TBF though, the Slop Posting isn’t comparable at all. Slop is actual negative value given form.

Imagine the USA getting kicked out of the Olympics.

Not even the fucking Nazis got kicked out of the Olympics.

I don’t think Russia has ever not killed civilians in other countries, for like its entire existence.

There were some US dupes who fell for the same shtick at one point as well.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/american-family-moved-russia-seeking-better-life-got-drawn-war-ukraine-rcna220463

I’m sure it takes a village, but Xi is an elite autocrat. There is no shadow government picking him, he is the one who picks.

I know X sucks but my instance takes forever to upload an image and therefor I have to ask you to click the link on that article to the NRA statement. https://x.com/NRA/status/2015224606680826205

It blames Tim Walz for inciting radical extremist violence.

A fun mental exercise is, as a scifi hypothetical, if the Chinese found a way to make video playback force the watcher to kill their friends and family, they totally would.

Not the lobby, no. Some 2nd Amendment fans in the public, but in contrast the NRA have already issued statements in support of Donald Trump’s gestapo murdering people in the street over concealed carry.

I struggle to see it. It’s the same group of people that allowed Xi Jinping to become president for life in the first place. They’ve all been reaping the rewards of recent conquests, and even though they’ve continued the trend of cruelty this time they haven’t lost any global market shares.

The only thing that could convince me that his rule is actually at risk is a boatload of evidence that somebody in the party had adequate ability and desire to completely replace him OR internal documents showing that officials were afraid of the administration heavily pushing toward WWIII with their support of Russia and Iran as well as their psyops throughout the west, namely TikTok.

If Maga were either pragmatic or effective they would not need to constantly purge.

Lol, looks like Xi’s entered his paranoia phase just like Stalin did. Good stuff.

First of all, isolate the USA until things improve as well. That’s not a defence of China, you just did a whataboutism.

Second, the USA is not occupying anyone and China is occupying multiple neighbors while stoking hostility with Taiwan, India, and the Phillipines. China is enabling the war in Ukraine and arming and funding North Korea and Iran as well as millitant groups in Pakistan who have a history of attacks on neighboring nations. China literally supported and endorsed Donald Trump and took many actions to enable his second term including vetoing a gaza ceasefire under Biden and promoting and thanking Trump using their TikTok psyop.

China is the worse version of the USA. China is what the USA would become if we never remove the fascists.

China needs tp be further isolated until they start respecting human rights and stop being militaristic expansionists.

Aiding China now is just wishing for war later.

Startups should Shut Up, if OpenAI announced it’s about to go bankrupt why should we believe any of them should get special treatment to someday in the far future make profit?

Gamers have definitely been boycotting games, lately. It just doesn’t seem to impact live service games as much because of the Whale economy.

Fighting DRM is cool but what really pisses me off is Rootkit Games. There are A LOT more than there used to be.

This is why he spoiler spoiler right before the start of Silent Hill 2.

True, but a lot of Aristocracies didn’t pivot to oil immediately either, and look how that turned out for them when the world wars started.

So the thing about solar and electronic grade silicon is…

it’s made from dirt. You don’t even have to dig for it. Quartz is high yield, but it’s present in Sand, Silt, and Clay and makes up about 28% of mineral soil in the earth’s crust. You crush it, weight separate it, melt it down, crush it, weight separate it, melt it down again, and finally crystalize it using a crystal seeding method.

That’s not what a “shower thoughts” is

EDIT: To clarify, a Shower Thought is a random and inconsequential thought you have while relaxed and not focusing on any particular task. Example: “What if people who like green see green differently than I do?” or “Is the aversion to a color like red or yellow instinctual or is it learned behavior?” or perhaps even “Would the IRS travel to Afghanistan over tax evasion? What would they wear?”