Propaganda and all that, yes.

It’s also largely about the fact that—in theory—these are two jobs that involve ‘putting your life on the line’ to protect and defend innocent civilians, and usually in dire circumstances involving dangerous weapons/violent people. (NOT defending cops/US military, but just pointing out why those jobs can be publicly revered.)

Also, in many/most(?) other countries, shooting two people absolutely would register nationally because civilian gun violence is a big deal and not normal around the world. You happen to live in the one country on the planet where guns vastly outnumber people and mass shootings are a daily regular occurrence.

But yeah. Propaganda. Mostly that.

I have literally never once heard anyone call BotW anything other than a masterpiece. I’m sorry, really not trying to come for you, but I think it’s fucking nuts to call that game a 6/10.

I’ve seen other reviews literally say it’s the best game all year.

I really wish people would chill. I don’t understand the doom and worry over an 8/10…

I’m literally just talking, giving an opinion. Nothing was that fucking deep, just talking about my feelings about how a supposedly secure encrypted website was infiltrated by the motherfucking FBI…

And I’m downvoted? Fucking why? Every day Lemmy gets a little more like Reddit. Shit like this is why the numbers go down. Just spread that negativity—make everyone feel like shit.

Downvote this while you’re at it! Fuck yall!

I’ve always felt like Signal isn’t half as secure as it claims to be, and articles like this don’t help that feeling…

You posted this meme here 3 days ago. Which violates Rule 3 btw.

DAMMIT! You’re right 😡

I can vouch for this word for word. Wellbutrin killed my desire for nicotine. Stopped the wellbutrin 6 months ago, and still no cravings whatsoever.

If I had a penny for every time a loser went on lemmy/reddit to bitch about nintendo/pokemon, I’d be a motherfucking billionaire.

I will never understand why you goddam losers spend so much time obsessively discussing a brand you claim to hate.

Please downvote and block me if you don’t like what I’m saying. I’m so damn sick of the bitching about fun games I’m trying to enjoy.

Insane that that’s your takeaway from this post. This had nothing to do with underage children, so why is your mind already there? So fucking weird.

You assume there will be free and fair elections in 2026 and beyond. I don’t see a world in which the trump regime doesn’t meddle in the next election and ensure repubs maintain power. But I mean this with every fiber of my being when I say this, I hope to god you’re right.

Easy. Because in order for DC/PR to become states, it would take an act of Congress. Given the reality of the Senate filibuster, a vote to make DC/PR states would require 60 Senators in support. Democrats have not had 60 Senators since the 1970s. Therefore, it has been a political impossibility for the Dems to get enough support to overcome the filibuster and make DC/PR states.

Any other questions, my friend? :) I’m a political scientist, so these questions are fun for me.

We have a fascist, literal criminal as president who is a republican. Based on the demographics of DC/PR, most—if not all—of their representatives and senators would be democrats.

Republicans control the Senate 53-47. You can see why the potential of adding four new Democrat senators would be a dealbreaker for republicans. Adding DC/PR to Congress would have the direct effect of lessening republican power. Republicans will not let that happen, and honestly, from a purely political standpoint, I see the logic (but still staunchly disagree with disenfranchising DC/PR folks).

With all due respect, that will never ever ever fucking happen.

But hypothetically, it would look like this: All States are guaranteed two senators, so the question is how many House seats would they get. Congress capped the total number of seats in the House to 435. (Completely arbitrary number that’s about as likely to change as PR/DC getting Statehood.) So in the dream world where DC and PR are given Statehood, their populations would need to be determined, and they would receive a proportional amount of representatives. DC, if it became a State, would be the third smallest, so DC would receive one House rep. PR would be the 33 largest State, and would likely receive about 4 House seats.

Again, this will never happen in the current post-Constitutional America. Those seats would almost all go to Dems, which is why it’ll never fucking happen.

There was another meme in this instance a little bit ago that said “no more cream pies :(“

Genuinely, since when is america attacking synagogues “so common”? I hear about daily shooting, frequent attacks on churches, but synagogue attacks seem to happen WAY more in europe than the US.

Yeah if this instance is going to become a place to post disinformation, I’m out. I came here to escape reddit, not double down on its worst aspects.

Excellent response 😂😂😂 what an obnoxious comment “YoU dOnT hAvE tO wAtCh ThEm”

And what does it mean “they make them cause they work”? Did the Snow White remake work? Or Lady and the Tramp? Or Dumbo? No, they flopped, and people hated them.

I hate these remakes and reboots. They’re awful. Sad that so much money and energy gets poured into stories that don’t need to be retold. The motivation is purely profit, and it shows.

Can tankies exist for 5 seconds without using the words “propaganda,” “liberal,” or “marx?” Genuine question—asking for a friend.

Preach! And it’s not even “effectively,” birds are dinosaurs—full stop. They are avian dinosaurs.