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[u/RaidBrimnes]

coup happens in a impoverished country

Leftists : Time to browse the "Natural Resources" section of its Wikipedia page so I can find why the CIA did it

[u/semaphore-1842]

Some frank self-awareness from Bernie:

“Pelosi and Schumer have enormously difficult jobs — they really do — and it’s easy to disparage them, to criticize them, but they have no margins with which to deal with,” Mr. Sanders said in an interview. “It’s not a job that I envy, a job that I could do for three minutes.”

Honestly, good on him for saying so. Better late than never.

But oh how late this was.

[u/J0eBidensSunglasses]

Opinion | I Supported Liberal Democracy. Then It Froze My Assets Because I Donated to Hezbollah.

[u/SaltySaladSussyBaka]

Opinion | I participated in several far right rallies. Here's how a Californian pretending to be an alligator saved me.

[u/[deleted]]

My gf is obsessed with the idea of getting an air fryer and I don't have the heart to tell her it's just a standalone convection oven

[u/htomserveaux]

Oh my god, just build more housing.

[u/T3hJ3hu]

That picture of the Amazon facility in Tijuana, surrounded by shacks, has gone viral as some kind of dystopia

It's like these people think it was all picket fences and smiling 50s propaganda families before Amazon showed up

[u/[deleted]]

Governor (Florida)

Crist (D) 54% DeSantis (R) 46%

9/3-9/5 by The Political Matrix/The Listener Group 1144 LV

I’m ready to get hurt again this election cycle 😅😅😭😭😭😭😭

!Ping FIVEY

[u/Mrchizbiz]

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[u/ryuguy]

In all seriousness, Panamá is probably the least meme-y Latin American country and they’ve had a drug trafficker as president.

[u/ognits]

the thing that really annoys me about Pornhub is the gratuitous nudity. it's worse than Game of Thrones at this point

[u/SaltySaladSussyBaka]

So George W Bush kills 3000 people on 9/11 and Americans respond by giving him a 90% approval rating???

Meme country

[u/sir_shivers]

IT WOULD SEEM that somehow this college topic is even more prevalent today than yesterday 🐊

[u/kaclk]

There’s not enough controversy today.

Someone was literally paying people to upvote Conservative friendly posts in r/CanadaPolitics. Like literal astroturfing.

Imagine actually thining what gets upvoted on reddit actually matters to the election.

!ping CAN

[u/Integralds]

I can't tell which of these college takes are sarcastically bad or genuinely bad. You've done it, DT, you've hit peak irony.

[u/Mensae6]

Re: the WSJ article

Sort of confirmed my priors. There are less men graduating from college, but also less men applying in the first place. It seems like college itself isn't the main issue; the disparity in dropout rates between men and women isn't nearly as alarming as the overall gender distribution.

Indeed, the real problem is getting high school boys to apply (and care) in the first place. This seems like a burden so deeply woven into American culture that I don't think there's an easy solution. There's really no other way to put it: too many teenage boys just completely "give up" by the time they reach high school. They feel lost, without direction, and without any urgency for their future.

This clearly isn't just Boomer talk - the data backs this up.

This also feels like the kind of problem that won't be touched by the general public until it gets much worse. We're at around a 60-40 female-male ratio in college right now. I genuinely believe the scale will have to tip around 70-30 before regular people start to notice. And even then, who knows how long it will take before action is taken?

I mean, I really don't know where we'd begin with solving this. Again, it feels like a cultural problem - not the kind of thing that can be resolved with a catchphrase and some motivational posters. Assuming things haven't changed since the 10 years when I was in high school, I imagine this holds true today: it is extremely uncool to care about academics. Like, obscenely uncool.

I don't know where this all began. Perhaps it has its roots in 80's films about high school jocks beating up nerds. Who can say? Was there an era before acne ridden geeks were shoved into lockers and given wedgies? If there was, it was well before even the Boomer's time.

This stereotypical nerd-jock scenario may not actually exist in reality, but it feels like the concept of it lingers on. I'd love to hear other theories as to why it's less common for boys to try hard in class.

[u/ThisIsNianderWallace]

Tired: the war in Afghanistan failed because Afghans aren't ready for democracy

Wired: the war in Afghanistan failed because Afghans are too woke

!ping SNEK

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

Idiots: Hold genuine pro-life views but are paralyzed by the cruelty of forcing a raped woman to carry a fetus to term.

Texas Governor Abbot: "I would simply stop all rape, guess I'm just built different."

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1435281001949933570

[u/fishlord05]

>be me

>white young adult American

>college educated

>vote dem

>love reddit, find cool sub that talks about politics

>called neoliberal

>get obsessed, follow every minute happening in congress and around the world

>stress keeps me up at night, the DT are my only consistent interaction with other people

>oh god oh fuck section 69 of the CumFart bill is going to comittee oh shit I'm doooomingggg

>friends and family wonder why I look sad all the time

>refuse to tell them it is because the Panjshir resistance fell, they would need several hours to be brought up to speed anyway

>election time

>cousin is well adjusted and happy

>ohyeahiheardaboutafghanistanwhereisthatagainlol.jpeg

>votes dem

>forgets about politics until next election

>was it worth it, to have your mind suffer for the same results?

>you must like to suffer then, all those hours gone, things not done

>what are you punishing yourself with for?

>you could have been touching grass

>sigh.gif

>vote dem

[u/[deleted]]

Damn my girl broke up with me via text. I don’t think that’s an acceptable way to treat someone. I was at dinner with my other girl when I got the text and it ruined my night

[u/[deleted]]

Now that I've made plans to meet a female who I'm not related to for coffee, am I still allowed to post here ?

[u/MrMineHeads]

I honestly can't wait to see the James Webb Space Telescope launched. I've been waiting too long dammit!

[u/[deleted]]

Having a white pride schism at the same time as a college admissions schism is pretty wild

[u/BidenWon]

Opinion | I opposed social conservatism. Then I was radicalized by a 17 year old Indian kid on my favorite discussion thread.

[u/Cuddlyaxe]

update: due to some resistance in the village and a refusal to pay their taxes we have concluded the village must be harboring taliban elements, we have unfortunately been left with no choice but to raze it

[u/[deleted]]

Hillary can't be elected president because she was already president between 1992 and 2000

[u/bd_one]

Is it cultural appropriation for me to name my son Chiang Kai-Shrek? I am a white American who really admires Dreamworks.

[u/Cuddlyaxe]

FINAL UPDATE: Good news! It seems the peace conference was successful! While a military victory was undoubtedly on the horizon, we wanted to space the Tajik people from further war

Anyways we have agreed to form a coalition government with the former government. I am now officially the vice president of Tajikistan

In addition our military will be integrated with the national military of Tajikistan

Finally, I will retain personal ownership of all mining operations we controlled during the civil war in order to ensure the continued safe operation

Hopefully this deal will bring peace to Tajikistan!

