I bet the Freemasons encourage and propagate all the conspiracy theories about them to make themselves look much more mysterious and powerful than they really are. They may have had some influence in previous centuries but it's just old men LARPing at this point.
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I just don't even engage with anyone saying anything along those lines anymore. It's like talking to a flat earther. There is just too much of a gap in foundational knowledge that can't be bridged to even begin having a discussion.
Ha, the irony that entrepreneurs built a statue of Mao only to be denied by the CCP.
Not only that, but we can see with our very own eyes in real time how easily the masses can get whipped up into a frenzy of hate by dehumanizing entire populations.
Sure, they exist, but finding the right one in your size will require time and patience. And maybe the thrift stores near you still have hidden gems, but all of the ones in my area have savvy employees that can spot quality items and sell them separately through online auctions.
Fashionable, affordable or warm. Pick two.
Wait, so how are millennials getting priced out of the cities by Gen Z'ers when Gen Z can't afford to move out of their parent's homes? It's really about how everyone regardless of generational cohort is getting squeezed by speculators and investors.
It's the video fakes that are really going to upend society. When the tools to make convincing videos with nothing but an AI prompt are in everyone's hands we are never going to trust anything ever again.
It wasn't even that long ago when mild exclamations like d_mn and h_ll were forbidden swear words too.
Bless your heart for being chronically online enough to be on Hexbear but somehow never being exposed to 1488 before.
Exactly. It's not done out of solidarity with Palestinians but to troll Jews.
Beats me making an earnest effort and only getting 12/20.