I think he deadass plans on holing himself up in a secret bunker and getting McDonald’s delivered every night. I bet his cover story would be something like a secret daily ritual and it wouldn’t even occur to him that the new president might keep in friendly enough contact with previous presidents to compare notes.

Oh my god, that’s so dumb I honestly wouldn’t be surprised.

I’d find that honestly the least objectionable option. Obviously trumps not clean on opsec, so Barron probably has a pretty clear idea of what’s going on, but at least he’s not profiting off of his own elected position.

Not good, to be clear, but least bad.

I’m so glad we got this valuable feedback. You have a bad feeling and don’t want to talk about it? Just talk about it anyway, but cryptically and snippily!

Well alright then, but you’re nearly overloaded. The wrenew crew can’t take many more Ws

I’m older than she is, but she looks like she’s got at least fifteen years on me. Being a fucking monster ages you.

I mean, yeah, it’s not a big deal if you don’t think about it further. I don’t like knowing that the people who are supposed to be impartial and who might have to intervene in a situation in which I find myself in danger don’t think I’m as valuable as a German citizen is. If the police had faced consequences, I would be a lot less concerned, because as you said, bad things happen everywhere. With no consequences, it means there’s tacit systemic acceptance of that type of behavior and attitude.

As for why a bastard would want to be a cop? You don’t get to witness a man burning alive as a banker.

As I said, it’s better here, but that doesn’t mean it’s fine or good.

I mean…. German cops are friendlier than American cops, but they’re still bastards. Oury Jalloh, the fascist WhatsApp group from Hessen, and similar things happen here too.

You know how it seems like people got dumber?

A legitimate military operation that will definitely be considered terrorism?

I just can’t read it as anything other than warfarin- how’s it supposed to be pronounced?

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Well gee, we could return the things stolen from Jews by Nazis… or we could just sell weapons to Israel. That’s easier and more profitable!

How awful do you have to be to be ethically outperformed by an advertising company that wants to work for DHS?

I pronounce them basically the same, could be speech to text.

No, he’s a monster, check out some of the things he’s said and done. He’s just not stupid enough to want to be in charge of counterterrorism right after we unprovokedly attack Iran.

Compared to roughly 140 other countries. The US has a very high suicide rate, they’re a huge outlier because of gun ownership.

It’s not even the fault of the culture either, it’s mostly due to the darkness throughout the winter.

I’m an American immigrant in Germany and the idea that homeschooling is illegal here really used to chafe at me. I get it now though: not everyone who wants to homeschool their kids also wants to make sure no mandatory reporters see evidence of their horrific child abuse, but everyone who wants to make sure no mandatory reporters see evidence of their horrific child abuse also wants to homeschool their kids.

Other interventions for that are either not thorough enough (biannual social worker visits), or much greater an imposition on the parents and way too expensive (biweekly social worker visits). It’s simplest to just make school compulsory, and it values the privacy of the parents over their control of their children. In some small percentage of cases, kids lose out on learning exclusively from very knowledgeable people, but parents can still educate their children outside of school, and way more kids are saved from damaging environments because of compulsory schooling.

I’ve never been a mushroom fan, but every 5-10 years, I taste them again to see if my tastes have changed, though they never do. Does that mean I do in fact like mushrooms?

Actually scratch that question - it’s not a decision that anyone but the person in question can make. Correcting someone about their orientation is a major overstep.

(I know you weren’t the person who initially did that, I’m just speaking generally)