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Cake day: August 16th, 2020

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  • Oh the explanation is… complex. There are a long list of factors involved. I’m going to give you one, as I see it.

    Through charisma, lies, corruption, and misdirection, our education system has been destroyed. Anything resembling logic or even basic rational thought is something you have to teach yourself in America. So, we have a massive population of ignorant folks vulnerable to nonsense, including evangelical Christianity.

    Evangelical Christianity isn’t actually about saving souls or whatever. It’s about keeping the populace ignorant and looking at bullshit so the “conservative” leadership can rob everyone, lining their pockets and stoking as much fear and division as they can.

    That’s one part of why people aren’t in the streets. There are many, many moving parts to what’s fucked in modern America. And personally, I’d rather just say fuck it and leave at this point.

    Signed, a U.S. Army combat veteran.




  • I’d recommend AMD over Nvidia for a linux laptop, but it’s not as big a deal as it used to be. Most distros have good Nvidia support, although you often have to install the proprietary drivers after installing the OS. Even distros like Nobara that have Nvidia images to DL have to install and update the drivers at first launch.

    So either will work, but if you’ve got a choice, go with AMD. It’s just a smoother experience.


  • Okay, that’s a much more cohesive answer, thank you! I can follow that, and I can see a line of moral reasoning. From a moral standpoint, not only do I support you, I mostly agree with you. I’m sure we’d disagree on some finer points, but from a big picture standpoint, cool.

    Now. All that in mind. How can I use that to keep a fascist rapist who empowers other fascist rapists out of the highest office in the land? If there’s a way, please let me know. As far as I can see, I can take a very reasonable moral stand, or I can help stop orange soda Hitler from being in office, but I can’t do both. Please show me how I’m wrong.












  • Oh, I’m not blaming Germany. Far from it. They didn’t invent fascism. And I’m well aware of Germany’s leftist leanings, their current track record concerning immigrants, and their position as a current moral world leader.

    And I am concerned about China and fascists running for office in Canada… but I’m a bit preoccupied by the fascism here in the States right now. Well, the white nationalist shit, too. Also the rise of right-wing terrorism that our press refuses to call terrorism because it’s being committed by white people I guess?

    I don’t think we’re all that far apart, worldview wise. I’m just maybe a bit more sensitive to all this shit because we elected The Orange Menace.

    Also, because we don’t have Tim Horton’s.


  • Dude, based on that Article, Germans had the same reaction I did. The difference is that I don’t care as much, because my own country is slowly descending into fascism, while you guys (I’m assuming you’re German) seem to have a lock on it.

    I don’t have to be afraid of Germany because (almost) everyone there was horrified and reacted with disgust. Your representatives and political thinkers seem to think that this guy is an asshole, and because of German history, Germany has a responsibility to stand up and say “Fuck You” to guys like this, especially when they’re German.

    I don’t have to worry about Germany because Germany hasn’t forgotten what happens when fascism infects a country. My country, on the other hand, has apparently forgotten, and the whole fucking world should be terrified.

    It can never happen here is the attitude that lets it happen. That applies whether it’s happened before or not. I know Germany is very different from what is was in the 1930s. I fucking lived there in the 90s. I’m not worried about Germany. It’s still a bad look.