TheOminousBulge

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Because the conservative party in the UK, much like the republican party in the US, knows that because of shifting demographics and because it has no real plan to address real problems they know they wont be able deny the existance of any longer, is about to start losing election after election. Instead of coming with actual plans and attempting to do anything with their power other than looting your pockets, they've decided to resort to the most basic and fascistic scapegoating by pandering to our tribalistic instincts. They just point to another group and blame them for all the problems they had a hand in creating.

"It's not our fault, it's those dirty _____!"

-liberals
-blacks
-immigrants
-gays
-jews
-trans people
-atheists
-muslims
-indians
-women

(Pick one, or create your own scapegoat)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I humbly suggest Oop and Op. Pronounced as words. Like loop and top.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

To give you the benefit of the doubt, I think your hearts in the right place with this comment. But i want to respond to it because it does bring up a common sentiment that bugs the hell out of me.

I don't really buy the provider part of this sentiment and even if instinct played a role here, it doesn't excuse ape-like behavior. You might be wired to notice wide hips and smooth skin, but continuing to stare at or lust after a girl after you realize she's 16 years old still makes you a creep.

We are men, not ignorant monkeys controlled by our instincts and I find it insulting when someone tries to excuse ape behavior with this kind of reasoning. We're still 100% accountable for our actions.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 year ago (8 children)

It'll be a blowout as long as you motherfuckers show up to vote against him and any other republicans on your ticket

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I mean I understand the anger. I think every atheist deals with it at some point. But you gotta move on and let that shit go. I'm getting old now and it's just tiresome. I'm not interested in tribal BS. I'm interested in chatting with folks who see the world through the same lens I do without that shitty sense of superiority so many atheists seem to have.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Gotta boost Beau.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fair enough, I'll try to tone it down in the future.

Disunity will lose us this election. We don't have the luxury of being picky about our candidates here. The alternative to Biden is fascism, full stop. Anyone who presents themselves as opposed to Christian fascism but continues to oppose Biden (especially with factual inaccuracies) tends to make me doubt their honesty, or their intelligence. And it should make everyone here suspicious as well.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How is this sad, exactly?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've never liked r/atheism because it just felt like it was mostly populated by teenaged edgelords that treated atheism like a subculture they were into at the moment. Pizza-cutter atheists, all edge and no point.
Everyone else was butthurt and chronically angry. I'd like to see more activism, more community building, more maturity. Less butthurt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not sure about an exact part number, but that's an IDC connector. Here's a half-assed search result o hopefully get you started. Finding exactly what you need is probably going to be annoying. Good luck.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

If he thought the building was unimportant enough that writing his dumbass name on it was nbd, what the fuck was doing wasting his time there in the first place? Why did he think all the other tourists were there?

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