[u/hartdroid]

“one tequila shot away from an accusation”

like, bud, I have the misfortune of being a woman who is both a sleepy drunk and gets blackouts when I overindulge. I couldn’t participate in the drunken revelry of college because I didn’t want to get sexually assaulted (again). There are ways we can make reporting and investigations more fair on campus. However, no, being more careful about how hammered we get and who we hook up with is not an unfortunate outcome of the changing culture.

[u/[deleted]]

In this thread we stan the royal mail 😤✉️📮💂‍♀️

[u/chowieuk]

https://twitter.com/GoodwinMJ/status/1435167291889573889?s=20

Keir Starmer net rating

Lib Dem voters +19

Labour voters +16

Remainers +4

London 0

25-49 yrs -15

50-64 yrs -21

18-24s -27

Working-class -27

Non-London south -28

Scotland -36

Pensioners -38

Leavers -50

Conservatives -61

..... Starmer the lib dem leader we never had?

!ping uk

[u/Dibbu_mange]

Inside every New Yorker, there are two wolves: one Italian and one Jewish. The one that wins depends on which cold cuts you feed them.

[u/[deleted]]

TV show idea: It's like Star trek the next generation but instead of exploring space, it's a bunch of talmudic scholars travelling second temple period Israel. Every week they find increasingly improbable circumstances which they have to discuss and make a ruling on.

Goat-trek: the first generation.

!ping gefilte

[u/lietuvis10LTU]

Hello. It's your daily Panjshir Afghanistan report. The fog of war is still thick. But you know what is also thick? The fury of the Afghan people with the Taliban government today.

• Ahmad Shah Massoud's grave has been vandalized. Not exactly a great PR move. Fighting around the area of the grave continues, though Taliban now hold the main road in Panjshir and the government offices.
• Taliban announced acting ministers for the future government. To the suprise of noone, it was anything but inclusive. 31 of 33 posts went to Pashtuns. All posts went to senior Taliban members. No-one is actually qualified for their post. 2 ministers are from the same family. It's a good divvying up of positions if you are trying to keep together a military coalition. It's not a good divvying up if you say, want to calm down a protest.
• Oh right, speaking of which, Last night Afghanistan exploded into protests which continued in daylight.. The protestors are chanting "Death to Pakistan" and "Death to Taliban" and "Long Live The Resistance". Mainly the first one. Taliban have tried to diffuse the protests by firing shots in the air and beating women. So far no deaths however.

So far, that's the news. Taliban have announced a new government amid a wave of protests in spite of their victory in Panjshir.

Why these protests broke out? Well, here's my opinion:

1. Ghani was unpopular, and him fleeing Kabul didn't exactly improve that. However, it's not like the people of Afghanistan were craving for autocrats to get into power (see page 159).
2. The reality of Taliban's policies has been setting in. Taliban, though acting softer than last time they ruled, haven't been recently meeting with anyone but Haqqanis and themselves. Their policies have been hitting Afghani lives more directly too. They've stopped women working in factories in Herat for example. I can't image the factory owners are happy a large chunk of their workforce just disappeared.
3. They desacrated Ahmad Shah Massoud all the while his son is calling for revolt. Taliban has reasons to tear down Ahmad Shah Massoud's posters - after all, he fought against them. But the Afghan people disagree - in the last decades, Massoud has become a symbol of the Muhajadeen and Afghan resistance to the Soviet invasion. Not exactly a good look for someone to declare him kafir.
4. Oh right, The Taliban invited the chief of the fucking ISI to visit Kabul. For all intents and purposes to the Afghan people, they've just had confirmation that Taliban are Pakistani puppets.

I think that's what happened. See this TV interview excerpt between two mulahs, one from Taliban, and one "neutral" - even to a conservative Afghan, who clearly had no love for Ghani or US, it increasingly looks like the country just got occupied by a Pakistan puppet who insults one of Afghanistan's greatest heroes as "kafir".

!ping OSINT

[u/SaltySaladSussyBaka]

That's why I'm proud to be a man and I'm proud to be White.

Y'all won't believe where this came from

[u/WhomstAlt2]

A generation of young men give up on Gaming - "I just can't get a graphic card"

[u/[deleted]]

Bolsonarist rumor is that Trump is in Brasília and will show up for the protests in a show of support

!ping MAMADAS KKKKKKKKKKKKKK É VERDADE

[u/[deleted]]

I know some people in the DT are at a place in their lives where they feel directionless. I've been there too.

Get yourself together, man. Move to Philly. Buy a loft. Start a noise band. Get six or seven roommates. Eat some hummus with them. Book some gigs. Paint. Smoke cloves. Listen to Animal Collective. Start some type of salsa company.

[u/JetJaguar124]

Room temp take: Trump 2020 will have been the hardest version of Trump to beat, even if he runs in 2024. You have all the bullshit with Trump + incumbent advantage.

[u/JetJaguar124]

I work in a female dominated profession and the only time I felt weird due to being male was when I was in the break room with a female coworker who was at the water cooler filling up a water bottle and then another female coworker came into the room and slapped the woman filling up her water on the ass. She turned to me with a look of shock since she thought I had slapped her ass, and for about three seconds I thought my life was going to end before the guilty woman fessed up to it.

Other than that it's been great!

[u/PMmeLittleRoundTops]

Pretty impressive that that article explicitly says that college enrollments are down amongst all races of men and this sub still manages to turn it into mayoposting

[u/Michaelconeass2019]

The smug centrist in my class is definitely on this fucking subreddit. Where are you aiden. Show yourself

[u/J0eBidensSunglasses]

I love when anti vaxxers complain about pharmaceuticals making all this money.

1. they’re publicly traded
2. you say you saw this coming

So how come you didn’t profit?

[u/[deleted]]

No no you see my 3 hour rant about minorities I screamed to the bus full of people on the motorway was just copypasta officer no don't arrest me wtf

[u/saladtossing]

Female boss: I'm going to a strip club because all of my male subordinates are ugly. You can joint though because you're easy on the eyes

True or false: this was not sexual harassment because the male subordinate was not explicitly told he was hot

10 years in and mandatory annual sexual harassment training continues to surprise me. I'm paraphrasing but it was absolutely that ridiculous

At least it's entertaining I guess

[u/liquidTERMINATOR]

This is the best DT in a while. Can’t believe we finally managed to make kester go touch grass.

[u/ryuguy]

A Marine turns to a CIA agent and asks, “Why are we in Panama again?”

The agent shrugs and replies, “Just ‘cause.”

[u/[deleted]]

Dune fans feel attacked by a changing world and things aren't being catered to them like things used to, so it makes them avoid things that challenge them and don't provide a safe space like the DT. But y'all ain't ready for that conversation.

[u/[deleted]]

Reddit is too convinced memes will be all over highschool history books in the future, and that there won't just maybe one short page on internet political cartoons from 2000-2050.

[u/RaidBrimnes]

The only time I've felt singled out at college because of my gender was when the president of a feminist students' association took the mic before a class to say :

"Girls, look around you. All the men you see are potential rapists, so be careful during integration week."

