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[Jeremiah Johnson 🌐 @JeremiahDJohns]

This is fascinating to me, because beyond the surface level it illuminates why conservatives are often so full of shit.

The baseline here is that there's a heatwave, and Mamdani asked New Yorkers to adjust their thermostats to help the grid. This is regular practice in red and blue areas of the country. Daniel posts a defiant "I'm not gonna do what mommy tells me!" style post. He surely thinks he's a very clever boy here.

Now if the message is "This is a free country, and I love my AC, and by god it's my house and no government bureaucrat can force me to change", then fine. Sure. But there is no law being proposed here. No police are bursting down your door demanding to check your thermostat. It's a request from a community leader, a polite ask that you engage in a very small pro-social sacrifice.

You would think conservatives would understand the idea that local communities should pull together in times of need. For the 'common good', perhaps. You'd think. And that they'd be happy if no government force was involved, if they could act merely because they had strong moral character and believed in private charitable action.

"Nobody should ever ask anyone to sacrifice for the common good, even if it's just a polite request" is just dipshit nihilism.

But I suspect Daniel doesn't actually believe in those conservative ideas. Or if he does, they're a distant second to the true guiding star of conservative thought: owning the libs. Given the chance to help people or own the libs, conservatives will always own the libs. Given the chance to demonstrate strong principles or own the libs, they'll always abandon the principle to own the libs. The actual philosophy of the right is merely "We hate the left". And it's sad.

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

after 6 years of startups that didn’t matter, I get to have a huge impact on the future of transportation. Like wtf

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

The thing they don’t tell you about working at Tesla is that it fucking rocks

[Vicer Exciser @VExciser]

@KCXKami

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

Seeing one of these people in the big 2 6

[Cordelia 🌺🔻 @Nevergreen42]

dude it’s fucking over

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

I’m honestly shocked it was this close. I would’ve guessed 7-2

[America @america]

BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court votes to uphold Birthright Citizenship in a 5-4 ruling.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Cybercab with no steering wheel or pedals driving around Austin

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

Based

[Boring_Business @BoringBiz_]

Kevin O'Leary on why he throws away resumes with a consulting background in the garbage

"Why would I take that risk? These are tainted people. They have a consulting disease. When they die, they are going to a lower place in hell because they are consultants."

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

@BoringBiz_ This is true of every high-paying, 60+ hours/week career. Escape is difficult

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

@BoringBiz_ I do not desire the ocean, nor the sky

[scar @imfat]

never fucking quit.

life flips insanely fast.

[Michael @_britmonkey]

Most political compass tests are stupid and outdated, so I have created a political test that only focuses on REAL ISSUES of the 2020s. 64 questions that score you on four axes, including "Chud v Woke" and "Techbro v Luddite"

Reply with your results & tell me if it was accurate

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

@business Huge housing win for Trump? Surprising
@Atrioc @LemonadeCast @aidencalvin

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

@figsae That’s a good sign

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

You must marry someone who’s parents live in a cool place. You don’t want to be traveling to Charleston WV twice a year

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

@SenMarkey @SenBlumenthal You want the NHTSA to conduct its own 29 million miles of FSD per day? Lmao

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

The average Dem politician hits themselves with hammers for fun

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

"World Cup — who are you rooting for to win it all?"

Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D): "Mexico"

Darializa Chevalier (D): "Senegal"

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

@Polymarket fork found in kitchen

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

This is like when Northwestern lost a game 31-7 and we coped by saying we had better job prospects

[Greg Abbott @GregAbbott_TX]

What a loser Hochul is.

During the Championship Playoffs it was announced that Texas ranks #1 for Fortune 500 HQs. A title once held by NY.

Unlike the Knicks title, Texas’s lead over New York in business and new jobs will continue… forever.

[Sonder @SonderNovak]

@philorphilip They’re right