This thread is impossible. The amount of people posting sarcastically without denoting it and the amount of people sincerely posting conspiracy theories (believable theories and dumb theories that belie a lack of understanding physics) appear in almost equal measure.

Why is the George W quote (which is new to me, but believable) suspicious? That guy was full of dumb hottakes.

I think they’re trying to justify his lack of compassion for workers because his company’s profitability is so personal for him and central to his identity (d’awww).

even with these horrific conflicts occurring today, humanity as a whole is still living through one of the least violent and most peaceful periods in recorded history when measured against the enormous scale of human history and global population.

Across the globe, humanity is gearing up for an enormous war over dwindling/ shifting resources, as we deplete the liveability of the planet thanks to the consumerism fostered by your beloved Capitalism.

I also really hate how all of these Capitalism apologists like to attribute advances in the standard of living to an economic system. No. Improvements in quality of life and the standard of living were made possible by technological advancement. The scientific, rational thinking that enabled that technology began with the Enlightenment, which predates ‘The Wealth of Nations’ by several hundred years. The most Capitalism can claim is providing the motivation for distribution of those advancements.

And any examples of non-Capitalist countries that suffer from impoverishment, should be evaluated for whether the Capitalist West has been engaged in economic warfare/ exploitation against them for a half century.

Everything you did on the Internet didn’t exist just to sell you something; you weren’t a commodity to be manipulated and packaged with everything you looked at.

Don’t hate. It’s the only real location for Buy Nothing groups too.

As a straight woman, I thought all of us mammals actually like breasts though… No?

I guess some penises come with breasts… How do you feel about those?

In true quantum sexuality, measuring it would actually affect the measurement. You’d probably get a lot of false positives for any super hot humans you put in front of test subjects.

You see how that works, cave person?

I see how you can’t distinguish between preference and hatred, yes.

If a beard hair getting in your mouth isn’t a strong enough reason for you to shave your beard, then it’s not a deal breaker/ you don’t hate it.

I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt that your feelings between your own hairs and hers are similar.

Having a preference for A over B is not the same thing as hating B.

“I love you… But only when you go through extra effort to modify yourself for me.”

Nah man. If you hate how it comes naturally, then you don’t actually like it.

But I’m a middle aged woman, so I think the ‘male gaze’ and its judgemental subjugation can fuck all the way off.

The only time it’s not rude to interrupt someone in normal or professional conversation is in an emergency…

My husband started using AI to come up with sights we might want to see on vacation and routes we might want to take through them. It’s fine. I think it could atrophy his brain, but I’m not going to divorce him over it.

Have I lost the thread? We’re just openly admitting now that we’d blame the US regardless of which decision they made?