I think “single for a reason” is what all that attachment theory shit is trying to help contextualize. It specifically sets the context as “single for a fixable reason” if you have the courage and humility to do the work.

I sought out and discovered this feature existed only last week right after I wondered if I could block all of hexbear.

That you’re being downvoted for this totally reasonable comment only inches away from a top level comment lamenting a system that silences dissenting views is nice.

Nixon, Reagan, HW Bush, W Bush, Trump. Did I miss one?

Same for Georgia.

I’m more cynical about the DNC than anybody but - people daydream all the time about what could happen in the future if this or that happens. Some asshole right winger started daydreaming about taking over the Supreme Court back in the 1970s and it doesn’t mean that he planned it all out but you can still think about the next few moves to be ready if the opportunity arises.

Somebody in the DNC imagined this scenario many months/years ago and talked about it to their bosses. Gaming out the possibilities and having the slide deck ready is how wild, game changing moves like this end up happening.

Awesome, thank you :)

Did you learn it from a meme on Lenny and have you verified that it’s true? I didn’t, and I’d like to believe that stat.

“They didn’t own the liberals. They owned the conservatives. They stole this money from their own constituency. And Bannon, having promised that he would not take any money, did the same thing.“

And that’s the reptilian genius of these guys. It’s much easier to fool someone than to convince someone they’ve been fooled. By taking fools’ money, the fools now have skin in the game. It will eventually turn around on them though, because it always does. I just hope it happens soon enough.

Not at all, i felt solidarity with this kid. It was almost like he was performing an interpretive dance of whatever the old man was talking about. Or that this 6 year old grasped the absurdity of the old man’s political theater and seized his moment. The kid is a comrade.

Simply pointing out that this guy and his kid have been in the news lately. You may infer that this kid has a bright future ahead of him despite his idiot dad, but can we agree that you came to this conclusion on your own?

That’s this kid.

https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/06/04/USAT/73974168007-funny-faces-thumb-2-cspan-via-storyful.jpg?width=1320&height=744&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp

Been around, have you?

Hey, I’m really sorry. That sounds really hard. Vent all you want if it helps.

I’m sorry, y’all are paying $40 a month for electricity?

Separate dispensers like they said, but if you’re paying the meal and you tell the kids to go get their drinks and they want lemonade you have to watch out they don’t get the heart attack shit. Once you know you know, but I couldn’t believe that’s a thing that exists.

My kids went and filled their cups with this stuff before I noticed what it was and then had to be the bad guy, telling them to get the Minute Maid shite. Definitely lowered my opinion of Panera.

I made this connection a month ago - that a couple of generations of humans grew up breathing exhaust from leaded gasoline and dust from lead paint and had a bit of an epiphany about the state of the world.

Yes, the entire system is corrupt and lots of politicians behave in a manner that makes me furious that their actions are actually totally legal within this system. This guy, however, is pathological. He was somehow cleared of federal corruption charges just a couple of years ago.

Good morning to you. This is my first comment on Lemmy. I too ditched Reddit at the end of June when they shut off Apollo. I haven’t missed it as much as I might’ve thought, but curiosity has gotten the better of me and here I am.

Cheers, and enjoy your flowers!