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kescusay OP , 1 month ago to nottheonion in [META] Help!

I mean, I’m not gonna dispute that reality has been resembling The Onion more and more, but it’s important that the headlines convey that Onion-y goodness, and too many lately haven’t or are really borderline. People come here to say to themselves, “Holy shit, I can’t believe that’s a real headline!” Not “Holy shit… now I’m depressed. Oh, and that headline… is depressing.”

kescusay , 1 month ago to nottheonion in [Meta] Is this just a news community now?

Hey, I try to keep a hands-off approach to modding as much as possible, but you’re right, this has indeed gotten out of control.

I’d appreciate it if people would report posts that don’t belong here more, because otherwise I’m not likely to see them until they’ve already gathered a ton of comments, and I’m hesitant to remove posts at that point.

So… Thanks for posting about this.

kescusay , 1 month ago to nottheonion in Trump falsely claims he never called for Hillary Clinton to be locked up

Hey guys, this one’s… borderline. The idea that Trump never said that is silly enough that I’m going to allow this post to stay, but its onion-y flavor is pretty weak.

kescusay , 1 month ago to nottheonion in Nikki Haley writes ‘finish them’ on IDF artillery shells during Israel visit

Why?

Because Iran is a Russian ally and Russian proxy.

Biden is doing this - he is threatening the ICC and ICJ

No, he isn’t. Where in the world are you getting the idea that he’s literally “threatening” either?

Biden is not doing this. We have not stopped weapon shipments and have clearly been unable (more like unwilling) to stop or prevent Israel’s genocide

Dude, we temporarily halted shipments earlier this month to put pressure on Netanyahu. Were you sleeping?

Also, Israel is not our ally. Their geopolitical interests align with Putin. Which is why they are trying to get Trump elected so that they can destroy the remnants of the “rules based international order” and begin in earnest their conquest of Greater Israel

Netanyahu’s interests may align with Putin, but only insofar as both seem hell-bent on destabilizing the region. Putin would gladly let Iran stroll right into Israel and slaughter everyone in it. Israel’s own actual interests do not remotely align with Putin’s.

kescusay , 1 month ago to world in Russian disinformation sites linked to former Florida deputy sheriff, research finds

It’s always the people you most suspect.

kescusay , 1 month ago to nottheonion in Nikki Haley writes ‘finish them’ on IDF artillery shells during Israel visit

Every time I encounter the “don’t vote” brigade, my first thought is that it’s a Russian or Chinese troll trying to get Trump elected again.

My second thought, which is a bit more nuanced, is some introspection on what Biden is actually doing. He has three options with regards to Israel, none of them good.

1. He could deny them weapons, which would inevitably lead to outright war with Iran and an increase in Russian influence in the region, as well as a loss of an ally.
2. He could fully commit to Netanyahu’s madness (i.e., what Trump wants to do), fully empowering genocide while using no political leverage on Israel. This would also ultimately lead to broad regional warfare, which will also likely increase Russian influence in the region.
3. He could try to limit the damage by imposing conditions on weapons sales and attempt to thread the needle, recognizing Hamas for the grotesque terrorist organization it is while using political pressure to prevent as much needless death of civilians as possible. This is what Biden is trying to do.

I don’t know that Biden is doing a very good job with #3, but #1 would be a catastrophe, and #2 is what Trump wants.

This is a shitty situation in every conceivable way. Our ally, Israel, is currently being run by a corrupt and genocidal freak. There are no good answers to a situation like that beyond Israel coming to its senses and throwing Netanyahu in prison. But there are plenty of really bad answers, and Trump would be the worst.

kescusay , 2 months ago to news in Forecasters warn Oklahoma may see tornadoes; Texas could bake in triple-digit temperatures

Assuming “hast” is supposed to be “heat” and “dinner” is supposed to be “summer,” then yep… I’m starting to wonder when we’ll see people literally fleeing north to save their lives.

Texas is becoming uninhabitable.

kescusay , 2 months ago to world in New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity

That’s where my optimism lies, too. The kids, by and large, are all right, and it’s high time we let them have their turn running things.

I just hope that we have democracy at all after November.

kescusay , 2 months ago to world in New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity

Perhaps it would make more sense to describe it as an intentionally mistaken understanding.

We’ve been a fragile, fractured country since that day. Al Qaida - and Saudi Arabia - did us lasting, potentially terminal, damage.

In 2001 before 9/11, George W. Bush was clearly going to be a one-term failure of a president, a mistake of the electoral college brought about by complacency, never to be repeated. He would get the boot, be replaced by a better and more competent president in 2005, and that would be that. No Patriot Act. No Department of Homeland Security. No TSA security theater. No war against Iraq, no formation of ISIS, and likely no Tea Party, let alone the travesty that was four years of Donald Trump.

Saudi Arabia may have actually dealt the killing blow to this country, causing the ongoing, slow-motion disaster in politics we see today.

kescusay , 2 months ago to technology in New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC

No it doesn’t. (My PC runs Linux.)

kescusay , 2 months ago to videos in The Genetic Arms Race | How CRISPR and AI Destroy the World - YouTube

I asked for a description of the video and its content, and the OP refused to actually answer.

I’ll watch the video if you’ll confirm it’s not an attempt to attack CRISPR technology.

kescusay , 2 months ago to nottheonion in It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in NC

The Republican claim on hard-nosed, reality-based reasoning is just so astoundingly mendacious. I find myself legitimately perplexed over the whole thing.

I mean, the guys who believe the Earth is 6,000 years old, trickle-down economics work, ectopic pregnancies are a gift from God and mustn’t be stopped, vaccines are poisonous, life doesn’t evolve, and Donald Trump was a good president are the down-to-Earth realists? Is this performance art of some kind?

How do people like that survive to adulthood?

kescusay , 2 months ago to nottheonion in Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker bashes Pride Month, tells women to stay in the kitchen

Just out of curiosity, I looked up both their weights. Harrison Butker is a slim guy, weighing in at 199 lbs. Carl Nassib outweighs him by about fifty lbs.

kescusay , 2 months ago to nottheonion in JK Rowling slammed for asking if she can be Black if she likes “Motown & fancy myself in cornrows”

Oh, trolling the bigots is always allowed.

kescusay , 2 months ago to nottheonion in JK Rowling slammed for asking if she can be Black if she likes “Motown & fancy myself in cornrows”

Just as a reminder: Bigoted trolling is a one-way ticket to Bansville.

That is all.