This may be a common human thing to do. The difference is the buffer zone that someone has before things become unbearable. Not an excuse, the right thing to do in a society that’s interconnected and educated is not to wait until that point to take action. But… we could probably argue how interconnected and educated people are with echo chambers and propaganda designed to keep them in control.

At some point things do break, regardless. Hopefully sooner than later.

Deep Thought: “LOL”

“AI slop” or just “slop” has already broadened its definition to mean anything you don’t like or agree with. Think of it as the modern “r/thathappened” or “photoshopped”.

When you’re being raped and forced to do things, you do what you have to do.

Joining the conservative Republican party that has been there for a while.

Nobody knew war was so complicated. Nobody!

Fired because of stuff she’s been doing, or stuff she hasn’t been doing?

Noem repeatedly suggested the president was aware of the campaign and signed off on it.

Oh, that makes sense. Fired for a petty reason by the hurt snowflake in charge.

I love how people fight over what’s the better editor. I just use whatever makes sense for the time, and it’s not always the same one. But if you’re happy with just one of them and can make it work for you in any situation, then you do you. That’s the point of Linux, or so I thought.

I don’t see how it implies that, as that empire or any others never stopped and said, “yep, that’s good enough”.

He personally actually wants the old Russian Empire back.

My canon belief is that Leia had a sense there was a connection to Luke (that she references to “always knowing”, which can mean a lot more than just about Luke) after she heard his calling out to her from Cloud CIty. This would be long after both kisses, and both of them were pretty innocent within context anyway.

As for Anakin, he was the most powerful at that point. We see this by the measurements (yeah, I hate that Lucas defined what was meant to be mystical), we see this by the later results in him matching up with other more experienced Jedi, and we see him as a severely crippled Vader who is still devastating to anyone. Anakin weakness wasn’t his abilities, but his lack of patience and control, thanks to maybe his age if Yoda was right, but the lack of the Council aiding what training could be done, and also fueling his fears and anger later.

Luke could be more powerful. We never see his peak level except in cases like in The Mandalorian. That Luke is Anakin-level but with control of his actions.

It’s billions all the way down. Untouchable and unusable for us commons.

Are you talking about the billions in military spending unaccounted for that were starting to make news a few days before, and no one heard about after? Or a different billions? Either one could be a right answer.

False. The Bush Admin wasn’t competent enough to plan a self-attack. They just managed to jump on a crisis (caused by their own ineptness) and use it to their benefit. And everyone went along with it for fear of being called a traitor.

Doesn’t change the point. This Admin is far dumber and more evil because of what they’ve been doing, and the latest is just more of that.

Wow, a whole 0.02%? Better buy now at the low point.

So the same strategy they’re trying with ICE at home. Do little actions to get a reaction that gives an excuse to hit back harder. Sounds fascist. Because it is.

The plants will die long before that. Is there a plant abuse hotline?

More importantly, nothing was done. A decade or more ago, associating and supporting such things was done, but quietly. Now (or last year) it’s openly okay for a Congressperson to say it out loud. That, and saying fascism is fine. We’re past the point of warning signs, the house is on fire.

That is an issue, one that is being discussed and can be turned off currently. Meanwhile Microsoft is head deep in AI so much they’re renaming known trademarks into their AI brand. So… I don’t think Mozilla is the bigger problem.

I think most people using them know that there’s not something there, and yet when using it they’ll still act as there is. Even giving it that benefit of doubt in what it outputs as valid, as if it’s from another person, maybe even one who knows more than they do. So it’s a gray area of “not believing”.