magnetosphere

You know I’d have my phone out, ready to record that shit

Fediverse, I’m guessing? I don’t know for sure.

I’d sit back. Way, way back.

But the shareholders are looking for someone ruthless. Being nice is much less profitable than being an asshole.

In the morning, yes. I generally wake up quickly, (not necessarily early, but once I’m up, I’m up) and can be pretty social.

Late at night, though, I’d politely ask you to shut up. I’d get less polite the more I had to say it. Sorry.

Throwing in the word “apparent” is cowardly, but it’s also a lot cheaper than being sued for libel by a fucking billionaire.

Whatever. If you want to pretend not to get it, that’s on you, bud.

No, they didn’t, which is why that’s not what I said.

Here’s what OP said:

I am gay and while he has no issue with me or my partner he continues to align himself with people who do not believe in my right to exist.

The “benefit” is OPs mental health. That counts for quite a bit.

This isn’t merely a difference of opinion. OP is gay, and OPs father is knowingly supporting a group that hates gay people. No amount of kind words can ever overcome that.

… the world wouldn’t become a better place if we all argued and then stopped talking to each other.

That’s entirely true. Unfortunately, MAGA supporters are far beyond more moderate Republicans. The father’s beliefs are so extreme that no compromise is possible.

If someone associates with a group that won’t accept my right to exist, I wouldn’t want them in my life either. I guess I’m a selfish bastard, too.

“We’re basically cops. We demand zero accountability, too!”

I don’t have a perception of him. I know virtually nothing about him, so I never built one.

I’m just glad he made a major problem impossible to ignore.

This is wonderful. To me, “smart” devices are usually things to be avoided. I interpret “smart” to mean additional cost, more points of failure, giving up my privacy to “register” the device, and possible future incompatibility (especially if the company fails or is bought out).

I remember making a myspace page because a girl I had a crush on had one.

To transphobes, ANY acceptance of trans folks is too much acceptance. So, they try and spread propaganda that’s awful and scary. Unfortunately, enough ignorant people will believe it. When dealing with the general public, you almost can’t have a reasonable discussion on the topic without pedophilia coming up. The subject is complex enough, and this further muddies the waters, which is what transphobes want. Even though it’s been debunked, there’s now an association in some people’s minds between transsexuals and pedophilia.

Eventually people will laugh at this idea, and look at it the way we look at tragic paranoia like the Salem witch trials. Sadly, that won’t happen soon enough to help the people whose rights are being violated right now.

preliminary

I knew this word would appear. Either that or “temporary”.

He has no sense of humor. Not a loss in any way.

I know shitposts are jokes, but sometimes jokes raise real questions. I’m not judging you or anyone else.

That’s why I laughed. Not at either of them exclusively, but because they’re both being idiots.

The uncommunicative wife/oblivious husband stereotypes have existed for longer than I can remember. Is there any validity to them? They don’t seem like particularly healthy ways to deal with a problem.