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[Joe Molotov]

in any given city, there must exist a normal-sized room that has had fewer people enter it than any other room in the city

in fact it is possible that in some dingy forgotten basement there is a room which has never been entered since the building was constructed

where is that room?  and is anything inside it?

You must find that room and then you must poop in it.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/army-spouse-uses-30-device-to-track-down-shady-moving-truck-driver-airtag.541400/page-5#post-80541563

I have been told like 10 times in this thread that they are only allowed time off after they deliver everything, not straw manning anything, people bare literally advocating that this person is not to rest until the job is done and to hell with anything else until then.

Hope alot of people in here aren't in charge of people at work, would be insufferable bosses lol.

[nudemacusers]

lol that thread is amusing to say the least... mil moves are contracted out through a DoD JPPSO/TMO team and there is a 'coordinator' intermediary you communicate with who handles the pickup/dropoff timing based on input from actual shipper/driving company. your house is also surveyed beforehand by a third party contractor to estimate weight, identify difficult/specialist items (delicate antiques, unusual equipment, etc).

on pickup/load your entire house is inventoried (the put stickers on everything) and you review this with the departure driver for accuracy. packing is done by a local team of randos coordinated by the shipping company and they operate under supervision from the departure driver. I personally haven't had an issue but i've seen legit heroin addicts try to get on installations to work a packing job.

sometimes the trailer is split across a few households depending on space. nothing should be getting partially lost, your shipment goes on one single trailer. So missing a whole page of inventory (about 25 line items iirc) is pretty fucked to begin with and incredibly shady.

I'm guessing the month wait is due to a few pickup/dropoffs being scheduled under this trailer from CO to NY (probably other bases on the way, who knows). needless to say they pad the timing by QUITE a bit of margin to allow for delay/etc and are very much required to stick to timelines. there is literally no reason for several reschedules, and the military member usually has to be on-site to accept and sign for delivery. the coordinator also having no idea where the actual trailer is... mindblowing. that's their job. glad this is blowing up, that company needs to have their contact canceled for cause.

anyone defending the shipping company here is a total moron fool and has no idea what the actual process entails. it is most definitely not a casual affair that is opened and closed in a week's time.

pretty ironic for a forum that complains about fedex/dhl/ups delays for completely unimportant stuff.

[FUME5]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-am-shook-the-new-graphics-king-is-here-and-it-is-a-first-person-multiplayer-game-nobody-here-is-talking-about.541253/#post-80509580

Things that technically aren’t racist, but feel racist.

"War of Rights"?

whatcanisaybutyikes.gif

War of Rights feels like calling something War of Ethics in Games Journalism

Graphics so good you can practically feel the hard R.

"War of Rights, specifically the one to own people but Jim stop typing this we're not going to include this part in the title"

For anyone wondering I’ve seen this game pop up on Tik Tok and it’s probably exactly what you’d expect.

Seen multiple videos of a black guy playing the game and every video is the same joke of talking about hating black people and killing yankees and then usually another player decides he sounds black and they all sceam at him and team kill him.

Dennis got duration ban

User Banned (duration pending): Creating a troll thread with regards to the American Civil War, history of serious infractions

Dennis still using a 15 year old selfie lmao

[clothedmacuser]

Red

If we can get proof the driver is compensated fairly and is economically in a position where their employment has provided a good standard of living and they are not experiencing undue stress or burden in the course of doing their job that would contribute to a negative outcome, at that point sure I'd be comfortable pointing a finger at the driver. Until then like why would the working class fight against each other over something like this and not the people in charge of the driver who likely profit heavily off the driver's labor and have greater resources to facilitate conditions where this situation can't occur.

Uninizizzle

[SmokyDave]

Dennis still using a 15 year old selfie lmao

...heh, yeah, that fool....

(Pretty sure mine is about 10 years old, but there's no way I'll bother ever replacing it. I look the same, just greyer and a bit more beaten down)

[Potato]

Quick, someone with a Resetera account post this:

[Straight Edge]

If Dennis720p eats a perm will he crawl back here?

[Uncle]

Dennis still using a 15 year old selfie lmao

...heh, yeah, that fool....

(Pretty sure mine is about 10 years old, but there's no way I'll bother ever replacing it. I look the same, just greyer and a bit more beaten down)

ngl I got you guys mixed up all the time

two white smiling cis male selfies, dudes with D names

[marrec]

Dennis still using a 15 year old selfie lmao

...heh, yeah, that fool....

(Pretty sure mine is about 10 years old, but there's no way I'll bother ever replacing it. I look the same, just greyer and a bit more beaten down)

ngl I got you guys mixed up all the time

two white smiling cis male selfies, dudes with D names

It's easy, Smokey is British and loves big juggs, FUME5 is Australian and... also loves big juggs... huh damn this is gunna be harder than I thought.

