Oh, you means liberals did something instead of nothing, and then it wasn’t perfect, so conservatives absolutely lost their goddamn minds, only to realize hey maybe we should do something, now let’s address the things the liberals wanted to address in the FIRST FUCKING PLACE?
Is that what you mean?
To be fair, this community is fairly ripe for the humble-brag which is very cliche and is reasonable for members to be sensitive to.
Everyone down voting a story about alligators ripping a.dude apart in front of his family by a person called Lost_My_Mind. What is the fediverse coming to?
To answer the title question: they start looking for something serious with someone.
“I am not looking for anything serious.”
You refuse to address the “arbitrary” and “dire consequences” parts of my arguments by pointing at hypothetical religions. I will not respond to that.
To teach someone that they must follow arbitrary rules with dire consequences for failure is unethical.
You can decide what that means for religions.
All major world religions with many followers have arbitrary rules and dire spirital, and often physical, consequences for breaking them.
I am not here to argue specifics on religions.
I don’t think I could be more clear about why I believe teaching anyone religion as fact is unethical.
Teaching anyone that they must be judged by arbitrary, unprovable rules or face dire consequences is unethical.
You are like a younger me who refused to see the 10,000 year history of abuse and realize that any system based on “because I told you so” us unethical and harmful to human life.
It is also important to remember that religions are human organizational structures, but their basis of authority is “because I said so.” We see this structure arise over and over until it is eventually removed for something more based in reality.
The history books are full of religions’ heinous crimes against humanity. Maybe there is some religion out there that is purely benevolent but I have never heard of it in the sea of counterexamples.
If you are currently trapped in a religion, I am here to tell you that you can escape. Once you do, a lot becomes much more clear.
This would be true if religion were not so often used to suppress and hurt people.
You’re confusing weather with climate in your comparison.
Read everything you wrote again but realize you’re talking about the wealthiest dude in the world who was hawking his own shit and this was the result.
He literally has more resources at his disposal than any other human and this is what he produces, I guess as marketing?
What the fuck is going on?
I ran a BBS back when the computers had to screech at each other and I always described the feeling of the rise of the internet as “moving from a small town to the big city.”
I very much appreciate this analogy.
Business people making business decisions. 🤷♂️
You can solve our issues with investment, like Democrats do. Our economy does better under Democrats than Republicans.
Republicans seem to think this is how things work and that may explain the consistent economic downturns you see under most Republican admin’s.
Until the American people figure this out, things will suck.
Democrats may not be your cup of tea, but it’s undeniable the country does better when Republicans are not in charge over the past century or so.
We forgot we could regulate capitalism like we did 100 years go. Let’s make taxes great again. Then take that money and pour it into education. If the states really want to control that, fine, that’s a compromise that can probably still end up working out in the end.
Conservatives don’t care what’s true, they govern off vibes.
Well, here is a perfect vibe check: y’all feel like most people you know are financially all set? Not worried about work or a sudden medical expense? How’s it feeling out there?
Does it feel like Trump and his billionaire boys club are helping you?
Let.me know which bit I got wrong such that I should enhance my chill.