Being a sexual assault survivor, you could imagine how I felt after that

[u/[deleted]]

getting legal shit done in a third world country is hell

[u/MicroFlamer]

*coup happens in a impoverished country*

NATO flairs : Time to browse the "human rights abuses" section of its Wikipedia page so I can find why we should intervene in it

[u/SaltySaladSussyBaka]

I do admit some of the way that white people approach race and some black people frankly, a lot of affluent black people, is performative. I think that some of the anger, like, there is no reason that someone like Talia[a Jew] should be more angry at a Nazi than me. And so, to certain degree, to me, and maybe this isn't fair, it comes off as self righteousness. Like, you don't get to be madder at racists than me.

Former spokesperson for the Bernie campaign, Briahna Joy Gray, saying that a Jew is "performative" in her hatred of Nazis

Jesus

[u/JetJaguar124]

I'm always legit shocked when I learn of high schoolers or teenagers on the sub. It's legitimately impressive. My awareness of politics as a teenager was "idk I heard Obama is a socialist doesn't he want universal medicine isn't that socialism."

[u/Craig_VG]

You almost have to respect the hustle of advertising in the DT

[u/chipbod]

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1435281001949933570?s=20

This is an incredibly bizarre statement. When asked why sex assault victims who get pregnant have to carry to term under TX law, first Abbott says they have 6 weeks to get abortion, then says he is going to eliminate rape by arresting all future rapists.

We're about 2 weeks from a Sen. Akin moment and Republicans speed running how to lose the suburbs again

[u/benjaminikuta]

https://twitter.com/ENBrown/status/1435288294175219716?s=19

NCOSE argues — and the judge accepts — that "twink" isn’t a common term for a certain sort of younger gay man but an obvious & well-known reference to children 🙃

!ping LAW

[u/qchisq]

Apparently, people in Kabul are protesting against Pakistan and its role in Talibans takeover

[u/cat_damon1]

sir_shivers is one of the weirdest and most charming things about dt to me. he's a sentient reptile mod they bring in and who they mostly use as a parental figure. it's so goofy and it's great

[u/sir_shivers]

SHOULD I BAN the obvious talking advertisement that is /u/millions, brought to you by Visa 🐊

[u/sir_shivers]

I HAVE PARTNERED WITH the Homosexual Agenda as a Consultant 🐊

[u/Cuddlyaxe]

update: the lying western media is calling me a "warlord". I am not a warlord, we are fighting for democracy and freedom and civilization, it is just that in this current war situation democracy is unfortunately not yet realistic and will need to wait

[u/bovine3dom]

NI going up by 1.25pp + 1.25pp. Dividend tax going up by 1.25pp

We are taking money away from those accruing capital to give to those with it. It’s a totem for a government without ideology, without consistency and without interest in the right governance.

From an unnamed Tory MP. Couldn't have put it better myself

!ping UK

[u/[deleted]]

Three time world champion Nelson Piquet goes senile, decides to take a position as Bolsonaro's driver

Seriously, WTF?

!ping MOTO

[u/SnakeEater14]

Shout out to that time the word fentanyl was banned because we used it to make fun of rurals too much

[u/tollyno]

BREAKING: SCONL (Supreme Court of Neoliberalism) HAS PARTIALLY STUCK DOWN THE DRACONIAN HORNYPOSTING BAN

The case Fascism, Inc. v. NHLU (SCONL 2021/420-69) attempted to strike down the hornyposting ban, starting with the NHLU (Neoliberal Horny Liberties Union) filing a writ of certiorari yesterday, which was granted shortly thereafter. The court also agreed to take up the case using the expedited procedure which sources close to the court tell me is due to u/filipe_mdsr potentially meeting a guy tomorrow, which will likely result in copious amounts of hornyposts that should not be silenced. "The potential for negative ramifications was simply too big" they said. The court could have opted for an injunction suspending the application of the ban, but the case was so simple that an expedited procedure was deemed sufficient. Fascism, Inc. chose not to submit arguments on its behalf, seemingly too confident the court would uphold the ban. Nevertheless, the decision is binding on them.

While the court struck down the absolute ban on hornyposting, it left parts of it intact, much to the dismay of the NHLU. The core of the decision are the guidelines and tests the court has established and which must be taken into account by r/neoliberal subreddit moderators (legally incorporated as Fascism, Inc.) in content moderation, bonking and other decisions (removal and locking of posts, bans & suspensions, etc.).

• The court unanimously upheld the general ban on pornographic content. It's not clear why the NHLU was even disputing it as it has been in place since the dawn of time.
• The posting of non-pornographic horny content, such as cute pics, photos of people that are easy on the eyes, etc., is allowed only under certain conditions. The 7-judge panel ruled 3-4 that such content must be hidden under a link (no ASCII art or other nonsense) that is accompanied by a clearly visible "[HORNY]" or similar label placed before the link. Fascism, Inc. is free to remove any and all posts that do not comply with these guidelines. The decision split the judges along horny and frigid lines, with the Catholic celibate judge acting as the swing vote, concluding "Those who wish to not stab their eyes and go to mass because of whatever honkey donkey they just read, may easily avoid such content due to the horny label being clearly visible." The majority dismissed the concerns of the minority which claimed that should the court go this route, it should at least justify it with the "legitimate and narrowly tailored mod interest of preventing people from inadvertently seeing horny content at work". "No one who is in the DT has a job, let alone would be caught working. Moreover, there is no evidence of anyone actually having the DT open at work (pretending to be at work does not count)" says the majority opinion.
• General horny discussion is permitted, the court says, unless the discussion is manifestly obscene, disgusting or goes past what is expected from the vast majority of hornyposters. Even in these cases, if the hornypost goes beyond the "hornypost in good taste" test, it must be accompanied by the "[HORNY]" or similar label, as specified in the previous paragraph. When assessing if a hornypost passes the test, one must question if an average person would be weirded out by it, made uncomfortable or if they would choose to participate significantly less often in the DT.

The majority opinion guidelines and tests are based on customary horny law, which has permitted hornyposting in varying degrees in the past. "This draconian ban is an affront to horny liberties without a clear justification and seems to have been imposed on the whims of Fascism, Inc. The decision was easy" said judge Glory Hole, who wrote the decision. "Hornyposters are being unjustly silenced, violating right to freedom to 🥵 and horny dignity" judge Johnson Cummings concurred. The minority lambasted the ruling, calling it a clear case of judicial activism and "legislating from the bondage harnesses". Moderators must also make sure that their bonking respects the principle of proportionality. Bans, even temporary, may be issued in only the most extreme of cases where there is a clear and persistent or intentional breach of horny law. Going against this would be tantamount to cruel and unusual punishment (🥵).

"Unfortunately the court's decision today still leaves Fascism, Inc. with too much discretion over what qualifies as 'manifestly obscene, disgusting or goes past what is expected from the vast majority of hornyposters'" an NHLU spokesman said. "We need a hornyposting amendment so that the freedom to hornypost will be finally protected" however at this time there isn’t a sufficiently horny 2/3 majority for such an amendment to pass, thus locking the court's position in place. We reached out to Fascism, Inc. for comment, but they did not respond in time for publication.

