personally I think it’s the phone that’s more the problem. the persistent access seems like it contributes more to habit forming than the nebulous definition of social media. and that’s much easier to define and possible enforce.

found the smoker

I don’t think internet is as much the problem as phones.

found the scourge

“After leaving office he spent decades building houses for the needy.”

Totally reliable. You didn’t have to make an excuse for a poorly executed rush job after admitting the mangle.

I didn’t know he quit politics for the needy.

same as my GameStop shares

easier than typing out a long string

uhhh… that doesn’t sound easier at all

welcome, but maybe consider not using the world instance. it is pretty saturated and the point is to spread users out across many instances instead of having one monolithic one

frankly, I don’t know of many countries, if any, whose government isn’t at odds with its population.

as a non American i have no party in your shit hole country.

are you incapable of thinking pragmatically? because it’s pretty clear you are letting your ideals cloud your judgement, unless you actually believe Republicans will help your cause. your pathetic political system has long been about choosing the lesser of 2 evils and frankly the fact that you refuse to accept this tells me everything I need to know. enjoy living in a fascist hellscape, with all those leopards eating your face.

let’s be absolutely clear here. the only argument you have is to say that Republicans will do less genocide. that’s it. because in any other case your extreme ideology only causes more.

“I can’t get my way so everyone should suffer” comes across as a pretty crybaby take.

which is the definition of ideological to a fault.

you’re falsely equating voting dem for justifying genocide. they are not the same. one can be actively working against it and still vote blue, recognizing that any other action likely promotes genocide and more terrible things.

once again, you’re making this into a voting issue when it isn’t one because neither party is interested in taking your preferred stance. naturally, withholding a vote because of this makes no sense especially when the stakes on other important issues are so high.

I understand how strongly you feel about this issue. I agree with your feelings about it. I would love to see the Israeli govt get pulverised for what they are doing. and it is objectively atrocious in every way that they are supported.

I can also use my brain to logically determine that refusing to vote dem is likely to put power into the hands of those who will do worse both on this specific issue and many others. voting for Biden might not make it better, but doing anything else will definitely make it worse. and that’s the brain dead choice.

how about refusing to acknowledge that repubs would do the same or worse with this situation? no sane person thinks the situation is great. but brain dead is making a voting issue out of this when it isn’t one.

stakes are far too high to have the luxury of this brain dead take.

because that attitude only helps the objectively more horrible politicians. how is this so hard to understand?