(guy says bluesky is simply an echochamber where people dont respond with data or address the claim compared to twitter) (people respond with data disproving the claim) (guy blocks everyone posting data disproving his claim)

so is ser dunk basically supposed to be westeros forest gump

pretending that twitter is not the real echo chamber is so tired and worn out at this point

this is slander, i have never denigrated VR or digital watches, and the only robots i dislike are the evil cop robodog ones

aw shucks. well, the only reasonable thing for us to do is to have it run everything, maybe even the nuclear arsenal just for fun

for some reason since last week or so, my discover feed *always* features someone posting a picture of a pizza every 10-20 posts, and it is lowkirk one of the greatest bsky improvements ever

There is a lot of tech we are impressed by — I think a better question is why isn’t the right impressed by solar panels or mRNA vaccines or electric cars or a multitude of other incredible moves forward that they’ve thwarted at every turn

“Be impressed!!!” It’s weird how much you care. What’s impressive is solar panels!! Harness the sun’s power??? What am I? A wizard?????

“Is there a technology the left is excited about?” Yeah man, it’s called anything that can be useful and make my bills go down instead of a thing that can’t do anything without my help and doubles my electricity bill

yeah funding the arts is cool and all but in america we have the biggest loser on earth fund people all over the world to produce the most beautiful hogslop youve ever seen

while i truly, deeply wish that the 20m or more dems that sat out in 2024 were radical leftists, its just not the case at all. the fantasy that lefty twitter/bsky accounts are commanding election-deciding legions is masturbatory and delusional, a waste of time that makes no sense.

i have known a lot of people who said and believed things like this and without exception not a single one of them was a decent person. this is a very common rich kid/trust fund kid cope to avoid confronting being out of touch and stunted

the Will Stancil Industrial Complex supports a thriving Why Are You Talking About Will Stancil Industrial Complex, like one of those dishes that make their own sauce

"the left doesnt care about technological advancement"

Capitalists dont get excited about technology they are excited about the profits that technology brings. The main group of people that are truly excited about the advancement technology can bring human well being and its capacity to remove or reduce certain difficult tasks are socialists

america moment: in my area last year we had *one* murder. there were *five* people killed by cars biggest concern in giant local facebook group? the speed of ebikes and scooters, which have so far caused 0 injuries or collisions.

new voting machines

i need you guys to understand there is a reason why someone like me, who has been obsessed with politics since the 90s and was working on campaigns in the 2010s, had never heard of cenk u, ana k, or TYT until like 2021 (the reason is theyve always largely stunk and lacked impact)

DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

every leftist i know is very excited about technology but unfortunately they want tech that improves society and makes people's lives easier and that's harder for wealthy prdophiles to build a trillion dollar industry bubble around

at least we never have to hear people argue that wildly accessible guns are essential to resisting the rise of fascism and an authoritarian government, right?

its a silly argument on its own when people try to compare mass shootings to mass stabbings in other places, but even more silly when you consider how many of our shooters are nazis and incels from the 4chanverse - they physically could not chase and stab lots of people

word is, hogs everywhere are re-discovering the terrifying reality that yes, they can be punched in the face

You can really tell how anxious liberals are about socialist activism just by noticing how many of them are repeating this utterly fabricated detail that the arsonist is a "No Kings winemom"

And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise

i think my favorite part of the westeros justice system is trial by combat bc it seems to cause significant political and societal chaos every time its used but it remains accessible as an option to seemingly anyone for virtually any charge

Telling people to vote for Newsom on Bluesky in February of 2026 feels like posting on Facebook that they can’t use your likeness or content

on the one hand i get it bc capitalist society, but on the other im still a little surprised how easily and rapidly gambling on everything all the time became totally normalized.

2005 (2024 $'s) med hshld inc: 75k pov rate: 13% top 1% wealth: $14.95 T 2024 med hshld inc: 82k (+10%) pov rate: 12% (-1%) top 1% wealth: $49.84 T (+233%) chartbros: "i dont see why this would make anyone mad"

guys no you dont get it guys please. people do not buy generally the same food with any sort of regularity, thats why 90% of what a grocery store carries will vary wildly and unpredictably on a monthly basis. guys trust me

protip: if someone claims they are discussing a broad concerning phenomenon, but over several years they hyperfocus on the least clear cut and least compelling possible example over and over and over, they arent actually trying to discuss the broader phenomenon.

i think white privilege is less whatever you said and more loving when puerto ricans sing and dance for you while declaring the puerto rican congresswoman a white lady benefiting from secret racists

a thing that is even more annoying about this to me, though self inflicted, is that i have been dealing with this type of person online for *over 20 years* and they all use identical rhetoric while all thinking they are the first person to do so and brilliant for inventing it

my headcanon is that as anime popularity skyrocketed in the US in the 2010s, US studios were impressed by the idea of taking egregious amounts of time to make media while ALSO underpaying and overworking those who make the media, and covid was convenient cover to normalize that

The fact this is even an argument is hilarious. Uhhhh prices are fine and everything is fine but rich fascists have taken over the government and I see no reason to challenge our economic system in spite of that. Ok

isnt this the premise of the LD&R episode just without the cat

revisiting the Brown Hoodie Hero, 2 things stick in my mind: 1. younger nazis dont realize how much closer that is to normal than where we have been for 10yrs, and are in for a very rough time 2. kid has a better intuitive understanding of correct response to fascists than every elected in USA

a game as weird as mewgenics has no right to be this addictive

I still havent actually run across any khivers or Newsome deadenders face to face IRL and im not sure they actually exist

it’s above 40 degrees in february and so I am unfortunately spring-pilled. I’ve got the windows open and I’m thinking about clearing off the grill. I am confident this heatwave will continue forever and I will not have my heart broken by another 48 inches of snow in march

Scrubs reboot plz save us

I think what has been extra annoying about AI discourse is everyone who says things like this also believes that chatgpt has achieved consciousness and the ability to think and feel

All of news media now is just babies having keys jangled in front of them

amazing how yet another round of "you have to promise you'll vote for the shitbag years in advance" reveals itself to have nothing to do with strategy and pragmatics and everything to do with "i am scared and anxious and everyone on the internet needs to promise me everything will turn out alright"

I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.

I bet this hits so hard if youre stupid

Bit of a flaw in demanding students have workplace ready skills like communication, analysis, creativity, and then telling them gen-AI use for planning, research, written expression, are all permissible. Like how the fuck will they learn to do these things themselves if they don’t have to???

I don't see anything