Yep

They tried that already and it bombed.

It’s not the length it’s the speech pattern. There’s a lot of “like” thrown in. I’m 3rd paragraph and I still don’t know what’s happening.

Irrelevant now. Apparently McConnell has spoken.

Nothing will be announced or acknowledged until after Aug 3.

The religion thing has typically been more about community. Given that white culture is mostly bereft of community, that’s the a key lure of belonging to a church or a bigot fringe group.

The less patience and higher anxiety is already happening in higher numbers among new hires. It’s astonishing.

Yes. Buy school lunches. And more teachers.

Or, now that we have these, hold them in threat and don’t use them, using the would be replacement money to fund school lunches.

Or, take the $2.2 billion Trump has skimmed off the top since starting this term and fund school lunches.

And how many American tax dollars and rare earth metals go into each one of these?

The other layer is why do some turn to drugs as their coping mechanism while others never do.

What’s giving people, in similar circumstances, better coping options/skills, or just inherent resilience, vs not?

This was always the endgame. Control the public by making AI shift public opinion. The crowd will follow the crowd even if that crowd is actually AI.

It’s why there’s always that one “guy”saying that similar thing in response to each post. People were reactive on reddit in predictable ways and AI learned at Reddit’s knee. The mimicry may even feel authentic because of the old Reddit experience.

I thought they were still doing ecards.

Part of the issue is GoG still doesn’t do gift cards. You can easily send people there if they allow gift cards.

Another year of Steam for the nieces and nephews…I’ll inquire again next year.

Even before AI, this was a scam. Photoshopped pics. Fake seeds for legit plants, like wasabi, that are harder to find. And so on.

This was a forgone conclusion.

I’ve heard the United States referred to as one giant casino, pre 2024.

Life is unaffordable because of them and now they’re crying about a lack of consumers to buy their stuff.

Middle class exists only by virtue of subsidies. It was an artificial creation invoked by FDR. Then Reagan started a destruction of the middle class that never ended with him. And now we are here.

That’s what Elon does already.

The majority of people don’t like to lead. It’s simply easier and more comfortable to follow. Less conflict. Less confrontation. Less stress.

Leading requires initiative, the capacity to be confrontational, to step outside the box. It’s rather opposite of what is known as the bandwagon effect. Most people cannot do any of that without feeling extremely self conscious or anxious. Or, without being obnoxious and off-putting. You not only have to be able to function separate, you have to do it without annoying the fuck out of those around you.

Effective leadership also requires the capacity for some degree of speed. Some problems cannot wait for debate due to safety.

The bandwagon effect is a fun bit of study. What’s even better is the majority of people believe it doesn’t hold sway over them when the data shows that it absolutely does, something like 70-80%. It’s why, in part, so much money is thrown at AI and bots on social media, especially pre elections.

This appears to be a long but solid definition of it, with some easy bullet points: https://www.researchprospect.com/what-is-the-bandwagon-effect/

There’s also a reverse bandwagon effect, for, you know, the cool people.

Those random, public space cameras with the little solar panel and the blue flashing light in parking lots and such.

Accessing for crime data is supposedly what they’re used for, but some of these guys are accessing to stalk ex wives, girlfriends, or “love” interests.