[SmokyDave]

ngl I got you guys mixed up all the time

two white smiling cis male selfies, dudes with D names

I’m packing a GTX 970 in a mini-ITX case. I’m more like Dennis2560x1080

[BisMarckie]

That's terrible.  Have you posted that so I can give it a bad rating?

It kinda got out of hand. At first it was just Mario and Nathan Drake pissing on Phil Spencer. Then Mario and Drake started sucking each other off with Phil Spencer joining them. I feel like that doesn't quite get the intended message across.

[Mediocre Lager]

Exclusives suck for any reason and are anti-consumer 100% of the time

Unless the company I like has exclusives in which case

fuck yeah

[benjipwns]

the same microsoft that has a terrible videogame storefront?

Then again, their own storefront (and their gamepass service) is terrble in PC.

No, Steam is awesome.

[Taco Bell Tower]

If Dennis720p eats a perm will he crawl back here?

Sadly.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/ninja-allegedly-backed-a-twitch-streamer-who-was-leading-a-harrassment-campaign-against-pokimane.540686/page-3#post-80413451

Okay, 18 to 25 is still a big gap. Add in the fact that she still apologizes for it. At what point is she allowed to move on past it and be reformed? Honestly. What does a person have to do? If you want people to change and grow, there has to be some allowance for that to happen.

At what point can she live her life with out being harassed and using that as a cheap excuse for harassment and saying shit like she is getting dicked down every night? At what point can she be free from lunatic misogyny without "well... on the other hand she did say the N word 7 years ago" to justify it?

[benjipwns]

We had to destroy democracy in order to save it:

Biden should just say fuck it and pass it via EO. let the courts fight it out. make it take years. at least we may save this next election.

Do it right before the election. Fuck em.

They’d strike this down before the election. The court is nakedly corrupt at this point

Not to mention the Press will run with Joe Biden is the real fascist

Thread is absolutely full of people hysterically crying about the end of democracy, how voting has been permanently nullified and how they need to plan their exit from the guaranteed impending totalitarian state (plus guaranteed civil war) they totally don't want while hinting about the now necessity of violence against perceived political enemies. (Plus DrForester calling for secession again and again.)

Example:

I'm absolutely paralyzed with fear right now. It's so clear where the country is headed in the next decade, but I'm absolutely powerless to help stop it or get out. It's like riding a train you know is headed for a bridge that's out, but being unable to jump off before it's too late. I've no real marketable skills, so trying to move and work in another country is basically off the table for me in the short term. All I can do is sit silently by while I wait for the chaos to ensue. I've seen people on this forum attack those planning on moving to other countries as cowards for "giving up on America", but the fuck else are people supposed to do?

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[Propagandhim]

I've no real marketable skills, so trying to move and work in another country is basically off the table for me in the short term. All I can do is sit silently by while I wait for the chaos to ensue. I've seen people on this forum attack those planning on moving to other countries as cowards for "giving up on America", but the fuck else are people supposed to do?

Get marketable skills?  It's either that or spend your mid 30s in a supermarket aisle, neurotically and hyperjudgementally posting about the world's ills with no ability to enact quantifiable change.  Hey Era-kid: You don't have to live like this if you don't want to.  People like me moved to the US for better economic opportunities.  There's so much to offer here, and you have a lot to offer if you set goals within your periphery, make your world smaller, and stop perceiving catastrophe everywhere you go.  Certain things in this country do need to change (the healthcare situation is almost embarrassing) - but you can't fight for them with no resources and in this state of mind.

[benjipwns]

Oh, this Tahnit guy is great:

if only people werent so fucking apathetic we might be able to organize a mass protest or general strike. godamn i feel fucking hopeless right now. My vote didnt mean shit.

No, the president cannot just create new laws.

Maybe in extreme circumstances where the fate of democracy is on the line they should be able to say "enough of that shit" and pass new laws. Shit is broken.

Remember how some of Trump’s EO were later struck down as unconstitutional by SCOTUS? That’s what would happen if Biden just started issuing them Willy nilly

Then why the FUCK can Trump issue EOs like crazy for all kinds of horrible shit yet for voting rights Biden cant do shit. The fundamental pillar of democracy and Biden can do jack fucking shit to protect it. Why the fuck is that ok?

[Taco Bell Tower]

We had to destroy democracy in order to save it:

Biden should just say fuck it and pass it via EO. let the courts fight it out. make it take years. at least we may save this next election.

Do it right before the election. Fuck em.

They’d strike this down before the election. The court is nakedly corrupt at this point

Not to mention the Press will run with Joe Biden is the real fascist

Thread is absolutely full of people hysterically crying about the end of democracy, how voting has been permanently nullified and how they need to plan their exit from the guaranteed impending totalitarian state (plus guaranteed civil war) they totally don't want while hinting about the now necessity of violence against perceived political enemies. (Plus DrForester calling for secession again and again.)

