Here are a list of things I believe.
1. Education is the silver bullet for poverty
2. Affirmative action is racism
3. Cancel culture is toxic
4. Americans are generally lazy and weak willed crybabies
5. Trump and Biden are senile old men who should be in diapers.
@womanstan123 Classic grass is greener on the other side. Pretty women definitely have great access but youre essentially just window dressing.
Male value is only recognized in areas that are not as fleeting but I can see how some would be jealous but in reality its better to be a man.
@empireenjoyer10 This is one aspect of cultural appropriation I am quite happy about.
The old 2000's obsession with being crackhead skinny and flat af was awful.
@InaTailHedged I'm a straight man and I'd Fuck a dude for $50MM, that's a crazy amount of money.
Just buy bonds and Fuck off to a beach somewhere never to be seen again.
@SCMountainGoat@libsoftiktok It's a fucking bicycle dude. I'd have no issues stepping in for real physical harm, but your stuff isn't important enough to me to risk my life.
My life is more important than your stuff, defending your stuff is your problem.
This is the only appropriate answer.
Some crimes get leniency on basis of age, others do not. If you don't know not to murder at 15 you shouldn't ever walk free. If you shoplift that shouldn't be something that holds your life back.
Texas Gov Abbott has installed circular saws between the Rio Grande border buoys to maim or kill anyone who attempts to climb over. Two bodies have already been found trapped in the floating barrier.
He wants more migrants to die.
@benbakhshi Agreed, it gives you a win at all costs mentality that makes 12 hour days seem like a small cost. On the flip side, it creates adults that aren't emotionally healthy.
Pro's and con's.
What about getting to the root causes of why you feel like an alien in your own skin. Your feelings are objectively real, but acting on them is akin to Van Gogh mutilating himself or a schizophrenic chasing demons down the street.
We've studied the right wing, "you are scum/deserve to die" approach and no shit it doesn't work. We've studied 100% affirmation and obviously it's better than the rightwing approach.
But what about the middle ground?
@Arewa_guy You wouldn't need them if you had the domestic talent. Develop your people or quit crying when the rest of the world has to step in to operate the most basic industrial processes.
Childish shit.
@lolololjks@empireenjoyer10 Their rocket and cyber forces are their real area of dominance and thats what should keep us up at night.
What good is a Ford class carrier if a truck from 1.5k miles away can take it out with a hypersonic low flying missile?
@lolololjks@empireenjoyer10 This is naive, you are ignoring that china hasn't projected naval force outside of the SCS.
They are a overfunded Coast Guard at best, their ability to build is impressive but they have no demonstrated sustainment competency