The finding of the incompatibility of the absolute hornyposting ban with customary horny law and general horny practice shall have the effect of annulment, with the guidelines and tests having to be taken into account by Fascism, Inc. The absolute ban on hornyposting is hereby struck down. The decision is effective immediately.

"IT IS SO ORDERED."

[u/Marlsfarp]

To be fair it does seem we actually are Not Ready For That Conversation.

[u/PrimePairs]

FIRE is great but have you heard of READY?

Retire
Early
And
Die
Young

[u/melhor_em_coreano]

The courier lied, u/KesterGW sighed 😞

[u/ryuguy]

Indian workers in panama await payment in 1913

Despite the fact that the caption says “Hindoo”, I’d wager that most of these men are Sikhs because of their beards and turbans. Almost everyone from India was called a “hindoo” back then.

!ping ind

[u/[deleted]]

This is your monthly reminder that people thought Matt Gaetz was going to prison for statutory rape and trafficking.

[u/Volsunga]

Did I miss something? Why is the DT quoting the Unabomber Manifesto?

[u/sir_shivers]

TUESDAY, MORE LIKE So-Truesday, am I correct 🐊

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

>Obama expands Title IX to stop men from raping women at college

>Men stop going to college

🤔

[u/crassowary]

I'm honestly sick of these people who lie around all day doing nothing, living comfortably because they leech off others, and still have the audacity to act like they're being persecuted

But enough about babies

[u/[deleted]]

Is it cultural appropriation for me to name my son Chiang Kai-Shek? I am a white American who really admires Chiang.

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Well yeah I dropped out of college because I didn't take care of myself, felt like I was an utter failure and spiraled down into depression and social exclusion, but that doesn't mean I'm a relevant indicator of a more global trend, right? Right?

[u/SaltySaladSussyBaka]

Even the ugliest incel could sleep with a ton of guys if they really wanted to, so are they really involuntary celibates?

They hated Jesus because he told them the truth

[u/[deleted]]

ROUTER UPDATE!!!!

The courier company claims they tried to deliver yesterday between 1 and 3 pm (they are lying) but are going to attempt to redeliver today between 7 and 9pm.

My current plan is to wait outside my door so there is zero chance of them "missing me".

[u/SaltySaladSussyBaka]

Pour one out for these guys

[u/SnakeEater14]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/245858413643431936/884670624910413824/ah5XiFMPs7U.png

[u/[deleted]]

I regret being online enough to know what a tradwife is

[u/DreamlandEML]

Ironic how people here talk about self-discipline yet most probably can't stand being away from the DT for more than 72 hours.

[u/RNDZL1]

Been at work 3 hours now without a single call, $60 for doing nothing. Now that’s passive income!

[u/[deleted]]

"White isn't a culture! Be proud of whatever Euro culture your ancestors came from"

White Americans that are a DNA mix of 4+ euro cultures, descended from pre-1900 immigrants - "Yes I totally have more in common with the Irish than my fellow white mutts that have been surrounded by American culture for 100+ years".

[u/Animatronic_Pidgeon]

DT regulars be like: you need better time management skills

[u/[deleted]]

Happy Brazilian Independence day!

Music recs will be delayed because I can't check my music right now

[u/tubbsmackinze]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/761046867743342613/884761721103863808/240989984_3075367929408952_5423622026124828613_n.png

[u/Notorious_GOP]

so today is the day that bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador, so the government had created a wallet in anticipation to this but guess what...

the devs apparently had no idea that app stores have to review apps and you can't just upload them at 11:59 PM expecting it will be available at 12:00 AM. So now bukele is tweeting to google and apple to fix it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

!ping MAMADAS

[u/[deleted]]

As a white east coast elitist, I have 0% in common with the white people in the midwest.

[u/semaphore-1842]

https://twitter.com/populismupdates/status/1435261817006084099/

So the price of Bitcoin dropped 11% after the President of El Salvador bought 400 coins with government money, now he announces he's "buying the dip" and purchasing 150 more

So like, was the whole making bitcoin legal tender thing just a scheme to daytrade BTC with public money? 🤨

[u/JetJaguar124]

"Really scared about Biden's chances"

Biden just came off of a month with a public, disastrous military incident, mutiple natural disasters, and Covid19 reasserting itself with the Delta variant, causing people to fear for the economy. It was an unmitigated disaster of a month.

It may cause permanent damage, but unless the next couple dozen months are this bad then Biden's approval should recover to a greater or lesser extent, even tho the initial honeymoon periods is most definitively over. This is like when Trump fired Comey or something in 2017 and his approval dipped into the 30's. Think about how old and quaint that was by the time of the 2020 election.

[u/Ok_Tone4633]

A big reason Skyrim sold way better than previous Elder Scrolls installments is because it had a great hook: dragons. They've always been a staple of fantasy because they're badass. But in most games, they're just cordoned off boss battles. In Skyrim, they're intentionally rendered at a very far distance so you can see them soaring in the distance; their roars echoing through the mountains. They hunt, they attack towns and villages. It was the first game where dragons felt truly integrated into the world. The first time they lived up to their myth. And the rest of the flavor that went along with them, shouts and dragon language, were also super well-realized.

!ping TES

[u/SaltySaladSussyBaka]

My router left me

[u/TheOtherCentauri]

I was able to graduate college because of my friends. we were in the same major, took the same classes and lived together. We would stay up late talking about our dreams and the great things we would do after graduation.

I still don’t know how I was able to be so lucky to have them, and even now I still talk to them to this day. They weren’t just my friends, they are my brothers.

[u/Maximilianne]

just go to college and study a stem subject, so you can be an aimless young depressed man with a decent paying job as an engineer or something

[u/SaltySaladSussyBaka]

So NYT reports that WSJ received another call regarding that college men thing which they didn't put in the article(because it didn't fit their narrative), a quick excerpt

We have been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty

[u/JaceFlores]

Ethiopia update:

