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Wertheimer [any]

@ Wertheimer @hexbear.net

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  • My cousin claims to be a servant of chaos undivided but is far more dedicated to Slannesh than Grandfather Nurgle, should I cut them out of my life?

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  • They wrote that one after arguing in the comments of the first one

  • My cousin claims to be a servant of chaos undivided but is far more dedicated to Slannesh than Grandfather Nurgle, should I cut them out of my life?

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  • WE ARE SO BACK

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  • Is there a Gavin Newsom Veto Excuse generator?

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    Bulletins and News Discussion from October 14th to October 20th, 2024 - Paper Tigers

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  • Went searching for more information about the DoD directive that @nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net posted about the other day and came across this:

    Rumors rapidly spreading about reissued Department of Defense Directive 5240.01

    So look forward to new talking points from "well, actually

    " columnists telling us that the directive doesn't mean what it says?

    In part, these rumors’ spread may be the result of a data void — a situation where there is no reliable information available about a particular topic in search results or social media platforms. At this time, there are no published fact-checks of any of the core allegations or any official statements addressing the rumors. This absence of information has allowed influencers on social media, right-wing media outlets, and conspiracy theory-focused blogs to fill the void with conspiratorial frames about the document’s intent and implications for the election.

    The multi-platform and multi-partisan spread, increased engagement by political influencers, and integration into broader conversations speculating about political violence around the upcoming election signal that these rumors will be important to watch — and potentially address with fact checks and explanations — in the coming days and weeks.

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  • the last time i ate inside a fast food place

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  • Many years ago, at an airport, I saw a guy come out of a bathroom stall and go to the sinks - where he had left his half-eaten sandwich. He left without washing his hands. This was in Akron and it is the only thing I can think of whenever anyone mentions the state of Ohio.

  • Finally got to the point where I cannot talk openly to my lib friends anymore.

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  • This, this, one thousand times this. We learned that most jobs are inessential! And then we gave the "essential workers" a new honorific, but not sick days!

    In my neighborhood someone had a sign that said "Instead of 'back to normal,' shouldn't we try for something better?" But then all the hogs brayed and insisted that things get worse. And so they did.

  • Finally got to the point where I cannot talk openly to my lib friends anymore.

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  • There were two good weeks or so where it looked like it was going to be possible. Major outlets were running articles with headlines like "It's weird how much of our lives was actually bullshit" and realizing that commuting to work is optional, etc. Then the reaction set in.

    Are there any good books yet about the reactionary turn under Covid / after the George Floyd uprising?

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  • Elon Musk could be doing all of it himself, couldn't he?

  • Just to be clear; we totally weren't scared of him and he totally died like a coward.

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  • Yahya Sinwar's body lies a-moulderin' in the grave. His soul is marching on.

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  • They will condemn the scourge that is "political violence"

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  • A portrait of Alexei Navalny is on the cover of the New Yorker this week. Incredible.

  • Finally got to the point where I cannot talk openly to my lib friends anymore.

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  • Whenever any of them tell me to "grow up" I can't help but think of the Dead Kennedys line: "I'd rather stay a child and keep my self-respect if being an adult means being like you."

  • Make it quick

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  • Finally got to the point where I cannot talk openly to my lib friends anymore.

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  • Related - how can we possibly be less "moralistic" when it's a moral question of such magnitude as "should people support genocide"?

  • Finally got to the point where I cannot talk openly to my lib friends anymore.

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  • More and more it is ending up in a circular argument where I am painted as unrealistic and my rhetoric (leftist rhetoric) is doing more harm than good because it promotes distrust in the only system we have to work with.

    Noticing genocide is more socially unacceptable than committing it. Also, even recognizing a system is dehumanizing, don'tchaknow.

    Thanks for reading my rant. It's probably a bit disjointed, but the frustration is boiling over and I needed to vent to the only group of people that seems to understand the hopelessness of being a disenfranchised leftist.

    Right there with you. It's lonely enough already without having to worry about losing friends, and it hardly feels like I'm doing everything I can to fight back against the genociders when I can't even talk about it with my loved ones or get them on the right side.

  • I filled out my form for a mail in ballot I'm voting democrat.

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  • After the next election cycle my "not voting for the Democrats" will be old enough to vote

  • accidentally told my therapist about hexbear

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  • Not if a bunch of us say that that's a wild coincidence, because we accidentally told our therapists about Hexbear today, too.