Example:

I'm absolutely paralyzed with fear right now. It's so clear where the country is headed in the next decade, but I'm absolutely powerless to help stop it or get out. It's like riding a train you know is headed for a bridge that's out, but being unable to jump off before it's too late. I've no real marketable skills, so trying to move and work in another country is basically off the table for me in the short term. All I can do is sit silently by while I wait for the chaos to ensue. I've seen people on this forum attack those planning on moving to other countries as cowards for "giving up on America", but the fuck else are people supposed to do?

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fuck civility. we need to make these peoples lives miserable in every way possible. im fucking over it.

People should go to Sinema's house and honk horns all fucking night long. every fucking night. hound her. do not let her rest. do not let her enjoy life. fuck civility. make her life a fucking living hell

if only people werent so fucking apathetic we might be able to organize a mass protest or general strike. godamn i feel fucking hopeless right now. My vote didnt mean shit.

Tahnit is insane.

Glad I’m leaving this shit hole.

I'm working as fast as possible to leave before 2024. Fuck this country.

Same. April 6 I'm gone for good, finally after years of waiting/preparation 🙌

Same people who said they were gonna leave USA if Trump won yet they're still here.

I don't want to get to upset about this, as horrible as it is. I have been told that getting mad and lashing out about these things is aggravating other members who are tired of all the doom posting and negativity every day.

Fuck Republicans though (and Sinema and Manchin to boot)

He types this with a Manchin avatar

This was inevitable, but Doomposting won't help.

We've gotta switch up tactics and ramp up pressure.

For instance, would be cool to see local businesses ban repubs or constantly hound them in public and raise hell. What's important is to keep up these protests for a longer amount of time and coordinate with unions.

This goes double for the corporate lobbyists - all of which you can find on Opensecrets.org.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

yeah. c'mon, whats the fucking point of a president if they can't just go ahead and pass new laws unilaterally when circumstances are as dire as they are right now, because what kind of fucking world do we want our kids living in if they can't even play fucking call of duty on their playstation?

[benjipwns]

I’d say USA had a good run but it’s been a shitty run
Buckle up everyone

I honestly don't think people understand just how dire this situation is.

At least I didn't have to deal with a bunch of self-righteous posters coming in here to tell us we can vote our way out of fascism this time.

It's hard for people because the situation is so desperate that they feel the need to do something, but voting is the only thing they feel (rightfully unless they want to cop a ban) that they can advocate for so the desperation of the situation just leads to them posting "vote" harder in the hopes that will make more of a difference.

So, in the short term, we are probably heading for a Christian fascist dictatorship in this country. Good news is that, in the long term, that regime will collapse as fascism always does. That's cold comfort for the thousands if not millions who will die in the process, though. And I hope I don't come across as some dispassionate observer with no skin in the game. I'm a trans lesbian with a Jewish wife. I know exactly what my future is. I'm just trying to not let the fear consume me.

[benjipwns]

He types this with a Manchin avatar

Somebody complained:

Is there a reason why you have Joe Manchins face as your avatar? I would appreciate not having to see that rat fuck piece of shits face every time you post.

[Propagandhim]

So, in the short term, we are probably heading for a Christian fascist dictatorship in this country. Good news is that, in the long term, that regime will collapse as fascism always does. That's cold comfort for the thousands if not millions who will die in the process, though. And I hope I don't come across as some dispassionate observer with no skin in the game. I'm a trans lesbian with a Jewish wife. I know exactly what my future is. I'm just trying to not let the fear consume me.

What the fuck?   

[marrec]

We had to destroy democracy in order to save it:

Biden should just say fuck it and pass it via EO. let the courts fight it out. make it take years. at least we may save this next election.

Do it right before the election. Fuck em.

They’d strike this down before the election. The court is nakedly corrupt at this point

Not to mention the Press will run with Joe Biden is the real fascist

Thread is absolutely full of people hysterically crying about the end of democracy, how voting has been permanently nullified and how they need to plan their exit from the guaranteed impending totalitarian state (plus guaranteed civil war) they totally don't want while hinting about the now necessity of violence against perceived political enemies. (Plus DrForester calling for secession again and again.)

Example:

I'm absolutely paralyzed with fear right now. It's so clear where the country is headed in the next decade, but I'm absolutely powerless to help stop it or get out. It's like riding a train you know is headed for a bridge that's out, but being unable to jump off before it's too late. I've no real marketable skills, so trying to move and work in another country is basically off the table for me in the short term. All I can do is sit silently by while I wait for the chaos to ensue. I've seen people on this forum attack those planning on moving to other countries as cowards for "giving up on America", but the fuck else are people supposed to do?

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It has never been more clear to me than reading this thread that these people don't actually have anything going on in their lives beyond this imagined culture war. What specifically is paralyzing this person with fear?

