I don’t quite understand if your statement is for or against consumer protections because I can’t fathom being against consumer protections. Could you please clarify?

Consumer protections when?

Ugh. She’s such a ghoul. I honestly hope her recommendations don’t come to light because it’ll really mess with what little protections we have left to protest.

I’m just waiting for double digits so that the FiveM devs can’t ignore Linux gamers anymore and actually allow for GTAV online playability. I mean, you can run a server on Linux but can’t play? Dumb.

It’s likely that both things are happening. I’m sure there are some that stretch the numbers but there are also others who revel in the cruelty.

Love makes you do crazy things, I suppose.

I’m so sorry, mate.

And most of us Aussies voted no to recognise the indigenous voice in our constitution. It just never ends.

Interesting.

Is it just that younger people experience more social anxiety or that it’s now frowned upon to be hit on? I used to be hit on a lot between the ages of 19 and 25; it felt gross sometimes but it was the norm. There seems to be more anxiety these days to meet people face to face. I wonder if social media has anything to do with it.

How do young people meet new people these days? I met my husband while at work. Became official via Facebook status.

This is my friend. Had a Steam Deck and couldn’t figure out Steam OS so they installed Windows on it instead. He’s very tech literate but somehow can’t grasp Linux. On the other hand, I’ve transitioned fine to Linux Mint.

Damn. Human trafficking on a grand scale out in the open. Good luck to all Americans. Fight the good fight.

El Salvador will only take in men though, right? If that’s the case, what’ll happen to the women and children?

And where, pray tell, would he deport US citizens to?

Fear & Hunger 1 & 2 for me among others. Stellar Blade not on sale though… I get it but… It’s so expensive…

Look, I have a cousin in Texas who voted Republican last election. She’s very smart; works as a psychiatrist for neurodivergent children. Her reasoning for voting that way was because they ‘reflect and represent’ her values: low taxes and small government. She says she doesn’t like Trump but voting Republican doesn’t mean that she’s voting for Trump, she’s voting for her party.

I’ve spoken to her at length because I wanted to understand where this thought process comes from and my conclusion was that it’s total cognitive dissonance, and that’s a choice she’s made. I know she’s smart and rational but when it comes to politics, it seems to me that most Americans just don’t care or justify their ignorance with mental gymnastics.

If you can’t blame them, that’s fine, you do you. However, for me, shame on those who voted Trump in a second time. Shame, shame, shame.

But people don’t exist in a vacuum. You’re part of a community that’s still functioning.

You say as if everyone is straight jacket bound, hands and feet wrapped tightly, eyes blindfolded and mouth plugged. Born that way, in fact. If that were actually the case, you’d all be dead and your country would cease to exist.

You forget to think how this all starts. Everyone is born with free will. You end up in the deep end because of the first few steps you take, and you always have a choice to either stay or change yourself or others. Some choices are easier than others and I’m saying that Trump got in because people chose to be selfish or greedy or ignorant.

My understanding is that for the US to go to war, it needs to be passed in Congress. Trump bombing Iran last week was not passed through Congress and is an act that can get him impeached, is also my understanding.

As for the previous events, my assumption was that it was passed by Congress. But if not, then… That’s a failure of your own system and I can’t really say anything other than that.

Huh?! But it’s clear grounds for impeachment! I hope everyone starts flooding their inboxes and phone lines…

But that’s my point regarding healthcare. You guys just accept the status quo and this is where it has gotten you. It was never always like this in America; it’s just that the noose has slowly been tightening around your necks and you just… Let it be.

It’s always a choice. You can stand there with your mouths agape and be fed with hook, line and sinker. Or you can choose to seek out the information, have conversations, choose to listen and process, choose to be open minded…

Just like choosing to bury your head in the sand is also a choice. A Florida rep recently chose to ignore evidence and reality and blame the opposition for almost dying after having an abortion. She can also afford mental healthcare but obviously chooses not to.

Avoidance is still a choice. Remaining apathetic is a choice. Remaining ignorant is a choice. Voting for a felon, for a second time, is a choice.