mikemenn.bsky.social
Some old guy trying to make sense of the world before he dies and becomes stardust again.
Oh, and if you look like a bot (few/no posts) I'm blocking. (Also Trump posters ... I'm politically blackouting until 2029.)
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May I suggest Gisnep? It's a word-quote game:
gisnep.com
The quotes are usually pretty good, too.
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a) is there anything in there I personally can do?
b) what are the main takeaways?
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Well, let's give it a try. Hope you can convince enough ... otherwise those folks just get fired and replaced with cult members.
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a) You said we can't convince a cult so ...
b) The black out will do this?
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What are you suggesting? An armed uprising? Assassination?
I don't think any of those are good ideas.
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If you're talking numbers, no he didn't. Only by 4.5%.
And it was close in 2016, he just got the Electoral college.
Now if you mean his attitude, yes, he was bad about the losing.
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No, no ... they're making the gov't INTO a cult right now! Or at least their trying.
Get enough people in play and Trump (if he lives that long) could go a third term.
And if the other 3/4s don't vote or vote poorly, well, it's the cult they wanted.
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Time for a Thought-Terminating Cliché from @beliefitornot.bsky.social
"God has his reasons and we can trust him."
youtu.be/v1Dx50ReNXc
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When are you running for President?
With Buttigieg as your VP?
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
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Dunno. But if we don't, we're doomed to repeat this in 2029.
This is the downside to a democracy: if the majority is a cult, then the government is a cult.
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Good for him. Glad he found something to help. More power to him.
Not my issue though.
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looking for ways that make sense.
what are you doing on 2/28?
what's 5Calls?
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This might be true ... in the past.
I wonder if it holds in a world to tech and social media.
I think it'll work better if the small group is covert and BTS.
Time will tell.
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I guess. Protests bring awareness and unity.
But we had a lot of those in Trump's first term and here we are again.
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13 Tracks Here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZKw...
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I say go 100% tech. Remove the human error equation as much as possible.
But make sure MAGAs aren't in control.
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Gonna make a list of all of the sayings you highlighted.
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You still have kings though.
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I agree.
But could you verbalize for me your subjective morality on WHY combating bad ideas is a responsibility, that apathy is not a virtue?
What specifically in the pro-society, pain-reduction camp warrants this belief?
Thx.
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My 1 person non-spending at Amazon, etc. isn't going to affect anything.
I might get behind a national effort if people can make that happen.
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I'd like Dem leaders to up their rhetoric, up their legislation, up their tv appearances, up their litigation ... but without the violence and guns and threats.
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This was the same thought process used by MAGAs on Jan 6.
Morality is in the eye of the beholder.
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This crazy Bond plot twist is interesting ... let's see how it plays out.
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Sooo biblical.
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I am criticizing this approach because I don't want to waste my time.
I can't come up with a better way.
That's why I'm asking for ideas. When one asks for idea, they aren't asking from a position of superiority. You sound as frustrated as I do.
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Thank you!
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there's action with results and action without results.
which do you prefer?
however, I'm up for action with results ... got any other ideas?
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saturated? unsaturated?
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I think that might be all that really does: allow us to "feel" like we're doing something ... when we're not.
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Other than voting what do you want me to do?
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Lot's of non-Christians posting on here. Good to see that.
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Lot's of non-Christians posting on here. Good to see that.
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Glad to see you're not a Christian then. Good for you.
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... or science
... or engineering
... or training
... or learning from historical tragedies
... or ...
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It's an expensive thing to partake in and an expensive thing to learn ... as it should be. As probably learning to drive a car should be. As will hopefully be with flying cars if they aren't autonomous.
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My point is I don't understand your point.
You need a liscence...in the past, now, and in the future.
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Bet your great-great-great grandfather didn't like the idea of cars over horses back in the late 1800s either.
Yet here we are.
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With proper technology it might be a lot less going wrong.
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If they get required training and the licenses are strict enough, I'm fine with that. Teens fly airplanes.
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Average Joe's DO have pilots' licenses.
However, not everyone gets one because of the cost, training, and desire.