I’m most familiar with LA’s history of police gangs, but my understanding is they are not a total outlier. If anything, movies consistently downplay just how bad our police actually are, even when they take a critical stance on them. The copaganda is so pervasive that even people who dislike cops underestimate just how dire things are.

It’s really upsetting that you’re basically denying the lived reality of so many marginalized groups. I’ve met people who refuse to say ACAB that are less ignorant about our cops than you.

I can’t wait for it (｡╯︵╰｡)

May or may not be justified?! I’m sure some of the people China targets also “may or may” have deserved it in the exact same way!

I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but we do have roving bands of murder cops who decide who to kill on a whim. We have literal gangs who hunt down and murder people for fun in our largest and most liberal cities, and cops from small towns are somehow even more terrifying. It is absolutely tone deaf to think our cops are a gotcha against any country.

If anything, the most disappointing thing about China is how well they seem to be following our playbook. Most of the evil things they do were done worse by America, and with everything in China that is genuinely worse than the US, we’re quickly catching up. You cannot whataboutism China as an American; the US isn’t even the winning side anymore.

I think the fascist’s assumption is that things can’t get much worse for them, so they might as well make their enemies suffer more as well:

“We can’t take a bigger L than we already have, so by doubling down we can outlast Iran and the rest of the world. Even though we’ll have to deal with increased energy costs and a worsening economy, many other nations will be hit harder as we have enough domestic production. Our domestic oil exec buddies can even sell for a profit at high prices. The November elections can’t get any worse for us and our base will never truly falter, so now might be time to pivot towards rigging elections and nullifying Congress!”

Of course, things absolutely can get worse for America, as a prolonged closure will cause every nation on earth to totally abandon the US. Our economy can absolutely go into a deep depression if something else goes wrong, and the ripple effects from that could be monumental.

I think you mean liberals. It should be crystal clear by now that liberals were never leftists.

thousands of stacking poison damage and dozens of stimpacks later

so PugJesus, who posts like 90% of the memes here, doesn’t miss out from federation. Bish earned the instance ban on blahaj.zone, but it felt rude to not have them see a post on a comm they enjoy. Plus, this prevents a double post of the same meme in the future.

Legit felt like I had fewer choices with those mods. I wanted to murder all those poorly written NPCs when I walked in on Depravity, but I was low level and everyone was essential (at least after saying “I’ll think about it”). At least Fusion City Rising didn’t fuck with the main quests as much.

Compared to literally every major quest mod I’ve played for Skyrim, it was shockingly bad. Only the dungeon crawling and cosmetic loot were worth my time.

Ideally they’ll start hormones or go off blockers by about 16, but you can’t comprehend that because you already decided that 18 had to be the start point. You don’t want trans kids lucky enough to discover their identity early to transition, probably not thinking through what the consequences are. You hope that they’ll not medically transition, but in all likelihood, they’ll just end up suicidally depressed for no good reason.

You’re correct in assuming that gender isn’t a choice, but incorrect in how you apply that idea. Attempts have been made to force cis boys that got maimed by botched circumcisions to be girls. They did not end well. Attempts have been made to find alternatives to gender affirmation, but they never work. Nobody can be converted. Nobody knows how.

Stop being a knob and accept the failures of naive doctors trying to snuff us from existence. You affirm us, or you torture us. There is no other option.

So r u!

If only, but yuri conquers my mind. I guess it’s better to be a gay loser than a rich parasite anyways ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The humble bug who was just looking to fuck:

There’s something attractive about someone who can dominate you

Learn to love yourself so you have something to fight for. Be consciously grateful for the good things in life, as you’ll get more happiness out of them than you do now. Live in the moment so you can fully appreciate what you experience.

Working will still suck and you’ll feel bad sometimes, but so long as you can get everything out of the good; so long as you don’t let bullshit ruin your sense of self, you won’t want to die.

Filling your life in this way is a constant effort, but it will keep it from being hollow. Novel interests alone can’t compete.

I don’t even need to hear most of them out; I totally get it 😭

This is just text written anywhere. There’s an art to making yourself understood in different contexts.

GIMME!!!