Hell some of my ancestors have been here since before even James Town in one case but we hugged the borders of civilization through much of it so where do me and my kin fit in since records are scattered. For those curious my ancestors came over from western Ireland with a Jesuit expedition about 20 years before James Town.
It would unironically look better if they filled the middle area with livestock.
It’s a joke in the same way my wannabe highschool bully shoving his hands in my face and chanting I’m not touching you was a joke. Difference is my improved punchline was far better than any follow through either he or Kegsbreath could must, I punch him in the sternum and watched him gasp on the floor like a fish.
It almost looks like how markets were organized in some places historically, but those were generally in smaller spaces and had an open middle to facilitate carts, horses, and just to have an open walking area. This just looks dead.
Hey don’t do pedobear dirty like that, he at least started out as an anti-pedophilia thing before getting mangled when he jumped to the english side of the internet.
Hey dumb fucks the US economy isn’t even capitalism at this point, it’s a fucked up breed of corporatism. I’d fucken kill for Smithian capitalism at this point because it’d be an active improvement over the current system.
Perhaps not functional but I would still expect some amount of change, but then again I’m more or less forced by instinct to collect knowledge so it may just be alien to me. It’s quite literally incomprehensible that someone would through intention or nature not evolve as a person past the age of five, hell id expect puberty to cause something to shift.
I literally don’t get how someone can be that… stagnant. Like my personality ebbs and flows constantly based off of what information I take in, sure it usually doesn’t effect how I act and present on a day to day but like any form of evolution a little over a long time is actually quite a lot.
My point is largely focused on not doing large counter events specifically, Schumer doing a stupid little media circuit at worst will annoy people but if they did a counter rally and brought out Schumer then that’ll piss people off. Fact of the matter is the establishment Dems are either unwilling or incapable of holding against Trump and the Republicans, words must be backed by actions and all people see is capitulation. Mind you I am of the opinion that the Dems generally don’t have enough votes to do much, but to me that seems like an issue that should have the response of say expelling Fetterman from the party maybe having one of the younger members punch McConnell IDK.
Like I said earlier this last stupid shit at the Whitehouse was massively unpopular teens for the Republicans single digits for the Democrats. Frankly letting it sit and be visible while calling it stupid, expensive, and corrupt while not giving a damn about the actual events is far more impactful than if they did a counter thing elsewhere. Same will probably be even more true on July 4th especially as shit continues to worsen since Trump is doing the circus without the bread which generally just pisses people off.
Point is the Dem establishment have created an issue via their own stupidity and weak willed actions that has directly fucked their ability to respond. Had they come out the gates swinging people would be a lot more forgiving but between the ratchet effect and bipartisan bullshit on their side they’ve made themselves impotent, individual members can get away with proper responses but the party as a whole can’t. Well they could but ego, corruption, and stupidity wont allow them to say do a media event with just the progressive caucus and their internal allys.
Frankly what I’m describing is mostly focused on the federal level and specifically the old guard who I think are fundamentally incapable of dealing with Trump. On the state and local level that’s an entirely different question which varies wildly depending on regional factors, but for example Mamdani is extremely effective against Republicans in general since he is actually trying, it’s the same reason why the progressive caucus is able to somewhat bite back. Best that can be done as of now on the federal level is gridlock Congress, states and local should be actively fucking with the feds and any international shit IMO for example California should pull out of anything to do with the Olympics and schedule all the roadwork in LA while working to sabotage it further.
Also I was mostly sticking to the whole ralley thing, my bias against rallies, parades, and ceremonies cannot be overstated. It’s a blind spot that I am very aware of but I can’t really correct for since I see it as a form of braggartry, it’s to the point my friends joke that I would’ve skipped my own birth if it was possible hence why I was a C-section so it could be over with the fastest instead. Point is my default response to the concept of an oppositional ralley isn’t protest, counter rallies, or even statements it’s to call it profligate and to consider it a target rich environment.
While I agree with you that in many ways it’s the way Dems have fucked up against Trump this isn’t one of them. Pretty sure fucking cholera is more liked than the dumbass fest that happened at the Whitehouse. Also let’s be honest here theres a good chance if they did do something beyond a couple statements against this shit they’d probably find some way to piss everyone off, probably by rolling out Chuck Schumer to say some stupid insane shit.
When it comes to Trump youve gotta know when to take Proaction, inaction, and reaction and which one is best appropriate. Frankly the best time to have dealt with Trump was the immediate aftermath of Jan 6th where he should’ve been drawn and quartered, now we are in a situation where we are waiting for the Reaper to do his good work.
As unsatisfying as this may sound it may very well be a case of don’t interrupt your enemy while they make a mistake. For all intents and purposes this stupid shit last week was a wet fart, it accomplished nothing and has had minimal if any cultural impact. Had the Dems organized something it could’ve metastasized into a culture war issue resulting in it becoming something more notable. Trump thrives on attention good or bad, so unless necessary it’s better to ignore him.
Either that or the party is out of touch and internally gridlocked, regardless the effect is the same.
Agreed, just didn’t want to speculate all that much on back end shit that I can’t see. But yeah the match regardless of accuracy thing is almost certainly happening on statistics alone, I know damned well I’ve met folks with faces very similar to my own since I don’t facially differ all that much from the rest of the North American Scottish diaspora and that’s just from personal experience though funny enough I don’t get mistaken for other people because I am shorter than most other folks with similar faces to my own.
Personally I think that these tools are only as good as their user and also they aren’t nearly as capable as they want us to think they are, be it due to weird gaps in their coverage, insufficient photo or video resolution, or simply too much parsable days I think these surveillance networks have notable holes in them. That’s not even getting into how the software side of things may be insufficient, biased, or simply broken.
Yeah the best bet would be to attack the power lines and be a pain. Maybe attack road infrastructure in the area, for example if they have a bridge undermine it and let them have fun. But yeah the best bet would be to just push out pro AI local officials and then revoke permits and whatnot. Worst case scenario you can’t get out of a contract but you can revoke police assistance and ban them from having security or something, would probably depend on how that type of shit works on the legal side of things which I am not familiar with.
Or alternatively even more concrete. Could always just lock em in and then see what’s left in a couple years when someone remembers.
Personally I won’t be satisfied until he joins good ol’ bleedy neck.
Doesn’t Colorado have a bunch of old mines? Chuck the slagen in the oubliette.
Soon only the porn devs shall remain for it.