Jason Moyer on 15/11/2024 at 17:41
Quote Posted by RippedPhreak
But...doesn't this kind of explain how we've gotten to 40 trillion in debt or whatever the amount is now?
We got to 40 trillion in debt by repeatedly cutting taxes while waging 2 long, pointless wars.
RippedPhreak on 15/11/2024 at 17:43
If you care so much about everyone being fully vaccinated, why didn't you say anything when the Democrats allowed millions of people across the southern border from countries that aren't exactly...assiduous about getting people vaxxed?
Starker on 15/11/2024 at 20:41
Obviously, immigrants deserve to be protected from easily preventable diseases too. But, understandably, US citizens take priority.
Cipheron on 15/11/2024 at 21:39
It's fine because he was appointed by Daddy Trump, so it has to be fine.
Vae's going to spend the next four years conducting some world class mental gymnastics, as he pivots from knee-jerk "government bad" to knee-jerk "government good" because of the change of who's in the white house.
lowenz on 15/11/2024 at 22:08
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As crass as that all sounds I couldn't find anything inherently wrong with what you've said, even though it seems more of a sarcastic response.
The real problem is that strong ones are typically stupid because they don't need to be intelligent to save themselves, being already strong. They don't develop cleaverness (well, they develop a variant to boost their social image)
That's where the system crashes. We need intelligent people to evolve in the world we have today, not "just strong" people betting on the big numbers because big numbers can rapidly become small numbers with some new dangers around.
Dinosaurs were very strong and in fact now we use them as an energy source :v Viruses or bacteria do the same thing with us.
We need a form of control over (our own) biological nature, but not to blatantly abuse power as mindless Trump admirers love to think about technocrats.
lowenz on 15/11/2024 at 22:21
Quote Posted by RippedPhreak
If you care so much about everyone being fully vaccinated, why didn't you say anything when the Democrats allowed millions of people across the southern border from countries that aren't exactly...assiduous about getting people vaxxed?
We care about people being fully informed that vaccines are not weapons of mass destruction and new mRNA vaccines like the Pfizer one work well and can't modify your DNA more than a simple virus can do by itself during a "very natural" infection.....and sometimes helped by the same immune system that stupid people figure as "my own private army ahah!!111", not realizing that an army can turn against the people really quickly and deadly.
Starker on 15/11/2024 at 22:52
So let's recap who he has picked so far:
A brainwormed member of the political aristocracy of the US and a certified kook.
A cultist who is constantly spouting Russian propaganda.
A guy who was investigated for sex trafficking after hiring underage prostitutes and whose best buddy is in jail for the sex trafficking of a minor.
A woman who bragged about killing a young dog she wasn't able to train properly.
A guy who used his political power to squash an investigation into his son having hanged a stray dog.
Some guy he saw on TV.
A couple of weirdo billionaires who want to reshape the US to make life easier for billionaires.
The guy who was exposed as a white nationalist during the first term, though it has also been extremely obvious.
After the leaky scandal-ridden bucket of crabs that was his last administration, this one's shaping up to be a doozy, but I guess sequels generally do tend to be worse.
Cipheron on 15/11/2024 at 23:10
At this point, i'm actually hoping he keeps picking more candidates with the highest comedy value.
I mean none of the picks so far are of the "threat level" of a Dick Cheney or even a Steve Bannon.
Libs of Tiktok aka Chaiya Raichik would be an awesome Department of Education pick, and it's a shame Laura Loomer fell off the bandwagon already because she'd be an amazing press secretary. Even the funniest ones I can come up with clearly are not going to be funnier that who he actually picks however.
Aja on 16/11/2024 at 00:12
Quote Posted by RippedPhreak
If you care so much about everyone being fully vaccinated, why didn't you say anything when the Democrats allowed millions of people across the southern border from countries that aren't exactly...assiduous about getting people vaxxed?
Well, you’re a Trump fan, so the abrupt pivot to immigration isn’t surprising, but I think ability to receive a vaccine should be independent of legal status. What’s more interesting is that implicit in your criticism is an acknowledgement that vaccines are important, so why would you support a man who not only distrusts them but also whose brain was partially eaten by a worm? That last part is somewhat unrelated but maybe not!
Starker on 16/11/2024 at 01:13
I think a somewhat overlooked part of the worm story is that not only did the worm ate a part of his brain, but it ate a part of his brain and then died.
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it's a shame Laura Loomer fell off the bandwagon already because she'd be an amazing press secretary.
Y'know, I was kind of hoping it would be Vivek Ramaswamy just because of the sheer annoyance factor.
Also, neatly summing up the whole thing is the official portrait of Kash Patel, a guy who is clearly more scared of you than you are of him:
Inline Image:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Kashyap_P._Patel.jpg/384px-Kashyap_P._Patel.jpg