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hookem2010

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  1. The next 4 years are going to be like weather events with climate change. We can never know exactly how much each specific event was due to climate change, but it is damn sure playing a starring role. I'm sure there will be numerous tragedies the next few years that may seem like freak accidents. But when you put morons/oligarchs/bootlickers in charge and chip away at any and all regulations, this shit is inevitably going to occur at a greater frequency.
  2. Comparing getting rid of guns to getting rid of humans, very cool. Do y'all have a simple equation over in DT for calculating how many brown lives equal one gun?
  3. I bet the world seemed like shit in the 20s depression, better post-war in the 40s and scary in the 60s with Vietnam followed by the Cold War. I'm sure the financial crisis is the 80s was worrisome, as was the recession in the 2000s. None of those eras contended with a world population of 8 billion, where despite improving technology, the general populace was conditioned to have random bullshit they didn't need delivered overnight or have watermelon available in January, or have at least one car for every member of the family over 16. In 1920, humans and their domesticates did not outweigh wild land mammals by 50x as they do today. There is a tipping point, and our technology is nowhere near where it needs to be to save us from ecological catastrophe. In fact, those at the controls of cutting edge technology appear most concerned with hoarding wealth or consolidating power rather than helping their fellow man or planet in any way. Watching Elon catch a rocket booster is cool, and I'm sure the iPhone 46 has tons of sweet features, but that doesn't make me feel great about 2050. And this doesn't even begin to address the growing threat of global authoritarianism that will slow any progress that would help the average person.
  4. "The world has always been fucked" seems like a cop out to me. I think quality of life was generally improving for most people across most of our lives, certainly in the US. Im not sure if that's going to be the case for my children. In fact, I doubt it will be. Outside of the obvious political stuff, the planet turning into an empty husk of what it once was is problematic. The fact that 90+% of people continue to treat this as some niche issue is mind-boggling to me.
  5. So the rich aren't coming to save us? I thought for sure this would be the time...
  6. I was mostly rageful the first go-round with Trump. This time, while still incredibly angry, particularly with people I care about (like my parents) for voting for Trump, I am just very depressed. I had a pretty good idea what was coming, but seeing it actually occur still fucking sucks. For my own sake, I'm happy I have kids so I don't just drink myself into an early grave. For my kids sake, this is the worst. Assuming the fat fuck lives long enough, he will be the first president my eldest remembers.
  7. Pardoning anti-abortion "activists" now. We should all have the freedom to indimidate and harrass doctors and their patients!
  8. So he definitely just learned about the Battle of Stalingrad. Im surprised he didn't say "Not many people know this, but..."
  9. https://www.npr.org/2025/01/20/nx-s1-5230486/texas-ten-commandments-schools-legislature
  10. I thought January 6th was pretty bad. Now, it's going to be groundhog day of January 6th for at least 4 years.
  11. Why the fuck is this shitstain talking to us during halftime of the football game?
  12. We should definitely be throwing all of our time, money and energy into making life suitable on Mars for a lucky few rather than just not fucking the planet we evolved to live on. We need more billionaires building rockets!!!
  13. I watched 4 episodes on my upstairs TV after taking valium for a vasectomy. Was too tired to figure out how to turn off the energy saving settings, so I couldn't see shit. Seems like I didn't miss much. I enjoyed the end of the season though.
  14. Went to my parents since the wife was working and daycare is closed for the toddler. The Inauguration is on tv. "I will not be watching that." "It's just ABC." "Turn this garbage off or we're not staying." I'm not really sure what they were thinking. I would happily have a political throw down if it was just us, but somehow they expect that to be on without any friction.
  15. She's already pissed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hawaiian_animals_extinct_in_the_Holocene
  16. Im confused why people are more upset about Biden doing this than they are that he feels the need to do so.
  17. I belive this has been done in Florida for several years, specifically to reduce Dengue. Although I would agree that Florida is not a place you want to take advice from.
  18. I'm not sure of the senator's opinion, but Hawaii is now releasing genetically altered male mosquitoes (the non-biters) that produce sterile offspring to combat the effects of Avian Malaria. The disease has already wiped out many native honeycreeper species, and the situation is exacerbated by climate change (apologies if this term melts any resident snowflakes. I know this thread definitely isn't CR), as there is no longer refuge at higher elevations. While it is too late for the 'akikiki, perhaps the 'akeke'e still has hope of surviving.
  19. Great thread by OP, excellent choice to post in DT, extraordinary defense of both. I have learned so much about that darn Hawaiian senator. I eagerly await future posts! Hook'em!!!
  20. Yea, I remember seeing the response from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting and thinking, "Damn, these kids aren't afraid to get involved and speak their mind. Maybe the youth will save us after all." Nope, the morons just needed a little more time to marinate in the social media sewage before they came out in full force, proudly voicing their dumbassery. Moving backwards...
  21. Sorry, lashing out after doing my best to ignore things for the last 3 months. Fuck
  22. I don't get it. I'm certainly no smarter than the average poster on this board... well, exclude maybe football and large swaths of DT, but organized religion has felt like the biggest crock of shit to me since I was a teenager given the choice to not attend church if I wished. This Trumpy christian garbage is dumber than the fundamentalist apostolic shit I suffered through when visiting relatives in rural Minnesota every summer. I cannot even begin to understand its appeal or ability to sway people. But I also put my faith in @Js1 that Kamala had this election locked down, so what do I know.
  23. My 2 1/2 year-old is equal parts hilarious and pain in the ass, but his language is to the point where he may start contributing to this thread... hopefully not at doomlet's level. As the bath was draining and he was sitting in the tub, "My penis broken". Then soon thereafter, following a successful pee in the potty, "Two points!". We don't even watch basketball.
  24. That's Operating Thetan Cruise to you, sir! Although I think I'd prefer scientologists in charge over today's "Christians" at this point.
  25. As others have noted, that's painting with a pretty broad brush. There was no shortage of atrocities to go around in the 1800's American frontier. And in a strictly practical sense, which tribes held out the longest before succumbing to reservation life? I don't know for sure, but I'd bet the Apache, Comance and Sioux were some of the last "free" groups, and also some of the most violent.
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