I posit that, like the American Right, this is all virtue signaling, this extreme language is all self-reinforced by their insular community and people have to use escalating extremities of language in order to get the validation they so desperately need. Oh, I didn't get quote/retweeted/liked when I said Joe Manchin is literally Hitler, then I'll say that unless we stop Manchin our nation will spontaneously explode in the next 5 years.

Which inevitably will lead to someone thinking this is actually as serious as these assholes are claiming and doing something stupid because they think their lives are in danger.

[Taco Bell Tower]

He types this with a Manchin avatar

Somebody complained:

Is there a reason why you have Joe Manchins face as your avatar? I would appreciate not having to see that rat fuck piece of shits face every time you post.

It was more a "the universe is manchin" kind of thing at the time but actually I am right there with you. Im done looking at his face. Im just trying to decide what to change it to.

He wouldn't change it if that person didn't complained He had that avatar since the start of Era and constantly said fuck Manchin before the complaint.

[Taco Bell Tower]

So, in the short term, we are probably heading for a Christian fascist dictatorship in this country. Good news is that, in the long term, that regime will collapse as fascism always does. That's cold comfort for the thousands if not millions who will die in the process, though. And I hope I don't come across as some dispassionate observer with no skin in the game. I'm a trans lesbian with a Jewish wife. I know exactly what my future is. I'm just trying to not let the fear consume me.

What the fuck?   

Here is my problem with moving to Canada or Mexico...etc.

If this country goes full fascism, What's stopping them from Forming a US coalition army to attack Canada/Mexico just to ensure their fascism beliefs and rules go far and wide? Is Canada able to defend its borders against the US? Is Mexico?

[Propagandhim]

Actually deranged.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

I guess when there are no steps of gradation between 'opposition politics' and 'literal nazis', yes, it must be awfully confusing that other countries don't treat one countries internal politics the same as that country attempting to militarily annex another

[benjipwns]

It has never been more clear to me than reading this thread that these people don't actually have anything going on in their lives beyond this imagined culture war. What specifically is paralyzing this person with fear?

I posit that, like the American Right, this is all virtue signaling, this extreme language is all self-reinforced by their insular community and people have to use escalating extremities of language in order to get the validation they so desperately need. Oh, I didn't get quote/retweeted/liked when I said Joe Manchin is literally Hitler, then I'll say that unless we stop Manchin our nation will spontaneously explode in the next 5 years.

Which inevitably will lead to someone thinking this is actually as serious as these assholes are claiming and doing something stupid because they think their lives are in danger.

It doesn't help that they've cut out the entire rest of the planet for being bigoted so all their sources of news (aka a very curated Twitter) have spent the last few months increasingly hyping up the rhetoric about how unless this passed and the filibuster was removed voting wouldn't matter any more. (Even though Manchin and Sinema's position was known for like a year now.)

It really doesn't help how Joe Biden and Jim Clyburn literally said yesterday and today that elections aren't legitimate in the United States unless the filibuster was eliminated and the legislation passed. (Even though neither of these were the case when both won election in 2020.)

[marrec]

While they egg each other on to further ridiculous heights of doomposting in any American Political thread, to the point where it seems a certainty that America will turn into some Mad Maxian dystopia within the next 2 years, they continue to post about how much they're looking forward to Marvel movies.

It is extremely at odds with the seriousness of the coming political calamity. Dialectic thought would account for some of this, but you would think the seemingly unstoppable White Conservative Christian Jihad against all those who aren't like them would necessitate more specific and immediate actions.

Almost as if they don't actually believe the extreme bullshit they're spouting.

[porkbun]

I've no real marketable skills, so trying to move and work in another country is basically off the table for me in the short term. All I can do is sit silently by while I wait for the chaos to ensue. I've seen people on this forum attack those planning on moving to other countries as cowards for "giving up on America", but the fuck else are people supposed to do?

Get marketable skills?  It's either that or spend your mid 30s in a supermarket aisle, neurotically and hyperjudgementally posting about the world's ills with no ability to enact quantifiable change.  Hey Era-kid: You don't have to live like this if you don't want to.  People like me moved to the US for better economic opportunities.  There's so much to offer here, and you have a lot to offer if you set goals within your periphery, make your world smaller, and stop perceiving catastrophe everywhere you go.  Certain things in this country do need to change (the healthcare situation is almost embarrassing) - but you can't fight for them with no resources and in this state of mind.

Also, it's not that hard to get "marketable" skills.  Like if you have basic knowledge of MS Office stuff (especially Excel) you can easily get an entry level office job, which 100% of the time is going to pay more, have better benefits, and be easier than retail/food service jobs.  Or you can go to a community college/trade school and get an electrician, plumbing, etc. degree.  I worked in retail until my mid-20s and definitely anyone over the age of 30 in a non-management role who was working it as their main full-time job were assholes who blamed everyone else for their situation.  So pretty much the majority of Reset posters, Incelchief being the prime example.  Stop wasting time and money on superhero movies and cartoon video games and actually work on improving yourself before you cry about "unfair" life is while typing furisouly on a $1000 iPhone.