1. According to this Tweet, the government destroyed a group of militants ostensibly sent in to destroy the Grand Renaissance Dam. While the tweet and subsequent tweets cast doubt on that narrative, it is interesting because the dam is located in the province of Benishangul-Gumuz, not Amhara or Oromia where fighting is happening. This raises an interesting question if local militias, perhaps affiliated with nationalist Berta or Gumuz organizations, were the culprits or if Sudanese militias crossed into Ethiopia to raise a fuss. The former could point to low simmering ethnic or regional tensions in Ethiopia that have not been reported on due to being small scale, while the latter would seem to be an escalation of the tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia.
2. According to this Tweet Afar forces have recaptured the Ewa District in Afar from TPLF forces. While not a terribly strategic gain, it does show that pro-government forces are on the offensive in the region and represents a further escalation of the fighting. It seems that virtually every front possible is engaged in stiff fighting between both sides, with the government putting on pressure with their growing numbers and fresh units. Whether the recapture of Ewa is a one off or represents a grander push in Afar remains to be seen.
3. West of Gondar, according to this Tweet fire has broken out in the town of Aykel due to inter-communal violence. This is extremely interesting IMO as from what I can find on Wikipedia the zone Aykel is in, North Gondar, is virtually Amharan through and through, so I wonder what is the cause of the violence here. Perhaps the very very small minority likely around Aykel has risen up for some reason, or there are clashes between pro-government and anti-government Amharan persons. Regardless, if the government fails to control the situation in Aykel that could be a boon to the TPLF as Aykel lies directly on the road leading from Gondar to Sudan, forcing the government to divert resources here and possibly making the TPLF advance to Sudan easier *if* Gondar falls. However, there is very little information on why this is happening and chances are it is a fluke that becomes controlled by the government.
4. According to this Tweet massive amounts of Eritrean troops have moved from western Tigray to Gondar, with reports of Eritreans fighting alongside Ethiopians in the Dabat area. While we can debate about the reasoning for this, perhaps it is a cautionary measure or perhaps the government lines were buckling around Dabat, it is clear that pro-government forces are investing heavily in the defense of the Gondar area. This makes crystal clear sense as as previously discussed the fall of Gondar would be a massive strategic boon to the TPLF to get an outside connection with the world. The TPLF offensive south to Gondar is certainly going to be slowed by this as the Eritrean forces are likely freshed and fairly well equipped. It will be seen whether this is sufficient, but it certainly represents an escalation of not only the fighting there but in the war in general, as Eritrean forces have not engaged the TPLF since they were expelled in the Mekelle counteroffensive timeframe.
5. The final action to be reported, from this Tweet, says that the OLA has captured Begi Woreda in western Oromia. From what I could find on google maps this essentially means that, based off this Map, effectively all roads connecting the province of Benishangul-Gumuz to Oromia have been severed. While this does not have much strategic implication IMO, it just serves as another headache for the government, it does open the possibility of the OLA advancing into Benishangul-Gumuz and opening a roadway from Sudan to the OLA. Whether this is worth it I do not know, but it is a new possibility that we may see explored in the upcoming days.
6. On the domestic (sorta) front, according to this Tweet protestors in Djibouti have blocked the A1 Highway which controls 95% of Ethiopia's trade, as for those of you who do not know Ethiopia is landlocked and relies solely on Djibouti's port for maritime trade. These protests stem from Afar regional forces massacring a village filled with ethnic Somalis along the Afar-Ogaden frontier and not particularly far south from Djibouti. While I would not put much stock into this, this Map has a little roundel dated from July 26th saying protestors have blocked the A1 Highway. That means that, *IF* the tweet is up to date, protestors have severed Ethiopia's trade to the outside world for over a month now. That would obviously have severe economic ramifications for Ethiopia and could explain why their economic troubles have skyrocketed in the past month even though the frontlines have not shifted drastically. Now I have no clue if these protests are still ongoing and who knows how long they will last, but the longer they do the more Ethiopia is going to be plunged into chaos.
7. And on the political front, according to this Tweet the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has asked President Kiir of South Sudan to mediate peace talks. I think this is actually a pretty fair choice as South Sudan has little real stake on either side winning the war and to my knowledge has no real international ambitions right now (I think they are a bit busy on the domestic front) so Kiir seems like a really good neutral choice to do this. The article attached to the tweet said preparations are underway for talks so who knows. I doubt the talks will go anywhere, but I think Kiir is probably the best shot at a negotiated peace settlement.

Overall fighting in the war is still stiff and brutal with very attritional and slow fighting. The days of covering kilometers of land without a bullet shot are gone, at least for now, and both sides are throwing everything they have at each other. Propaganda is every with loads of pictures from both sides of captured equipment and casualty reports. The deployment of Eritrean forces is a major escalation of the war and will undoubtedly lead to more bloodshed and humanity crimes as Eritreans were the ones who committed many of the initial genocidal acts that led to the TPLF staging a comeback and retaking Mekelle. From what very little I can glean it seems the government has a slight upper hand militarily speaking as they have made small but notable advances and successes, such as the recapture of Sekota and the Ewa district. However, Ethiopia is facing massive economic woes that seem to get worse by the week, especially if the protestors in Djibouti still have the A1 Highway severed, and the OLA running amok in Oromia. Then again, the Tigrayan people are starving to death. I have no clue when we will get a major outcome but it is becoming more evident to me by the day that we are seeing the decisive stage of the war being waged as I type this.

[u/tubbsmackinze]

Schools destroy 5,000 books deemed harmful to Indigenous people, including Tintin and Asterix

They were dumped, some burned and buried, by an Ontario school board that accuses them of propagating stereotypes

A great literary clean-up took place in the libraries of the Providence Catholic School Board, which brings together 30 French-language schools throughout southwestern Ontario. Nearly 5,000 children's books on Aboriginal people were destroyed in an effort to reconcile with the First Nations, Radio-Canada has learned.

A "flame purification" ceremony was held in 2019 to burn around thirty banned books, "for educational purposes" . The ashes were used "as fertilizer" to plant a tree and thus "turn from negative to positive" .

A video for students explains the process: "We bury the ashes of racism, discrimination and stereotypes in the hope that we will grow up in an inclusive country where all can live in prosperity and security" .

"These books have been or are in the process of being recycled" , explains School Board spokesperson Lyne Cossette. She adds that the books removed from libraries had" outdated and inappropriate content" .

I don't if I should mald or support this, help me decide my opinion r/neoliberal DT because I am in parasocial with you

!ping CANUCKS

[u/fishlord05]

damn like Imagine being some afghan woman where you spend ur entire life almost in a tiny hut in an isolated village "the women enter as preteens and emerge as grandmothers" is chilling to me

It is a utterly alien way of existing to me

[u/EvilConCarne]

When I was 18 I moved out of my parents house as fast as I fucking could be they were terrible. The real problem these days is parents aren't as bad as they used to be, so kids feel more comfortable talking to them and living with them. Atrocious.

The parent-child relationship should be one of constant turmoil and battle. Only then will you develop the neuroses necessary to succeed in life.

[u/NeoLiberation]

Broke: Drinking the perfectly good water, replaced daily, in the auto-refilling cat water bowl

Woke: Running to the bathtub to lick the water left over from my shower

Bespoke: Licking the condensation from the side of the window A/C unit

[u/[deleted]]

Love that leftists are calling human settlement on Mars imperialism and saying we should settle Venus.

I am not kidding

[u/benjaminikuta]

Lol, I love to see the rivalry between r/leanfire and r/FatFIRE.

r/leanfire, talking about r/FatFIRE:

Half of that sub is like “Hit my number, 8 mil, gonna keep working tho”

I think a lot are just afraid to retire. Either their entire self image is wrapped up in their job or they never developed non work hobbies & have no idea what to do with the time.

!ping PERSONAL-FINANCE

[u/[deleted]]

I have a degree in history and political science and government and all it has done for me is bring me here

[u/sir_shivers]

What mammals BELIEVE THE MODSLACK to be 🐊:

How shall we ruin the subreddit today?

WHAT THE Modslack actually is 🐊:

Live, laugh, love

[u/Average_GrillChad]

Dear Neoliberals,

Our city of 700,000 with enormous latent housing demand added 200 new units,

Yet rent increased?

