Ogmios

There is a certain, disturbingly large, segment of the population which doesn’t even appear to attempt to think for themselves.

Petition calls to ban hurt feelings

You’re looking for a source for the answer to a question so idiotic that it has probably never been asked before in the history of man?

You can’t be a real person.

Talked to a mason once who informed me that one of the first rules they have is to never watch TV or listen to the radio.

Take that as you will.

tech-laden “AI doctor’s office,”

For those wondering what they did,

Usually. But if the premise is particularly stupid I might choose to prompt the speaker to actually think about what they’ve said for a moment.

Or you could just read any of the numerous other comments here which offer other explanations.

Do you seriously need someone to explain to you why there are multiple words with similar meanings in the world?

Hear me out:

Maybe everything isn’t some conspiracy to hate others.

Well they’re the only ones that matter, after all.

I’m talking about how the united states would gather AMERICAN CITIZENS who have comitted no crimes whatsoever, send them to camps, and have them mass killed

User name checks out.

That’s fair.

Because society is so terrified of the technologies we have created that it has adopted the ideal that everything needs to be perfect right here and now, and so any deviation from acting out that Utopian fantasy is met harshly, even though it’s obviously not true to any rational person.

You have to be a little bit smarter than just taking isolated phrases on their own, if you want to actually explore the how and the why of the function of an entire society.

instead of trying to turn everything in life into a “gottcha” moment

Perhaps, instead of trying to turn everything in life into a “gottcha” moment, an honest person could recognize that such a saying speaks to how violence should be a last resort, while still maintaining a sober recognition that we live in a world where there are many others who may not respect our opinions on the matter, and therefore we should remain prepared to confront the eventuality of conflicts arising with such people.

But they even used the name “Conservative Party” so we can mentally connect this insanity to our own local conservatives in between bong hits, comfortably assured of our biases.

Saw a great idea recently:

Write down all your fears for what will happen over the next four years. Then, re-read your list every few months and check off everything which has actually happened.

Because people have forgotten that bad actors exist.

Hahaha, that’s cute.

I was part of the first generation brought up with computers, and I’ve been spending my entire life since trying to figure out what went wrong and how to teach myself all of the things that computers failed to convey, while everyone tries to exploit the “gap” to attack their political opponents. It’s been a riot.