[marrec]

It has never been more clear to me than reading this thread that these people don't actually have anything going on in their lives beyond this imagined culture war. What specifically is paralyzing this person with fear?

I posit that, like the American Right, this is all virtue signaling, this extreme language is all self-reinforced by their insular community and people have to use escalating extremities of language in order to get the validation they so desperately need. Oh, I didn't get quote/retweeted/liked when I said Joe Manchin is literally Hitler, then I'll say that unless we stop Manchin our nation will spontaneously explode in the next 5 years.

Which inevitably will lead to someone thinking this is actually as serious as these assholes are claiming and doing something stupid because they think their lives are in danger.

It doesn't help that they've cut out the entire rest of the planet for being bigoted so all their sources of news (aka a very curated Twitter) have spent the last few months increasingly hyping up the rhetoric about how unless this passed and the filibuster was removed voting wouldn't matter any more. (Even though Manchin and Sinema's position was known for like a year now.)

It really doesn't help how Joe Biden and Jim Clyburn literally said yesterday and today that elections aren't legitimate in the United States unless the filibuster was eliminated and the legislation passed. (Even though neither of these were the case when both won election in 2020.)

I know this isn't the politics thread but it was pretty wild hearing Biden give his best Trump impression when asked if he'd consider the 2022 elections legitimate sans voting rights legislation and nobody is really talking about that? Everyone seems to be focused on Biden saying "minor incursion" in the context of NATO unity on Russia.

[marrec]

I've no real marketable skills, so trying to move and work in another country is basically off the table for me in the short term. All I can do is sit silently by while I wait for the chaos to ensue. I've seen people on this forum attack those planning on moving to other countries as cowards for "giving up on America", but the fuck else are people supposed to do?

Get marketable skills?  It's either that or spend your mid 30s in a supermarket aisle, neurotically and hyperjudgementally posting about the world's ills with no ability to enact quantifiable change.  Hey Era-kid: You don't have to live like this if you don't want to.  People like me moved to the US for better economic opportunities.  There's so much to offer here, and you have a lot to offer if you set goals within your periphery, make your world smaller, and stop perceiving catastrophe everywhere you go.  Certain things in this country do need to change (the healthcare situation is almost embarrassing) - but you can't fight for them with no resources and in this state of mind.

Also, it's not that hard to get "marketable" skills.  Like if you have basic knowledge of MS Office stuff (especially Excel) you can easily get an entry level office job, which 100% of the time is going to pay more, have better benefits, and be easier than retail/food service jobs.  Or you can go to a community college/trade school and get an electrician, plumbing, etc. degree.  I worked in retail until my mid-20s and definitely anyone over the age of 30 in a non-management role who was working it as their main full-time job were assholes who blamed everyone else for their situation.  So pretty much the majority of Reset posters, Incelchief being the prime example.  Stop wasting time and money on superhero movies and cartoon video games and actually work on improving yourself before you cry about "unfair" life is while typing furisouly on a $1000 iPhone.

I know this isn't 20 years ago but I'm pretty sure you don't even have to go to trade school/community college in 2022. Just hire on with someone who does the trade work, be on time and motivated, and you'll learn and be promoted and/or get the credits necessary for whatever certification is required. OTJ Training in these fields can often be used in place of college credits for state accreditation. I only ever completed one semester of college and yet I'm a certified quality engineer.

[Propagandhim]

Right.  And we should support anyone who wants to do that with a sane healthcare system and reasonable tuition/training fees or government sponsored apprenticeship programs.   But I can't imagine working menial, minimum wage labor every day and coming home and doomposting on Era, without even attempting to change things for the better.  Incel and Nepenthe are truly extraordinary specimens. 

[marrec]

Right.  And we should support anyone who wants to do that with a sane healthcare system and reasonable tuition/training fees or government sponsored apprenticeship programs.   But I can't imagine working menial, minimum wage labor every day and coming home and doomposting on Era, without even attempting to change things for the better.  Incel and Nepenthe are truly extraordinary specimens.

It takes a certain level of privilege to be able to dedicate so much of your time to publicly pretending you're miserable.

[benjipwns]

Almost as if they don't actually believe the extreme bullshit they're spouting.

Maybe I'm too much of a moderate centrist but I tend to believe that on some level they do believe what they're saying, they're just uninformed and almost deliberately ignorant, and then the environment helps them hype each other up. To "both sides" things, I've seen similar effects elsewhere where conservatives are posting (albeit not a conservative forum), one will say something somewhat silly but at least not totally out of bounds like maybe pointing to something shady but not outright questioning the 2020 election, and then it will get responses from other conservatives who increasingly up the ante until like ten posts later someone (maybe even the first person in this chain) is more or less saying that Democrats literally shredded votes that were for Trump and then put in millions of fake ballots with Civil War veterans names on them for Biden.

