Big numbers won’t matter. If anything, they’ll just say the big numbers are proof of cheating.

They’re going to cry foul no matter what. And they’re not allowing in external election observers so they can say whatever they want.

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Misogyny and ableism? I’m curious what you’re referring to.

Edit: (Not questioning your opinion of the series; not everything is for everyone. But I’ve gotten a lot of people to read this series and haven’t heard that take, so I’m curious.)

“I have a button that says, ‘George engine failure now’” -Toto Wolff

Got him!

This is the beginning of the turn. All part of Thiel’s plan to get his puppet as president for 10 years. Regardless of who wins the midterms, Trump will either be impeached and removed from office or 25th amendmented after January 20, 2027, so that JD Vance will be eligible to serve 2.5 terms.

Owlma is potentially my favorite movie of all time!

Ah yes, the Hoot Askewniverse films.

Owls
Mallowls
Chasing Owlmy
Owlma
Jay and Silent Owl Strike Back
Owls 2
Jay and Silent Owl Reboot
Owls 3

So God created us imperfect then holds us to an impossible standard and is punishing us for not living up to it? Doesn’t sound very loving.

According to the religion, humans were created perfect and chose to sin. Everything since was an effort to redeem them.

If he had to do it this way because of his nature then he is not omnipotent.

Well yeah. Inherently. In fact, I think for any conception of a deity in a religious setting to make sense there must be some kind of limitations on that deity, whether understood by their worshippers or not.

Just like Saint Peter, the first pope!

Early in our dating, my wife had me take the enneagram test. I got a 2, she’s a 9. I told her I found a page detailing relationships between 2’s and 9’s and some of the strengths and weaknesses we’d navigate as a couple.

As I was reading it she kept saying, at first, “That makes sense!” Or “Yeah I can see that.” There were a few that were kind of out there. But she kept listening.

Eventually I revealed to her that I was ACTUALLY reading a page detailing relationships between a dragon and a sheep, our respective Chinese Zodiac signs. And that I was using this to support my argument that personality tests are astrology for educated people.

Still ended up getting laid, though not that day. 😅

The explanation I’ve been given is actually kinda cool in a, like, fantasy worldbuilding sort of way. By nature God is perfection, and since Adam and Eve fell short of perfection, mankind is tainted by imperfection. That falling short is sin. (There is some debate about whether God “decides” what is sin, or whether it is some sort of objective nature of God, which I also think is sort of fascinating.) Man needed ways to be absolved from sin to be in communion with God. This largely involved sacrificing animals to cover over sin with blood, and this symbolism is all over the old testament.

Christianity posits that Jesus was both God and Man, combining the two natures. He lived a sinless life, but still faced death (which shouldn’t happen to someone without sin). This causes a sort of divide-by-zero error that cancels out the sin of all who are linked to Jesus through the sacraments (especially baptism and communion). This allows humans to be “in communion with God” without continued animal sacrifice. And now that living a perfect life, which is impossible, is not necessary, Christians should do good things in the world to reflect the grace they’ve been given.

Unfortunately, most Christians know fuck all about their own religion and don’t understand it at a fundamental level, and think it’s their job to go around judging people and telling them to repent.

He’d make a fine Reverse Clinton.

I get them in the Dutch section in the “international foods” aisle in my local grocery story. (I know they’re from more places than the Netherlands, that’s just where I find them.)

In Christianity, the crucifixion is the moment of victory. Christ’s sinless death is what allows mankind to be redeemed, and that was the plan all along. So they see the crucifixion as holy, though it is also mourned. It is used as a reminder of the love God has for his people and as a sort of “try to be better” thing.

Minor correction, please take it in the kindly manner it is offered:

Time sink indicates something that takes time. Time is sunk in a time sink.

Time sync would indicate a synchronizing of time.

Your meaning is very clear from context though, so no worries. 🙂

Eh. I don’t really know the guy and have no intention of disrupting my parents’ relationship with their neighbor. He has owned Teslas for many years, since the point where owning one was the opposite political indicator of what owning the Cybertruck is, so I can only hope he’s just entrenched and uncaring rather than actively racist. Who knows.

I will freely admit though that I share your first impression when I see a Swastikar Deplorean in the wild.

The Cybertruck is also fucking huge. And Jeff Bezos is also terrible but not “Nazi salute the president and then slash USAID funding killing shitloads of children” terrible.

My parents’ neighbor got one. Said he’s worried about about what people will think but that it’s his “dream car” or something.

Bruh. Get a Rivian. The Swastikar Deplorean cannot be separated from the batshit far-right antics of Musk.

Why are so many people in FOSS weird fascists?