Just mind-boggling that this kind of fraud doesn't get Musk blacklisted from every government contract and assets critical to national defense like Starlink nationalized by eminent domain to take them out of the hands of a documented criminal liar.
Beyond being obviously stupid and mystifying, this kind of stuff is fascinating for how many people will just agree. Like, really, words and ideas just don't matter any more. Everything is empty antagonism and positioning. Everything is branding.
There's like a certain brand of conservative whose relationship with history is just "person who I saw a movie about once is good" and contorts everything about history and reality to make that true in one way or another and it's horrifying to watch en masse
It's really, really unsettling how many people think this is justifiable, good, or are mad at Mike for pointing this out? Like, it's just a historical fact and is bad!
I have never had much of a stance on fireworks but now as a sleep deprived dad with a 9 month old who keeps waking up I really believe in my soul that anyone shooting fireworks can fuck off and go straight to hell
I realized I was writing a profile about two different people: A con artist who manipulates people's emotions to unduly obtain capital or favors, and the beautiful and innocent young woman who would never do that to me personally.
I would never have believed you if you told me last season that the Mavs were going to be the most detestable team in the NBA two seasons later, and yet...