I have an honest followup question to this meme (because I lived it): how long do you expect the girlfriend to stay?

At age 23 I was in a great relationship, we were in love, then I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I stopped being able to do physical things, I dropped out of school, I was bedridden. She went from being my girlfriend to being my nurse. She cared for me for a year, one long miserable year, then she left.

Is she at fault for leaving?

If we use the original definition of the word “meme”, which is “a unit of cultural transmission” then yes literally everything is a meme.

It was coined to be analogous to the word “gene”. One of the similarities is that the borders of genes and memes are fuzzy: when you split a gene in half, you get two genes. Both genes and memes are nested inside of themselves like a Russian doll.

The misdefinition of “meme” as “image macro on the internet” was ill informed, and is thankfully going out of style.

How can you say “Spain democratized after francos death” as if the entire bloody Spanish Civil War didn’t happen?

By that same logic it seems that Germany also overcame fascism peacefully, because Germany democratized right after Hitlers death.

I heard you like polyrhythms is actually a really good song imo

I feel a little less sane after reading your “Jews should have been less violent in their resistance to the Nazis” opinion.

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

Yes the window dressing is very different, but the material reality is the same:

The Biden administration provided nearly unlimited weapons to a genocidal regime, while actively lying to the media to cover for the ongoing brutality, and vetoing many ceasefire resolutions.

The Trump administration provided nearly unlimited weapons to a genocidal regime, while actively lying to the media to cover for the ongoing brutality, and vetoing many ceasefire resolutions.

Where’s the psyop?

Do you ever wrestle with the moral implications of this?

If the “least-worse” option that your system produces is aiding and abetting a genocide, then the only moral option is to destroy the system.

If this is truly the reality of the American system, that genocide is unavoidable, then almost everything is justified. If the Greatest Generation were alive today there would be fascist blood in the streets.

Good thing the government of North Dakota isn’t functionally bankrupt

I’m not sure why you would sarcastically say this? The government of ND is flush with oil money, they have run a budget surplus for over a decade.

They also have a “Legacy Fund” filled with $12 billion dollars of oil and gas tax revenue.

And party leadership should whip DINOS into shape.

Instead, the party consistently coddles and enables them.

Where is the left fighting itself? I only see leftists fighting liberals in the comments.

That’s an interesting subject, I sometimes wonder “is our fascism progressing faster than the Nazis?”, but I haven’t really come up with a good answer.

I’ll stick with my “2 years” prediction though. I think a Reichstag fire moment is most likely when political tension is high, and political tension naturally peaks in the lead up to a presidential election.

I agree that there are many unproductive forms of hate. I’m not advocating for you to hate the person that hurt you.

But hate has been productive for me. With our world in decline, it is so easy to get depressed and nihilistic, sometimes I have no hope. Hate is a strong motivator to do something positive for the world.

“don’t hate” seems like an extremely radical message. I hate lots of things, and I think it is right to hate those things.

I hate it when Nazis gain power. I hate it when children are molested. I hate injustice. Don’t you?

The governor finds a way to put “transgender” in every sentence, and at the same time he deliberately uses the wrong pronouns for this person.

They’re doing it on purpose, and it is disgusting.

I believe Luigi is the killer, and he should be regarded as a hero. The slaying of Brian Thompson was a honorable and heroic act.

Killing a man who did the evil and destructive work of Healthcare CEO has literally saved the lives of hundreds or maybe even thoudands of United Health customers who would have had their lifesaving care denied.

If you are lucky enough to be chosen for jury duty, please study Jury Nullification

The number of similarities between modern America and 1930s Germany is shocking.

I believe the assassination of Kirk is highly analogous to the killing of Horst Wessel. Both Wessel and Kirk were far right nationalists who were killed and subsequently hailed as martyrs by their fascist movements.

Hitler brought up Wessel in all of his early speeches. The Nazis wrote songs and bullt statues of Wessel. And today we can already hear the songs about Kirk. Congressmen are passing around a bill to erect a statue of Kirk in the Capitol.

If we continue to follow this timeline closely, we are about 2 years away from our own Reichstag fire moment.

Historically speaking, the solution to fascism is lots and lots of dead fascists.

There was even a class action suit against UW for their negligence during covid. I guess the case is already settled, so I’m looking forward to my meager restitution check.

And I actually feel lucky that most of my serious classes were complete before Covid lockdown, bc the quality of education during covid was absolutely pathetic.

I’m not sure I was misled, what you said was explicitly taught to us at University. I think my degree is the #1 thing on my resume, but of course I also had projects, a few certificates, and multiple attempts at more specific fields.

Back when I was applying, my GitHub activity was pretty solid green.