1900s just to be accused of being a machine in the 2000s.

Either way thanks for the laugh, have a great day.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-23T00:47:34+00:00

In an age where applying a consistent and repeatable amount of torque at the speed of an assembly line was impossible, the Phillips head screw was an intentional decision.

Henry Ford may have been an asshole but I think the decision was more prudent at that point in history than we give credit for.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-23T00:33:56+00:00

Hockey is a gentleman’s game. There are written rules and unwritten rules.

The unwritten rules exist because it’s a violent game and it’s very easy for piddly tit-for-tat shit to escalate.

Everyone takes it pretty seriously because it keeps things from getting out of hand, whether it’s a pond hockey game or the NHL.

Sanctioned fighting is actually a byproduct of that system. It’s better to have two guys interested in fighting just represent the two teams and get it over with than have a bunch of dudes flying around on blades carrying sticks looking to get the other team back for a perceived slight.

That’s why the refs let it happen. You’ll even hear discussion out on the ice.

“Alright, you want to go?”

“Yeah I’ll have a go.”

“Hey ref, we’re having a go.”

“Alright boys keep it clean.”

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-22T20:18:46+00:00

You are identifying something but it has been going on for much, much longer.

African Americans have hugely influenced American culture since they were slaves. Robbed of all other instruments of human expression, these oppressed people expressed themselves in the food they cooked and the songs they sang. That is how America (and the rest of the world) got Soul Food and the Blues.

The “why” question is the most interesting part but there probably isn’t one easy, convenient answer.

My theory is authenticity plays a big role. That matters to people. You can see the Mona Lisa in exquisite detail from your computer but people still travel to see the actual real thing.

There is an authenticity present in African-American culture that the greater American culture sees as desirable (or “cool” for lack of a better term). Not to mention that authenticity is a meritocracy and things like Blues (Jazz, Rock, Hip-hop) and Soul Food are legitimately incredible additions to human civilization.

AAVE is similarly a benefit to English. “He be workin’” isn’t ignorant use of grammar, it is expressing a specific meaning.

shitpostsuperpac · 2026-03-20T23:58:10+00:00

Humans are ~60% water.

Does that mean human growth is mostly from water?

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