U S perspective here.

I keep remembering that oath our armed forces repeat so much: “… To defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”

What in the flippin’ hell do these bastards gotta do to be considered “domestic enemies”‽

Because apparently directly provoking all our neighbors to attack us out of self defense, or allying with friggin’ Putin, along with a million other treasons, aren’t qualifying enough? Who over there is gonna actually protect and defend the Constitution and the People of the United States of America?!

Because dammit we haven’t lived this frickin long, through countless crises and bullshit, just to get shot or bombed by a Canadian we should’ve been sharing pancakes and beer with!!!

FULFILL THAT OATH YOU LIKE TO RECITE SO MUCH. OR COUNTLESS INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE OVER ORANGE CALIGULA’S EGO.

The way these “theories” are thrown around these days with such an air of legitimacy is truly terrifying.

This absolute miracle of communication at our fingertips, and it’s 99% noise, dangerous noise, vying to worm its way into whatever cracks in the human psyche it can find. At the least harmful, it’s persuading ads. And on the other end, people are flying out to go join ISIS or Ruzzia because they got algorithmed into a Facebook group or absorbed enough TikTok radiation.

I miss when the internet “wasn’t real life.”

Not sure about your upbringing, but I know I also didn’t really have the means to do anything truly stupid.

Where’d this kid get the resources to go globe-trotting to a freaking war-embattled fascist state? That’s what blows my mind. Someone responsible for him was complicit in his self destruction.

Either extremely impressionable, or maybe had his account handed over after he was pulled off the street and conscripted into a ruzzian meat wave.

Either way, tragic waste of human life, being anywhere near involvement with their military.

Wait til 'e hears about NASA. 🫢

Have you had that lovely experience where some giant camera overhead shows you it’s recording your face on the screen as some kind of deterrent?

That deterred me alright. From shopping there.

Man I always hear such good things about Aldi. They started building one near us and I got excited. I was gonna see what the job situation was like because I heard they were kinda based.

Nah. It’s reportedly a Taylorist hamster wheel. Unrealistic productivity metrics that, if you really bust your butt, are rewarded with tighter metrics. Sucks, man.

Not sure if convention DM or just has REALLY understanding friends. :D

Absolutely ungovernable!

Hey, that’s pretty rad! Way to go! Exciting to see a new system monitor show up! :)

> Be me. 
> Report a story about  other religious groups having hot takes on the Pope dying. 
> F to pay respects :(
> Feelsbadman.jpeg
> Randos are all over it. Apparently they didn't like the guy.
> They're mad a guy from a different religion was humane about it and not trying to start a holy war. 
> They're throwing around words like "crusader" hoping for another holy war because they're bored and missed the first one.
> And I get paid to post their stupid meaningless opinions.
> AwShitHereWeGoAgain.png

Mueh-heh-heeeh…(Click)…(rubs hands together while it loads)

victims of society

Yeah, they have no idea what this means but they seem to REALLY want to find out.

Thank you. Every single time I read a comment like this, I don’t feel so alone. You get it.

I’m a Christian anarchist myself. There are lots of us scattered believers out there of many philosophies, even in the U.S, who understand that Jesus is love and He is for everyone, and we are called to love even our enemies.

Sadly, it’s harder to find us. We don’t have wealthy benefactors and think-tanks and politicians and mega-stadium churches, where sermons are more akin to conservative feel-good self-help seminars than Bible study.

The Gospel of Christ has been warped and co-opted by the rich and powerful to make them feel good about themselves, and to lure the masses to want to be like them, instead of like Jesus. They want Bibles closed and wallets open.

It’s one of the most ongoing and successful false flag operations in history: The americhristian cult has done so much damage. Indeed, how can one worship Jesus and money? Or a flag?

But we’re still out there trying to just be the best people we can. I appreciate it when people of any belief acknowledge the existence of flawed-but-trying Christians who will gladly ally with you to the death against this cult of hatred and lies.

I always thought of the repeated “Lord” almost to be like, a mocking repetition of those who come running to you for advice or wisdom and then disregard it entirely when you don’t instantly solve all their problems.

Like “Oh yeah sure, you kids come running ‘Dad, dad!’ when you want something, but where are you when I need help in the garage?”

But there could be other interesting explanations. Never really thought of that!

Suddenly tempted to send the image without context to a random phone contact. Just to make their day weird. :D

I see what you mean. Science is a fantastic tool but when leaders just wave it around with vague claims that “experts have done studies that agreed with me.” . . . It always spells trouble.