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Anastasis

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  1. 9 minutes ago, Xian said:

    I thought the logic was we wanted these high profile trumpers to get it in order to prove to the wackos it is safe. Is that no longer true?   

    They should get it in line with the rest of us.  Roll Pence and Karen Ice Cube out to get their shot for the cameras.  Rubio can fuck right off. 

  2. 5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    My college student daughter just went OFF on politicians getting the vaccine. “Who the fuck do they think they are? They’re not better or important than anyone else!” She did concede that the POTUS and the immediate line of succession as CINC should get them as a matter of national security....but that’s it. “Congressman and senators and governors? Who the fuck are you? You’re just us - you’re literally our representatives. Lead by example and get in line with the rest of us.” She went on to explain that no matter how hard she’s worked for Dems the past four years, she’s happy to rip into them for failing to lead by example.

    What the fuck happened to leading by example? To showing the virtue of sacrifice and patience by your example? To putting yourself at risk to show the troops that they can and should follow you to the gates of hell? We have an absolute across the board crisis of leadership. Adler, Newsome, Rubio....all of them. Who has the fucking integrity, honor, and courage to lead from the front? Fucking nobody. We’re a nation of selfish, stupid cowards....and I guess we’re getting the leadership that matches our character.

    Casting party line votes on pre-produced bills is an essential business!

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  4. 7 hours ago, TexLonghorn said:

    The bad stufff can be just so much sometimes... A short British humor interlude:

     

    And I'll substantiate the rumor
    That the English sense of humor
    Is drier than than the Texas sand
    You can put up your dukes
    Or you can bet your boots
    That I'm leavin' just as fast as I can

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  5. 4 hours ago, staboner said:

    anastasis gets grumpy when folks pile on old republican talking points (like trickle down). i guess its religious a bit - russian drones out front shoulda told ya

    post 7960 is fucking hilariously funny and dripping with drambuie. eh what you gonna do. I give it an A +++

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    Bitches get treated like bitches. 

  6. 6 hours ago, Captainant said:

    You didn't say you do the bare minimum, but you give greenspoint grief for taking measures that you don't care to and justifying it with "we don't get shut down". Sure sounds like cutting corners wherever you can get away with it

    You should stick to your vague "medical industrial complex" rhetoric cause you are not quite equipped to get into discussion of actual details. 

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  7. 8 minutes ago, Eskimohorn said:


    Disagree. Impeachment, George Floyd’s televised murder by police, and COVID helped solidify his base and gave the most consistently unpopular President, who got dunked on in midterms, a fighting chance. Incumbents gained an advantage as ground games were stifled by COVID.

    If he would have modeled mask wearing and not totally pissed down his leg repeatedly re covid posture he would have been  reelected easily. Such is apparently the balance of American democracy.  

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  8. 24 minutes ago, Blotto said:

    Except the way these social media companies operate is by pushing information to you that they know you are predisposed to like. They want the clicks. Also the "like" and "follow" features are powerful psychological tools. When people gets likes and follows it's like a hit of dopamine.

    So you have algorithms pushing you social media you already agree with, and then likes, retweets, and all the other social media bullshit digs into people's brains. It easy to see why someone's world view (no matter how fucked up it is to others) makes sense to them because they live in social media vacuums where they observe and recieve constant validation. It makes perfect sense to them.

    And the Zuckerberg's and Dorseys of the world feign concern as they chuckle and watch the billions roll in.

    We are all just pawns at the wrong end of a machine learning algorithm.

    Enjoy the ride guys. 

  9. 21 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

     

    As a (dare I say it?) social media mogul of sorts, I disagree.  Social media doesn't "cause" the the self-selection of information. That's on the consumer of the media, just as it always has been. 

    I don't think that it is as simple as a selection bias, much more and deeper psychological manipulation at play. 

    BTW, your feed is one of my favorite twitter accounts. 

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