To bring it back to ResetERA.com, I'm sure that almost nobody in that thread realizes that ideal blue state New York's voting restrictions are harsher than Georgia's recent changes let alone most of the country, nor that the proposed legislation would not do much to any state's existing restrictions even if it had some good ideas in my opinion. (Nor do they realize that things like requiring photo ID to vote is massively supported even among Democratic voters and that the legislation's ban on this was an extreme position that finds support among radicals like myself, not the general public here or in any other country.)

[Uncle]

it has to be so exhausting to pretend like every moment is a flashpoint event which deeply impacts our very way of life

sometimes such moments happen but it would take a lot of convincing to make me absolutely sure that THIS is the time democracy has fallen and the Age of the Incel has begun

[Joe Molotov]

So, in the short term, we are probably heading for a Christian fascist dictatorship in this country. Good news is that, in the long term, that regime will collapse as fascism always does. That's cold comfort for the thousands if not millions who will die in the process, though. And I hope I don't come across as some dispassionate observer with no skin in the game. I'm a trans lesbian with a Jewish wife. I know exactly what my future is. I'm just trying to not let the fear consume me.

What the fuck?   

Here is my problem with moving to Canada or Mexico...etc.

If this country goes full fascism, What's stopping them from Forming a US coalition army to attack Canada/Mexico just to ensure their fascism beliefs and rules go far and wide? Is Canada able to defend its borders against the US? Is Mexico?

I'm moving to Liechtenstein. It'll be safe because no one in the US knows where that is on a map.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Hopefully my fellow black people wise up and mass exodus red states if they're able to. Blue states are not perfect, but they're certainly better than the proto white nationalist sovereigns masquerading as union provinces.

[marrec]

it has to be so exhausting to pretend like every moment is a flashpoint event which deeply impacts our very way of life

sometimes such moments happen but it would take a lot of convincing to make me absolutely sure that THIS is the time democracy has fallen and the Age of the Incel has begun

Are you telling me the people that have to take surveys to determine the best way to wipe their own asses aren't convincing enough for you?

[Uncle]

I’d say USA had a good run but it’s been a shitty run
Buckle up everyone

I honestly don't think people understand just how dire this situation is.

At least I didn't have to deal with a bunch of self-righteous posters coming in here to tell us we can vote our way out of fascism this time.

It's hard for people because the situation is so desperate that they feel the need to do something, but voting is the only thing they feel (rightfully unless they want to cop a ban) that they can advocate for so the desperation of the situation just leads to them posting "vote" harder in the hopes that will make more of a difference.

So, in the short term, we are probably heading for a Christian fascist dictatorship in this country. Good news is that, in the long term, that regime will collapse as fascism always does. That's cold comfort for the thousands if not millions who will die in the process, though. And I hope I don't come across as some dispassionate observer with no skin in the game. I'm a trans lesbian with a Jewish wife. I know exactly what my future is. I'm just trying to not let the fear consume me.

does anyone remember when trump poisoned the well by heavily implying that if he lost the upcoming election, it would be because it was rigged? so his base was completely convinced ahead of time that a win was a win, and a loss was still a win that was robbed? wasn't that shitty and divisive when he did that

[marrec]

I’d say USA had a good run but it’s been a shitty run
Buckle up everyone

I honestly don't think people understand just how dire this situation is.

At least I didn't have to deal with a bunch of self-righteous posters coming in here to tell us we can vote our way out of fascism this time.

It's hard for people because the situation is so desperate that they feel the need to do something, but voting is the only thing they feel (rightfully unless they want to cop a ban) that they can advocate for so the desperation of the situation just leads to them posting "vote" harder in the hopes that will make more of a difference.

So, in the short term, we are probably heading for a Christian fascist dictatorship in this country. Good news is that, in the long term, that regime will collapse as fascism always does. That's cold comfort for the thousands if not millions who will die in the process, though. And I hope I don't come across as some dispassionate observer with no skin in the game. I'm a trans lesbian with a Jewish wife. I know exactly what my future is. I'm just trying to not let the fear consume me.

does anyone remember when trump poisoned the well by heavily implying that if he lost the upcoming election, it would be because it was rigged? so his base was completely convinced ahead of time that a win was a win, and a loss was still a win that was robbed? wasn't that shitty and divisive when he did that

Conceivably Trump's insane ramblings about the inevitability of voter fraud led to lower voter turnout in some key counties that Trump had won in 2016 which may have had a significant impact on the final Electoral tally. Remember how the GOP Georgia runoff elections losses were blamed exclusively on Trump basically telling a giant rally right before the vote that it didn't actually matter whether they voted or not?

