I would love to be proven wrong, and to be just another overreacting fool.

Hasn’t happened yet.

That’s all well and good, and you certainly shouldn’t be sharing details about “what you do” online. But I can’t exactly blame the rest of the world for lumping us all together until the tumor is excised.

If there’s a table of ten people talking to a Nazi, you have a table of eleven Nazis. It originates from Germany, who I would consider an authoritative source on the subject.

I hate this reality, as a fellow american, but there is a popular saying about sitting at a table with Nazis.

police excelling at anything other than enforcing a state monopoly on violence

I, too, would love to live in a fantasy world

It’s not unknowable, you just have to conduct enough tests personally to have a reasonable level of confidence.

You shouldn’t, but you could.

art AI imitates life imitates AI

Ya gotta export the few good things out of there for everyone that has that place blocked.

I’ve been in a Keasbey Nights mood all year anyways

Nah, he wouldn’t experience most of that. Give him a suit, set him loose in space three days out on a collision course with his tesla.

I hate to be that guy, but do you or they really think that’s gonna stop them?

Electric motors work by inducing a magnetic field with coils of wire, so I’m sure a strong enough EMP would disrupt it temporarily, but I don’t know if it would meaningfully damage anything after the EMP ceased.

Disclaimer - not an electromagnetic scientist wizard

My understanding is that EMPs are more of a concern for the tiny electronics on computers versus relatively large motors or batteries. So, an electric vehicle is still at risk, but I don’t think it’d be any more at risk than any ICE car that’s all computerized anyways.

The context is important - “morals” covers both “I think drinking is/isn’t an inherently morally irresponsible activity” and “I want to gas minorities”, and one of those has slightly higher stakes. You can understand the latter often happens because small town america might not have ever met minority groups, or somehow figures the small immigrant community with delicious food is “one of the few good ones” - that doesn’t make their “morals” any less reprehensible.

Ubercharging required Medic to install custom hearts in each of the Mercs, no?

What have you done to that pupper?

People can do whatever the fuck they want, to themselves. You don’t get to tell them what they are or aren’t. There is nothing different between calling a stranger an egg and telling someone you don’t believe they’re really trans.

Anyways, this conversation will clearly never go anywhere productive. I hope your real world day goes better.

Is this the rare non-binary hating but trans supportive individual? I don’t get it.

Gender being a construct doesn’t mean you can’t willingly put yourself into that pre constructed idea, you can be whatever you like. It’s prescribing it to others that’s fucked up.

Regardless, nobody as angry as you has ever convinced anyone of anything, nor will anyone ever convince you of anything. I’m sure the world is harsh towards you, and I’m sorry you feel the need to match that energy.

“me not being able to label anyone that breathes funny as a closeted trans person is anti-trans rhetoric” is certainly one of the takes of all time.

It’s the exact same shit as “teehee they’re intelligent they must be autistic” or “oh you organize your socks you must have adhd/ocd”. It’s not suddenly okay to assume shit about people when it’s that they’re not cis/neurotypical.

Gender is whatever the fuck any individual wants it to be for them. I like how that other commentor described it, gender anarchy.

It’s entirely possible, but that’s something for every individual to find out for themselves. You can be a confidently cis dude and find it enjoyable to have a female avatar, correlation == causation.

“Everyone that has ever even thought about roleplaying as a different gender is secretly closeted trans” is one of my least favorite takes of all time.

Gender is bullshit! Try shit! It’s a perfectly healthy and normal thing everyone should be comfortable with, don’t make it into a thing.