I would love to be able to buy directly from suppliers instead of being forced to shop at Walmart or Target (or Amazon).

The best part of this feature is that it’s clearly a result of iterative design. So engineers were trying to solve constipation, and someone with a PhD was like “Well, you know what works for me…”

Wait until you read about theological noncognitivism and you start questioning the questions.

The finger cot is there because zero G and dehydration commonly result in constipation.

Conservativism is a lie people tell themselves when they want to justify being selfish. There are no fundamentally conservative ideological positions or priorities. The way it works is the Conservative defines the Self, meaning who am I and who are my people, and then the Conservative decides which policies and positions are good for the Self.

The Self is good. Anything the Self wants is good because the Self wants it. Anything the Self does is good because the Self did it. Anyone who wants to stop the Self from having or doing anything they want is bad, and they are the Other. The Other might want the same rights or privileges as the Self, but when the Other wants something, it is bad. The Other might do the exact same thing as the Self, but when the Other does it, it is bad because the Other did it. This is not hypocrisy to a Conservative, because the desires and actions are not being judged, only the people.

If the status quo is good for the Self, then that is something that should not change because tradition. If the status quo is not good for the Self, then it must change, eother back to the way it was when the Self benefitted because tradition, or to a new normal because obviously.

This means that when a Consevative is directly affected by a policy in a new way, they may change their position. Either they redefine the self to include or exclude the problematic individuals, or they flipflop on which traditions are important. They can do this without a hint of self-awareness or growth as a person because the positions are not important. The identity as a member of the Self is what makes them righteous, and if they discover a flaw in their beliefs, they will admit only to being temporarily mistaken or possibly led astray.

Don’t mistake this adaptation for growth as a person.

Recognizing that you shot yourself in the foot is not the same as realizing you probably shouldn’t own a gun.

I wasn’t commenting on the relative merits of the UK vs the US, but rather the nebulous distinction between international conglomerations that exist to satisfy regulatory requirements. But I can see how that wasn’t clear at all.

I’m hoping we get an Iron Lad variant for Armor Wars. It would be a neat twist if you had a Kang variant wearing futuristic Stark armor facing off against a Stark variant that became Doom. They’re obviously building towards a Young Avengers movie, anyway.

Huh, I thought Sensodyne was an American company, but GSK spun it off with Haleon in 2022 to become a UK company.

I’d argue that doesn’t make it much better, but if you have sensitive teeth, you do what you gotta do.

Let me save you some time. He definitely did.

Exactly. That’s why you don’t abduct and intern people without cause. Including citizens.

Nobody deserves to be in a concentration camp.

Why the fuck are you updating software on a soundbar? You plug the audio cable into the TV or video device, and the audio goes to the speakers. Why are we making this more complicated than it needs to be?

No you don’t. You need to prove everyone who was sent to a concentration camp received due process, which they absolutely did not receive because we don’t even have a list of everyone abducted and rendered by ICE.

Nazis. Democrats should be more open to Nazis. Fuck off, Nazi scum.

I never got my check from the last one.

We keep hoping that Conservatives are going to suddenly realize how stupid they have been, when history has proven time and again that Conservatives will simply blame some out-group and become violent. They’re not going to turn on Trump and learn anything. They are going to start burning down bilingual daycares and hospitals that aren’t owned by churches or some other boomer shit.

I don’t expect to receive Social Security, but I don’t want to see people who need it now lose it, because my politics is not about hurting people who disagree with me. Vengeance is not justice, and schadenfreude is not informative.

Sir, this isn’t a Wendy’s.

Because the US government is looking for advice on buying European eggs.

Elizabeth Warren talks a big game, but she shrivels under pressure. I’d love her if she were half the person she claims to be.

Donau­dampfschiffahrts­elektrizitäten­haupt­betriebs­werkbau­unterbeamten­gesellschaft.

The Association for Subordinate Officials of the Head Office Management of the Danube Steamboat Electrical Services.

German is on another level when it comes to compound words.