I wonder if something could be learned from that very recent situation...

[Propagandhim]

Hopefully my fellow black people wise up and mass exodus red states if they're able to. Blue states are not perfect, but they're certainly better than the proto white nationalist sovereigns masquerading as union provinces.

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Sensing a trend with this, "Black people are a monolithic entity that should all organize a mass exodus at my behest" kind of posting.  A little patronizing..

[benjipwns]

does anyone remember when trump poisoned the well by heavily implying that if he lost the upcoming election, it would be because it was rigged? so his base was completely convinced ahead of time that a win was a win, and a loss was still a win that was robbed? wasn't that shitty and divisive when he did that

Don't both sides this. Trump was lying about the most untainted election in world history where the people spoke with a single unified voice, now democracy is literally over thanks to the illegitimate Republicans.

[marrec]

Hopefully my fellow black people wise up and mass exodus red states if they're able to. Blue states are not perfect, but they're certainly better than the proto white nationalist sovereigns masquerading as union provinces.

(Image removed from quote.)

Sensing a trend with this, "Black people are a monolithic entity that should all organize a mass exodus at my behest" kind of posting.  A little patronizing..

Wouldn't it make more sense to form some kind of domestic invasion of these states to overcome the gerry mandered counties and flip the red states to blue, considering blue states have a huge net positive of blue voters?

does anyone remember when trump poisoned the well by heavily implying that if he lost the upcoming election, it would be because it was rigged? so his base was completely convinced ahead of time that a win was a win, and a loss was still a win that was robbed? wasn't that shitty and divisive when he did that

Don't both sides this. Trump was lying about the most secure election in world history where the people spoke with a single unified voice, now democracy is literally over thanks to the illegitimate Republicans.

Thanks to illegitimate republicans who were legitimately elected in the most secure and safe election in world history but will be illegitimately elected at any point in the future.

[benjipwns]

Hopefully my fellow black people wise up and mass exodus red states if they're able to. Blue states are not perfect, but they're certainly better than the proto white nationalist sovereigns masquerading as union provinces.

(Image removed from quote.)

Sensing a trend with this, "Black people are a monolithic entity that should all organize a mass exodus at my behest" kind of posting.  A little patronizing..

Wouldn't it make more sense to form some kind of domestic invasion of these states to overcome the gerry mandered counties and flip the red states to blue, considering blue states have a huge net positive of blue voters?

The burden shouldn't be on the richer and presumably safer blue staters to put their lives at risk to improve things for the country. And the burden shouldn't be on me to have to explain this to you.

[benjipwns]

Thanks to illegitimate republicans who were legitimately elected in the most secure and safe election in world history but will be illegitimately elected at any point in the future.

I strongly suspect the Republicans were not legitimately elected. Much like how W. Bush in 2000 and 2004 and Trump in 2016 all blatantly stole the elections.

[marrec]

Hopefully my fellow black people wise up and mass exodus red states if they're able to. Blue states are not perfect, but they're certainly better than the proto white nationalist sovereigns masquerading as union provinces.

(Image removed from quote.)

Sensing a trend with this, "Black people are a monolithic entity that should all organize a mass exodus at my behest" kind of posting.  A little patronizing..

Wouldn't it make more sense to form some kind of domestic invasion of these states to overcome the gerry mandered counties and flip the red states to blue, considering blue states have a huge net positive of blue voters?

The burden shouldn't be on the richer and presumably safer blue staters to put their lives at risk to improve things for the country. And the burden shouldn't be on me to have to explain this to you.

I'm going to get serious again for a minute but:

This is what I'm talking about, if there were any will to legitimately change the country for the "better" among these folks they'd pool a huge sum of money into a crypto consortium and pay to send blue voters to red counties anonymously. You'd probably only need like, 200-300k total voters to flip half a dozen state legislatures and start the slow, ground up take over needed to wrest political control away from conservative voters on a national scale and yet, instead, you see these blue states/counties/municipalities consolidating voting power. You could even legitimize all of this by starting companies in red states that just happen to import a lot of people from other states.

What I'm saying is I want George Soros to pay me to live in Louisiana.

EDIT: In case it wasn't clear, I'm being glib about the mass relocation of voters, but the point is there are actual practical actions that could be taken at a local level that the vast majority of these people don't want to take because they don't have the will.

[Potato]

So, in the short term, we are probably heading for a Christian fascist dictatorship in this country. Good news is that, in the long term, that regime will collapse as fascism always does. That's cold comfort for the thousands if not millions who will die in the process, though. And I hope I don't come across as some dispassionate observer with no skin in the game. I'm a trans lesbian with a Jewish wife. I know exactly what my future is. I'm just trying to not let the fear consume me.

What the fuck?   

