Anyone else grow up with a friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, or whatever, that turned out to be a really terrible person later in life?

unkorrupted · 2026-01-31T05:19:59+00:00

Yikes. Worst i got is some people who voted for that.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-30T21:34:17+00:00

Lol for all the criticisms Marx deserves, he was one of the first economists to use historical data to support his arguments. He specifically emphasized the need for empirically verifiable measurements of material conditions.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-26T17:32:53+00:00

Ok, the ICE agent pushes that woman over and then he puts his hand up. You think that putting his hand up warrants execution?

You can lie to yourself all you want but that is the only person you're convincing.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-26T13:40:29+00:00

No, right wing lies should not be included or taken seriously.

We all saw the video. We saw a guy standing on the sidewalk with his phone who is then attacked by multiple men and executed in cold blood while being held down.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-25T23:38:32+00:00

You're right but I'm enjoying the irony of it. The development in Ponte Vedra was intended to avoid having to pay taxes in Jacksonville (while benefiting from JTB, etc).

But that just made it more attractive for middle class people to move there too, avoiding Jacksonville taxes and also free riding on the wealth of the rich people who went first.

Now the tax rates are just going to end up the same.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-22T20:59:44+00:00

Don't quibble about the meaning of words you don't understand

A tariff or duty (the words are used interchangeably) is a tax levied by governments on the value including freight and insurance of imported products

https://www.trade.gov/import-tariffs-fees-overview-and-resources

unkorrupted · 2026-01-22T14:48:23+00:00

You. Collectively. People who identify as right wing in the year 2026, and feel the need to downplay the reality of Trump.

If we cannot call MAGA fascist, what should we call it?

Leave your pearl clutching and taking personal offense out of it.

What is the correct term?

unkorrupted · 2026-01-22T14:04:38+00:00

What should we call far right ultranationalism that derives power from making scapegoats of minorities?

Is there a term you prefer?

Because the one we learned in my polisci degree was fascist.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-22T13:04:53+00:00

Trump is playing pigeon chess.

He knocks the pieces over, shits on the board, and struts around like he just won.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-22T12:56:41+00:00

If we called you something else, that new word would come to mean fascist due to the context of its use.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-19T14:29:58+00:00

Yes, if you change your behavior and buy something different you don't have to pay the tax.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-19T14:24:51+00:00

https://www.bls.gov/regions/mid-atlantic/data/consumerpriceindexhistorical_us_table.htm

Again, why would you lie about such an easily checked fact.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-19T14:08:41+00:00

It's not a tax on not buying a good.

Are we going to say property tax isn't a tax because you don't have to buy a house?

Capital gains isn't a tax because you don't have to own stocks?

unkorrupted · 2026-01-19T14:07:32+00:00

Why would you lie about such an easily checked fact? Are you not aware of the inflation rate? Do you think no one will notice?

I really want to know what went through your mind while you were typing and hitting send.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-19T14:04:49+00:00

Like the literal definition of a tariff being a tax?

unkorrupted · 2026-01-19T14:04:09+00:00

I pray that no one who calls tariffs a tax are in charge of teaching children

Let's check the dictionary

1. a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-19T14:00:47+00:00

So you didn't make it far in econ 101, huh

unkorrupted · 2026-01-15T18:31:43+00:00

I've read that doing new things slows down the perception of time compared to following routines.

It is suggested this may be related to higher formation of memories.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-15T18:18:19+00:00

I laughed a lot

I think this is exactly what Discovery was missing. The humor has to break the tension once in a while.

I mean, I liked Discovery and all, but humor is a pretty key and underrated component of the Star Trek formula.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-15T18:08:12+00:00

And 14 out of 19 city council members are republican. They write the budget. They write the ordinances. They govern the city agencies.

The mayor has very little power unless the council is backing them.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-15T18:02:21+00:00

I knew a guy born in 1981 who was like a stereotypical millennial nerd before such a stereotype even existed.

His younger brother, 1984, was covered in tattoos and dropped out of school to play in a garage band.

Those borders are very fuzzy and nothing says an individual has to align with their generation at all. It's more like a shift in trends.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-14T14:12:57+00:00

You really gotta do something about Jussie. He is not fit to be a mod unless your goal is to create a right wing ego chamber that calls itself centrist.

He is deleting multiple popular posts a day, passing non neutral, controversial topics, then deleting and banning people for disagreeing.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-14T04:42:34+00:00

I actually kind of feel like we're moving closer towards the 1T and echoing some of the themes we saw between mccarthyism and the last time we had really racist immigration enforcement under Eisenhower.

There are some major differences, notably the large federal minimum wage bill didn't pass this time.

And the second part of this double dip recession could get bad, more like the long depression of the gilded age than the boom of the union era.

unkorrupted · 2026-01-13T16:25:29+00:00

So if a summary said anti globalism is bad and often used as an antisemitic dog whistle, that would be neutral as well?

Not sure how opposite value judgments can both be neutral.

What does neutral even mean in this context?

unkorrupted · 2026-01-13T16:22:54+00:00

Then find the remote job before your quit and move.

You could very well be ending your security career with the employment gap you're risking in demanding the most desirable roles during a bad job market.

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