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It's important to know your enemy's coalition if you want to stop them from passing laws. You can often peel off a subset of supporters causing them to lose their majority or force them to settle for the weakest version of what they want.

Writing them all off is a bad play.

When rebels in a portion of a country ask for self-governance as a special federal area, they're asking for what States in the USA have, right?

Their own laws, minimal interference from the central government, shared economy and defense.

I see some people posting in and their outputs don't have six fingers, or twisted faces, or clothing merging into flesh.

Are you touching them up after generation, or have you just found an actually good model, or what?

It was pretty sick when Biden had Secret Service agents arrest all the Extreme MAGA Republicans in Congress during the State of the Union address last night.

My friends:

5th/3rd Bank is a bad bank. Massively incompetent.

You should not bank there if you have any other choice.

<A Lean canvas is just a reformatted Business Plan>

Real "A monad is just a monoid in the category of endofunctors, what's the problem?" energy here.

TFW the school next door is being sued for covering up a groomer*.

* classic, uncontroversial definition.

Me: Can I get home in time to watch the State of the Union address?

The cop behind me with his lights on: no.

How many other anime should you have watched before you watch Bakemonogatari?

I think it's pretty clear st this point that we have to eliminate Twitch streaming, for the good of society.

A full quarter of _The Screwtape Letters_ fan fiction is crossovers with _Good Omens_, because apparently people really want to see Screwtape v Crowley.

_The Screwtape Letters_

Wonderful. Regardless of if you agree with Lewis on morality, Screwtape's method of distracting people from virtue with triviality and self-justification offers a real risk to your ability to succeed at making a good life.

(Oops, wrong pic.)

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"Hey, can you switch instances? Your admin favorited a joke that I didn't appreciate once. Might need to block you otherwise. Oh, and that crowdfunding platform you use? Back in 2006 they let an organization I don't personally align with use their platform. You should abandon that. Also, -"

Shhhh. Let people enjoy things. I am all for being socially conscious but we can't boycott everything. We are so tired. Please go outside.

maybe we need a sign
"EA/Rationality spaces are a safe space for people with OCD please no fortissimo moral injunctions"

Effective Altruists should have spent their weirdness points on Effective Altruism, not on joining the current iteration of the Berkeley Sex Cult.

The more your patient sees himself as superior to his fellow man, the sooner he will arrive in our Father's house. Social Media is just a new venue for this classic trap.

Your affectionate uncle Screwtape

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Consider consulting with our algorithm department, who can make sure that he misses valuable updates from his family and friends in exchange for more politically enraging content. While their fees are high, they can be very effective if used judiciously.

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