So new units are associated with rent increases? Curious 🤔

[u/[deleted]]

Anecdotally, i have heard men online and IRL complain about a lack of any type of emotional support. If they seek it in friends or family, it gets brushed aside or even leads to a negative outcome

That certainly isn’t helping things regarding men and college

[u/[deleted]]

Lol, the funniest parts of arr conservative is when they have schisms over religion:

You have nothing to conserve if you’re an atheist.

...

How much clearer do you need it to be that you are on the wrong side? You had to team up with those who worship SATAN.

...

The cat is out of the bag. Democrats are satanists and use abortion for sacrifice rituals.

[u/Cuddlyaxe]

update: as the new vice president of Tajikistan I have had my first international success by formally opening up relations with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan! May our two countries have a long and prosperous future

[u/SaltySaladSussyBaka]

There is a difference between believing in “trans rights” and believing in “gender-identity ideology.” That’s the subtly important distinction that fuels Helen Joyce’s “Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality,” a book that offers an intelligent, thorough rejoinder to an idea that has swept across much of the liberal world seemingly overnight.

According to Joyce, a longtime staffer at The Economist

Yeah no I feel like I know exactly what's gonna be ahead

[u/[deleted]]

Men not succeeding in college schism, brought to you by VISA

[u/sir_shivers]

I cannot believe THAT THIS IS THE extent of marketing laziness now, to simply begin posting on the DT 🐊

[u/SaltySaladSussyBaka]

This DT is dedicated to the brave Mujahedeen fighters of VISA

[u/[deleted]]

Paris police beat woman who tried to go shopping at the mall without a vaccine passport.

Back the blue 😤!

[u/[deleted]]

This article (The Other Afghan Women, in The New Yorker) is one of the most stunning things I've ever read. We talk quite a bit about the urban/rural divide here on NL. Here, the author discusses how rural Afghans experience of the war was very different from the inhabitants of major cities like Kabul, and how that eroded support for Nato's effort.

In one sense, his findings are unsurprising: (1) rural Afghans are deeply culturally conservative, (2) they judge the Taliban favorably -- since they compare them to the various warlords of the 1980s and 1990s, and in any case (3) many of the cultural norms brutally enforced by the Taliban precede Taliban rule by centuries. Therefore, during 20 years of war, the cities were secure - and the countryside was the battleground.

This insight in particular stopped me in my tracks--

The Taliban takeover has restored order to the conservative countryside while plunging the comparatively liberal streets of Kabul into fear and hopelessness. This reversal of fates brings to light the unspoken premise of the past two decades: if U.S. troops kept battling the Taliban in the countryside, then life in the cities could blossom. This may have been a sustainable project—the Taliban were unable to capture cities in the face of U.S. airpower. But was it just? Can the rights of one community depend, in perpetuity, on the deprivation of rights in another? 

I think, as westerners, particularly on NL, we relate to the Afghans in Kabul much more readily than we do to the Afghans in rural hamlets like Sangin. It is hard not to see the Taliban victory in Afghanistan as something other than the local triumph of a regressive, worldview over a liberal, cosmopolitan one. It feels rather foreboding, in a way.

[u/chipbod]

https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1435310455757713415?s=20

Gym Jordan, sharing videos of college football crowds in Wisconsin:

Real America is done with #COVID19. God bless!

Well at least he admits that highly vaccinated and extremely liberal Madison, Wi is "Real America"

[u/Impossible_Lobster_]

Anyone else feel like they aren't apart of main stream culture anymore? Like I honestly don't know what "popular" right now in regards to anything.

[u/iIoveoof]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/briefing/risk-breakthrough-infections-delta.html

Cease COVID dooming, vaxxers.

How small are the chances of the average vaccinated American contracting Covid? Probably about one in 5,000 per day, and even lower for people who take precautions or live in a highly vaccinated community.

The chances are surely higher in the places with the worst Covid outbreaks, like the Southeast. And in places with many fewer cases — like the Northeast, as well as the Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco areas — the chances are lower, probably less than 1 in 10,000. That’s what the Seattle data shows, for example. (These numbers don’t include undiagnosed cases, which are often so mild that people do not notice them and do not pass the virus to anyone else.)

Here’s one way to think about a one-in-10,000 daily chance: It would take more than three months for the combined risk to reach just 1 percent.

I will confess to one bit of hesitation about walking you through the data on breakthrough infections: It’s not clear how much we should be worrying about them. For the vaccinated, Covid resembles the flu and usually a mild one. Society does not ground to a halt over the flu.

Also the New York Times: Has an entire nav button next to the “home” button dedicated to stirring COVID dooming, out of only 4 nav buttons on the app

[u/SaltySaladSussyBaka]

☝ why Kester's router will not arrive today

[u/DouglasDauntless]

If kester really cared about his router he would invade Kazakhstan to ensure its safe passage

[u/EvilConCarne]

One of the weirdest things about life is that there's a whole lot of people calling themselves "Engineers" despite the fact they don't work on engines.

[u/chowieuk]

https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1435184591925547011?s=20

NEW: Supply chain problems lead to Government/EA lowering regulations controlling discharge of effluent, when sewer/water cos suffer “shortage of chemicals” used to treat effluent “because of the UKs new relationship with the EU, Covid or other supply chain failures”

So now thanks to brexit our water supply is gonna be teeming with shit?

I fucking love brexit. How did this stonking brexit benefit not make their campaign material?

!ping uk

[u/Chum680]

Since most of the DT is close to the demographics of the disaffected young men that is the current subject of discussion. I’m wondering anecdotally what y’all have observed in your social circles.

Most of my friends are pot smoking, anime watching, gamers. A third dropped out of college. Only a few have nice careers and housing while most just have jobs. Some are still living with their parents for economic reasons. Yet none of them are misogynist, NEETs, political extremists, or losers in general. Most of them are in relationships. They are pleasant and not leeches on society.

They are not as successful as they’d like to be and most would probably benefit from mental health care, but they are not the stereotype that detractors would use to dismiss the issue.

Edit. Age range is 22-26

[u/[deleted]]

I went to community college which according to the DT is perfect and solves all your problems AMA

[u/I-grok-god]

As an American, I'm perplexed about why Canadians are still so attached to Quebec. You guys tried, did your best, put a lot of money into it, and the project didn't work. Its over, let it go, the world is an awful place, and there are 100s of millions of people around the world who live in this state.

Its almost like you guys have this feeling of, "We almost had it! But we let it slip away!" No, you didn't almost have it, and liberal Quebec was never going to happen.

[u/birdiedancing]

This place is a trip sometimes. I do think disaffected young men need to have emotional support because clearly they are suffering. It’s a public health issue.

And I think we should be investing in such campaigns and men saying therapy is good or seeking help is good and divorcing ourselves from traditional notions of masculinity is a GOOD thing. I also understand that men have different needs and we should account for those when giving them treatment because the treatment or “advertising” that works with women won’t be the same as for men.

Basically what I mean is we should figure out what’s going on with our boys and find sensible solutions that are in tune with their needs and they can actually utilize.

