it’s not how social security works at all.

Carl is describing how liberals have talked about social security within our lifetimes; he isn’t describing how it works.

Donald Trump is still alive but in jail? Then he can still escape his Elba…

Let’s fully expropriate it and own 100%

He was the president of Iraq and he frequently wore hats

I think US people are genuinely lost.

Iirc, there have been scientific polls that show younger generations of Americans support “democracy” in the abstract less than older ones. Overall, less people in the US have confidence that the US is a democracy than in the past

Take a drive in one of the cars that isn’t supposed to be there

Just spit ballin’: The TVs don’t have “yellow” cuz we don’t have the cones. TVs are built by humans for the use of other humans. Why would we design them to produce light that we don’t have the cones for?

If we all only saw black and white, we wouldn’t have developed TVs with color. If we were all blind, we wouldn’t have developed TVs at all

Edit: I think this has interesting speculative fiction implications regarding technological development, especially in scifi

I’m in the US in the Mid-Atlantic in a small metro. I’ve generally had good luck living with strangers. Granted, I’ve only ever had roommates who were 24+ in age and if I ever get weird vibes when touring a place, I turn it down.

Right now, I’m living with a couple other guys who I never met before and don’t have much in common with but we’re all chill, reasonably clean, and respect the common areas. That stuff is much more important than anything else with roommates. Shared interests and enjoying time together are important for friendship, and shared purpose is important for comrades. However, roommates are not necessarily friends or comrades; it is important to recognize this.

Craigslist and apartments.com are where I’ve had the most luck with finding apartments or rooms to rent in a house. Without credit or much money, you can probably still find a house renting a room or someone looking to split an apartment. Just email a few listings saying you’re employed and asking for a tour.

There are roommate specific websites, but they don’t seem well utilized in my area. Maybe they are in bigger cities.

Also: Never ever pay money to anyone just to see a place. You should only pay money after touring a place. There’s a lot of scammers, especially on Facebook.

1. If they learn to read traditional Chinese, they’ll be able to read simplified Chinese and vice versa.
2. This is literally Orwellian. He’s proposing controlling language to control thought so his kids don’t go wrong ideologically.

I have yet to see them own up to the fact that for years they tried tailing Trump and MAGA. They’ve cooled on that, but they’re still tailing reactionary elements of the “working class” (petite-bourgeois). It’s insane.

As someone in DSA, it really annoys outsiders when they find out we’re big tent

I don’t believe in God either, but you were making cringey middle school argument for being an edgy Satanist. It’s childish

Satan works for God. For instance, in the book of Job it’s pretty clear Satan works for God. Or in the desert, Satan is sent (by God) to tempt christ.

They are on the same team. If you pick Satan over God, you’re just be sheep dogged

Your anti-semitism is unforgivable. They aren’t the “Financial Times”; they are the “Hamas aligned Financial Times”

She’s white. Wu is her husband’s surmame

Trust the plan

What does “fix it” mean?

Capitalism–a semblance of the status quo–continuing to function?

If she’s been hiding her power level this whole time, I’ll gladly eat crow

I point this out to students too, when they insist “AI” is new. Really socratically drilling in on defitions with them lol