john

we're probably approaching a societal wall that is unfathomable.

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[john @AfterTheReset]

I've never understood why the answer to this question even matters.

[Natism @his4Everz]

Do you think we’re living in a simulation?

[Trust Fund Terry @trustfundterry]

"I bet your fish head wife doesn't have cans like this."

[john @AfterTheReset]

@greg_price11 She doesn't seem that intelligent.

[john @AfterTheReset]

@DonaldSukiBubba @RepRashida Hadn't heard about this! It would be insane if that defense ends up working in court. I doubt that will be the case, but definitely going to watch Cole's case closely now.

[john @AfterTheReset]

I understand that sentiment. But some of the people sentenced here weren't involved in the planning, left when police told them to, and were sentenced to 30 years for that?

I'm not saying they weren't violating noise ordinances, didn't commit vandalism, or that their cause was righteous. I'm just saying 30 years is just a guaranteed embarrassment on appeal or when the next Democrat is president.

[john @AfterTheReset]

If you ask the conspiratorial side of me, I would say it's just grounds for sowing more division and unrest in the country. With Trump pardoning January 6 rioters who were over-sentenced to a lesser degree, and this clear over-sentencing with no mercy, I don't see how a Democrat president doesn't pardon them and cause more animosity.

Whether it's deliberate or not, I'm unsure. I'm also not sure that it matters.

[john @AfterTheReset]

@EndWokeness It will be interesting to see how this woman conducts herself in congress. From the few interviews I've seen of her, she seems to never answer questions in good faith.

[john @AfterTheReset]

@HoyWhitemamba @captive_dreamer I somewhat agree, but this isn't really comparable to an organized terror cell planning to kill police. It seems like they were jazzed up by propaganda, one guy actually brought a gun, and shot a cop. Not saying they should get no time, but 50 years for rioting seems like a lot.

[john @AfterTheReset]

The sentencing for everyone is extremely excessive except for the person that fired the shot and will likely be reduced on appeal. Especially compared to actual murderers that get 10-15 years.

To claim that it didn’t happen doesn’t help your cause and makes you sound disingenuous.

[john @AfterTheReset]

@xwanyex They can also shift their position from abortion should be "safe, legal, and rare" to "it's just a clump of cells, not a baby" to "I know it's a baby and I don't care" within the span of 25 years.

[john @AfterTheReset]

@benryanwriter Isn't Jazz Jennings the child that TLC willingly abused on camera for nearly a decade?

[john @AfterTheReset]

Probably something like mold, I suppose. I was going to say a Venus fly trap, but that contradicts my definition. Alive, but not sentient in any meaningful way. Conversation reminds me of AP Psychology in high school on the difference between animals and humans: Instinct vs. Consciousness.

[john @AfterTheReset]

@Ryan18614498 @BBCNews You would think a country with a GDP per capita 20x that of Ghana would be able to score at least once in a game of leisure.

[john @AfterTheReset]

@Mathewdoeslife I would say sentience is the ability to respond to an outside stimulus, interpret it, and that stimulus influences a response/non-response in some way.

I'm not a biologist or philosopher though, so that may include things I'm not intending to. What's your definition?

[john @AfterTheReset]

@BBCNews Holy shit it worked.

https://t.co/kDLLMOwHBG

[Bayern & Germany @iMiaSanMia]

Ghanaian witch doctor Nana Kwaku Bonsam has vowed to put a curse on Harry Kane for Tuesday’s England vs Ghana

"I am working on Harry Kane. I have shown what I am capable of before so I know what work I must do to stop him. I am not wishing him serious injury. It will be just enough to stop him against my country. I will do my work so that it can help Ghana"

[@dailystar]

[john @AfterTheReset]

@Rothmus I mean, many of them likely grew up with children of refugees that were born in the UK, likely speak English fluently, and cheer on the same football teams as them.

"Refugees make a positive contribution to my country" is demonstrably false in an economic sense, though.

[memetic_sisyphus @memeticsisyphus]

They planned a raid on an immigration center. They committed arson, and destruction of property and then one of their group shot an officer. They shouldn’t be let out on the streets ever again.

[john @AfterTheReset]

@fleshsimulator By the way, this works out to be ~45 homicides per 100,000 black residents. The murder rate in South Africa is ~43 per 100,000.

(Saint Kitts and Nevis is #1 globally if you were curious, 64.2 per 100,000)

[john @AfterTheReset]

@fleshsimulator In case you don't believe the absurd claim about black homicide in our nation's capital, it's true. Another way to look at it, a black male (age 18-34) is ~200x more likely than the average person to be suspected of homicide.