that is exactly why the Dems had nothing to lose. you are not winning over MAGA folks. who cares? they are not the group a symbolic appeal of impeachment would work for. the Dems should’ve taken the risk to demonstrate solidarity but they can’t be fucked to do anything even remotely suggestive they are working for their constituents.

there’s no willingness at all, it’s code. it is merely possible to be done with how we have it programmed. these bots are not sentient, intelligent, aware, or making decisions requiring thought. they are sophisticated learning machines and i am becoming increasingly more worried with how many people are treating them like gods or conscious beings.

the CDC is a captured entity. they are completely compromised and should not be listened to. default to the WHO instead. there’s no regulatory capture there.

Trump’s getting closer to being able to launch the nuke he wanted to in his first presidency. How exciting for him.

you can come in whoever you want

i am being sincere, yes. i often try to face when i am wrong to determine why i acted the way i did. i’m glad you find it difficult to wrap your head around. that means you haven’t lived through what i have. nobody should. without going into much detail, i was bullied out of high school when my life was threatened. that’s the kind of place i grew up in.

i am fighting several demons still but thank you for your kind words.

that is a fair point. it’s a sore subject for me, unfortunately. i may not have approached the topic in the right head space having grown up experiencing shame for simply being attracted to the same gender. i’d watch couples smile and laugh together and say, “we’re trying for a baby,” clearly implying what i was describing, and the room just reacting positively and encouragingly. you see that over and over and you can’t help but develop a negative connection to the phrase. what you said is of course true. i don’t react with disgust towards anyone, so at least i’m not making my discomfort known, but you’ve given me something to mull over and try to correct. sometimes you forget that you aren’t being attacked anymore when it’s all you’ve been used to.

what the fuck else would that statement imply

this is merely an act to show his intolerance of LGBT+ issues. it has nothing to do with “all help seekers” or anything else he may claim. we are being told our youth do not matter. they are not worth investing in and their problems do not deserve federal support.

what are you talking about? tell me what “trying for a baby” means if not having PIV sex lol. hey buddy, you don’t know how it is to be gay in the workplace, so maybe don’t tell me what i should or shouldn’t do when my livelihood is on the line. think about your privilege here and who you are talking to. my point was this: people can make statements that IMPLY they are having sex with each other but i can’t be assured my statement of merely cuddling with my boyfriend won’t get me harassed or made to feel othered.

here’s the thing i don’t know if many consider: being able to announce to an entire room full of strangers that you are having unprotected penetrative vaginal sex for the purpose of procreation is a unique experience only straight people are allowed to have. if i, as a gay person, merely make mention of my same-sex love life it may be seen as me “shoving it in everyone’s faces” or “inappropriate,” because the sex i have is pointless and therefore not worthy of the same kind of social acknowledgment. it’s frustrating to hear straight people say shit like “yeah we’re trying for a baby” because all i want to do is tell people i’m going to spend the weekend cuddled up with my boyfriend and i often can’t.

anything with John C Reilly is automatically great, and since the song is already great itself this is extra great.

honestly, it reads more like the man with the rifle pointed into a crowd and started advancing towards them. literally protecting others is not larper behavior. a larper would incorrectly identify the time and place, but it’s not as though the shooting here was unjustified; an immediate threat to multiple lives was present. now, should the peacekeeper be the one to hold a gun? it doesn’t seem like it. i am confused as to why they are not being pursued for charges but whatever, the system doesn’t make sense to me anyway.