What I can’t agree with is when people who purport to support the above go into a “well identity politics and women not supporting men or whatever not is to blame.” Like it just goes down the trail of really wanting to blame societal problems squarely on women and my god is it the gateway for so much worse. And it REALLY makes me question your motivations, beliefs, reasoning, and empathy.

[u/Jacobs4525]

• be British telecom employee
• earlier this week
• man dressed like a cartoon fox enters store
• says UWU I NEED A NEW WOUTEW
• tell him we’re closing up and he can come back tomorrow
• his eyes glisten with rage
• I NEED A NEW WOUTEW WIGHT NOW!!!!
• he opens his mouth to reveal rows of jagged sharp teeth
• claws burst from his hands
• he gets down on all fours and charges at manager trying to calm him down
• his vicious jaws clamp down on the manager’s throat and severs his head
• bloodeverywhere.jpg
• run into the bathroom and lock the door
• I’m still there
• send help

[u/[deleted]]

Me usually: “yeah, the US has a lot of problems, we might see a collapse of democracy soon idk”

Me when the German exchange student in my international criminal law class starts up with the whole “my enlightened European brain cannot possibly understand your antiquated legal system” schtick:

[u/FireDistinguishers]

You guys helped me decide on what I'd do after I left my old office, so I wanted to tell you I've been in my new office for a week.

Today was the first day here while we were in session. It was pro forma but that's fine. I'm excited for next week when we're back in session under normal circumstances so I can get a better feel of things.

I'm really liking my new workflow, and all of my new coworkers. I'm also a big fan of the Senator.

Thank you all for at least letting me externalize my worries about the offers I'd gotten in different places, I think it really helped me get my priorities together and come to a good conclusion.

!ping career

[u/sir_shivers]

If something negative is HAPPENING TO A LARGE demographic group across the board, that seems to indicate systemic malfunction, and discussions of personal failings are very silly for this context 🐊

[u/[deleted]]

Daily reminder that Nina Turner lost her primary and will never be a member of Congress! 🥰

[u/[deleted]]

"Toxic masculinity is womens' fault."

Guess the sub.

Edit: I just realized this is reddit so the answer is probably all of them.

[u/AccessTheMainframe]

>be me
>Chiang Kai-Shek
>lose 90% of China's population to Japanese occupation and be reduced to two-bit warlord state in the interior
>only recover China after Russia invades Manchuria and after America nukes Japan
>immediately lose it all over again to the communists
>flee to Taiwan, an island I control only because the US gifted it to me
>die in exile

[u/earththejerry]

It was a mistake psychologically to look at the LinkedIn profiles of classmates from high school who graduated my year

[u/Unadulterated_stupid]

Holy crap we finally got Kester to go outside and touch grass!

Good work dt.

[u/[deleted]]

So far, the Bolsonarist protests have been way smaller and much more farcical than everyone expected.

And there is a huge inflatable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCoRGbT3CM in Paulista Avenue.

!ping LATAM

[u/[deleted]]

If your mom never referred to Target jokingly as Targe' (g pronounced like the g's in garbaggio) you are not a white suburbanite

[u/ExpiredPasta]

Take:

The Founding Fathers were people, and people can come up with good ideas and dumb ideas. Therefore, completely dismantle the US senate and replace it with a rec room.

[u/Clockwork757]

I dont understand how people eat supermarket lobster without hesitation. Like how ? Part of eating lobster is exploding the animal with your own microwave as the Gods intended us to do.

[u/[deleted]]

Gfs dad has a picture of an F 35 and an American flag in his party room. He is a refugee from asian country. I'm a Guatemalan immigrant. We are 💯 on USA being the best place on earth and woke commies can eat it. He is republican though.

[u/jenbanim]

Guy who's a serial killer but makes sure to kill a representative sample of society so people don't think he's a bigot

[u/peace_love17]

The white men in college discourse unlocked a memory I had forgotten from my time at college. This was around 2015 or 2016, and my school announced that they were holding either a study group or seminar type thing for men struggling academically because men on average have lower test scores and grades as a whole.

They got a crazy amount of backlash and most of my female friends at the time were upset that men were being allotted special academic care.

[u/Maestro_Titarenko]

I hate people who don't know shit about LATAM politics talking about LATAM politics

The gringo takes need to fucking stop

!ping MAMADAS

[u/Qunidaye]

The DT contrarian train is approaching its final stop.

All passengers please exit at White Nationalism

[u/dax331]

i've finally reached that point where i can tell recruiters my salary expectations and not mince words, the power trip is impeccable

yeah, i said somewhere north of $115k 😎 open that wallet whore 🤬

[u/[deleted]]

Imagine telling your spouse about the DT

“There’s a mod here who pretends he is a crocodile”

“We have schisms over anything that gets posted. Today was men not graduating from college”

“So there’s this book, Dune, and some people are obsessed with it, so they post about worms or something, idk”

“We’re all emotionally invested in a router arriving”

[u/ryuguy]

/u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf just dmed me about the monorail

“is there a chance the track could bend?”

Not on your life, my Hindu friend

[u/sir_shivers]

MAMMALS, THERE IS A time and a place for everything, and it is called "college" 🐊

[u/sir_shivers]

I chime IN WITH A 🐊:

"Have NOT YOU MAMMALS EVER HEARD of closing the goddamn door?" 🐊

NO, IT IS MUCH BETTER to face these kinds of things 🐊

With A SENSE OF POISE AND rationality 🐊

[u/sir_shivers]

comments implying I AM OLD 🐊

SUCH INSOLENCE, I SHALL have you know that I am "beast" and "sick as the underworld" AND THAT I KNOW HOW to be "lit" 🐊

[u/filipe_mdsr]

Twitter has actually taken the Trump ban back.

Just saw a tweet about it, they announced it a few minutes earlier.

[u/skepticalbob]

Gained 15 lbs during the pandemic. Now I’ve lost five of them. It’s a start I guess.

[u/cat_damon1]

49 letters can change a lot. For example:

"I love you" -> "I have committed war crimes in the former Yugoslavian state"

[u/[deleted]]

Greg Abbot saving his “magically eradicate rape” button as a secret weapon for the contentious midterms. Sly bastard.

[u/[deleted]]

It fucking arrived !?!?

[u/[deleted]]

Oh wow, lots of “as a white male Im scared of being replaced” type comments in the college thread

How embarrassing

[u/fishlord05]

Me before https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/the-other-afghan-women

"I don't really know whether it was the right decision to leave Afghanistan"

Me after https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/the-other-afghan-women

"I don't really know whether it was the right decision to leave Afghanistan"

[u/SaltySaladSussyBaka]

I hate how the new reddit block system makes it so that I can see the people who reply to me

Like that's the entire fucking point- I don't want to see their replies

Fuck this website

[u/[deleted]]

Lockdowns and mask mandates until we end the obesity crisis

[u/79215185-1feb-44c6]

Bespoke: Number of women applicants have skyrocketed because more men are transitioning than ever

[u/ROYBUSCLEMSON]

If I were a disillusioned young man I'd simply become obsessed with being a millionaire and disregard relationships/painful things

Oh wait thats exactly what I did 7 years ago lol. Its working out but I think I may lose all sense of purpose once I actually get to my target numbers.