 

Add in black and that would be an S+ rank on the oppression Olympics scoresheet!!

[Joe Molotov]

I hope that Jewish wife supports Palestine

[BisMarckie]

We had to destroy democracy in order to save it:

Biden should just say fuck it and pass it via EO. let the courts fight it out. make it take years. at least we may save this next election.

Do it right before the election. Fuck em.

They’d strike this down before the election. The court is nakedly corrupt at this point

Not to mention the Press will run with Joe Biden is the real fascist

Thread is absolutely full of people hysterically crying about the end of democracy, how voting has been permanently nullified and how they need to plan their exit from the guaranteed impending totalitarian state (plus guaranteed civil war) they totally don't want while hinting about the now necessity of violence against perceived political enemies. (Plus DrForester calling for secession again and again.)

Example:

I'm absolutely paralyzed with fear right now. It's so clear where the country is headed in the next decade, but I'm absolutely powerless to help stop it or get out. It's like riding a train you know is headed for a bridge that's out, but being unable to jump off before it's too late. I've no real marketable skills, so trying to move and work in another country is basically off the table for me in the short term. All I can do is sit silently by while I wait for the chaos to ensue. I've seen people on this forum attack those planning on moving to other countries as cowards for "giving up on America", but the fuck else are people supposed to do?

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Remember to vote!

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Here is my problem with moving to Canada or Mexico...etc.

If this country goes full fascism, What's stopping them from Forming a US coalition army to attack Canada/Mexico just to ensure their fascism beliefs and rules go far and wide? Is Canada able to defend its borders against the US? Is Mexico?

Is that war happening during the Biden administration, or later?

[BisMarckie]

damn, beaten.

but that post is so insane, it deserves to be quoted twice

[HaughtyFrank]

We had to destroy democracy in order to save it:

Biden should just say fuck it and pass it via EO. let the courts fight it out. make it take years. at least we may save this next election.

Do it right before the election. Fuck em.

They’d strike this down before the election. The court is nakedly corrupt at this point

Not to mention the Press will run with Joe Biden is the real fascist

Thread is absolutely full of people hysterically crying about the end of democracy, how voting has been permanently nullified and how they need to plan their exit from the guaranteed impending totalitarian state (plus guaranteed civil war) they totally don't want while hinting about the now necessity of violence against perceived political enemies. (Plus DrForester calling for secession again and again.)

Example:

I'm absolutely paralyzed with fear right now. It's so clear where the country is headed in the next decade, but I'm absolutely powerless to help stop it or get out. It's like riding a train you know is headed for a bridge that's out, but being unable to jump off before it's too late. I've no real marketable skills, so trying to move and work in another country is basically off the table for me in the short term. All I can do is sit silently by while I wait for the chaos to ensue. I've seen people on this forum attack those planning on moving to other countries as cowards for "giving up on America", but the fuck else are people supposed to do?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Remember to vote!

[close]

Here is my problem with moving to Canada or Mexico...etc.

If this country goes full fascism, What's stopping them from Forming a US coalition army to attack Canada/Mexico just to ensure their fascism beliefs and rules go far and wide? Is Canada able to defend its borders against the US? Is Mexico?

Is that war happening during the Biden administration, or later?

just to ensure their fascism beliefs and rules go far and wide?

The classic reason for war

[BisMarckie]

FACT CHECK: It absolutely is in Hearts of Iron

[Tuckers Law]

What I'm saying is I want (((George Soros))) to pay me to live in Louisiana.

You forgot the important part, but that’s okay I added it in.

[Boredfrom]

the same microsoft that has a terrible videogame storefront?

Then again, their own storefront (and their gamepass service) is terrble in PC.

No, Steam is awesome.

And that is independent from Microsoft itself. 

[Lonewulfeus]

the same microsoft that has a terrible videogame storefront?

Then again, their own storefront (and their gamepass service) is terrble in PC.

No, Steam is awesome.

And that is independent from Microsoft itself. 

But for how long? 

[benjipwns]

And that is independent from Microsoft itself. 

Microsoft puts all their games on Steam

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/on-new-years-i-helped-one-of-my-neighbours-get-their-dog-back-after-she-got-scared-by-fireworks.542168/#post-80635166

Being called my real name on ERA is a bit weird but thanks

I could have blocked my name but

[porkbun]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/on-new-years-i-helped-one-of-my-neighbours-get-their-dog-back-after-she-got-scared-by-fireworks.542168/#post-80635166

Being called my real name on ERA is a bit weird but thanks

I could have blocked my name but

She’s too fast for me, so I go back inside and I call 999 and inform the law about the direction she was heading in

 

A lost dog isn't a fucking emergency, especially on New Year's Eve, when emergency services are already stretched thin.  What a cunt.

Also, if your dog is scared by fireworks, then pay more attention when you're letting them out.  The dog's owners are cunts too.