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631.
by vkou 8mo ago
> Russia is not a Western country. Russian culture, as it is practiced in the country's power centers, both historically and today is absolutely Western. It may not be liberal western culture, but guess what, there's no short
632.
by vkou 8mo ago
> It's coming from Toyota because Toyota can't wrap its head around not making engines. Which is also the reason why its plug-in hybrids are so reliable, despite being dramatically more complex than either an EV or an ICE. Toyo
633.
by vkou 8mo ago
How many countries has China bombed in, say, the last year, and how does that compare to the other superpower (and the washed out has-been superpower) in the room? It's difficult to comprehend the gall and hypocrisy requires to kvetch
634.
by vkou 8mo ago
They were a product of forward-looking planning. Those cities were empty when built, but have since all filled up. Meanwhile in the west we don't build anything and then are surprised when we run into insane housing shortages.
635.
by vkou 8mo ago
You forgot to mention embargoes against it. The US is free to sanction firms for their exports to China, but then shouldn't be surprised when China builds out domestic competitors.
636.
by vkou 8mo ago
Correct. The difference between FPTP and PR systems (Or countries with very strong regional parties) is that in a multi-party PR system, the coalition happens between party, in a FPTP two-party system, the coalition happens within the b
637.
by vkou 8mo ago
1. Shooting rifles in an urban area sounds like a great way to go to prison. 2. As of 2026, most rednecks seem to be all for the police state. Don't expect them to come save you.
638.
by vkou 8mo ago
> This has been a thing in the USA for a long time hasn't it? Yes, and it doesn't make it any less cult-like.
639.
by vkou 8mo ago
That's the case in any country where a parliamentary body is split so closely. When you need every vote to get legislature to pass, because you control 51% of a chamber, backbenchers on the ideological fringe of a party, (DINOs and R
640.
by vkou 8mo ago
Congress could stop this nonsense tomorrow. The problem is not the body's powers, the problem is that the GOP is happy with Trump doing whatever the hell he wants. Vote the GOP out, and he'll be impeached.
641.
by vkou 8mo ago
> then I would expect to see a notation on the price tags and a line-item on my receipts, Trump started threatening anyone who was going to do that, because he doesn't want his face attached to price hikes.
642.
by vkou 8mo ago
> Seller gets to keep the returned tax money as pure profit (no refund to customer) Elections have consequences.
643.
by vkou 8mo ago
Just because they promise illegal shit on the campaign trail doesn't mean they get a pass for implementing it. And do you remember when he promised to illegally raise taxes without the consent of congress? Me neither.
644.
by vkou 8mo ago
In society, isn't it generally accepted that the person shitting on the floor be the one responsible for cleaning up after himself?
645.
by vkou 8mo ago
One was killed on the street, as she was leaving a protest, the other was killed while trying to break into a secure area of the capital during an attempt to stop the peaceful transfer of power after an election. I think your admission says
646.
by vkou 8mo ago
My neighbours may be turds, but I can get over it... Up until the point when they start pissing in my punch bowl.
647.
by vkou 8mo ago
> but never came up with such a succinct (perhaps pithy) way of describing it. Here's one. "Life is complicated, so is rule-making."
648.
by vkou 8mo ago
Has steam not seen a rapid rise in AI-asset shovelware? I'm not talking about the AAA or the AA or even the A space (where AI is being incorporated into dev processes with various degrees of both success and low effort slop), I'm
649.
by vkou 8mo ago
I assure you, there is also a conscious boycott from many people. You are right that it might not necessarily be a hard boycott, but it will take a hell of a lot to lure them into giving Trump and his supplicants a cent of leisure trave
650.
by vkou 8mo ago
So, what you propose only works if people weren't people..? I'm going to have to do a hard 'hell no', in that case.
651.
by vkou 8mo ago
> No one said anything about retaining footage forever. It's inevitably what happens.
652.
by vkou 8mo ago
The CCTV won't do shit to stop me from being attacked, it's a camera, not a cop. It's only useful for figuring out who to blame after the fact. But there are other ways that we could figure out who to blame after the fact tha
653.
by vkou 8mo ago
Change the world into what? Techno-feudalism? Ever since I was four, I've dreamed of doing my part to bring that about.
654.
by vkou 8mo ago
The solution, of course, is to never vote R again, for any office. You have to punish anyone supporting this insanity.
655.
by vkou 8mo ago
There could be. Don't settle for anything less.
656.
by vkou 9mo ago
The best part about bombing the boats is that the second strikes on them were war crimes, while the few survivors that were picked up... All ended up repatriated. If they were all drug runners, why weren't they put on trial? Why was so
657.
by vkou 9mo ago
Instant settlement is an anti-feature. I don't want some asshole to be able to instantly drain my bank account. If I did, I'd be carrying a suitcase of cash around with me.
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by vkou 9mo ago
> it doesn't really matter - because 'nah, that's just a fake.' The point of this sort of thing is that whether it is fake or not doesn't matter . Because it is possible for someone to record a log of your ac
659.
by vkou 9mo ago
If you can't think of good reasons for why someone might use discord over IRC, you probably haven't thought about this enough.
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by vkou 9mo ago
They are forgotten for all useful intents and purposes, but a malicious asshole can and will memorialize everything you say on it.

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