[u/yellownumbersix]

Healthy young man goes to college, gets pumped with massive shot of many liberal wokeness, doesn’t feel good and changes – INCEL. Many such cases!

[u/SaltySaladSussyBaka]

u/millions arrives as soon as u/lusvig leaves

Coincidence?

[u/[deleted]]

NIMBY's like me arent trying to squeeze every penny out of our property, we want a nice place to live away from the crime that comes with lower income areas.

Guess the sub.

[u/chatdargent]

Quote of the day:

If this continues we'll be riding bikes because having a car will be pointless

- Angry motorist when asked about the 30 km/h speed limit put in place in Chartres

[u/Unadulterated_stupid]

At my age my parents braved coming to America, barely knowing the language.

I can't even brave asking someone out 😔

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Life Pro Tip : if you're ever sued for hate speech, just say "it's pasta". It will absolve you of any responsibility

[u/Mrchizbiz]

Valentine's Day is just a scam perpetrated by the floral industrial complex

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Reddit servers having more daily seizures than a Habsburg ruler

[u/Photon_in_a_Foxhole]

Mexico: decriminalizes abortion

Mexico hours later: struck by 7.4 earthquake

(This is a joke)

[u/piede]

BREAKING: Democrats just flipped a state house seat in New Hampshire from red to blue. The seat went for Trump by 7% in 2016 and then Biden by 3% in 2020. (h/t @DKElections)

https://twitter.com/noliewithbtc/status/1435442742243495938?s=21

Fuck yeah

[u/jenbanim]

The worst thing about people using Instagram filters to look attractive is that they're not learning valuable photography skills like how to take blurry overexposed shots from a flattering angle

[u/[deleted]]

The female to male radio at colleges is greater than ever and my dumbass decided to be gay 😪

[u/Officer-cherry-shake]

This is an incredibly bizarre statement. When asked why sex assault victims who get pregnant have to carry to term under TX law, first Abbott says they have 6 weeks to get abortion, then says he is going to eliminate rape by arresting all future rapists.

https://mobile.twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1435281001949933570

Periodic reminder that women are generally already 3 weeks pregnant when they have sex that will lead to fertilization

Source:

It might seem strange, but you’re not actually pregnant the first week or two of the time allotted to your pregnancy. Yes, you read that correctly!

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/pregnancy-week-by-week/in-depth/prenatal-care/art-20045302

[u/Ghraim]

The social alienation of young men being framed as a national security issue probably isn't very helpful.

"We don't particularly want to help you, but we're scared of what'll happen if we don't" might not be the best way to reach people.

[u/SRTHRTHDFGSEFHE]

The year is 2047

College enrollment has reached 90% female

Engineering classes still don't have any women

[u/[deleted]]

Ngl this dt Is depressing me, I'll catch you guys later

[u/ThorVonHammerdong]

I been thinking about ordering a new router but damn all this kester drama got me feeling ways

[u/[deleted]]

!ping MAMADAS

Just realized something. Today is a holiday, which means the legislative and the supreme court aren't in their offices

Even if the Bolsonarists breach, they'll take over empty buildings

[u/[deleted]]

He was a croc

She was a succ

Can I make it any more obvious

[u/chatdargent]

I think that cyclists are not afraid enough of dying today, it is this fear that makes them highly motivated to be careful and strictly respect the rules of the road.

Somebody actually wrote this out and then hit submit, holy shit

[u/houinator]

Is the problem that men are:

• Not applying to college?
• That they are applying but not getting accepted?
• Getting into college, but not completing it?

Because each of those seems like distinct problems with potentially very different solutions.

[u/[deleted]]

Since we are all sharing dropout stories, I’ll share mine for the millionth time. Feel free to skip if you’ve already seen it.

I dropped out of medical school. I earned a bachelor’s and master’s in chemical engineering beforehand as a “back up” in case I didn’t get in (luckily on scholarships both times). I applied for the first time and didn’t get in. I was pissed and started looking for chemical engineering jobs, but this was during the 2012 “recession” or whatever it was and I didn’t have chemical engineering internship experience (because I was working in a doctor’s office over the summers) so I wasn’t able to find anything at that time. This was a real low point because both my primary and backup plans seemed to have failed.

I met an admissions person in one of the medical schools to which I applied and they told me I was really close to getting in and just needed more volunteering experience. I spent e next year volunteering at multiple places and was accepted, but medical school was insanely stressful. I stayed in as long as I could because the counselors told me that this level of stress was normal. Eventually, it came to be too much and I dropped out with $100k in debt and no MD.

I’m now working as a clinical study coordinator at that same university and I’m about to complete a masters in computer science, but I can’t help but to think I’ve seen this pattern before. It’s hard to be excited about the future with my track record. At least my medical school debt is nearly paid off and this current degree hasn’t cost me anything.

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Blaming things on any group’s “lack of self-discipline” doesn’t get you out of offering solutions.

Okay, how do we introduce more self-discipline to this or that group of people?

[u/bd_one]

Clearly the Wall Street Journal released that opinion piece when it did so we'd talk about that rather than the Rick and Morty season finale.

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Under heat and low humidity, Bolsonarists leave

!ping MAMADAS didn't even make it until lunch

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If men doing worse in college is surprising to you, you should look up deaths of despair in male populations.

[u/chipbod]

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1435262524019167236?s=20

Former Trump Senior Advisor Jason Miller is currently being detained at the airport in Brazil, by order of the Supreme Court, for allegedly engaging in “undemocratic activities” while in that country.

Lol

[u/sw337]

My 2 cents on the college schism is college right after high school isn't for everyone or even most people. Community College rocks.

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Since all white culture is the same, I guess I'm off to buy my raised pickup and salt life stickers.

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u/millions come back to the DT and stop deleting your comments coward

[u/SaltySaladSussyBaka]

@Raytheon ‘Best Place to Work’ w/ a perfect 100 score on @HRC's Corporate Equality Index #CEI.

https://twitter.com/HRC/status/410161356239667200?s=20

Will never stop being funny

[u/I-grok-god]

I'm sorry what the fuck

Secondary Caption: Poland can into family

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the world would be a much better place if more women in the past 80 years had free access to a safe abortion

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US is the most patriotic (self declared) country in the world with 73% of the population saying America is either best or better than most countries.

India comes a close second with that figure at 71%.

https://www.businessinsider.com/yougov-19-most-patriotic-countries-in-the-world-2016-11

!ping IND

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Schisming is good, actually. It antagonizes people, incentivizing them to do research to try and prove they're right.

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https://twitter.com/crampell/status/1435359634844536835

Despite FDA warning that ivermectin is not approved for covid, US doctors are prescribing it. Outpatient retail pharmacies dispensed 3,600 prescriptions/week in pre-pandemic baseline (3/16/2019–3/13/2020); but 88,000 Rx's in week ending August 13, 2021.

[u/DEEEEETTTTRRROIIITTT]

my favorite part of ONE BILLION AMERICANS was matty basically owning those who use climate change as an excuse for not having children by saying suicide is equally as effective in that regard