Bracing for “Wait, I didn’t think you meant me?!?!?”

This is recent history, not all history, and FYI it is a meme not a scientific study.

I’m not arguing what the actual issue is, just how they consider the issue.

I think the only thing you can do is remind her to be careful with her heart, and be really honest with herself about what she wants. I.e. Does she want him, or her, or does she want them both because there is twice the potential to be hurt when there are twice the number of partners.

Anything more than that will risk alienation.

I think the question they ask is more like “why are people voting for the other side?” …leading to “we need to be more like them”

“I need to do a rectal exam now”

Anything which drives nails into the xitter coffin is a good thing as far as I’m concerned. Bluesky may not tick many people’s boxes here on lemmy, but this migration shows that lots of people wanted to leave xitter but didn’t see an option. Threads clearly didn’t attract them, likely due to the owner. I hope it nothing else, Bluesky is a less toxic place and xitter and musk become less relevant. In the long run Bluesky may end up being another head of the hydra , but for now, it’s not, and it may get people used to the idea of federation.

To me the cool kids were generally the ones not doing very well in school so they would try to make it seem like their choice and adopt an “I don’t give a shit” rebellious attitude. They don’t follow the rules, that’s why their grades are bad, not because they don’t have the intelligence. (in their mind).

They would continue to do average or even worse but they would get the admiration of other kids for seeming to have confidence and control and rebelling against the establishment (teachers).

Of course not every one admired that type of behaviour, but the attitude of not caring about the rules is exactly what Donald Trump does. I think most of his life he has been pretty average at what he does, but he was good at self promotion. A skill he probably learned in the playground when he was struggling with school.

In this sense Trump is a “cool kid”. He is just a rare example of the cool kid succeeding enough to become famous.

And for what it’s worth, I don’t think being one of the cool kids is something to brag about once school was over. In fact it generally becomes the opposite at that point. American TV often painted the cool kids as the most capable and popular in every way, but that is fantasy.

Musk on the other hand was not a cool kid, but he desperately wants to be one. He must have some issues from school when he was likely shunned by them or bullied and he is trying to make up for it. Explains a lot of his recent actions actually.

Democrats: “Moving right a little didn’t work this time. Next time let’s try moving a little more to the right.”

Why do people insist on saying “The American experiment”??

Where are all the passionate leftist politicians.

“We will fix the roads”

“We will find public services better like the police, fire departments and medicare so you never have to worry if help is coming in your hour of need”

“We will ensure everyone has access to healthcare whether rich or poor, insured or not so you never need to worry about losing your job and your health cover at the same time.”

“We will invest in public transport to better connect our rural communities to make it easier to get well paying jobs even if you don’t live in metropolis”

"we will invest in green energy and transport and retrain workers from the fossil fuel industry to improve the quality of the air you breathe, without putting coal and oil workers out in the cold“

“We will pay for this by taxing corporations who have for too long got away with paying lower tax rates than you, all while making record profits and creating billionaires like Bezos and Musk who use their immense power to convince you that what is good for you is actually bad for you.”

Vote for Trump, defeat demons.

Pick one

I would have thought if Hunt is adamant there is no black hole that he would support the OBR in vindicating him. He only seeks to hide this because there must be a black hole. The only other explanation is that the OBR has taken sides against him, but that would seem unlikely in such a short time since Labour took office. More likely the conservatives were suppressing the OBR when in office.

P.s. Isn’t that the OBR’s job anyway?

Conspiracy theorists are not about the actual theories. They are about being special. They are smart and figured out monkeys have been influencing the course of human politics since the roman empire. *They * are the only ones who “get it” that bic biro pens have finger print scanners the CIA uses to locate disobedient citizens.

As soon as it becomes confirmed, they are no longer special, because everyone “gets it”.

When they say “wake up sheeple”, they wouldn’t know what to do if you “woke up”.

Then there are tens of millions of people who cannot complain about what happens next. Death of democracy in the USA ? “Well I didn’t vote for them” Wife/mother/sister/cousin/friend died due to pregnancy related complications? “well I didn’t vote for them” Etc.etc.

There is never a party you 100% agree with. If there is then you are probably guilty of blindly following. Your job as a voter is to express your opinion whether by writing to your representative, protesting or simply voting. Then hold them to account when they don’t follow through or do something you don’t like.

Don’t let them tell you what you want. Tell them what you want.

“Let me tell you why I claim to support trump.”

The real reasons would never be spoken aloud.

And therein lies the crux of the matter. People like him know they can get away with it because good people will do good things and allow him to make his stand without suffering any consequences for it. I’m not really suggesting those voters should suffer the consequences of his actions , but he certainly wouldn’t be in office long if they did

It’s called having your cake and eating it too.

He gets to claim he is against government spending but also protects his voters with relief money and he can vote against the funding because he knows it will very likely pass. If there is no disaster he can claim to be fiscally responsible, and if there is one, he can say that the voters wanted it so they should get it.

I say funds like this should be assigned according to a priority based on these votes. His district would get the scraps and leftovers if anything and they could squarely blame him for it. It would stop these guys paying politics with things that directly impact their voters lives or get voted out.

Ok so I apologise for my earlier snarky reaction but I felt zahille7’s response was somewhat condescending. Particularly since it is terminology recognised by three major English dictionaries, one of which is widely regarded as the leading authority on the English language… https://www.oed.com/dictionary/inverted-comma_n?tl=true https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/inverted-commas https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/inverted-commas

… So just because you have never heard of something, doesn’t give you licence to be rude to someone or talk down to them as if they are stupid for their choice of phrasing. Or maybe it just means you aren’t British…