It’s a reference to a silly story where the lesson is to not be a judgemental shithead just because someone else fucked up.

Yeah it’s the bible. I don’t care if God is real or not, nor your opinion on it. I also use references from the writings of Vonnegutt, the music Dolly Parton, and 90s anime.

Because you can get moral lessons from fiction. We do it all the time. My reference isn’t even that deep. But somehow the ten word literary cudgel I bludgeoned you with still didn’t make the point. It’s a cautionary statement.

You are acting like the crowd of shitheals that wanted to stone a woman to death, just like in the biblical story. That’s not a good look nor is it a good indication of your ‘moral compass’. Sorry I thought you could infer that from my one sentence quote from a very well distributed piece of literature.

It’s funny. That story I referenced is describing exactly your sentiment.

Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.

I vented on a local Facebook group when that happened. Saying that the continued police abuse of the emergency alert system would quickly cause the alerts to mean nothing. I frequently also got amber alerts for the opposite end of the state, well over twelve hours away.

To say that my concern was an unpopular opinion would be a massive understatement. People were downright hostile. A lot of locals could never fathom that what I was saying was true. And they used all the four letter words to tell me so. A sheriff’s deputy called me a godless cop hater and a disgusting person.

Fortunately that particular cop is unemployed for abusing his power and some domestic abuse allegations. Oh and trying to fight his neighbor while in uniform.

And and I’m still right. They abused the alert system so much it is useless. And children and the elderly and innocent paid that price with their lives.

If the usa turned inward on itself any more it would become a black hole.

I’m no fan of dhs. But on a national scale. On a world scale, This is insane and dangerous. It’s mind blowing how badly our government is behaving and the short sightedness of it all. Multiple countries at war or on the verge of war. Elimination of usaid and most foreign aid. Intelligence organizations decimated by layoffs and budget cuts. Internal conflicts rising and dissent growing. A paramility forming that can ignore our internal rules and arrest people on a whim…

This is what happens when the people in charge have no idea what they are doing.

This will take decades to sort out. Maybe more. And we have years more of exactly this sort of behavior.

The American empire is falling. Torn apart from the inside by greedy madmen.

As an American, I can’t say I’m thrilled about it. But God damn it is happening quickly.

I’m a dairy farmer. A lot of my friends and associates are too. Our community is built on immigrant labor.

This is wrecking shit. The paranoia is at levels you cant imagine. The workers are scared. The owners are scared. Regardless of income level or status, everyone is stressed to say the least.

The only consolation I have had was, just this past weekend, I got to look at my neighbor who was stressing and venting about what he will do when ice shows up. And I looked this man dead in the eyes and told him “you got exactly what you voted for, and exactly what you supported”

And he looked at me and agreed. “Yeah, you are right” he was defeated. To say that to me is an acknowledgement of absolute defeat.

It’s funny It sounds nice to think “I warned you”. That smug superiority sounds good in your mind. It’s vindication. It’s another thing entirely to watch you community terrified to move because they collectively fucked up. Vindication doesn’t help the people kidnapped from your community. The destruction of generations of work and mutual cooperation.

What a fucking shitty consolation prize.

See. I see this as the ceo version of “market research”. It could bring something better.

Tbh, maybe it’s because I just watched ‘Ford vs Ferrari’, but imo I would want the higher ups to acknowledge they are fucking up and then change it.

23:20. To be clear.

Off by a chapter.

It’s a computer program. It doesn’t love you. Not like you want it to.

It would statistically make the housing crisis better through dilution. Just saying…

A real life hydro homie

I mean, one of them is bound to be right eventually…

I was going to say the same. This is not new news. This was revealed decades ago as a way to predict big moves in the Pentagon. Hell, I would be surprised if there wasnt already a tracker website that email blasts upticks in pizza orders. And if there isn’t, someone get on it.

I own a dairy. We pay a fare wage. I’ve never had a white guy last longer than a week. Jobs for immigrants, legal or not, are important to my community, my local economy, and our nation as a whole. Historically, this sort of thing is old hat.

I’m constantly torn listening to the comments and replies on Lemmy that are spot on, but also have no context to how anything actually works.

My " no kings" truck window paint today drew some ire from the locals, but I’ll stand by my employees and friends. It maybe helps that I’ve also been driving around for years with a “Ted Cruz ate my son” and a local NPR sticker as well. They know not to talk politics at the bar with me anymore. But damn it if I’m not trying in my own way.

All in all, we may be staring to make some headway on this immigration/ice thing. But it’s not happening fast enough. It never should have gotten this bad to begin with.

This brings me joy.

Nothing is better than getting under his skin.

Oh the story of Israel’s nonsense over the past 60 plus years is so messed up. I made the comparison in jest, but it’s crazy.

They really are the worst ride or die ally of all time. And the geopolitical math hasn’t made any sense since the cold war ended. Unless you have a secret religious need for the end of days.

Ever heard the saying, “spare the rod, spoil the child”?

This is what happens. Your kid turns into a fuckin bully that punches above his weight because his dad is a cop and no one wants to stand up to him.

And now he’s brought a Glock to school.

Yeah I’m the idiot for not believing I can outlast a United States government spending spree.

Have you seen all the wars we’ve been in the last 25 years? Have you seen our defence budget? Our janitorial budget? Our paper clip budget? Fucking hell. For all the financial suffering you are willing to “suffer through”, most goes to corporations. Not the government.

You aren’t even a rounding error in the feds books. To do that would make you a multimillionaire.

And the people around you? Yeah good luck. Just a fraction of a percent under fifty percent, believe it or not, they voted for this shit. They have been playing the ‘financial suffering for the greater good’ card since the tariffs started. And they are better organized and propogandized. Trust me, I’ve heard it a lot. And they even have hats!

Let’s try to come up with some better reasoning before you think your personal morals and convictions can outlast the united states ability to throw money at literally everything…

Clearly you don’t understand how taxation works. Or what a Deficit is. This is literally the same logic the right is using to justify tariffs and mass deportations.

“We will just make the government waste our money until they can’t handle it anymore!” As if we haven’t been doing that for decades already.

What a silly take on all this. Zero thought.

I mean… Mars is cool in principal. its still easier to fix our world than to ever terraform another. It’s a very silly idea. But kinda like the moon. Little steps.

Still. I want Mars to happen. just not this way. So I guess I’m ok with it?