I think this one is Operation Túrin’s Bain, the one with the big, stinky dragon

They absolutely were. Biblical AF as friggin hell, man. Anyway, hope they hit a home run out of the park at the game!

To answer one of your follow-ups: Christ is a title, it’s the English version of the Greek word for messiah.

Jesus Christ = Jesus the Christ = Jesus the Messiah = Christ Jesus and so forth

The ringing in my ears is my own personal sensation. There are many others with a ringing of their own, but this one is mine and it undoubtedly is as unique as my fingerprint.

I love the acid-base analogy! Someonene can be transparent but super reactive, like a strong acid or base, and when it comes into contact with an also transparent but opposing reactionary force, a lot of shit needs to precipitate out before things finally calm down.

“The maybe possibility” is literally “the possibility” wtf are you on about

Edit: you misunderstand how to use the word “maybe.” Something that “could maybe happen” is something that might possibly happen. In other words, it “may be” a thing that happens. Maybe.

It’s not coming through for me for some reason. Can you try restarting it?

Kidding, of course, congrats on your “Hello, World”

Don’t paste something something website something

Instructions not read, but assumed

Because of the way it is written? I can drop quotes from the article, but that feels gross. Did you read it?

Edit: maybe it’s not AI, I retract that assertion, but it still just reads like slop to me and I respect maybe other people read it differently.

Article about bs AI that sounds like it was written by bs AI

Raping children is a political issue? That’s a weird thing to say, Mike.

For storytelling purposes, I like your idea a lot. The dramatic tension and release are there, and at epic proportions in terms of potential real-world devastating impact on powerful people.

But… For lived reality, I really would love the easy win without the added will-they-won’t-they drama. If this hits TACOman’s desk, he’s probably going to veto it anyway, so we will all still need to wait and see if anyone flips their stance during the veto override vote, and that’s plenty enough to be worried about on its own.

Yeah, it means we can all keep hoping to be trickled on at some point. They are only giving money to those of us that qualify as something higher than “consumer” on their caste list.

I think you’re doing it exactly right. The three things I try to remember: 1) Do what you can, 2) When you can, 3) For as long as you can.

Some stuff is out of my wheelhouse, it’s not something I can not or will not do. Sometimes I have other obligations I need to keep in order to honor commitments I’ve made or help those in my circle that need it. And sometimes, I need to rest so I can be my best for those other stages. All of that is OK. Do what you can, when you can, as long as you can. Exceeding those boundaries is a recipe for trouble. Others will help plug holes once they see something is already happening and your community support system will self-reinforce and grow over time.

To that 35%, I share the words of John Lennon from the beforetimes…

You say you got a real solution, well, you know
We’d all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution, well, you know
We’re all doin’ what we can

But if you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is, brother, you have to wait

Deistic (believing in a god or gods without a necessary religious component) but not theistic. Or pagan, which is just believing in higher beings (or singular being) that are not Abrahamic. There’s probably other words that fit the bill, too.

Bingo

Republican Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis, Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul joined Democrats to vote in favor.

Filter out? Certainly not.

Those are mostly alright, very bribable, and will take our undesirables for labor or whatever-the-fuck. The big ones, they want to be the big kahuna. The little ones, you can’t trust; they’ll turn on ya for short money.

…this started as a joke of a shitpost and ended feeling a little too plausible to serve that purpose, so, uh, hmm